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  • pr2

    Anyone can recommended a tablet for drawing?

    I have a bunch of 2d pencil drawings that have to be made into computer sketches.

    What i'm looking for is to print out the images and just trace those on the tablet. Is it possible?

    Aug 18, 10, 10:34 a.m. – Permalink
  • Spookytim

    So, you have some pencil drawings. You're going to scan them in, then print them out, then stick them on a drawing a tablet, and re-draw them?

    • Anyway, A wacom, the Cintiq or that new one that's also a screen, whatever that's called.Spookytim1/4
      I think he wants to pass the scanning part, and trace over the sketches directlyblogger2/4
      But he says "print out the images and trace them on the tablet".
      ????
      Spookytim3/4
      chill dudeblogger4/4
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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:35 a.m. – Permalink
  • blogger

    Maybe a cintiq, but they are very pricey

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:36 a.m. – Permalink
  • pr2

    yeah, basically to trace over the sketch directly. Possible - yes/no?

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:39 a.m. – Permalink
  • Spookytim

    Possible yes.

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:40 a.m. – Permalink
  • blogger

    You could also use layers in photoshop.

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:41 a.m. – Permalink
  • iheartfun

    I use a bamboo with photoshop and does good enough for me.

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:43 a.m. – Permalink
  • pr2

    can one of you enlighten me on the process?

    You scan the drawing as BG layer and then using your monitor trace over using the tablet?

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:44 a.m. – Permalink
  • Dodecahedron

    you're doing it wrong, just scan and trace

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:45 a.m. – Permalink
  • pr2

    Is there a cheaper option to basically see what i'm drawing on the screen i'm drawing on?

    • kinda like the video above - but cheaperpr21/3
      do you have photoshop?blogger2/3
      yeah, but i never managed to get the same smooth curves on screen as i do in real life.pr23/3
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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:46 a.m. – Permalink
  • iheartfun

    The only cheaper option is using a pen tablet like the bamboo
    http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamb…

    Then you you just use your existing computer screen

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:48 a.m. – Permalink
  • blogger

    I did all the legwork for you

    http://newyork.craigslist.org/se…

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:50 a.m. – Permalink
  • honest

    http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/vi/vivid-imaginations-the-original-magna-doodle.jpg

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:50 a.m. – Permalink
  • Sep

    There's the Cintiq 12wx if you want to draw on an lcd-screen. Still $1000 though...
    I'm using a Intuos4 Large myself, works fine for me.

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:50 a.m. – Permalink
  • blogger

    I been using my wacom with photoshop trying to get some illustrative effects. Anyone use painter? Seems so slow.

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:52 a.m. – Permalink
  • pr2

    i guess my question to all the people with tablet experience is how does it differ really from using your mouse and just looking at where your pointer is located on the computer screen?

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:52 a.m. – Permalink
  • iheartfun

    ^ 10x better because it has a pressure sensitivity that the mouse doesn't.

    • If thats something you are looking foriheartfun
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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:54 a.m. – Permalink
  • blogger

    Think of the tablet as your mousepad, and the pen tool as your mouse. When you tap the tablet with your pen, it's the same thing as clicking with your mouse. It's really that simple.

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:54 a.m. – Permalink
  • Spookytim

    It differs massively pr2. I don.t use that fancy screen tablet, but I do have a big tablet and you just can't draw accurately with a great big bar-o-soap mouse in your clopper.

    Put it this way.... which of the following would give you the most refined and accurate drawings in your sketchbook...

    1. A fine nibbed pen
    2. A bar-o-soap sized lump of chalk.

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:55 a.m. – Permalink
  • pr2

    one last question before i let you guys go, can i put a piece of paper on the tablet and trace over it or the pan has to be in direct contact with the surface?

    • Yes you can do that. I have traced through thick cardboard.Spookytim1/2
      wowblogger2/2
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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:58 a.m. – Permalink
  • blogger

    You can set photoshop to vary the stroke in the brush settings

    http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/photoshop/tablet/4.jpg

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    Dog-earAug 18, 10, 10:59 a.m. – Permalink

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