corel and wacom configurations??

[Improv]

Hi everyone,
I just plugged in my first wacom tablet
~claymover

It would help if you could tell us which tablet you have-Graphire? Intuos? Cintiq? Volitos(sp?)

Cheers

[claymover]

Oh, sorry. I am using an Intuos.

[Improv]

Oh, sorry. I am using an Intuos.

A lot of the setup has to do with your personal preferences. You can change settings for the pen and tablet in the Control Panel Pen Tablet window. Use the default settings for a while, then after you have some idea how the pen and tablet feel, try adjusting the Tip feel lever. It lets you use more or less pen pressure to get darker or lighter strokes. Same for the eraser feel. If you find you don't like some settings then just click the default button. The buttons on the tablet and pen can be set up for various functions, check the wacom manual and Painter help-see below.


In Painter X, check out a couple of the Jeremy Sutton Videos that come with it. He has two videos: Choosing a tablet and Pens. The Pens video gives you some tips for using a graphics pen. Also look at the Painter Help Index for scetions called 'Wacom Intuos' There you'll find two sections: Support for Wacom Intuos and Painting with an Intuos Tablet and Pen.

You should also look up brush tracking help.

A book that you may find useful is called "Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book" by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis:

http://www.amazon.com/Photoshop-Painter-Artist-Tablet-Book/dp/0321168917/ref=cm_lmf_tit_10_rsrsrs0/104-6716163-1111101

Also, Cher has a book called Painter WOW! Book for almost every version of Painter. Look for her Painter X WOW! Book due out in a month or so. Here's a link to the Painter IX WOW book so that you can check it out:

http://www.amazon.com/Painter-IX-Wow-Book-WOW/dp/0321305329/ref=cm_lmf_tit_7_rsrsrs0/104-6716163-1111101

And finally, you may want to get the new Corel Painter Official Magazine. It just came out, but is all Painter-articles,tips, you name it:

http://www.paintermagazine.co.uk/index.php


Also look in the Sticky thread at the top of this forum titled:"Attention! Look in here before posting a question! (collection of tutorials)" for info on using Painter.

I'm sure others will be along with other recommendations .

Cheers

[claymover]

Thank you so much for all of the info and taking the time to give me some excellent resources. I will be sure to look into all of them. I am a newbie when it comes to digital work, generally I work as a fine artist in the printmaking and sculpting field. I look forward to learning as much as I can about 2D and 3D work. I may have to turn into a sponge to soak up all the available knowledge here, but I'm up for the challenge! :)

[Improv]

Thank you so much for all of the info and taking the time to give me some excellent resources. I will be sure to look into all of them. I am a newbie when it comes to digital work, generally I work as a fine artist in the printmaking and sculpting field. I look forward to learning as much as I can about 2D and 3D work. I may have to turn into a sponge to soak up all the available knowledge here, but I'm up for the challenge! :)

You're very welcome! :-)

Info sponge, that's me! lol!!! :-)

If you've done sculpting, you might want to check out the Mudbox demo, which does digital sculpting (modelling) on the computer:

http://www.mudbox3d.com/

Glad I could help.

Cheers

Doug

[claymover]

I just watched the demo of mudbox in action...that is GREAT! I already have maya and zbrush on my computer, but am still very new to both of those programs. Would you say mudbox is easier to start out with vs. zbrush, as far as getting to know the workspace and creating work as a newbie?

[Improv]

I just watched the demo of mudbox in action...that is GREAT! I already have maya and zbrush on my computer, but am still very new to both of those programs. Would you say mudbox is easier to start out with vs. zbrush, as far as getting to know the workspace and creating work as a newbie?

You should probably start a new thread for this. Just let me say that ZBrush is known for it's 'unique' interface. (Some would say weird. ) But the results are there as you can see on their web site.

As for Mudbox, don't let the simple interface fool you. Mudbox is totally professional. It's developed by some of the dudes from Weta Workshop-you know-Lord of the Rings, King Kong, Narnia, etc. They KNOW, having been artist/modelers as well as developers. And that shows in Mudbox.

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