Beginners question

#1

Hi I have a beginners question about digital painting.

When i have seen paintings like the ones from enayla for example i start to wonder about a few things.

First, what is the preffered resolution for paintings like http://enayla.cgsociety.org/gallery/377293/ for example?
I have read that i you should use pretty large formats, but how big, 2000 x 4000, or higher?

Do you make them in screen resulotion like 72 dpi or do you do them in print resolution (300 dpi) or higher, or is this a question about how the final rendering i going to be used?

Then a question regarding brushes in photoshop CSII, if i try to draw with a brush bigger than 300 then photoshop CSII lags and draws the strokes with a delay, this also happens when i try to do it in painter. So the question is do you offen use brushes bigger than that?

Could it be lack of RAM that makes this?

This is pretty basic questions but i really want to learn how to do it rigth from the beginning.

I truley gratefull for all answer that i can get…

//Fredrik

#2

have read that i you should use pretty large formats, but how big, 2000 x 4000, or higher?

Yes, about that big. Some people paint even on larger formats.

Do you make them in screen resulotion like 72 dpi or do you do them in print resolution (300 dpi) or higher, or is this a question about how the final rendering i going to be used?

On the screen that doesn’t make a difference but in print it may well make one (I’m not an expert at this)

Then a question regarding brushes in photoshop CSII, if i try to draw with a brush bigger than 300 then photoshop CSII lags and draws the strokes with a delay, this also happens when i try to do it in painter. So the question is do you offen use brushes bigger than that?

Yeah, that’s a common problem :smiley: I do use bigger brushes, but rarely paint much with them. And yes, it’s about RAM. 512 or better, 1024 MBs of RAM upwards would be best.

Hope that helps :slight_smile:

Kristina

#3

Thanks for your answer Kristina.

It helped me alot and i now understand more in what size i should do my paintings, and that i nedd to but some more RAM to my computer…

Im realy glad that you took your time.

Thanks!

//Fredrik

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