Hey all,

I have a question about the use of Photoshop together with drawing.
In the on-line tutorials Brenda Hoddinott shows that she colours some of her drawings with this program.
My question is fairly simple, which version and/or type of Photoshop do you use for this?
And if someone knows which tools to use or has a site with a little tutorial, I would really appreciate it

Thanks in advance!

here 3 Tutorial - links :

PS-Tutorials


ps-tuts


ps-tuts

Photoshop's drawing/painting tools have only really been developed from around CS2 onwards, so if you can afford it, pick up the latest version, which is CS4, or alternatively wait until CS5 is released as this has new painting features too.

Having said that, Photoshop is not a very "artistic" program as such. Sure, you can paint with it, but there are other packages, like Corel Painter or even Artrage, which are more suited to painting and have a more intuitive painting workflow. Photoshop is primarily an image editing package (which is what it truly excels at).

Photoshop is a good one to learn to use I think, not necessarily because of the quality you can get out of it but because there are also tonnes of tutorials for it. I have only really tried photoshop 7 so yeah I don't really know how good it has gotten But I use GIMP, another programme that was meant to be used as a photo manipulation programme, however it is still relatively decent and I think it's a lot less daunting to use. i.e. because of all the buttons and state changes etc that you can fiddle around with in photoshop and also another big plus is that it's a free programme to download.

But yes, photoshop is a good resource, if you are patient with it. I would also recommend buying a tablet just to make drawing into the computer a little bit easier for yourself. However to get a 'decent' one you would have to fork out at least £100, in fact that's pretty cheap for one Wacom is a good brand to look for in a tablet, but you know they aren't ridiculously necessary. It's just a bit more difficult to use a mouse.

Hope that's at least a little bit helpful

Thanks all! I will put some time into getting used to PS and hopefully I can make some nice things with it. After that I'll try the other programs you mentioned and see the difference

Wacom is the only brand worth buying. Sure, there are a cheaper options. But you'll feel the difference. I use a Wacom at home and at work, they're pretty much an essential tool for anyone who takes digital artwork seriously. And if you have any Photoshop questions, feel free to fire away. I've been using the software for over 14 years and know it inside out.

Im sure this site will help you out as well:

http://www.good-tutorials.com/