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  1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

    I think I've had Photoshop 2.0 for about 8 years now.

    Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:49:01 UTC from web
    1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

      @clayinthecarpet I have CS4 installed

      Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:50:06 UTC from web
      1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

        @nerthos What is CS4?

        Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:51:19 UTC from web
        1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

          @clayinthecarpet A version of photoshop

          Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:51:39 UTC from web
        2. scoot scoot

          @clayinthecarpet Creative Suite 4. We're on Creative Suite 6 atm

          Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:51:47 UTC from web
          1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

            @scoot Oh cool. Never really heard of it except what I've seen of people talking "CS4" in here.

            Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:52:43 UTC from web
          2. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

            @scoot In that case, I'd say my version of Photoshop is far too outdated to perform what all these pony artists are doing right now.

            Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:53:15 UTC from web
            1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

              @clayinthecarpet The fact that you're using an old version is irrelevant. Even the ~1996 version I used as a kid had more than enough functions to be useful for drawings.

              Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:54:47 UTC from web
            2. scoot scoot

              @clayinthecarpet Well it's probably pretty far behind, but with skill I'm sure you can still make good stuff in it.

              Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:55:45 UTC from web
              1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

                @scoot Bleh, nevermind. I'm working on an older Windows system with PS 2.0. I don't half-ass anything. I do it right or not at all, so I'll just wait until I care more and have more money.

                Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:56:50 UTC from web
                1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                  @clayinthecarpet >Not running on trial mode and clearing cache every month

                  Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:58:50 UTC from web
                  1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

                    @nerthos Trial mode? I have a legit-purchased copy of PS 2.0, if that's what you mean.

                    Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:59:54 UTC from web
                    1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                      @clayinthecarpet I mean newer versions. In any case adobe charges faaaar too much.

                      Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:00:40 UTC from web
                      1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

                        @nerthos I know. :( It's insane what they charge to single, non-corporate customers.

                        Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:01:40 UTC from web
                        1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                          @clayinthecarpet Yar harr fiddle dee dee

                          Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:02:26 UTC from web
            3. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

              @clayinthecarpet It doesn't really matter as long as you're familiar enough with the program to use it.

              Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:57:15 UTC from web
              1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

                @redenchilada I only edit photos. Know next to nothing about it otherwise, and I've never been to college and can't get there. *shrugs*

                Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:58:17 UTC from web
                1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                  @clayinthecarpet Wouldn't be hard to learn. The programs are designed to be figured out easily, after all.

                  Thursday, 30-Jan-14 03:59:53 UTC from web
                  1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

                    @redenchilada I...uh...I wouldn't even know where to begin. I literally know nothing, and the landscape of PS is mostly alien to me. Re: I don't figure things out easily by myself. XD

                    Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:02:43 UTC from web
                    1. Matt Matt

                      @clayinthecarpet Find video tutorials or something. I used to avoid them like the plague, but apparently they're really helpful.

                      Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:03:46 UTC from web
                    2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                      @clayinthecarpet Well, you already know how to open an image and select things, right? The only other functions you'll need are the brush and eraser tools. Super easy.

                      Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:03:51 UTC from web
                      1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                        @redenchilada And layers

                        Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:05:04 UTC from web
                      2. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

                        @redenchilada Oh, cool. Well I guess I could work with that. But I don't know how layers work, really, and I know vectors and digital stuff needs layers and cleanup per layer and stuff like that. Bah, it's just a daunting feat and I'm sitting here being a defeatist about it. Here's my final response on the subject: "Maybe later."

                        Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:05:31 UTC from web
                        1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                          @clayinthecarpet Layers are real simple, though. Plus, seeing how experienced you are in traditional, you could always work without layers if they're that daunting.

                          Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:07:28 UTC from web
                          1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

                            @redenchilada Nah, I can already see how layers could, conceptually, be easy. It's just learning it all and perfecting it. I don't like to be bad at something because...well...I'm not used to presenting a bad product, at the risk of sounding big-headed. haha! It's just, my work needs to be made quickly and efficiently because it's this cathartic thing that I need to get out of me RIGHT NOW. If I ever had one of those moments while learning digital, I couldn't use digital to do it, anyway, so why bother, I guess is my deepest complaint.

                            Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:11:47 UTC from web
                            1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                              @clayinthecarpet Well then, if you wanna learn digital the best way is to just jump in and do it. Don't even fret about being inspired for your first digital things; just get some prompts and draw things to get into the digital habit. And if you just can't get away from doing sketches traditionally, you could do what a lot of people do and do digital linework over a traditional sketch.

                              Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:14:20 UTC from web
                              1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

                                @redenchilada Hrm. And how does that work? Do you just pen something, scan it, then color it digitally using the pen lines as guides, or what?

                                Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:16:07 UTC from web
                                1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                                  @clayinthecarpet Pretty much.

                                  Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:16:26 UTC from web
                                  1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

                                    @redenchilada We'll see. It's nice to know there are options. However, if I pen something, it usually means it's "set in stone" to do a certain way, and only that particular way. I'm so damn stubborn that learning a new trade just does NOT come easy for me.

                                    Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:18:05 UTC from web
                                2. Matt Matt

                                  @clayinthecarpet It's a lot like traditional animators would do in the 80s. You would draw it in pencil, scan it to a computer, and ink over it in a computer program, eventually removing the sketch altogether and replacing it with the ink.

                                  Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:17:49 UTC from web
                                  1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

                                    @mrmattimation I don't get the specifics of how that works yet, but I see what you mean.

                                    Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:18:40 UTC from web
                                3. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                                  @clayinthecarpet Although you can do as much of it traditionally as you're comfortable with. I tried the traditional/digital thing once with this by doing all of the lines on paper (in dollar-store pencil) and just doing coloring and shading digitally, for instance.

                                  Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:19:33 UTC from web
                                  1. clayinthecarpet clayinthecarpet

                                    @redenchilada Very nice, actually! I, considering my pen lines are usually very clean, would probably opt to do things this way as it's very easy to control. It's kind of the easiest "next step" toward digital.

                                    Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:21:44 UTC from web
                                  2. Matt Matt

                                    @redenchilada What's the syntax for anchors again?

                                    Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:21:58 UTC from web
                                    1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                                      @mrmattimation [Blah blah words](Valid URL of some sort)

                                      Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:23:10 UTC from web
                                      1. Matt Matt

                                        @redenchilada Oh, ok then.

                                        Thursday, 30-Jan-14 04:24:35 UTC from web