Hi Mike,
Am Montag, den 03. März 2003, um 23:44h schrieb Mike Traynor:
Would anyone be able to recommend something in the way of a book on bitmap graphics for a guy who is a professional commercial artist making a very late transition to computer?
As 'traditional' artist he is probably an experienced sketcher. So software
like Adobe Photoshop
Forget Photoshop. Get Painter 7. That's the tool for 'traditional' artists. Photoshop's a tool for prepress imaging production staff and collage workers, not for artists.
and a sketching tablet (like those from Wacom)
*Only* those from Wacom. The rest are clunky junk by comparison. (Warning: I've been using Wacom tablets for 8 years now.)
are suitable for a painless transition. There are many tutorials on Photoshop on the Internet - a book on Photoshop will also be helpful.
Several books and video tapes and online tutorials will be helpful with Photoshop. It has the worst user interface in the graphics business. ;-)
And of course one of these neat digital cameras ... (for doing collages, ...)
A 3d-software (like Cinema4D for example) will also be interesting. Perhaps a less expensive demo-version will do the job ...
... to frighten him ;-)
AND OF COURSE A FRACTAL GENERATOR! :-) let him do some rotations through the fractalus.com 'ifl' web ring.
Yes, yes, get him producing some fractals! Someone with so much grapics experience must have a great eye!
regards from Germany...
And how is life in Germany right now? David gnome@hawaii.rr.com
-- Michael Weitzel ... all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy ...
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