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Originally Posted by Nh3ave2009 View Post
I love what U R doing! can the same thing be done in Photoshop or Paint.net?
Thanks for asking.

I will not answer right now. I think I better illustrate before answering:

Let’s suppose we want to work with a triangle inside a 2X2cms square
Why a triangle? Because triangles are cool
Re-colouring the Ford Trimotor by Peter Zorn-22-corphot1.jpg

Neat triangles in each program.

But now we need to rotate them.
Lets say, 18º
Re-colouring the Ford Trimotor by Peter Zorn-23-corphot2.jpg


You probably don’t notice the differences at first,

but when you zoom in….
Re-colouring the Ford Trimotor by Peter Zorn-24-corphot3.jpg

Borders in Corel Draw look much cleaner,
while in Photoshop they appear to be pixelated.


Now, we need to scale up our triangle to 15X15cms…
Re-colouring the Ford Trimotor by Peter Zorn-25-corphot4.jpg

See what happened?

Now, imagine what could happen to a more complex image
if you need to rotate it, displace it, and scale it for printing.

Corel Draw and Adobe Photoshop were born for different purposes.
Thus, they work slightly different.
They are two completely different beasts.

While Corel Draw works with “vectors”, Photoshop works with pixels.

That’s why I choose to make this project with Corel Draw, instead of Photoshop.
We wanted a high quality digital re-master of the original lineart,
and that could only be achieved with a vector editing software.

This way, line cleanness can be assured
and distortion when scaling up/down is avoided.

Now, don’t misunderstand me.
I’m not saying Photoshop is inferior.
I’m just saying that it is probably not the best option
to generate a high-quality editable lineart that is needed as a master file.

Photoshop is one of my most loved programs.
I’ve used it for more years than I have used Corel.
Photoshop is excellent for editing images.
With it, you can easily get this photo fixed in a couple of minutes:
Re-colouring the Ford Trimotor by Peter Zorn-26-corphot5.jpg

And that very simple image correction is something
that a vector editing software like Corel Draw could never do
(maybe his brother software PhotoPaint can do it, but never Corel Draw).


So, to answer your question:

Yes, you can use Photoshop, Pain.net, Gimp,
or any other image-editing software to trace lines and give them colour.
However, results may be different to what is shown here
because I am using a software that works in a different way.

Not better or worse, just different.

Remember what I said above:
“triangles are cool”.

No, wait. It wasn’t that.
Forget about the coolness of triangles and better remember:
“Corel and Photoshop are two different beasts”

There are things that may be similar in both:
In both you can add text, and add drop shadows to objects.
Both have their own tools for selection, tools for rotating,
tools for making straight lines and shapes, as well as tools for free-hand drawing etc…

But they serve different purposes.

You’ll find Photoshop useful for some things
that cannot be achieved in Corel, and viceversa.

Working with software to create/edit images is just like paper modeling:
You have to choose the most appropriate tools,
the proper medium, and use the techniques that better suit your needs
to obtain the result that you want.

I hope I didn’t sound too technical or obscure with this hurried explanation.

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