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I love what U R doing! can the same thing be done in Photoshop or Paint.net?
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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 Neat triangles in each program. But now we need to rotate them. Lets say, 18º You probably don’t notice the differences at first, but when you zoom in…. 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… 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: 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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WOW! that was hurried? :-) It actually makes very good sense and actually explained a lot of issues I've been having.
Many Thanks Dennie
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I'm glad the explanation was useful. Now that I re-read my previous post I find that it looks like I focused too much on one single aspect of Corel Draw. And it was its ability to create lineart. There Photoshop is not so strong (at least for my own particular taste). But Photoshop is a great tool for recolouring and texturing. There is where it can show its real power. To balance a bit I invite you to look for some recoloring threads to see what can be achieved with Photoshop in case you would like to attempt your own repaint. These are only a few great recent examples of what can be done with Photoshop (or any pixel-editing software): bf-109f-2 realistic repaint Kfir in color StuIG 33B 1/72 Small rural bistro somewhere south And a fine tutorial by Leif: PaperModelers.com - Downloads - Aluminium painting tutorial All those are great reading too, and show what I stated before: once you choose the right tools, results are wonderful. Have a nice day!
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Ruben, those Russian photos were fantastic!
A correction - the Aluminium painting tutorial available here on this site is written by Gil Russell, who is the undisputed authority on this subject. I just uploaded it. Also, I was wrong about the little black spot on part 114 - it can't be spark plugs, since they were front & rear, see the photo you dug out: Leif Last edited by Leif Ohlsson; 12-30-2010 at 07:39 AM. |
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This is a wonderful project. The collaboration has been a pleasure to see, your work is outstanding, and I look forward to seeing the enterprise continue.
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He did mention Adobe Illustrator in his opening remarks in the how paragraph. The reason given was that he was not familiar enough with the program to use it on this project. I have just purchased the Corel Draw Suite X5 yesterday online and hope to gain some proficiency with it. As Ruben explains you need a vectored rendition to allow up and down scaling without loosing definition. I used to have Adobe Illustrator also many years ago as well as the other program they had for retracing line art. They are good programs but I found they required a lot of a learning curve. Photoshop and Illustrator also are out of my league due to their cost. Those who are proficient in those programs I respect your abilities to master these complex programs. Again Thanks to Ruben for this insight and tutorial he may be able to teach this old dog some new tricks......Ron |
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It's also true about the learning curve for Illustrator and PS, I've used them both for about 15 years and I'm still learning new ways to do something each time I use it.... Too bad I can't use the erase feature in PS to delete my original comments;-) SFX |
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For those of you interested in the Corel Draw Graphics Suite X5 Full Version
that I purchased it can be found at this link;Corel CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 | CDGSX5ENHBB | SoftwareMedia.com It was the cheapest price I found at $235.00. It also has an enhanced paint program that is included in this version.....Ron |
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