Q-tea's guide to grayscales and gradient maps

[ShiroGEM]

But I need to save the different colours so i put them on separate layers. >_>

[murmurlade]

......OPACITY LOCK----- CTRL+E!
MERGE ALL THE LAYERS TOGETHER!

[Kyndreth]

T_T
I don't understand the terms... or the context QQ

Ooo which one? Honestly any tablet works but the thing that gets people annoyed are mostly the bugs lol.

Um... Wacom Intuos Pen and Touch Small Tablet

[ShiroGEM]

Lol mur and i were just talking about useful shortcuts and tools in drawing programs (Photoshop mostly).
Ohh wacom tablets are really decent so you shouldn't run into any bugs. Not sure if you'd like the size though, the small ones are really small. >_>;

[murmurlade]

i figured those were layman terms for anyone who used computers, lol.
but yeah, Photoshop, the bane of my existence... the lack of stabilizer........

what size is ur tablet again tenshi?

[Kyndreth]

Eh... really small? Oh boy... things are gonna get awkward then XD

I Guess it can't be helped. Already ordered it.

Photoshop...? Really? I don't understand the terms even though it's photoshop...

[murmurlade]

......RIP your hands.
They're mostly shortcuts pertaining to painting, I guess, not really the editing aspect of PS? >0<

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But then again, you definitely use layers no matter what...

[ShiroGEM]

Medium!
It really depends on what size paper you're used to drawing on, I do a lot of traditional work on A3 paper so I got annoyed at how small my digital surface was. Shortcuts are very helpful! Especially Command Z haha, you can't live without it!

[murmurlade]

Ohhhh, medium.
Wait. That's 21 by 13 cm! That's pretty freggin big still!
CTRL Z FOR LIFE!
I fiddled with my Photoshop keys so that CTRL+Z is step backwards, not undo. same for CTRL+Y.
so much more convenient.

[Kyndreth]

Yup, layers are what I always do.

Um... eh... the size seemed okay to me? Tbh, I have more of a tendency to doodle.

Step backwards? eh..?

[murmurlade]

Step backwards and Undo are different commands.
By default, Undo is CTRL+Z and is a one-time command, for only one stroke.

Step Backwards by default is CTRL+ALT+Z (I think. I haven't had access to a computer in ages) and lets you undo strokes up to 10~20 times or whatever preset you have entered.

[Kyndreth]

Ahhhhh, I remember that now. I already ctrl alt z and ctrl alt y all the time when it's photoshop, so I didn't think about that.

[murmurlade]

Cutting down a key saves some time ^^
But if you're used to it already, there isn't much point.

I also have my mouse changed to scroll... And a ton of presets, brushes and palettes. Setting up PS whenever I get a new device is a pain!

[Kyndreth]

I just use the default, so it's not too much of a problem for me, but then again, most of the time I'm not really doing artsy stuff. Recent years I've pretty much just been cropping a shit ton with PS.

Like taking a race car to get groceries.

[murmurlade]

What does a race car have to do with cropping?