Man, my tablet broke years ago, and I never bothered to get a new one. But I wish I had one for hair painting. That's such a bitch with the touchpad. I mean, touchpad is better than mouse - I love using the touchpad - but pressure sensitivity is just sorely missed when trying to paint hair. *sigh*
Is a sample copy layer like "make new from visible" in GIMP?
I don't know GIMP, but that sounds like it? In PS, it's called "Stamp Visible" (Alt-Ctrl-Shift-E). I use keyboard shortcuts for everything.
I always try blurring in the layers, but that gets really messy really fast.
I do that with the original base layer, too (copy, sharpen, then mask away the too sharp stuff), but a lot of artefacts appear around text, and those you can't fix on the text layer itself. So there is no choice but to smooth them out at the very end. I hate stamping, but it's the only thing that really works in that case, so. *shrug*
I'll have to give that command a try! And I have to admit I don't know how to use actions in PS. Are they like macros in Office?
Yes. I'll give you my action set with the Blur action in it. There are a ton of others in it that you probably won't need, but hey. :) Just don't let them confuse you.
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Man, my tablet broke years ago, and I never bothered to get a new one. But I wish I had one for hair painting. That's such a bitch with the touchpad. I mean, touchpad is better than mouse - I love using the touchpad - but pressure sensitivity is just sorely missed when trying to paint hair. *sigh*
Is a sample copy layer like "make new from visible" in GIMP?
I don't know GIMP, but that sounds like it? In PS, it's called "Stamp Visible" (Alt-Ctrl-Shift-E). I use keyboard shortcuts for everything.
I always try blurring in the layers, but that gets really messy really fast.
I do that with the original base layer, too (copy, sharpen, then mask away the too sharp stuff), but a lot of artefacts appear around text, and those you can't fix on the text layer itself. So there is no choice but to smooth them out at the very end. I hate stamping, but it's the only thing that really works in that case, so. *shrug*
I'll have to give that command a try! And I have to admit I don't know how to use actions in PS. Are they like macros in Office?
Yes. I'll give you my action set with the Blur action in it. There are a ton of others in it that you probably won't need, but hey. :) Just don't let them confuse you.