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Good start to the year!
The first post of the year and January is almost over! It was a busy start to say the least. I’ve been living inside Photoshop this past month and I’ve actually had a blast. I recieved a new Wacom tablet that has made me a speed demon. I’m now using an Intuos4 medium and the difference from my old Graphire is just unbelievable. I should have invested in the new one a long time ago.
One of the major speed boosts comes from the new Radial menu. Program any button on the pen or on the tablet to show this menu and when you activate it you get a circular overlay where your pen is positioned. This menu can show any command that you need to access frequently. And it gets better. You can have a submenu of commands so the total number of items available is huge.
Wacom Radial Menu
I have arranged this menu so that I have my most used actions there. I just need to click the back button on my pen and in that instant and wherever I am on my screen I can create layers, change brushes and add masks to name a few.
I’ll add more of my Wacom tricks in the next post but since I have to run and actually work on some shots I’ll leave you with a cool link to some cool images.
Mathew Albanese has created some amazing landscape photos but the cool thing about them is not that he was at the right place at the right time to get them. He actually created the landscapes himself as miniatures. Everything is “fake” but it looks real. Great creativity to figure out how to mimic what we see in nature with things like paprika and parsley! Go check it out at the following link:
My new venture. Learn photography with me.
