From the course: Motion Graphics for Video Editors: Working with Storyboards

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Drawing with a tablet

Drawing with a tablet

From the course: Motion Graphics for Video Editors: Working with Storyboards

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Drawing with a tablet

- If you'd like to save a step of drawing on paper and then having to scan it in, you could choose to draw it directly in to the device. Now, there are a lot of drawing applications and stylus' these days available for tablets. But what I've hooked up here is a Intuos tablet that's gonna go ahead and connect to my computer. Photoshop offers wonderful support here, and it will make it very easy to use the pressure-sensitive pen to actually draw in to the computer. Let me show you just a couple of pieces of advice when it comes to making this work. First up, always make sure you have the correct drivers loaded. This'll ensure that you can actually use this on your device. Now, I'm gonna take a look at the pen here for a second, and what I've got set up is the overall feeling. I prefer a slightly firmer brush, and I can take a look here by just pressing to see how that pressure works. I tend to be a bit heavy handed so let's adjust the Tip Feel there. And make that just a little firmer…

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