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I was hoping I could get some feedback from you about what exactly you are running for your hotkeys on your Wacom tablet or any overall recommendations on mapping it. I am looking to get an Intuos but after seeing videos the button mapping seems a bit overwhelming with options.
I know you're prob super busy with commissions but I'd appreciate any feedback whenever/if you could get a minute.
cheers,
hope that help out man, from the left bottom key starting with the sketch and moving up to ink or comic ink, to tone blend. and on the right some other keys like air brush to help speed things up.
if I have time ill try to answer any Q? like this.
I know you're prob super busy with commissions but I'd appreciate any feedback whenever/if you could get a minute.
cheers,
hope that help out man, from the left bottom key starting with the sketch and moving up to ink or comic ink, to tone blend. and on the right some other keys like air brush to help speed things up.
if I have time ill try to answer any Q? like this.
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RU uses a Cintiq. I asked about the Cintiq just because it shares just about the same amount of hotkeys as the Intuos5 I want
i can't recommend Wacoms enough. It may sound fanboyish but they really are fantastic. If you are just starting out I'd say go for either the Bamboo Capture (Small) or Create (Medium size)
i can't recommend Wacoms enough. It may sound fanboyish but they really are fantastic. If you are just starting out I'd say go for either the Bamboo Capture (Small) or Create (Medium size)
Wacom holds patents to most of the key tablet technologies. If you wonder why the Wacom tablets seem to be the only ones with battery free pens, that's because Wacom holds patents to the tech in their tablets. It means other brands have to either pay to use patented tech, or find their own tech. And because of this, Wacom can drive up the prices on their tablets. I have only seen few other brands that actually pay to use the patented tech, and I don't think that those tablets are any cheaper.
I just got the 22HD for work. It was £1390 new which is a whole tonne BUT the quality of it is really high and it works so well. I think its worth it if you are looking for a professional finish, I used my old 12wx for 6 years and I sold it for about 70% of what I paid for it so they hold their value very well so its not money down the drain like most electronics. They hold their value so well that you really don't find decent second hand prices at all, if you want to find a discount wacom have a section on their site where you can buy old demonstrator models for a few hundred bucks off. Personally the cintiq 12 was soo worth the money because of how fast you can learn techniques on it!
I dunno about others, but on mine...
Left Large button - CTRL-Z (yay! Magical UNDO!)
the other three "lower" buttons I have alt, ctrl, and shift for using those modifiers with other things (lineart stuff, etc.)
Top left button I have set to the screen-switch so that I can either doodle on the wacom or control the mouse pointer on a second monitor (for flicking through reference art on the other screen, etc.)
Top-right button I have set to be TAB, so it can swap out the view to have all the toolbars showing or not. The large button I have as F11 for the fullscreen toggling.
One of the others I have set to bring up the on-screen radial menu and on that I've shortcutted things like Save as PNG etc (set up the save as/export as a shortcut in SAI and then map a shortcut key combo to an action on the radial menu!)
As for the pen, the button closest to the tip I have set as SPACEBAR so that I can grab the canvas with a pen-stroke. The further back I have set as colour picker.
Apparently it's an interesting way of setting it up according to other friends that use Cintiq's. No idea if it's the *best* way - but it works for me :)
Left Large button - CTRL-Z (yay! Magical UNDO!)
the other three "lower" buttons I have alt, ctrl, and shift for using those modifiers with other things (lineart stuff, etc.)
Top left button I have set to the screen-switch so that I can either doodle on the wacom or control the mouse pointer on a second monitor (for flicking through reference art on the other screen, etc.)
Top-right button I have set to be TAB, so it can swap out the view to have all the toolbars showing or not. The large button I have as F11 for the fullscreen toggling.
One of the others I have set to bring up the on-screen radial menu and on that I've shortcutted things like Save as PNG etc (set up the save as/export as a shortcut in SAI and then map a shortcut key combo to an action on the radial menu!)
As for the pen, the button closest to the tip I have set as SPACEBAR so that I can grab the canvas with a pen-stroke. The further back I have set as colour picker.
Apparently it's an interesting way of setting it up according to other friends that use Cintiq's. No idea if it's the *best* way - but it works for me :)
ahh the glory days of hotkeying. I used to play competitive starcraft and literally had like 100 keys bound so that i could virtually play with my left hand on the keyboard while directing things with my right on the mouse. that much aside i think your key layout is pretty efficient by the looks of things. You prioritized specific bush settings based on use to underuse. good thinking.
Haha, RU - I think I'm odd. I don't use ANY buttons on the Cintiq 12WX, except for the large left button being CTRL+Z
Most predominantly in paint tool SAI I use a really hard lineart pen for both sketching (in blue on its own layer) and black (on the topmost layer, as lineart).
Coloring is a mixture of the watercolor brush, airbrush, and the same hard lineart pen.
Maybe I need to branch out a little on my pen variety? XD
Most predominantly in paint tool SAI I use a really hard lineart pen for both sketching (in blue on its own layer) and black (on the topmost layer, as lineart).
Coloring is a mixture of the watercolor brush, airbrush, and the same hard lineart pen.
Maybe I need to branch out a little on my pen variety? XD
I have a intuos 4
I never ever use the buttons or shortcuts, I just keep it at my left(I am left handed) and use the mouse and keyboard for every function but drawing
so my recommendation is that dont be afraid of not using those , depending on hwo you setup your tablet you might not even need it :3
I never ever use the buttons or shortcuts, I just keep it at my left(I am left handed) and use the mouse and keyboard for every function but drawing
so my recommendation is that dont be afraid of not using those , depending on hwo you setup your tablet you might not even need it :3
I actually use a seperate gaming keypad for my hotkeys instead of my tablet's buttons (they tend to reset too often)... i bought a very old speedpad N50 on a fleamarket and macrod it to SAI. When properly set up i have access to dozens of macros...Thank the internet for fanmade drivers porting the old tech to modern systems. ^^
It works very nicely. Small enough to set up next to a tablet and its ergonomic form allows me to blindly find the keys on it. i love adapting old stuff for things it wasn't designed for.
I hope to one day upgrade to a Razer Orbweaver.
It works very nicely. Small enough to set up next to a tablet and its ergonomic form allows me to blindly find the keys on it. i love adapting old stuff for things it wasn't designed for.
I hope to one day upgrade to a Razer Orbweaver.
I have an Intuos 5 Touch. The left side of the tablet has 8 buttons, a touch wheel and a center button on the wheel which changed the wheel's functions. I use Paint Tool SAI.
The buttons from the top to the bottom are set up as follows:
-Clear Canvas.
-Re-Do
-Undo
-Pan/Scroll canvas.
[The wheel goes here.]
-Reset View (if the image is rotated and zoomed in/out, it puts it all back to normal.)
-Grab and Move Layer
-Brush Size
-UNUSED.
I only use two functions of the wheel, Rotate and Zoom. So the center button changes between rotation and zoom.
That's basically it for me. x3
The buttons from the top to the bottom are set up as follows:
-Clear Canvas.
-Re-Do
-Undo
-Pan/Scroll canvas.
[The wheel goes here.]
-Reset View (if the image is rotated and zoomed in/out, it puts it all back to normal.)
-Grab and Move Layer
-Brush Size
-UNUSED.
I only use two functions of the wheel, Rotate and Zoom. So the center button changes between rotation and zoom.
That's basically it for me. x3
Wacom Cintiq 12WX here, I only use the leftmost 'touchpad' to zoom in and out, and the two smaller buttons to the right of that for undo/redo
I hand pick my tools within SAI *shrugs* Haven't really bothered much to configure my stuff since I'm too lazy to figure out how to bind them to my tablet :P
I hand pick my tools within SAI *shrugs* Haven't really bothered much to configure my stuff since I'm too lazy to figure out how to bind them to my tablet :P
on Intuos4 I try to get use to these and decide to turn off key buttons.. keyboard have buttons for everything and are softer
in any case I would like to keep "ctrl" "alt" and "shift" near me.. those combinations always give you many option for each tools and with "shift" you can alter between multiple tools in a same key (at less in photoshop)
in any case I would like to keep "ctrl" "alt" and "shift" near me.. those combinations always give you many option for each tools and with "shift" you can alter between multiple tools in a same key (at less in photoshop)
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