August 12, 2012 by John Dickinson | 1,452 views | Comments (7)
Prosentials is an ongoing series of short video tips demonstrating tools and techniques that myself and other professional designers, motionographers and 3D artists use on a daily basis. With a focus on After Effects, Cinema 4D, Photoshop and Illustrator, plus general workflow and habits, the plan is to give skills you can use immediately in your own work, without watching long tutorials. In this first tip I demonstrate how using Photoshop’s Rotate View tool assists me with faster, more accurate brush work.
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August 12, 2012 at 3:56 pm |
Hey thanks John,
I am interested to know if you use a tablet for all of your AE and motion graphics, rather than a mouse? I have a good friend persuading me that it is much more efficient… what’s your thoughts?
Thanks
August 12, 2012 at 7:38 pm |
Hi Daniel, I prefer to work with a wheel mouse and use the wacom for painting etc.
Best, John.
August 14, 2012 at 10:42 am |
I find the Pen really handy if you are doing a lot of Mask/Roto work, but i have found there is more accuracy in selecting objects/text with a mouse so I often jump between the two…plus I use a touch pad as well to scroll/pan around!
August 12, 2012 at 5:36 pm |
hitting esc will also reset the rotation. doesn’t sound like a big deal, but keeps you focused on your canvas instead of searching the toolbar-icon and double-clicking it.
August 12, 2012 at 7:38 pm |
Nice tip Bob.
Best, John.
August 15, 2012 at 9:25 pm |
That is bloody awesome tip!!
You have just changed my life!
Or… y’know, something a little less over the top… but still, it’s going to be really helpful
September 2, 2012 at 5:15 am |
Dear John,
Thanks for sharing. Your video remind me one of the reasons why Flash lost his battle, in many fronts, but in professional animation. In ToomBoom Studio you could rotate your canvas since I can’t remember! So, drawing is so easy. I think that’s wonderfull for photoshop and I hope that our friends on Adobe implement this in Ilustrator and Flash as well.
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