Of course, now that you are comfortable
with your
workspace,
you will want to start painting things. Actually,
I am sure you have already begun to play around with tools in the
toolbox.
However, before we start "officially" talking about getting virtual
paint everywhere, we need to discuss a couple more things.
Like any good program, Adobe Photoshop uses a
carefully constructed metaphor to transform a very complex computer
aided task into a fun and easy-to-understand process. So why not take
advantage of the metaphor. While you are using Photoshop, imagine
yourself in a quaint barren room overlooking the side streets of Paris.
Put one of those funky painter caps on. Now imagine a
blank canvas, a table full of differently shaped brushes and various
bottles of colored paint, and an easel in front of you.
Photoshop includes several options for using a
stylus with a
drawing tablet for a more traditional/intuitive drawing experience.
For example, you can affect how thick a brush stroke is by applying
more pressure to the drawing tablet. This works more like a real
artistic tool would unlike what you would experience with a mouse.
However, most web developers are not adobe power users and will not
be using a stylus. Thus, we will skip a discussion of
stylus options.
Like a painter, you will begin your work of art
by first mixing your
colors and choosing your
brush.
Thus, before we start actually painting, we need
to know a few things about the types of tools you have at your disposal
as well as where all the colors are located on your virtual easel.
Let's look first at our easel and how to choose
colors
