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Photoshop smudge tool pack & performance tips / PS塗抹工具包
🕑 Added 2018-07-07 15:12:26 +0000 UTC Recently I posted some process photos and mentioned I'm using smudge tools. Actually I smudging on all of my paintings in Photoshop. But first thing you need to understand is that in Photoshop, smudge tool is not optimized for making 'flat-style' paintings. (for example: anime style) It's for 'turning strokes to surfaces'. This idea is basically inspired by traditional painting/drawing, like charcoal or oil painting.I make one smudge tool pack as an attachment in this post. This pack have both .abr and .tpl format, if you're using cc2018, load the .abr file; if you're using older versions, load the .tpl file.
My PC doesn't lag much in Photoshop, but I know there're some ways to improve the performance of smudge tool, if you're running on a low-end PC/graphic card:
- Don't use too dense brushes, uncheck 'spacing' in Brush Settings, or make spacing very big.
- Uncheck 'samples cloned data from composited data' ( in older versions it's 'samples all layers' ), or just paint on less layers.
- If these doesn't help much, then you may need to improve the overall performance of PS, see the descriptions in this image below:
Also there's a great tutorial on youtube made by artist Borodante, who offers more ways to improve PS performance. See the video: MAKING PHOTOSHOP PAINTING FAST - Tutorial
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最近貼了幾個繪圖過程截圖，提到我每張圖都使用了塗抹工具。基本上用PS畫圖我完全離不開塗抹工具，會來回在塗抹和筆刷工具間切換來切換去(還特地跑去改熱鍵)，話說PS的塗抹工具和日系軟體不同，基本不容易塗得平整，但對大部份的厚塗技法來說、塗得平不平整完全不是重點。使用PS的塗抹工具，基本上要先有個概念：「塗抹是為了將筆觸轉換為塊面」，這類技法基本上是源自於傳統媒材的素描/混色技法，比方說炭筆畫或油畫等。
如果對例圖中的塗抹工具有興趣，可以在本帖的附件下載這些塗抹工具。CC2018使用者請載入.abr格式，若安裝的是較舊版本，請載入.tpl格式。
有些贊助者似乎有在PS中使用塗抹工具會LAG的問題，雖說我的電腦基本不太會LAG所以無從測試起，但還是分享一下我目前知道的改善方法：
- 不要使用太綿密的筆刷。在筆刷設定欄中將"間距"取消掉、或者把間距值調得越大越好。
- 取消核選"從複合資料中仿製樣本資料"(在其他版本可能叫別的名字，總之核選方塊位置應該一樣)，或是盡量減少圖層數量
- 假如以上方法不奏效，那恐怕得對整個PS效能做調整，調整方式如下圖：
其實我之前在噗浪上就貼過，Youtube上有個很不錯的教學，影片製作人為烏克蘭繪師Borodante。影片提供更多種改善PS效能的設定方法：MAKING PHOTOSHOP PAINTING FAST - Tutorial
不過是英文教學，需要翻譯的話可以提出來，雖然我不見得有空幫忙翻(欸)
Comments
You're welcome! :)
I tend to use less kind of brushes, but it seems having more of them still helps. :)
Thank you ❤️ It's nice that I'm having the opportunity again to share my thoughts.
I'm glad it helps! Borodante made some very informative videos and I'm appreciate for his knowledge.
That video just solved an issue I was having with tablet+liquefy/smudge since forever and I was never able to find out how to fix it! I can't thank you enough
Been a long time fan of your art! So glad you have a patreon! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I aspire to be as great as you!!! <3
Thank you for sharing, I love the variety in brush usage.
Oooh thank you for the explanation! *u*
I hope this helps! :) Also thank you for the tutorial suggestion in messages. I googled the artist you mentioned and found he uploaded the AO tutorial as another account, and I just bought it! :D
thank you! \(★ω★)/
