Photographer Shigeru Yoshida
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Born 1958 (Tokyo, Japan), Shigeru Yoshida is known for his commercial photography and his series of natural mammoth tree photographs taken since the 1990s.
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A successful commercial photographer whose work has graced countless advertisements and magazines, Shigeru Yoshida has traveled the world photographing beautiful and mysterious mammoth trees-trees that have grown to giant sizes over hundreds, sometimes even thousands of years. Here, Shigeru talks about how pen tablets have improved his work and about the Intuos3's increased precision.
Intuos is the tool of choice for photo editing, retouching, making photo collages or simply cutting out images in commercial photography. These digital techniques are increasingly being used in natural photography as well. We create image versions that focus only on the highlights, then versions that focus on shadow detail, and use a digital brush to control the brightness information by blending the two versions.
To get rid of dust, I draw a circle, then copy and paste that into the area nearby. A tablet is much faster and easier to operate than a mouse, since I can draw the circle with the pen just as I would with a pencil.
It’s not just about productivity though. The tablet is much more precise and neater than a mouse. Drawing a circle with a mouse is probably quite difficult, even for those who are very competent at using mice. It would be a nightmare to have to cut out detailed human hair or branches of trees with a mouse. A tablet is much more effective and quick when doing this sort of work.
The best part of this new Intuos3 is an improvement from previous models that I have been waiting for. I’ve used previous models for a long time, but I always thought there were certain operations that work better with a mouse than a pen. Adjusting levels with command + L, you need to drag the tiny triangles to adjust in fine detail, but since the tablet surface could be a bit slippery sometimes, I had trouble getting exactly what I wanted. But the new Intuos3 has absolutely solved that problem. I can adjust by 0.01 or 0.02 levels easily with the pen, and I'm sure others will think similarly.
I also like the stroke feeling of this pen tip with the spring inside, which allows you to cut out human hair neatly by using a natural thick-to-thin stroke. It feels really good too.
I guess it depends on the user, but when using Photoshop, the tools I use are quite limited. For example, pressing the space-key and moving the Hand Tool, command + V, or command + P. I don’t use many keyboard shortcuts. When scrolling or adjusting the brush size, you go to a different area like this right? It feels quite uncomfortable touching a different key this way.
Typing a paragraph, and moving an object on the screen are very different processes, right? I find moving your hand to and from the keyboard to do these two things is very irritating. Having the command buttons right beside your hand lets you finish the entire process from the tablet area, and I’m really happy with this.
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