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Post by baitian on Apr 27, 2013 8:59:13 GMT -5
You can zoom in draw quest? Please tell me how!
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Post by alzheimer129 on Apr 27, 2013 9:11:01 GMT -5
Baitian, check out the "super tip..." zoom topic on this list. It's an iPad zoom feature. I think it was originally posted by Leosketchy and first mentioned by UFO pilot in a drawing on dq. Look it up, I can't stop using it.
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Post by baitian on Apr 27, 2013 9:47:21 GMT -5
I saw the post. Thank you!
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Post by baitian on Apr 30, 2013 9:37:14 GMT -5
Er, the quest company owns everything we do and retains all our information indefinitely, is that right?
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Post by Slothdude on Apr 30, 2013 10:36:53 GMT -5
Er, the quest company owns everything we do and retains all our information indefinitely, is that right? Are you saying you didn't read their terms of services ( drawquest.com/terms)? Surely you're jesting! But seriously, no, they don't. You DO grant them license to do whatever they want with whatever you draw or upload to it, and extend the same license to every other user of the application, but you still "own" the work. Interestingly, the same terms dictate that you need to be at least 13 to be eligible for the "service" of using the app. That's going to be bad news for many aspiring artists... (And of course, it still remains to be seen whether, in any real legal sense, these kinds of agreements are worth the paper they'd be printed of, if they weren't, you know, web pages.)
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Post by baitian on Apr 30, 2013 10:52:08 GMT -5
Thanks slothdude!
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Post by daniregald on Apr 30, 2013 11:22:53 GMT -5
Er, the quest company owns everything we do and retains all our information indefinitely, is that right? Are you saying you didn't read their terms of services ( drawquest.com/terms)? Surely you're jesting! But seriously, no, they don't. You DO grant them license to do whatever they want with whatever you draw or upload to it, and extend the same license to every other user of the application, but you still "own" the work. Interestingly, the same terms dictate that you need to be at least 13 to be eligible for the "service" of using the app. That's going to be bad news for many aspiring artists... (And of course, it still remains to be seen whether, in any real legal sense, these kinds of agreements are worth the paper they'd be printed of, if they weren't, you know, web pages.) The need to be 13 is just to meet requirements of child protection policies. Doesn't really affect the younger questers because most of them have parental consent anyway and DQ doesn't really collect PII (or allow others easy access to such info) so they wouldn't really have to worry about having users below 13 on their app.
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Post by leosketchy on May 8, 2013 14:04:40 GMT -5
Kelli, how about changing the list of threads that show up near the top from 'These are the most recent topics you have participated in' to just a list of threads that have just received new posts.. whether you've posted in it or not?
That way, active threads will draw more ppl in and more current responses.
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Post by K3LLI on May 8, 2013 22:21:53 GMT -5
Kelli, how about changing the list of threads that show up near the top from 'These are the most recent topics you have participated in' to just a list of threads that have just received new posts.. whether you've posted in it or not? That way, active threads will draw more ppl in and more current responses. Great idea, Leo, thanks for your input! Did a quick search and only option was to enable or disable what is currently there. However I will investigate further. Proboards has a new free version which has more options (not sure what they include though) but I've resisted switching over until a) they get the bugs worked out and b) I have more time.
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Post by pillowpistol on May 20, 2013 17:51:33 GMT -5
I am very weak at lettering, especially really tight lettering. I would love to know how everyone does this. It seems the game chooses the route of the line for me.
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Post by leosketchy on May 20, 2013 21:37:57 GMT -5
@k3lli: *crosses fingers* pillowpistol: Not that I'm good at lettering, but that's pretty much the only time I'd consider using the zoom function (if the text is small enough). For larger text, you can try putting color blocks and erasing out the parts that you don't need. This can make sharper corners. Of course this will only work when the text is laid over solid\simple background.
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Post by deadlysquirrel on Jun 13, 2013 23:45:37 GMT -5
I do the same thing echidnaq. I dont know if anyone mentioned it somewhere, but for those little dots, if you use undo and it skips them(doesnt let you undo them) it is in the buffer. just get to a point where the undo freezes and when you undo it will take those dots or dot with it. though I have seen on the computer playback, from facebook, some are still there after playbeck ends even though it doesnt show on gallery. Also a tip on getting rid of the freeze a little bit, if there is some detail work, or something I may need a couples shots at and it starts freezing, or gets that laggy feel hurting my curving lines, I use a solid color spot or a blank background spot to clear my brush(prob the memory) so I do a bunch of short strokes til it smooths out then I know the undo will work again. and strokes smooth out too. Everyone might do something like this already but if it helps one guy...
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Post by K3LLI on Jun 14, 2013 9:00:14 GMT -5
Also a tip on getting rid of the freeze a little bit, if there is some detail work, or something I may need a couples shots at and it starts freezing, or gets that laggy feel hurting my curving lines, I use a solid color spot or a blank background spot to clear my brush(prob the memory) so I do a bunch of short strokes til it smooths out then I know the undo will work again. and strokes smooth out too. Everyone might do something like this already but if it helps one guy... Good tip! Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2013 15:07:41 GMT -5
How do you remove the background image, I mean without painting over it with a white marker tool? I've seen artists do this, but I couldn't find a way. I tried disabling the Internet just before doing the quest, and it kind of works, but when you do a playback, the original background re-appears underneath it. The quest is Draw!
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Post by K3LLI on Jun 28, 2013 17:50:23 GMT -5
How do you remove the background image, I mean without painting over it with a white marker tool? I've seen artists do this, but I couldn't find a way. I tried disabling the Internet just before doing the quest, and it kind of works, but when you do a playback, the original background re-appears underneath it. View AttachmentThe quest is Draw!Covering it with a white marker is the only way I've heard of.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2013 2:29:00 GMT -5
How do you remove the background image, I mean without painting over it with a white marker tool? Covering it with a white marker is the only way I've heard of. Well, I'll keep looking then. I even tried connecting an external keyboard, to find possible Easter eggs that way. OTOH I could've misinterpreted the playback and the engineers who worked on the app didn't put in any of such hidden features.
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Post by MeanGeri on Jun 29, 2013 16:50:03 GMT -5
Oooh, I get it now. Thank you! I try to stay at least an inch from the edges and find this slide effect happens less often. It is really irritating and I wish that there was a screen lock feature for this so that the screen would only move with a 3 push by the user.
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Post by blackrose2890 on Jun 30, 2013 1:50:04 GMT -5
Oooh, I get it now. Thank you! I try to stay at least an inch from the edges and find this slide effect happens less often. It is really irritating and I wish that there was a screen lock feature for this so that the screen would only move with a 3 push by the user. after some time I'm used to carefully adding color or outlining so zooms will not randomly move around. I just hate the random dots that appear when 3-finger-tap is not done perfectly and the app things I'm trying to draw a line.
But it's fixable anyway. Just erase or cover with a solid color matching the background.
This is also why i use the paintbrush tool last since it's hard to fix mistake spots when background is blended with painbrush. There's a noticeable little off-color dot. LOL Well, it's not too noticeable for really light colors and if there are far to many things on the drawing that my mistake spots won't be noticed. XD
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2013 3:49:17 GMT -5
I just hate the random dots that appear when 3-finger-tap is not done perfectly and the app things I'm trying to draw a line. But it's fixable anyway. Just erase or cover with a solid color matching the background. This is also why i use the paintbrush tool last since it's hard to fix mistake spots when background is blended with painbrush. There's a noticeable little off-color dot. LOL Well, it's not too noticeable for really light colors and if there are far to many things on the drawing that my mistake spots won't be noticed. XD Maybe you could go one step further, and accept the flaws of the app as quirks, not erasing the dots. While you know that those dots are there, most casual observers won't. And yet again, I myself am tempted to go even further, and not zoom in at all, as a limitation and self-challenge. It will force me to work around the lack of detail. Remember, it is working with other apps which have given you the expectation to be able to render detail by zooming in. Managing those expectations, by adapting your drawing technique to suggest detail where there is little could surprise you and make you wonder what all the fuss was about when you were constantly zooming in and perhaps be amused by your naïveté and not being able at the time to see things different. Beginner's mind, not having any expectations is a valuable thing. We can't have it, but we can take a step back and observe our actions and find alternative ways to do the same thing. We don't want to be pigeonholed by passed experiences in how we approach new situations and new tools. Fussing about the tools takes away brain cycles from what really matters, getting a result out the door. True artists ship. They don't complain about the situation they're in, but use their creativity to work around limitations.
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Post by MeanGeri on Jun 30, 2013 13:29:57 GMT -5
I just hate the random dots that appear when 3-finger-tap is not done perfectly and the app things I'm trying to draw a line. But it's fixable anyway. Just erase or cover with a solid color matching the background. This is also why i use the paintbrush tool last since it's hard to fix mistake spots when background is blended with painbrush. There's a noticeable little off-color dot. LOL Well, it's not too noticeable for really light colors and if there are far to many things on the drawing that my mistake spots won't be noticed. XD Maybe you could go one step further, and accept the flaws of the app as quirks, not erasing the dots. While you know that those dots are there, most casual observers won't. And yet again, I myself am tempted to go even further, and not zoom in at all, as a limitation and self-challenge. It will force me to work around the lack of detail. Remember, it is working with other apps which have given you the expectation to be able to render detail by zooming in. Managing those expectations, by adapting your drawing technique to suggest detail where there is little could surprise you and make you wonder what all the fuss was about when you were constantly zooming in and perhaps be amused by your naïveté and not being able at the time to see things different. Beginner's mind, not having any expectations is a valuable thing. We can't have it, but we can take a step back and observe our actions and find alternative ways to do the same thing. We don't want to be pigeonholed by passed experiences in how we approach new situations and new tools. Fussing about the tools takes away brain cycles from what really matters, getting a result out the door. True artists ship. They don't complain about the situation they're in, but use their creativity to work around limitations. I too have the dot problem, it's not something that can be ignored. They definitely don't just blend into your drawings, they have to be erased. It would be nice if you could leave them, but there's no way a "casual observer" won't notice your drawing looks like someone sprinkled colorful salt granules on your canvas. My tip is to make sure you tap in a blank area of the screen so you can erase without loosing content. Also, don't waste your time erasing as you go, just do it all at the end.
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