I need some help with corel painter

[stolenfaith]

I have kind of a newbie question. I recently bought a bamboo pen and it came with Corel Painter Essentials 4.0 and every time i try to sketch it looks very pixsylated. I was just wondering what size i should make the canvas in pixels and what resolution i should make it. I am using a 32 -inch TV for a monitor. I don't know if that makes a difference or not. Any help will be appreciated

[JohnMalcolm1970]

I have kind of a newbie question. I recently bought a bamboo pen and it came with Corel Painter Essentials 4.0 and every time i try to sketch it looks very pixsylated. I was just wondering what size i should make the canvas in pixels and what resolution i should make it. I am using a 32 -inch TV for a monitor. I don't know if that makes a difference or not. Any help will be appreciated

What is the typical canvas size that you are using at the moment?
What is the native resolution of the 32in TV/monitor?
Is your computer using the TV as a proper monitor with a large resolution or is it upscaling a more typical monitor resolution onto the TV?
Can you try it with a more standard monitor?

I typically work on images that are between 2000 and 5000 pixels wide, depending on what they are going to be used for.

Ideally you shouldn't really be zooming into your image past 100%. I can't speak directly for Painter Essentials, but Painter has always been a bit awkward when viewing images unless you stick to 100%, 50%, 25%, etc.

[stolenfaith]

Thanks for your reply The tv is 1280 by 768 and i was useing 1000 pixels i just tryed one at 5000 pixels and it seems to look better so far. :)

[Nev87]

in general a 1000 pixel image is pretty small. if your thinking in terms of printing, its generally 300dpi. so thats slightly more than a 3 inch side. 5000 is more than 16 and a half inches at 300 dots per inch. the more dpi the less pixelated it will appea.