straight edges and masking in Painter 8

[Ouroboros]

Alright, I've had it. I have to ask. I've seen lots of people getting perfect curves and straight lines in their work, but I have no idea how they're doing it.

I can do it just fine in Photoshop 7, but Painter 8's pen tool and lasso tool work in such a way that the Photoshop functions I rely on don't seem to be there, like selecting an outline of the shape using vectors from the pen tool, then turning the shape into a selection rather than a filled vector shape.

I dunno maybe I'm just looking in the wrong spot. Please, someone educate me. I'd rather do all this in Painter than switch back and forth to photoshop.

Ouro

[Ouroboros]

Duh. It never fails. I ask about the thing then I find a possible solution two minutes later. Okay so I see the convert to selection button at the top when I have the pen tool selected. If there's anything else that would be helpfull, please list below.

Ouro

[bustabustu]

You could always just trace your image in Adobe ILL and then export it out to photoshop to add color.