Lazy Nezumi vs Photoshop Smoothing?

[ethandale]

So somebody recently recommended Lazy Nezumi Pro to take my Photoshop/other program art to the next level...I was curious, with the Photoshop smoothing setting, is it really worth it? I'm mostly a 3D artist, in ZBrush and 3DSMax, but if a one time payment of $35 can bring my 2D skills up to par, that would be excellent...

[boo_radley_2013]

I still prefer Lazy Nezumi. There's way more options, settings, and tweaks. It seems to be a little faster as well.

[JJMack]

Lazy Nezumi Pro has many more features than just smoothing look at their video. and animations.

[boo_radley_2013]

In Photoshop, the line never seems to 'catch up'.

If I draw a line, and then stop, the line never fully reaches the cursor. It seems to stop a few millimeters behind.

Is this a setting I'm missing?

[Giordano - ACP Italy]

Check this out, may be usefull in your case Optimizing Photoshop Brushes for Use With a Wacom Tablet - YouTube

[davescm · Accepted solution]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/boo+radley+2013  wrote

In Photoshop, the line never seems to 'catch up'.

If I draw a line, and then stop, the line never fully reaches the cursor. It seems to stop a few millimeters behind.

Is this a setting I'm missing?

Hi

Have you checked Stroke Catch-up in brush smoothing options?

Dave

[Giordano - ACP Italy]

If you use a Wacom tablet + Photoshop, they do not know rivals ... but it also depends on what you want to do exactly.

Personal opinion of course.

     Regards

[boo_radley_2013]

Yes, tried that. Problem is, I reverted back to CC2014 for the time being - I'll have to reinstall CC2018 and double check it when I get the chance.

[P.M.B]

Lazy Nazumi also can be used with nearly any program.  There is a dedicated plugin for Photoshop but it can also be used in Flash, Animate, Illustrator, After Effects, MS Paint, Krita, Gimp, TwistedBrush, ZBrush, 3D-Coat, Sculptris, Paint Tool SAI, MyPaint, Paint.NET, Open Canvas, ArtRage, Sketchbook, Inkscape, Mari, Manga/Clip Studio, Sketchup, Toon Boom, TVPaint, etc...

BTW.   Lazy Nazumi is not going going to bring your skills to the next level.  In fact any art teacher worth their salt will tell that depending on a smoothing algorithm for strong lines is actually limiting your drawing skills.   But maybe we have different ideas of what a "skill" is.   I used to stink at math until I bought a calculator...now my my math "skills" rival that of computer.  LOL