Comments on: Shrimp Tails: Describing a New Species http://deepseanews.com/2009/08/shrimp-tails-describing-a-new-species/ All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:14:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bull Patrol: NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED zOMG! | Deep Sea News http://deepseanews.com/2009/08/shrimp-tails-describing-a-new-species/comment-page-1/#comment-19257 Bull Patrol: NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED zOMG! | Deep Sea News Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:14:22 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=5443#comment-19257 [...] species names. Let me give you an example from my own work. In 2009, I published with my colleague a new species description of a shrimp from a hydrothermal vent habitat. This discovery really starts way back in 2005 though. I’ll spare you the details, they are [...] [...] species names. Let me give you an example from my own work. In 2009, I published with my colleague a new species description of a shrimp from a hydrothermal vent habitat. This discovery really starts way back in 2005 though. I’ll spare you the details, they are [...]

]]> By: Even Tiny Copepods Are More Awesome Than a Slimey Mollusc | Deep Sea News http://deepseanews.com/2009/08/shrimp-tails-describing-a-new-species/comment-page-1/#comment-11093 Even Tiny Copepods Are More Awesome Than a Slimey Mollusc | Deep Sea News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:23:04 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=5443#comment-11093 [...] with a little Mantis shrimp. But who am I? I’m just an arthropod biologist, having described new species of shrimp, I might be just a bit biased right? So lets put it up to a google [...] [...] with a little Mantis shrimp. But who am I? I’m just an arthropod biologist, having described new species of shrimp, I might be just a bit biased right? So lets put it up to a google [...]

]]> By: Kevin Zelnio http://deepseanews.com/2009/08/shrimp-tails-describing-a-new-species/comment-page-1/#comment-8021 Kevin Zelnio Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:38:06 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=5443#comment-8021 i use them in conjunction with each other typically. I'll prepare the image in Photoshop (i.e. mosiacking, adjusting contrast, etc.) then import it into Illustrator because their tools make adjusting lines very easy. Time-consuming, but I can get high resolution line drawings without having to scan them in. I can't draw a straight line if m life depended on it! With Illustrator I can easily correct error by clicking and dragging lines into place. After doing all these I got pretty fast though. Photoshop seems to be less vector based, so its less straight-forward to manipulate individual line segments. We have a camera obscura in the lab I work in now. If I get a chance to get back into taxonomy more (I have LOTS of pending animals right now!) I'll try it out. i use them in conjunction with each other typically. I’ll prepare the image in Photoshop (i.e. mosiacking, adjusting contrast, etc.) then import it into Illustrator because their tools make adjusting lines very easy. Time-consuming, but I can get high resolution line drawings without having to scan them in. I can’t draw a straight line if m life depended on it! With Illustrator I can easily correct error by clicking and dragging lines into place. After doing all these I got pretty fast though. Photoshop seems to be less vector based, so its less straight-forward to manipulate individual line segments.

We have a camera obscura in the lab I work in now. If I get a chance to get back into taxonomy more (I have LOTS of pending animals right now!) I’ll try it out.

]]> By: John S. Wilkins http://deepseanews.com/2009/08/shrimp-tails-describing-a-new-species/comment-page-1/#comment-8020 John S. Wilkins Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:08:06 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=5443#comment-8020 Your use of Illustrator is a bit like the old camera obscura approach, but I would have thought that there would be better programs for this purpose - Photoshop? Your use of Illustrator is a bit like the old camera obscura approach, but I would have thought that there would be better programs for this purpose – Photoshop?

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