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Post by Mohegan on Apr 12, 2005 12:52:08 GMT -5
Woooohoooo, I've finally got photoshop, this is absoluteley great, and there are so many ways to colour your art. I'm so happy I just want to tell it to everybody ;D
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Post by Epesi on Apr 12, 2005 14:24:48 GMT -5
That's great! Photoshop is a wonderful tool. ;D Have fun!
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Post by Mohegan on Apr 13, 2005 5:10:07 GMT -5
Thanks, ;D But I'm very bad at the moment, i can't make the lines very good, and I'm still learning how everything works. You had photoshop too, am i right Epesi? Which version do you have?
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Post by Epesi on Apr 13, 2005 12:00:10 GMT -5
I also have Photoshop 7. I might be able to help answer some questions, though my knowledge is rather limited.
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Post by Mohegan on Apr 14, 2005 5:12:03 GMT -5
That would be great Epesi. I have a question. How do you put backgrounds in your drawing? By the way, I'm almost finished with a drawing which I colourd in photoshop. It's really fun ;D
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Post by SilentDawn on Apr 14, 2005 14:30:20 GMT -5
I have a website for you...It has all kind of tutorials and great ideas, all centered around Photoshop 7...I don't have it now, but as soon as I get home from work, I'll find the link and post it here...So check back! ~~Here it is~~ www.good-tutorials.com/
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Post by Epesi on Apr 16, 2005 3:02:49 GMT -5
Oops, sorry for taking so long to reply! I admit it's because I'm not really sure what to say. How to add a background...it's a pretty open-ended question. If you just have a canvas with a character on it and want to put something behind it, that's easy. Of course, what to put behind the character is the hard part, and I can't really help you there. I'm clueless about landscapes, myself, so I've shied away from making real backgrounds for a long time. If the character outlines and colors are on separate layers above the original drawing, then it's as easy as painting your background on another layer underneath them. If the outlines were inked on the paper, and they're still attached to the background layer, it might be a little more difficult. If the paper is smooth and clean, so that there are few shadows on the page and the color is even, then there are two things you could do that would be very simple. -You could unlock the background layer and set it to "Multiply," and move it above the character's colors; the white of the background won't show on anything painted below that layer, but the dark outlines will still be visible. Some people like the look of a rough pencil sketch with flat colors underneath; I do this when I'm feeling lazy, and then call it artistic. -If you want to be able to place the character, merged onto a single layer, in a different canvas, then the outlines will have to be separate from the white background. Select the color of the paper (use the eyedropper to get the right shade, if it's not pure white) and go to the drop-down menu Select, and click on "Color range." Adjust the slider so that it catches all the white on the page, and click OK; everything white will be selected. You can now get rid of it using "clear," and all that remains will be your outlines. (They'll probably have some white clinging to them in places; just lock the layer and paint everything black, or whatever color you want your outlines to be in the end.) This works best if the outlines are crisp and clean and dark; you can adjust the brightness and contrast settings (Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast) and levels (Image > Adjustments > Levels) to help this. Unfortunately I can't tell you what the heck Levels really does; I can never remember, and I only know it from trial and error and the help of a long-forgotten tutorial. Let me know if I wasn't very clear on something; I'm afraid I'm terrible at explaining things, and it doesn't help that I don't fully understand the subject myself.
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Post by Mohegan on Apr 16, 2005 14:34:13 GMT -5
Thank you very much for the link SilentDawn, and thank you very much for the explaining Epesi, I understand most of it. You're pretty good at explaining. ;D
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Post by Epesi on Apr 16, 2005 15:19:18 GMT -5
You're very welcome! And thanks, too. ;D
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Post by Night Bear on May 29, 2005 11:42:13 GMT -5
Photoshop? Is that Paintshop Pro?
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Post by Epesi on May 29, 2005 11:59:36 GMT -5
Nope. Photoshop is a different program, released by Adobe.
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Post by Night Bear on May 29, 2005 12:22:59 GMT -5
I've only used MS Paint and Photopaint (which I lost). I've tried using Paintshop Pro but it came with no instructions.
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Post by Kenai Bear on Dec 11, 2005 17:22:24 GMT -5
i currently use Adobe Photoshop 9.0 CS2 and it is great... i make small anims and edid pic's with it all the time... so anybody want an custom, personal, one of a kind Brother bear Avatar?
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