Adobe Photoshop Tutorials (Question & Answer)

Takasan · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:16 pm Post subject:

UI'm having serious computer troubles right now. Couldn't even post a reply or send PMs. anywyas.....
No, need to be apoligizing [TeH] it was me who got us all confused. What I meant was, and I don't think I stated before, was there a faster way to get the outlines of a picture/drawing? What I have been using was the Pen Tool to create lines on a different layer. I was just wondering if there was a diferent way of getting the outlines of a drawing besides redrawing it.(aw man...this ounds confusing already.....) That was what I meant anyways haha lol
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jiashore · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 4:07 am Post subject:

if you mean on how to get a selection area quicker, i suggest using polygonal lasso or megnetic lasso, though they get a bit frustrating as you have to do it all over again if you get one spot wrong...

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the_underdog · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:01 pm Post subject:

Xysti · newbie! Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 18

For the lagging of photoshop, open ur taskmanager and see which program is eating ur CPU time. If it is photoshop, then maybe you don't have enough RAM or virtual memory. Visual styles and unnecessary background programs eat a lot of memory.
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RolePlayingOtaku · newbie! Joined: Mar 13, 2005 Posts: 34

Hi I've been following L i a n Tutorials at http://lian.exorsus.net/tutorial.htm
and they seemed to be really helpful, but when I put my lineart on a transparent layer I assumed that would help me color it without having the colors overlap. I accidently started coloring on the background layer mentioned in the tutorial and my lineart wasn't overlapping, so I thought that was majorly helpful and less time consuming but the tutorial mentioned coloring it on some other layer...? I'm a total newbie at photoshop.

BidingLight · newbie! Joined: Jul 04, 2005 Posts: 20

My Question:

Is there a way to apply filters to only a certain selected area, and not throughout the entire image?

xlitoxaznxgirlx · newbie! Joined: Jul 16, 2005 Posts: 28

do you know where i can download it instead of buying it i am broke?

meganekko · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:12 am Post subject:

xlitoxaznxgirlx · newbie! Joined: Jul 16, 2005 Posts: 28

thank you now i can color my anime wallpaper.

gallen0 · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject:

>Is there a way to apply filters to only a certain selected area, and not throughout the entire image?

You just have to make a selection with the lasso Tool and apply your filter.
If you prefer you can copy the part of the image you want to modify (with the lasso Tool, Touch L) and put it on a layer above (Touch Ctrl+J) and apply your filter.

shampoo322 · newbie! Joined: Sep 10, 2005 Posts: 9

is there any way to extract an image without the usual mask- applying with black background, or using the real pain in the arse extract tool?

gallen0 · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:53 am Post subject:

>shampoo322 :
You have the Extract Filter (Alt+Ctrl+X). A great Tool to be very precise for extracting an image.

You can also have the select by color Method : Menu Select/Color Range (I have changed the Shortcut, so I don't remember the original one).

For these 2 Tools, try every option, that's worth it (but it take some time Shocked

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jiashore · Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject:

whoa... you guys are too pro...

whats extracting?

and whats vectoring?

going all confused here.... maybe cause im a photoshop newbie...

cheers,

jiashore
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gallen0 · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:08 am Post subject:

Takasan · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject:

Wow I thnk this is the stuff I need to know how to use. How do I extract the outlines of a chraracter? I think this would be a lot aster than redrawing everything on a different layer. Thanks in advance! And thanks for the earlier tip [gallen0].
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