Adobe Photoshop Tutorials (Question & Answer)

meganekko · Last edited by meganekko on Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:10 pm; edited 1 time in total

Welcome to the ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TUTORIALS!

Here you can post up your questions, and we'll try to answer. Any questions related on how to use the Adobe Photoshop will be the only ones tolerated. And anyone can ask and answer the questions.

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I REPEAT: Anyone can ask and answer the questions. Exclamation

So it means that if you know the answer to a question asked here, please don't hesitate to give out your answer~ And if you have a question yourself... well you get the idea.

Thank you all for participating and I hope a lot of you will learn through this~ Ganbarimasu ne? Wink

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jiashore · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:57 pm Post subject:

Ok, i'll be the first to ask....

Q1 ) Can someone pls tell me what is the meaning of rasterizing? Something always pops up when i use free transform or other things, and it says something about rasterizing.

Q2 ) What is the use of a layer mask? I have heard people in this forum saying that the layer mask is so useful and great things about it. i tried, based on the help page in photoshop, but it doesn't seem so... well, useful?
What so good about it?

cheers,

jiashore
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meganekko · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:12 am Post subject:

Mostly, Rasterizing means to make a layer into an image. That's why it asks first before doing so, because for example:

1.) You rasterize a "text" layer, or any layer that is not an image layer to make it into an image layer. Notice the layer has a T icon, meaning, that it's a text layer.

2.) Once rasterized, it'll become an image layer. So that you could do things you usually do on an image. Now, look at it's icon. The T icon was replaced by a miniature image of what the text layer has become.

So basically, it makes layers into an image layer.... Very Happy

As for the Masking... I'm not sure myself. Maybe it pertains to the Pen Tool?
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jiashore · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:51 am Post subject:

wow, thanks for taking the effort to make the screenshots, it made things much easier for me! wierd, how come no ones coming to this sticky? i thought it should be quite popular since there are so many enthusiastic artists here.

cheers,

jiashore
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aSagi · Conscript Joined: Dec 06, 2004 Posts: 131

meganekko, thanks for telling me to post my Photoshop questions here. Smile

I'd like to ask, if I were to create an drawing on a blank piece of paper, take a picture of the said drawing using a digital camera and save it into my computer in jpeg format; how should I edit the picture file using Photoshop to get clear and thin (or thick) outlines, but at the same time, eliminating the background (the paper) and leaving only a white, blank canvas behind the outlines?

I've been using the polygonal lasso tool for a few of my previous drawings. But it's pretty tedious and time-consuming. Please help.

jiashore · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject:

tough question you got there. I'm a traditional artist, just that i draw on photoshop CS2. Guess i can't help much.

But for me, when i scan a picture, to make the lines bolder, i play around with the contrast and brightness, this makes the black.. more black, and the white...more white. this way, using magic wand would be much easier. If the magic wand still only selects a portion of what you want, you can try playing with the tolerance.

Oh, and i heard from meganekko-san, that the smartblur filter is really good to get rid of noise. this makes the difference of two colours easier for the computer to read. Hope i helped...

cheers,

jiashore
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aSagi · Conscript Joined: Dec 06, 2004 Posts: 131

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try that. How do you colour your drawings using Photoshop, by the way?

I hope I'm not bothering you and everyone with my questions, I really like to know about the Photoshop techniques out there, apart from the one I've been using. Laughing

jiashore · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:55 am Post subject:

ok, here are the tools i use.

-paintbrushes, its opacity and size
-magic wand, tolerance
-selection
-history brush
-undo
-blur
-colour selection
-zoom tools
-eraser
-and alot of layers.

thats why my works take so long, its just like a traditional painting, no special tricks or any filters, just painting. i hope that helps

cheers,

jiashore
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Takasan · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:40 pm Post subject:

Alright guys, I have a few questions but I'll stasrt by just asking one. How do you guys use the layer tool to coor. Can I draw on one layer then color another layer? And then when I finsh with everything, can I just make them into one image? Sorry, I dono't realy know how to put my thoughts into words so if you'd be so kind to help me, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
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jiashore · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:07 pm Post subject:

hiya takasan,

ok, for layers, it seems to me that using layers are very effective when doing drawings and colorings. to me, layers are convenient as you have the ability to split up colouring and lines etc. i kinda means like splitting up the entire project into different... layers. lets say you want to color the face, but that may affect the nose and eyes. for me, i select the eyes and nose and mouth, copy them into another layer, then color the original layer OVER the eyes... But as there is a layer for the eye etc, above the one that you just coloured, the eyes etc will be still present. plus, tweaking of the opacity of layers seem to be quite effective for me.

to merge the layers into just one image, go the layers, flatten image or merge visible, i'm still not quite sure of the difference.

hope i helped and hope you can understand... Laughing

oh, and seems like not many contributing, come here pls....

cheers,

jiashore
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Takasan · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:03 pm Post subject:

Thanks [jiashore] as a matter of fact I do have a better understanding of it now. But the only thing I don't get is how to go about doing all of that. The understanding of the concept is easy, but how I'm supposed to go about it I am still kind of confused. You guys think you can do something to this quicksketch of mine and tell me how you did it?

Just a short example would be nice with some sreccn shots. No need to go into detail. ^^
And yes I don't think too many epople are usnig this thread. What a shame, this is a really good way to get help and tone your skills! So I thank you guys for making and maintaining this thread.
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jiashore · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject:

i'll do my best, can i just do the forearm, the lines are more defined, it'll make it much easier. whew, 2 requests and the competition, plus this, sure is taking a toll, anyway, ganbarimasu, i'll do my best. hope to see more questions.

cheers,

jiashore
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meganekko · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 5:50 am Post subject:

Woo, jiashore's busy~! Haha.

Don't worry I'll try and do some of these requests too if I have time. Sorry guys if I hadn't been able to help you out... It's Finals Week and we have a lot of projects/exams.... Crying or Very sad

And jiashore's right about the brightness/contrast maiking the lines more pronounced. Adjust them and you'll have the dark lines darker, the blank spaces whiter...

And the Smart Blur really works wonders! Just try and experiment with it and you'll have your drawings smooth and clean, it'll look like it was done by an anime artist itself~! Very Happy

Thank you guys for participating to this thread. I do hope a lot more will come and ask any questions, we'll try and answer them right away~ Wink

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jiashore · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:51 pm Post subject:

hiya all again, i'm kinda busy right now, but i too have some questions.

can someone provide help on how to get rid of noise? I also need some help with using the smartblur tool, its really confusing. and my computer really lags alot when i use it, that because the pics i work with are almost 50mb plus. the paintbrush at 5o pixel size is only about the size of the mouse. help pls.

oh, pls bring in more people here, the people who ask around here are only me, meganekko-san, and takasan. COme on, MORE people pls...

cheers,

jiashore
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artisticjunke29 · Conscript Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 166

aha jiashore, i get what ur sayin with the requests. gaia ppl are flooding me x_x

as for the lagging, i dont think you can fix it... when that happens to me, i just use a smaller brush. maybe its the amount of free space on ur comp. i know when u delete unneeded files, the whole comp + programs run faster.
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