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Rambi is *zambi 's original character
she was nice enough to let me draw her and use her in a tutorial
( thank you stinklady -3:I )
well, I decided to create a tutorial on lineart separation
this should help everyone having trouble with their lineart,
and help those with a desire to understand advanced setup
sorry it's so very technical, and not very fun, but it's MUCH too important to overlook!
so enjoy ^^
//* EDIT
for those of you that know the Desaturation trick and want to use it instead for Step1, feel free. But there IS a difference between desaturating an image and converting it to grayscale. Look closely at this image ( [link] ), and you'll see that the grayscaled version is lighter than the desaturated version. What difference does this make? Hell if I know
But I trust a full grayscale conversion over an RGB desaturation any day.
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To much text, I want is simple, even I could explain it easyier.
Nice.. I gues.s.
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So I won't have to retrace everything anymore?
... You gain fifty million cool points.
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awesome!
now I need some health points and I'm set to go
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critique discouraged ... lol, as if somebody would dare...
xDD this is soooooooo useful man, I sometimes save my selections but I never thought of doing this 
u've saved many hours of using magic wand and eraser :b
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glad to be of service!
you're right though... kinda would be weird to crit a tutorial
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also, u made me quite laugh so thanks :b
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AAHH! I tried this technique, got to step three, and realized my version of photoshop doesn't have channels. T_T
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Adobe Photoshop Elements v. 2.0 (It came with my tablet.)
I word searched "channels" in the help section and all I found was this weird refill thing that wouldn't work. xp Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Also thank you thank you for replying.
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highly utilitarian. i can definitely see myself making use of this method. 
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very clear and helpful, even to a photoshop noob like myself^^
all in all a friendly and informative tutorial^^
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help me august! my copy of photoshop doesn't have the make new channels thingy! heeeeellllp
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do you have a limited edition or something?
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no. I can't find it. I've got 4.0
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Ooooo
I've never used anything prior to 5, so I'm not sure if it'll have it at all
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OO
G nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooo...
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Nice tutorial. This is very useful.
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heh, I already had my own version of this, but I worked with the color range tool, so let's see if this gives me something different/better
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Haha, that's a great tutorial and it's funn, too! x)
*favs*
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this tutorial is great :3
i finally got around to actually try it too lol (finally find out how to do that darn gradiant on linearts lol )
thanks for this tutorial it simply rocks
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you're welcome!
I wonder if the final fantasy logo linearts are colored this way
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hmm could be o_O thats pretty lazy of them tho XP
this method is pretty good for colouring the lines in a specific colour (i could only do that with digital lines before 
now it works with hand inked lines too woot XP
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alright... So... :3 I'll try it as soon as I'll have the chance.. since when I work with lyers.. I only change the curves options or w/e
And the channels ...are.. *blank stare* sth.. like o.O for me XD
So alright.. ^^
So pratically what you did was to make the lineart clean and then select all the lines.. (sth with the channels here..)..
And then just filled the floating selection with color.
I'll try
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I'd love to try this...but my photoshop is retarded and freezes everytime I open it. -_-;
Oh well, good job....
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Holy shit...that just saved me so much time. I love you.
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okay, can i ask you a question? what do you do if when you do the selection thing and you click okay it says "Warning: No pixels have been chosen." ? because i've tried to do this like three times and it does that everytime. i'd appreciate your help. ^.^;
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the channel you're selecting probably has no information in it. that means something went wrong in step F i believe. Are you sure you pasted into that channel properly?
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erm. i hope. i'll keep that in mind when I try again. i'll use a better picture too. thanks for the help.
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I do a method similar to this, but wow, this is so much more detailed! Thank you! Got a silly question, In step one, instead of changing to grayscale, cant you just desaturate the image? Just a thought 
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P.S SHE'S ADORABLE ><
and you always make me laugh ; ; haha, you're so silly <3
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aaahhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ;___________________________________; HORRAY. *dances* What an adorable little Rambi!!! I love her fluffs on her feet!!! And her face is SO cute ;o; man her legs are so lovely too. *droooooolsallovertheplaceandkillswoodlan dcreatures* uggg I love all the furr ; ; lovelovelovelove.
Also your cell shading is totally wonderful! I want to see another pic like this from you :'D <3
And Im sorry Im so slow u___u;;; *begsformercy*
thank you friend ;D; I love her to bits <3 And I'll try this SO CALLED TUTORIAL OF YOURS!!!! I do most of what you're saying except for the channels part and so on! huuuuu thankyou ; ; I owe you things <3
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I was secretly hoping you wouldn't see this
didn't do her much justice :\
but you're so nice
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>:u ohwhateverhomo.
<3333333
watsupbe
wa sa bi.
Im searching the city for si-fi wasabi!
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obiwan kenobi isa waitin' fo me
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T_T This makes me so sad.. It is soo helpful that I can't use it. *shakes her fist* Adobe elements does not have channels..*cries* I seriously needed this too. I have some good drawings, its just the lineart that looks crappy. Well yeah, anywho! Tis very kind of you to help us less experienced. *nodnod*
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yay, i've always used the multiply layer thing to colour lineart, but i always run into snags with it. i'm gunna try this way next time i can get off my lazy ass and draw line arts~ thanks for creating it :3
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you're welcome guava!
hope you get as many miles out of it as I have ^^
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thanks for making this. I won't use it just yet..I am still new to using the pen tool. I like it right now cause it's a slight bit more flexible I can add or fix things to the lineart. ^_^ But that's me. I really liked the commentary throughout however..highly amusing.
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You're amazing and I love you. This is just what I've always been looking for. *saves to use later*
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I got it but sheesh!
What a lotta work I actually found a quicker way that looks cleaner...and is fewer steps.
I get confused when people write "Controle C" it must be different on some computers or some thing.
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it's Ctrl on your keyboard, right?
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I guess not.
Honestly I tryed!
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