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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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you make it looks so easy! O_O
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Heafty tutorial for the abs!
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I understand everything. ^_^ But...um...How do you do the thing in 1B? I've been trying to figure that out...
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that's the gradient tool. the setting is... square I guess (best way to describe it), while the gradient itself is called rainbow or some nonsense (it's difficult to miss when you've got the gradient presets open) ^^
be sure to "preserve transparency" on your layer if you're going to do this! otherwise the entire image will be a rainbow XD
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Ah! I completely forgot about gradient! O_O I turned my whole piece red instead. 
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Thanks for the toot...I'll give 'er a whirl...
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it's nice to have a tutorial that I actually know what it's talking about and can use. woo! thanks -this has finally told me how to make scanned pictures into lineart layers!
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wowowow lineart is such a pain in the ass, but this tutorial totally made it easier. Thanks so much for getting into all the details and taking the time to create this!
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Hey, aweasome work man!
I had a great time fooling arround with photoshop and your tutorial
...my todayΒ΄s draw is in debt with the tut youΒ΄ve made. Thanks!
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X_x... You rock my socks
I've tried a lot of different methods with original lineart and isolating it and what not and this one is my favorite ._.
Thank you!
~(^_^)~ <-- The dancing Poofy loves you.
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What? Another how-to-prep-lineart tutorial?
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you got a collection or something?
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nice work
if you wish to submit to the club [with a few changes]
note me... changes will depend on your final approval
cheers
jaako
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It's not technical, looks pretty fun lol
good job!!
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Wow, this is really great^^ I usually do the whole multiply thing, but this looks a ton better
But anyways, This is really good! Nice job^^
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sorry but I know nothing about paintshop
but perhaps you could use masking? does it have that?
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yes! I noticed the mask tool, in the layers option, but I never knew what it did, and don't think I ever tryed to figure it out O__O Is there still hope for me?!?
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try copying your lineart with "copy" or ctrl+c, enter mask mode on a blank layer, then paste the into the layer mask with "paste" or ctrl+v. then exit mask mode and you should have a lineart selection that you can fill, or invert and fill.
I'm only guessing though, sorry
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Thanks^^ I'll give it a try!! and It's my fault for having Paintshop XD Thanks again!!!
Eep
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Whoa! Fun! 8D; Now I know how to make the lineart on it's own layer thingie instead of doing all this other stuff that I've done before.. xD Sounds kinda complicated, but I should be able to get a hang of it. 8D Hopefully. Just.. need practice!
Thanks for making the tutorial! :3 It helps a lot.
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Very helpful tutorial, I just tried it out on some old lines of mine and it looked nice
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awesome, glad it worked!
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Wow. Do you know, I was just about to start scanning in some lineart of mine. Thanks a lot bro. Glad I devwatched you (oh, and also those pictures you sometimes paint...hehehe)
Are you ever up for collab? I'm saying this into the wind; I have an idea, but its about nowhere near physically starting yet.
Thanks for this, again. Fav so I don't lose it and because its an excellent piece of work.
?eace.
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i barely have enough time for my own stuff actually, so collabs are very very rare .__.
anyhow, glad the tutorial worked for you!
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Oh thank you soooo much for making this! x3
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Wow, what a brilliantly complicated method!
I normally just scan in black and white, duplicate the background and remove all the white to do my lines.
I'll give your method a try sometime. :3
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this will give you a smoother/ more precise result ^^
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New tricks for PS! Whoo!! **collects in tutorial folder** I gotta try this sometime
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I use PSP instead, and I just play aruond withthe threshold. It makes lines pretty dark, but there isn't any smudge or grime or anything *shrugs* It works for me lol
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yep, threshold is a good tool, especiall if you've inked the lineart
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Wow!!! This is my kinda tutorial since I prefer to work with lineart. Been waiting for something like this, thanks alot! After this, I will be ready to try the Spicy Curry Brush! lol! Really though, when I read that was still too much of a n00b but after this...WOW! Tis a gift of God!
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thanks so much for this tutorial! I've been trying to learn some good methods for finishing my pics on the computer, and this is a huge help. great tutorial!
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i'm using identical method :3 I think that the same tutorial was somewhere before (about separating the lineart)... no sure ^^'
but I think this will be more helpfull, the preview one was less legible >__<
good work
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did you try to read the preview tutorial?
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I did, but what's with the question? o__O
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I have wanted to scan a picture and try doing this before, but I had not clue how. I am pretty new to photoshop and well, those kinds of programs in general. This will be of great help for me when I manage to draw a decent picture. Thank you for this great tutorial, much appreaciated.
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So, I don't even use photoshop, and yet I still read this tutorial with interest and intriuge. That's how much I love your tutorials. If you know anything at all about paintshop pro, would you say this technique is similar to make a mask layer of your line art? The only thing that gets me with the mask layer, is that the line art has a tendency to get somewhat transparent....Because of this tutorial I may just scrap paintshop and try Photoshop....Oh dear.
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I'm pretty sure photoshop is the industry standard, so scrapping paintshop isn't a bad idea. but I'm sure this trick can be done in it. I've never used paintshop, but maybe if you copy your lineart into memory, enter mask mode, and paste it, you might create a complex mask that can be made into a layer... I'm just guessing though .___________.'
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wtf xD
this is soooo complicated omg~ I guess this is why I do my lineart on the computer!
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it's not complicated ryoOoki
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it's a lot more complicated than just drawing lineart on a transparent layer xD
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...You're an absolute bloody genius. 
Again, thank you for taking time to share this, now go sit down! This tutorial must have taken you too long...
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it did! but now I need to stand up
glad it helps chibi-ra ^^
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