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This is a tutorial on how I vector ponies in Photoshop. Even if you do it yourself it might serve some useful tips. But I have to say, it was really hard trying to put everything you know down like that. Probably forgot some :/Final image:
Video making Spitfire: [link]
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I'm not very good using Photoshop, but w/this tutorial, I'll give it a try. Thanks.
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I was looking around for different photoshop tutorials on how to do some vectors i'm working on (and attempting for the first time), and I decided to try some tutorials of MLP vector art to find exactly what i'm looking for. THANKS A TON. This was a very big help! Now I can finish without going nuts and pull my hair out, and I now also have a handy guide if I decide to try my hand at ponies later.
Thanks again!
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I have Adobe Phtotshop Elements 9, I've been wanting to vector ponies for a long time but I can't find the pen tool! Do you know where it is?
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No I don't, I only have Photoshop CS3 and CS5. But as far as I've seen, it doesn't seem to support vectors the same way. It doesn't have the pen-tool, only the shape tool meaning you can't create custom shapes.
So you can't use Photoshop Elements 9 to create proper vectors, sorry.
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Thank you for replying! I guess i'll try to find another program to vector. I've been using Doink and its pretty good for vectoring. I'll just stick to that
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!
I'm having so much trouble with trying to do vectors that i gave up!!
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You welcome ^^
Glad it helped!
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Thank you SO much! THis tutorial is so useful!
Sorry for the silly question but...Uhm...in which format do you usually save, keeping the transparent background? ^u^
I tried GIF, but that didn't worked well... XD
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Sorry for the late reply, and I'm glad you found it useful! ^^
I always use PNG when I save with trasparent background.
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Oh! Thank you so much! I didn't knew PNG could save transparent images, this is so awesome! Thanks again! ^u^
GIF images' quality is awful, I'm glad there's another format that allows transparency! ^u^
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Thanks for this! I'm sure it'll come in handy if I ever get Photoshop c:
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could you upload the .psd file so we can see everything at once?
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That's quite some amount of work, I wonder which one takes longer to work on if making the same Rarity but with different software, Photoshop or Illustrator? Illustrator is always for me when it comes to vectors.
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Thanks so much! I've been looking for an easy to read guide. <3
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hmm, nuff' say. i use that same method, but in Illustrator. but the problem with Illustrator: there is not a Free Transformation option as well precise as in Photoshop. and it's too bad.
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Thank you so much for this, it's awesomely helpful. I mostly have the hang of the pen tool (I think), but your tricks with masking and duplicating and all are really brilliant.
Out of curiosity, how long does an illustration like this normally take you?
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Thanks a lot for the tutorial, is helping me a lot right now
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A couple of questions:
Is it basically the same concept using Adobe Illustrator?
Is Adobe Illustrator "better" for this?
Is either one "better".
What are the advantages/disadvantages of using each program?
Which should I choose?
Also, when I try to do it in Adobe Illustrator, there is no option (at least how you described) to "create a vector mask."
Anyhow, I'm just wondering if you're using this because you think it's better or easier or something, or because you don't have Adobe Illustrator.
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can you pls help me
my lines are crooked and awry
how can i get them perfectly straight?
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I prefer using the shape layer option (the one that you circled in blue), but that's just me. ^-^ Great tutorial, though; I'll definitely refer people to this if they ask me any questions about vectoring.
My layer order is also completely different from your's. 
I think it's interesting how our methods differ; perhaps it's because we learned differently?
Again, great tutorial. I'm glad to be a part of your awesome group!
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Okay I've tried to follow this but when I do the outline of the pony then fill the color isn't solid it looks pixleated.. am I doing something wrong I know it shouldn't look that way but I have no clue why its doing that.
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It's quite intriguing how I was searching for a few tutorials to see how they do it compared to how I do so, and I'm pleasantly surprised to say that this one, I think, is closest to how I've been doing it the entire time, and this is the first tutorial I explored.
The only thing I tend to do slightly differently is create the whole body with the outline color, and use another layer to add on the main body colors.
Still, it's a rather fantastic commendable tutorial.
If I may speak of a little tip though...
@Fourth bar section, where you begin on Rarity's hair:
You can use the control+click method with the pen tool and it works there too.
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About Rarity's hair: If you are talking about the direct selection tool, then read the red part under the same section. Should've been explained there
But still thank you for those kind words ^^
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Heh, I was actually indeed talking about the pen tool itself. Using the control+click method works with both, really.
But yes, I'm surprised at how much you and I are doing the same stuff technically speaking, although you've recently started to incorporate shading into your works such as [link]
I take it that it's also vectors, yes?
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Of course ^^
It's not any different from what this really, the method is mostly the same
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Heheh. I've sent you a note, there's something that perhaps you could help me with... If you don't mind that is.
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Okay. I think this should actually finalize the deal. Heh, sorry about that. I'll give it a look through when I get home.
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Super cool! I definately want to try this out sometime!
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This guide is what got me into vectoring. It's fantastic, and when somepony asks me about vectoring, this is the tut I link them to. Awesome!
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Awesome! But can you please make a Inkscape version?
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Sorry buddy, I don't really know much about Inkscape.
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That's okay! Your Tutorials Really Helped me out, even in Inkscape!
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pretty cool but REALLY takes a while
props to you, my friend
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Yea, im still confused about the eyes 
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Can you give me a more detailed explanation on how to do eyes?
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all the same. some like that some not at all
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how much for photo shop? I want to be a graphic designer
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Usually it costs around $700 for the full version, though it depends as it can be cheeper if you are a student. Photoshop is usually bought by schools and businesses for professional work and education. Still if you want to buy a universal graphic software, I would defiantly recommend Photoshop, regardless of the price. Most people on the contrary tend to use an illegal copy of Photoshop, so I guess you could try searching online and see if you found a pirated version. Though you didn't heard that from me.
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ok, ok I won't tell. I've been look for a while, keep getting broken versions. maybe I could starve for a semester ans get one. idk. for now Ill just stick with the Gimp.
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How would you go about changing the resolution? Because when i make a vector mask the lines aren't very clean they are rather pixelled. (i use photoshop cs5)
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