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Description As I promised to some of the people here, I'm releasing the first tutorial here.

This is the tutorial for how to do soft cell shading on Photoshop, based on my experience.

The version of Photoshop used in the tutorial is 6. If you use later versions, names of tools/modes and/or allocation of shortcut keys might be different.
I'm working on Windows, so if you use Mac please change these notations as: Ctrl to Command, Alt to Option.

I just hope it helps you.
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getty In reply to ??? [2008-09-28 08:39:44 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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youngtalent In reply to ??? [2008-09-26 04:05:44 +0000 UTC]

When i do the grouping thing, the color still goes out of the base colors?

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getty In reply to youngtalent [2008-09-26 11:51:09 +0000 UTC]

If you use Photoshop CS or later, try to use Ctrl-Alt-G instead of Ctrl-G.

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youngtalent In reply to getty [2008-09-26 23:52:23 +0000 UTC]

thankyou thankyou thankyou!!!

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TracyWong In reply to ??? [2008-09-26 01:44:47 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Great tutorial! Thanks a million!

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getty In reply to TracyWong [2008-09-26 11:49:28 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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banchan09 In reply to ??? [2008-09-22 07:01:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this! I hope I will improve with this tutorial!! Thank you so much!! Mwah!!! XD

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getty In reply to banchan09 [2008-09-25 13:44:23 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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shadowkitsune-anime In reply to ??? [2008-09-21 18:38:17 +0000 UTC]

Ah, this is such a wonderful tutorial! <3

You go way further into detail than other tutorials, and I think that's really helpful to a lot of people.


Thanks for the time you've given to help us all out

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getty In reply to shadowkitsune-anime [2008-09-25 13:42:50 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, hope it will help you too.

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StarRaven In reply to ??? [2008-09-20 18:53:01 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful!! Thanks a lot.

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getty In reply to StarRaven [2008-09-21 00:23:31 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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getty In reply to StarRaven [2008-09-21 00:23:17 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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krikra In reply to ??? [2008-09-20 15:06:16 +0000 UTC]

It's great!! I'm going to try this out. THANKS

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getty In reply to krikra [2008-09-21 00:23:42 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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legendary-SaebaSan In reply to ??? [2008-09-20 11:24:06 +0000 UTC]

This help me a lot! Thanks! ^^

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getty In reply to legendary-SaebaSan [2008-09-21 00:24:11 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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legendary-SaebaSan In reply to getty [2008-09-21 11:02:25 +0000 UTC]

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sleepingmelody In reply to ??? [2008-09-19 06:15:11 +0000 UTC]

woot! thanks for tut!

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getty In reply to sleepingmelody [2008-09-19 10:24:10 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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amai26 In reply to ??? [2008-09-18 20:58:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this tutorial

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getty In reply to amai26 [2008-09-19 10:24:47 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome.

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JalessiaJ In reply to ??? [2008-09-18 00:41:07 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial

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getty In reply to JalessiaJ [2008-09-19 10:24:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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Seleneseraph In reply to ??? [2008-09-12 21:26:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Very usefull.

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getty In reply to Seleneseraph [2008-09-13 09:29:04 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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Aozame-san In reply to ??? [2008-09-09 16:41:17 +0000 UTC]

I really needed this ;D Thanks a bunch!

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getty In reply to Aozame-san [2008-09-12 10:49:13 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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CricketKitty In reply to ??? [2008-09-07 21:03:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I could never figure out the "mask" tool until your turtorial

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getty In reply to CricketKitty [2008-09-12 10:37:27 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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TofuApocalypse In reply to ??? [2008-09-06 05:27:24 +0000 UTC]

I TOTALLY needed one of this. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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getty In reply to TofuApocalypse [2008-09-06 10:26:09 +0000 UTC]

Hope it helps!

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Tajun In reply to ??? [2008-09-05 06:16:33 +0000 UTC]

I love this! this is AWESOME!

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getty In reply to Tajun [2008-09-05 11:40:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Tajun In reply to getty [2008-09-09 02:43:16 +0000 UTC]

welcome, anytime!

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Ishiho In reply to ??? [2008-09-01 13:59:15 +0000 UTC]

your tutorials are amazing. and i really like your style. i was wondering thogh,how do you clean your lineart? or is it already that clean. i often have a problem where my lines are thick and sketchy.... in any case thank you for the gift o KNOWLEDGE!!!

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getty In reply to Ishiho [2008-09-03 12:19:23 +0000 UTC]

Please check my lineart tutorial for your question.

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Ishiho In reply to getty [2008-09-03 13:29:09 +0000 UTC]

i did and i faved it!!! thanks alot its very helpful.

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paucaga In reply to ??? [2008-09-01 08:43:16 +0000 UTC]

nice tutorial thanks

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getty In reply to paucaga [2008-09-03 12:20:23 +0000 UTC]

Welcome.

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FrankMR In reply to ??? [2008-08-31 18:59:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial, I'm trying it out.

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getty In reply to FrankMR [2008-09-03 12:19:52 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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JynxedJoker In reply to ??? [2008-08-26 04:42:24 +0000 UTC]

I love it! It was a big help! Quick question though, did you use the pen tool in Photoshop or did you scan in an already inked and/or pencil sketch for the lines?

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getty In reply to JynxedJoker [2008-08-27 12:47:45 +0000 UTC]

You'll know if you check my works.

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HopeDiamond101 In reply to ??? [2008-08-24 14:08:30 +0000 UTC]

YES! This is just what I needed! Thank you so much!

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getty In reply to HopeDiamond101 [2008-08-27 12:43:43 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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N-Fect In reply to ??? [2008-08-24 07:16:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for making this!
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I tried, but I have to say I don't know how to make clean lineart. Checking out the line art tips now~

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getty In reply to N-Fect [2008-08-27 12:42:22 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Little-Katydid In reply to ??? [2008-08-21 21:21:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for making this. It's very helpful.

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getty In reply to Little-Katydid [2008-08-22 11:57:05 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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