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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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Comments: 2665

MakotoImada In reply to ??? [2008-08-19 19:28:07 +0000 UTC]

Weee!!! Much thanks for the tutorial
Now to start working!

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getty In reply to MakotoImada [2008-08-20 12:16:37 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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jzakyqq In reply to ??? [2008-08-19 09:25:08 +0000 UTC]

thank..
it help me...!

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getty In reply to jzakyqq [2008-08-20 12:15:10 +0000 UTC]

Welcome.

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jzakyqq In reply to getty [2008-08-21 03:11:29 +0000 UTC]

do you draw for a company or just hobby?!

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getty In reply to jzakyqq [2008-08-22 12:00:04 +0000 UTC]

I'm an automotive software engineer. =/

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jzakyqq In reply to getty [2008-08-22 12:40:26 +0000 UTC]

so where do you work?!
automotive industries?!

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NirruBaiker In reply to ??? [2008-08-17 22:33:23 +0000 UTC]

I'm definitely using this tutorial on my next project. My shading style seems weak after seeing this.

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getty In reply to NirruBaiker [2008-08-20 12:15:24 +0000 UTC]

Hope it helps.

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NirruBaiker In reply to getty [2008-08-24 23:28:53 +0000 UTC]

It did. Check out my gallery.

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HTivey In reply to ??? [2008-08-17 19:01:29 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial, this has helped me loadsies ^_^ ^_^

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getty In reply to HTivey [2008-08-20 12:15:41 +0000 UTC]

Glad to know.

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HTivey In reply to getty [2008-08-20 13:36:14 +0000 UTC]

heehee

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Nerdfighter In reply to ??? [2008-08-15 18:01:19 +0000 UTC]

WOW! Thanks a ton for this, not only does it talk about cell shading, it also helps with photoshop!

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getty In reply to Nerdfighter [2008-08-16 08:56:33 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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chibiautomail13 In reply to ??? [2008-08-13 20:20:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for this. I've been wanting to learn how to cell shade for a while now. *is an abuser of the smudge tool*

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getty In reply to chibiautomail13 [2008-08-14 11:57:36 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome.

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tonyzmglm In reply to ??? [2008-08-13 13:31:24 +0000 UTC]

veeeeeery nice thx i learned a lot from ur tutorial thx a lot ^_^

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getty In reply to tonyzmglm [2008-08-14 11:56:01 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Bigpaw In reply to ??? [2008-08-09 16:25:02 +0000 UTC]

Wow, the entire time I was looking through this tutorial, every time you added another step I just thought "That looks so pretty!" xD Thanks for making this, it is very helpful!

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getty In reply to Bigpaw [2008-08-14 11:54:04 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, hope it helps.

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lil-blue02 In reply to ??? [2008-08-07 02:17:31 +0000 UTC]

GREAT TUTORIAL!

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getty In reply to lil-blue02 [2008-08-09 14:06:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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lil-blue02 In reply to getty [2008-08-09 20:02:02 +0000 UTC]

your welcome!

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GuardianKitsune In reply to ??? [2008-08-06 06:59:03 +0000 UTC]

It confuses me a little (cuz I'm new at this ) but I shall try it as soon as I get my new tablet!!! Thanks for making it!

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getty In reply to GuardianKitsune [2008-08-09 09:47:52 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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KENji-ken In reply to ??? [2008-08-04 16:39:56 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing thank you

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getty In reply to KENji-ken [2008-08-09 09:46:13 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome

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gateux In reply to ??? [2008-08-03 22:31:46 +0000 UTC]

i love you for this XD

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getty In reply to gateux [2008-08-09 09:46:04 +0000 UTC]

Love is always appreciated

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InuHanyou In reply to ??? [2008-08-02 01:02:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!!

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getty In reply to InuHanyou [2008-08-02 10:21:06 +0000 UTC]

Welcome.

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hanyougirl1234 In reply to ??? [2008-07-29 05:29:00 +0000 UTC]

VERY USEFUL! ;DD

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getty In reply to hanyougirl1234 [2008-07-29 15:05:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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RebeccaProp In reply to ??? [2008-07-26 04:26:18 +0000 UTC]

This is so amazing... the grouping tip is especially helpful! That will save so much time!

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getty In reply to RebeccaProp [2008-07-26 09:20:34 +0000 UTC]

Hope it really will!

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NamiOki In reply to ??? [2008-07-25 19:24:31 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial! Just what I was looking for, you're awesome!

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getty In reply to NamiOki [2008-07-26 09:14:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!

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NamiOki In reply to getty [2008-07-26 16:14:52 +0000 UTC]

No, thank you!

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kapeishi In reply to ??? [2008-07-25 01:36:04 +0000 UTC]

Ahh, this is going to be so helpful! Thank you! :'D

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getty In reply to kapeishi [2008-07-25 11:39:19 +0000 UTC]

Hope it really will be.

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Gojr-Studios In reply to ??? [2008-07-21 16:30:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, buddy.

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getty In reply to Gojr-Studios [2008-07-23 11:27:45 +0000 UTC]

Welcome.

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SUSHIGURL In reply to ??? [2008-07-20 03:24:09 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This helped a lot! Thanx!^^

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getty In reply to SUSHIGURL [2008-07-20 10:46:34 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome.

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Zerj19 In reply to ??? [2008-07-18 06:33:29 +0000 UTC]

awesome It helped me a lot!!! thanx..if you wanna chek out what I did with your tutorial check out my art!! thanx again

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getty In reply to Zerj19 [2008-07-18 12:37:40 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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PsychoBoss In reply to ??? [2008-07-18 05:28:29 +0000 UTC]

This may help me. ^ ^

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getty In reply to PsychoBoss [2008-07-18 12:36:50 +0000 UTC]

Hope it will.

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MissyTheMouse In reply to ??? [2008-07-17 06:24:49 +0000 UTC]

This looks like it will be very helpful

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