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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 ??? [2008-07-17 11:15:28 +0000 UTC]

Hope it will.

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EmotionalParadox In reply to ??? [2008-07-16 20:10:04 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the help

[link]
theres my first attempt heh

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getty In reply to EmotionalParadox [2008-07-17 11:16:30 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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hidanbasher In reply to ??? [2008-07-14 22:19:54 +0000 UTC]

thnx for the tutorial!! learned a lot, really!!~

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getty In reply to hidanbasher [2008-07-16 12:28:54 +0000 UTC]

Glad to know.

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meolillykitty In reply to ??? [2008-07-13 17:00:02 +0000 UTC]

This is the perfect tutorial ^_^ thank you so much!

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getty In reply to meolillykitty [2008-07-16 12:26:07 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. ^^

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Hudders In reply to ??? [2008-07-12 19:59:52 +0000 UTC]

Faved.
Looks like an amazing end affect. (/effect ?)
Hope I can pick it up ok.
Is it fairly easy to do? I'm just getting into colouring Etc. on photoshop

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getty In reply to Hudders [2008-07-13 00:47:41 +0000 UTC]

You'll need some getting used to, but I guess you can eventually learn from it.

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Hudders In reply to ??? [2008-07-12 19:44:37 +0000 UTC]

Faved.
Looks like an amazing end affect. (/effect ?)
Hope I can pick it up ok.
Is it fairly easy to do? I'm just getting into colouring Etc. on photoshop

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Nilaeriadru In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 15:51:48 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this just saved me! Thank you so much, you have no idea how much this helps. I only have paint shop pro, but I was able to use this, so thank you so much!

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getty In reply to Nilaeriadru [2008-07-11 10:15:02 +0000 UTC]

Glad to hear, and I hope it really helped you.

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ThatOneGeek In reply to ??? [2008-07-08 04:17:07 +0000 UTC]

Wow, very informative and helpful, especially when you kind of solidified what you taught with the last examples, very cool, makes me want to test it out.

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getty In reply to ThatOneGeek [2008-07-09 12:52:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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megan11 In reply to ??? [2008-07-07 15:27:10 +0000 UTC]

Augh, so fantastic, thanks a bunch <33

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getty In reply to megan11 [2008-07-08 13:18:54 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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Artcandie In reply to ??? [2008-07-07 02:07:22 +0000 UTC]

this looks difficult but im going to work with it on my next drawing project!

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getty In reply to Artcandie [2008-07-08 13:18:38 +0000 UTC]

Hope it will help.

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Artcandie In reply to getty [2008-07-08 16:34:44 +0000 UTC]

it will it's just a matter of practiceing it untill i get it down

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xdangerkittyx In reply to ??? [2008-07-06 01:26:01 +0000 UTC]

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otas32 In reply to ??? [2008-07-02 20:31:59 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME TUTORIAL! Thank you!

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getty In reply to otas32 [2008-07-05 11:44:44 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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itsjustme2 In reply to ??? [2008-07-02 15:52:41 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial!

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getty In reply to itsjustme2 [2008-07-05 11:44:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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alterrnativeWRITING In reply to ??? [2008-07-02 04:34:25 +0000 UTC]

hm, I may have to attempt this one day when I have patience
very detailed

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getty In reply to alterrnativeWRITING [2008-07-05 11:43:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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etasama In reply to ??? [2008-07-01 14:30:53 +0000 UTC]

whoaa this is so cool ! XDD

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getty In reply to etasama [2008-07-05 11:44:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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mastermazaki In reply to ??? [2008-06-29 23:09:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks this is very helpful and fantastic.

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getty In reply to mastermazaki [2008-07-05 11:44:24 +0000 UTC]

Welcome.

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Aura-Scope In reply to ??? [2008-06-28 05:52:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this tutorial. Cell shading is very tricky.

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getty In reply to Aura-Scope [2008-06-29 08:48:56 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome.

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hespiria In reply to ??? [2008-06-27 14:52:39 +0000 UTC]

Awesome and comprehensive tutorial!

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getty In reply to hespiria [2008-06-29 08:48:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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iKoj In reply to ??? [2008-06-26 21:32:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this. I've been looking for a technique which gives an airbrushed look without much actual airbrushing -I went and bought a cheap tablet and working with it is a pain. I think trying your method will help me enjoy coloring again.

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getty In reply to iKoj [2008-06-29 08:49:48 +0000 UTC]

Hope this helps!

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RainMuse In reply to ??? [2008-06-26 05:00:15 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Great job on this. Very helpful. One of the best I have seen so far.

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getty In reply to RainMuse [2008-06-29 08:41:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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natmor17 In reply to ??? [2008-06-25 21:42:43 +0000 UTC]

It's a very good tutorial.

Though it has too many info, one should take some time to practice it. but I think you gave very useful steps. Thanx!

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getty In reply to natmor17 [2008-06-29 08:41:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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domat7 In reply to ??? [2008-06-25 12:20:36 +0000 UTC]

Nice...

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getty In reply to domat7 [2008-06-25 12:33:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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Argent-Shadow In reply to ??? [2008-06-25 10:56:15 +0000 UTC]

i love our tutorials! they're the most useful with good technics!
thanks very much.

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getty In reply to Argent-Shadow [2008-06-25 12:33:22 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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jowFR In reply to ??? [2008-06-23 21:25:34 +0000 UTC]

amazing tutorial...really!!
good work^^

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getty In reply to jowFR [2008-06-25 12:05:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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FadingWater In reply to ??? [2008-06-23 17:59:02 +0000 UTC]

this is great! now i need a lineart >w<

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getty In reply to FadingWater [2008-06-25 12:04:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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FadingWater In reply to getty [2008-06-25 16:13:47 +0000 UTC]

no problem ^^

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KnucklesandChristina In reply to ??? [2008-06-23 01:08:22 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This is so helpful...I was never really shown how to use Photoshop, I kind of just tried to figure out how to do it on my own and it looks like iv'e been doing lots of things wrong and since I didn't know how to use layers, things were 10 times harder -.- really descriptive and informative tutorial, i'm definately going to try coloring a picture while using this to help me along!

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