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Published: 2006-01-11 13:48:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 728753; Favourites: 16130; Downloads: 157228
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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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I didn't XD Well, I hope the other tutorials will help you.
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hmm...i don't know what am i doing wrong...but when im trying to group layers so the colors won't exceed the area...it doesn't work..they're just grouped
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Use Ctrl-Alt-G for creating clipping mask on CS and later instead of Ctrl-G.
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Useful tips, thanks for making this!
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This is great tutorial~!!! Thanks ~!!!
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Enormously helpful! I've been trying to figure out how to do the really in-depth coloring since I don't have a tablet, just a laptop mouse and those things are so very clumsy. You described everything very well, and I'm so happy I found this tut. :3 <3
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I'm happy too that it helped you and you liked it, thank you.
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I can't get the lineart transparent 
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You've scanned the lineart, and please follow my lineart tut to make the white pixels transparent.
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Oh, okey! Didn't knew you had one...
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This is such a great tutorial. It's the first one I've found that goes through everything but moves at a good pace so that it's not dragging along but it doesn't miss anything out. And you explained everything clearly! Thank you! >hugs and never lets go<
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Thank you for the compliment on this tutorial, it's encouraged me very much. Hope it will help you well so that you can get one step closer toward your goal.
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this is really helpful tnx for the great tutorial!!
this is really a big help for me ^^
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thank you very much. I owe you my next level of art leveling.
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This is a great tutorial, I learnt lots, but (yeah, there's a but) it doesn't really cover the bit I have problems with... How do you determine where the shading needs to go?
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It's not that "I shade this because I'm told to do so". For instance, some people put shades on even should-be-bright part, to give it higher frequencies. That kind of artistic expression is beyond this tutorial.
Though I thank you for loving it.
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One of the best tutorials I've seen. I'm linking to this in my journal. Thanks so much for sharing! XD
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I've seen your tut before (long time ago, before even being a member of deviantarts) and seeing it again I had to comment how great it is.
I can't wait to try your coloring style in one of my drawings !
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Hope it will help you when you try
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Getty, thank you so much for this.
I'm sure you're tired of reading that, but seriously, I love soft shaded anime *illustration* (not just cell shaded coloring) and I've always wondered how it's done I knew it wasn't just a simple technique, I could "fake" it, but I knew there was a better process.
There are some amazing digital illustrators out there, but many don't tell their secrets. Especially about the wonderful skin tones and background art.
You've helped me one more step up that ladder.
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You're very welcome, and I'd be glad if my tuts'd help you one bit.
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Awesome tutorial. It helped a lot and I'll be sure to use it again :3 *nodnod*
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i love the linearts i wish i cld draw those types... my anatomy [idk if i spelled it right] really sucks, but the tut. really helped. [i just wishi i cld do linearts like u...... >/////<]
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fantastic tutorial. hope to see more
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woah this had alor of comments ^^
Thank you very much for this tutorial ^^
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You're such a great artist. I'm new at Photoshop, and all the tutorials you've made are helping me A LOT. Thank you.
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You're welcome, I'm very glad that they helped you.
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wow this tutorial will help me a lot
I really liked your other tutorials also I book marked them all for quick access. 
I just wanted to thank you for taking time out o your life to make them.
Also I really like all of your drawings your really good and can't wait to see more when they come.
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Thank you for loving my art, and hope my tutorials will help you in the future.
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they have although i can't think of things to draw ever and when i do i'm in class so can't so i never get round to doing things
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