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jameson9101322 — Simple Shading in Photoshop
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Published: 2009-05-01 07:32:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 2048; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 85
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I've been meaning to make this tutorial for a while. I didn't bother explaining shading technique, there are other tutorials on here for that if you look around for them, this is mostly a lesson on using CtrlAltG and Hue/Saturation layers.Like I said at the end, feel free to ask any questions you have here or in notes or emails or anything at all.
I hope it helped!
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it's got its uses, but i notice a difference between my textures and other people's... their textures have such nice crispness
so the fuzzy/fluffy might go for skin and stuff, but cloth and metal needs more crisp in my life ^ _ ^
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question: what to do after this, when trying to add color to the shadows and highlights (so they're not the same color as the foundation...like blueish shadows, pinkish highlights?)
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You can go into the HueSaturation layers and play with the color slider until it's something you like. If you want something more precise and particular, then you can always color on top of the shading you've laid down or create a new hue/sat layer for that. The beauty of photoshop is you can never have too many layers (assuming you haven't crashed the thing yet)
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hmm indeed ^ _ ^ i'll give that a go- my coloring always looks fuzzy because i use the smudge tool too much to blend the colors. i'll give your technique a try
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I love the fluffy paintbrush technique, it has served me well.
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not a problem ^^ I hope it helps
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Does that help? And you see why I wanted the characters on specific layers?
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Oh my God, you are a godsend. I have been doing trial and error since I got my tablet at christmas and have been getting nowhere. Thank you so much!
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You're welcome, I hope it helps
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Well, it seems helpful. c: It just might make more sense after I've played with Photoshop a bit more.
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This seems like cheating.
I'm gonna have to try it ASAP.
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Thanks so much! I plan to utilize this soon. This is a very effective technique!
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Simple shading! XD Perfect. (I just got myself a tablet so this is very, very helpful towards using it properly.)
Thank you ^.^
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You're welcome! I hope its useful
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^.^ It looks it. (I need to wait until I start my big project to properly use it) If you like once it's done though I'll link you to it so you can have a look at my use of your tutorial xP
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I'd like that very much
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