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Complete Guide to openCanvas
Published: 2005-07-28 20:32:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 56520; Favourites: 1031; Downloads: 12588
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Did this for a friend. ^_^If you use the sketch for practice, let me know.
I'd love to see your work. Please leave a comment and/or
if this helps you at all. 
You can download the latest freeware version of oC (oc11b72) at any of the following links:
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Or you can go to Google.com and search for “oc11b72.exe”.
The Event File for the second painting in the tutorial can be found here: [link]
*Crin for stock photo in header.
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Comments: 229
You should be worshipped.
People always ask me, "How do you use OC!??!?!"
Me> "... Uh. I tinker with it."
Now I direct them here.
Thank you, Luthien-God!!
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This deviation has been featured temporarily in my Resource File at this link:
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- I hope that it brings you some new fans 
Sandi ox
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I've always wondered how people made such smooth-colored pics. Thanks for the downloads, I'm gonna have fun trying it out! ^^
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very usefull and helpfull!!
Love it! Very nice!
Now im gonna try it out =]
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Is there one that is compatible with macs?
;___; I can't get the program to work on my mac....
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One of the best tutorials I've seen for oC, thanks!
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I'm just new to this...so is it now possible to open a lineart file for example from Photoshop? Or open a jpeg sketch from scanner?
I'm confused :> Heeheeh
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Can't open PSD files in oC. But yes, you can open BMP or JPEG files.
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Thanks for making this! @___@ This'll be very helpful in my oC1.1 endeavors. :'D
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THANK YOU!!! I was trying to get it to english yesterday...
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Thanks for making this! Though in your opinion, which link would be the safest to download from? o____o
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Oh, thanks so much for this! oC is the first art program I've had (besides paint) and I was so completly lost. Now I know tons more then when I first found this! ^_^
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YOU
ARE
AMAZING!!!
THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A GOOD PROGRAM FOR MONTHS WITH A HANDY GUIDE!(AND ITS IN THE COMFORT OF DA!!)
THANKS SOOO MUCH!!
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Thanxs I can now use open canvas! I just completed my first open canvas picture if you want to check it out!
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alrighty ^^ great guide. I still have a question though. Let's say.. you have a file you drew by hand (with a pencil) you scan it, and put it on your pc. Is there anyway to send it to OC? you know, to color it?
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Just save the file as jpg or bmp and open it in oC. 
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Not sure if this question has been asked yet, but I'm having huge trouble with the networking. I can't host, and neither can my friend that I'm trying to connect to.
I keep getting this...fake IP or something, I think it has to do with my firewall? I don't know really, I've tried setting it up so openCanvas can go to the internet through the firewall but wah. It's ok if you can't answer this, it's a bit technical XP But um, suggestions would be really appreciated
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This is so helpful! I never would have learned about paintchat and OC if not for this 
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thank you thank you thank you!!
you are great guy!
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OMG!! This is AWESOME! Thank you so much!! Instant Fav!
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I downloaded oC to use its networking functions but this guide will help me use it for actual painting.
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wow i found this very helpful and i'm sure many people do & will find this helpful as well. thank you! i've just started experimenting on open canvas & this is great. i must recommend this
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I'd like to mention that if you use a router the IP you recieve is not correct, my friend tells me that it's a privacy thing, I'm not really sure.
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I heard about this program before, but never dared to try it out. Thanks much for such good tutorial!
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I just Dl'd this from your link, and im yet to try it out, its so foriegn to me, sketching with anything but a pencil on paper... it will take some getting used to. So can layers in this oC be transfered to Photoshop? other wise, thank you very much, im going to try to get my friend this so we can draw stuff. THanks!
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Thank you so much for the tutorial! I keep having a recurring problem with the layers system in oC though - when I try and colour over a background layer, the background layer shows through, regardless of the opacity. Is there any way to overcome this?
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Hi, sorry for the delayed response--new account now. You may have gotten an answer already, but just in case, and for others reading this:
openCanvas1 doesn't offer any "normal" layer mode. Only Multiply (default), Add, and Subtract.
Multiple is nice for colouring in lineart, but unfortunately it makes painting on multiple layers impossible. So you cannot paint solid colour over other colours on a different layer, you have to work on one layer.
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Hey, no problem, and thanks for the information - I'm stuck in my Photoshop induced ways.
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I dl oc on ths first link, is it the same version with the others one?
Thank you for this totu, it's really helpful ! ^^
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Thankyou so much for the links!! I have OC now and will now start to make real pics
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the tutorial file dose not work. what should I do?
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Wow. I'd heard about this program before but I never really knew what it was. Thanks a lot for the tutorials. I feel awsome now!
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This is very helpful! I just got openCanvas and it is very alien to me...but reading this cleared a lot up.
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Fantastic!!!!! You cover everything here!! I'm sure it'll help greatly!!
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Excellent tutorial! with great practical advice about using the program
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uhm...how do you save a picture when your done coloring it?
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