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martinacecilia β Lights with ADD layer tutorial
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Published: 2010-02-14 22:01:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 8123; Favourites: 255; Downloads: 244
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I remember learning this trick half a dozen of years ago, when I was doing the first steps towards digital art. I saw it in an open canvas event file I downloaded somewhere and I found it really interesting. Sadly that didn't work that well on photoshop so I stopped using it. But somewhere between the versions Adobe worked on his Linear Dodge blending mode and it's vaguely good now!By the way, if you use OpenCanvas or paint tools SAI you're luckier, it works better there!
it works on Photoshop, Painter, paint tool SAI, Open Canvas for sure. Tell me if you try it on other software! [edit]Works great on the GIMP too![/edit] great for digital colouring and painting and photomanip as well.font used: it's really good, take it!
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i tried this but the light keeps coming out white even when i put orange ): can you help me please? other then that i thank you for this tutorial
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uhm, it could be several things. maybe the orange is too light. (a brown works well too) Or you could try lowering the opacity of the gradient (sometimes when it gets too bright it comes out as white) and by lowering the opacity I mean lowering it A LOT (like 20% or 30%). Or it could be that you're in "color dodge" mode instead of "linear dodge"?
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which mode in SAI is "linear dodge", i used luminosity because it said that it was linear doge in the help manual but im not sure if it is. Also i used a brush because i don't have a gradient in SAI, do you think thats why it didnt work? Thanks for replying
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yes, it's Luminosity, it kinda work for me, actually: [link]
maybe it's the color you're using?
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probably is because the background colour i tested with was a sky blue,i tried it on another colour just then and it came out orange.
i guess it must be the background colour,im new to this kind of stuff.anyway thanks for your help
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I've always wondering how to do that. Thank you so much for your kindness <3
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ΓΉ.u la potenza dei vecchi trucchi!
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Ce devo provΓ pure io! Γ¨.Γ©
Peccato che ultimamente mi hanno bloccata unicamente con Illustrator Β°-Β°"
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Thanks for the tut! Works perfect for me in GIMP
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XD moreeee mi stupisco di te che persino tu non lo conoscessi!
io ero in dubbio a scriverlo 'sto tutorial "vabbe', tanto lo conosceranno tutti" ma invece nooo! mi son stupita. ecco.
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lo so! XD in realtΓ io me la cavo sempre con trucchetti infimi!
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XD beh, questo e' un trucco con molta eleganza vintage!
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anche io per fare le luci forti (bruciate) uso il lineardodge...
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io in realta' quello che uso piu' di tutti in assoluto (al di la' di 'moltiplica' per le ombre) e' Overlay, ma anche di linear dodge abuso in continuazione! XD
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hihihihi io l'overlay lo uso con le texture, o quello o moltiplica, in base alla sensazione piΓΉ chiara o piΓΉ scura che voglio conferire! Beeeelli tutti questi effetti layer...
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in realta' io ho scoperto che prender un livello di blu scuro poco saturo e metterlo in Difference o Exclusion a 20/30% di opacita' da' un effetto vagamente vintage molto figo! *.* (solo per alcuni tipi di effetti pero'. Ci ho fatto 'sta roba: [link] )
sono tutti uno piu' bello dell'altro i blending layer! ΓΉ.u si.
A proposito, ma tu gli adjustment layers li usi? io ne abuso in modo indescrivibile...
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Uh gli adjustment...ahahahah li uso un botto! Non sai quante volte sto lì a ritoccare il colore in tutte le sue sfaccettature possibili!
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XDDDD io ho appena finito un'illustrazione che usa circa 3 livelli per la pittura in se e poi non meno di 25 adjustment layer!!! *derelitta drogata*
per altro david mica ce li insegno' a usare, secondo me mica li conosce... (o per lo meno 3 anni fa non li conosceva)
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bwhahahahah eh si sei decisamente drogata!
Non so se ce li farΓ presenti, in caso contrario glie suggerisco io!
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Awesome! I'm able to get this effect most of the time I need it, but I don't have a set recipe that works in all cases and I need to work and experiment a lot. Thank you for saving me a lot of time!
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I just did and it works awesomely 
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it's been a while sinde I last learned something new in Photoshop. and I never had much use for Linear Dodge before. so thanks for sharing.
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hehe, I started with 5.5, if I'm not mistaken. it was still a long time ago.
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oh, 5.5 was a goood version! XD my fave was 7.0 btw, I kept it till I moved to osx and I couldn't find a copy of that version...
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