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Pen Tool Video TutorialHair Coloring Tutorial
If you have any questions, leave a comment and I'll do my best to answer! :3 (And if you use my tutorial, I would be very happy if you could send me a link to your work so I can praise you!) XD
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Adobe Photoshop CS III
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Why I can't set my brush preset??
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What do you mean exactly? If you're trying to change the minimum diameter, you will need to have a tablet connected to your computer. :3
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Oh..Β emm... I don't have a tablet anyway...
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You are simply wonderful , I've never learnt anything about paths before I met this TAT
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I'm so happy I could help!
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Question - I right clicked after doing everything you said, yet it has 'Stroke Path' greyed out, as well as a multitude of other options. Am I doing something wrong?
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The layer is most likely locked. :3
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Oh! Yeah, I figured outΒ what was wrong. I had accidentally unclicked the layer I was on and so it [the program] thought it was not on a layer and therefore couldn't do anything! Sorry for bothering you. >.< I hear you use CS3? I use CS4. :/
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No worries! Sometimes it can be a little tricky to figure out why Photoshop is acting weird. >w< I do use CS3. I think it's pretty similar to CS4 so hopefully my advice works for you!
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Yep, it did! Thanks a bunch!
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This is a great help thanks for showing this for everyone who needed help. By the way what program did you use gimp, paint tool sai, fire alpaca, or Photoshop?
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I use Photoshop CS3 exclusively. I've been told that this method works almost the same for others programs though.
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Thank you~
This tutorial very helpful!
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Hi! This tutorial works like a charm! I was just wondering what your brush settings were? Because every time I delete the path, some parts of my lineart are blurred, and some parts are too thick.
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Hello! I use the default PS brush set at around 4-6px in size. If you have any blurring or weird effects, make sure the flow and opacity are both at 100%, hardness is at 100%, and spacing is set to 1%.
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Ok, thank you! Is that the same setting for the two sample linearts that you provided in the tutorial?
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Yep! That's the brush I use for all my work. The only thing I ever change is thr size and the minimum diameter. In the second example though, I manually alterted many of the lines, so that's an "advanced" technique. >w<
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Understood! Thank you!
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THE LINES LOOK SO TABLETY
THIS IS SO HELPFUL BUT HARD
BUT HELPFUL
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Don't give up! ;w;
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But when I control+click on my anchor point, it just seems like a double clicked on the point instead of doing any curves? I never understood that. AHHH D:
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Are you holding control? You have to click once to make a point on the path, then hold down control while dragging the point. Check your settings too! ^__^
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Well, it changes the concavity of the line. But I could do that without holding the control key. Actually, I could create curves by dragging the second anchor point of the path. I've just always wondered how others done the same but in a different way.
How strange. And thanks for replying back so quickly!
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omg you're awesome this helped me alot!! Thanks!!
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I'm glad! Good luck with your lineart!
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It takes practice, but you can do it! ^__^
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Actually i dont use photoshop but i want to though you have to pay for it
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adobe provides a CS2 download completely for FREE!
so donΒ΄t be picky and GRAB IT!
[link] <-
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There are some free programs, such as Gimp and SAI, that have the pen tool as well.
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I use paint sai and i have Gimp
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Oh! Well, if you like this technique, you should be able to use this tutorial in those programs. Good luck!
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Your so positive 
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You're welcome!
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Oh my gosh, /that's/ how people do their line arts.. Thank you! (been looking around trying to figure it out but no one's ever pointed out 'try the stroke function of the pen tool' )
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I'm very glad I could help you! Good luck with your lineart!
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No problem! Thanks for looking, and good luck!
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I always used to wonder how to get really neat line-art since I don't have a very steady hand. Now I know the basics of the pen tool this solves a lot of problems, thanks!
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Glad to help! Good luck with your art!
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