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Published: 2010-04-07 22:50:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 187508; Favourites: 9449; Downloads: 6367
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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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ahh too hard for eme to doo
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Aww, I'm sure you'll get it if you practice!
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This is GLORIOUS, it has actually got me motivated to get back into digital drawing.
Thank you
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Yay! I'm glad I could help!
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Undoubtedly this tutorial is extremely helpful! I think I don't hate pen tool that much anymore
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This tutorial is very helpful. Especially for beginners like me. Thankyou so much
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No problem! Thanks for looking!
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Thanks for this, pen tool is my favourite tool in PS tbh
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Oh wow this is indeed going to be very helpful to me. 
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No problem! Thanks for the comment! β₯
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my pleasure.
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This is a really brilliant tutorial. So helpful and clear.
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This was a great tutorial! I learned a lot about the pen tool. I'm having trouble with the Stroke Path option though. When I try to do it after laying my path it stays grayed out. Any idea why that is?
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The layer you're working on is probably locked. :3
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The only layer locked is my Backround. Everything else is normal though. I did notice that every time I place my anchors to create a path it creates a shape that is automatically filled in and it shows up in my Layers panel as Shape #. Is it supposed to do that? I just want to create lines not whole shapes. I must be messing something up.
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It sounds like your settings might be incorrect. >o< Make sure that the buttons you have selected look like the ones circled in the first image of my tutorial.
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Ok it's working now. Just need to figure out how to make the lines all nice and pretty now. Thank you though. You've just saved my soul from the wrath of my Platoon Sgt!
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Thank you for this easy to follow straight forward tutorial.
I'm so happy now!
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No problem! Glad to help!
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Holy hell, that was extremely useful. Thank you so much.
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No problem! Thanks for checking it out!
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I still have so many questions about the Pen Tool, though. Haha. I just got CS5. I love the Pen Tool to death, but I haven't figured it out down to an art yet. If I were to ask these questions, would you mind trying to answer them? Or would you happen to know anyone that could? Thanks!
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I don't mind answering your questions! I know it sounds like a lot of work, but you can also browse the comments. I think I've literally seen and answered every question in the book at this point. XD
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Thanks! I'll peruse the comments before I ask anything. I appreciate it!
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Might I ask what brush you're using and size? Thanks!
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Sure! I'm using the default brush in Photoshop. If you open up your brush selector, hit the "Reset Brushes" button and select the very first one. From there, feel free to use the slider to change the size. I was probably using between 3px and 6px. If you're concerned about the taper effect, you can control that by hitting F5 and playing with the Minimum Diameter. (Located under "Shape Dynamics") You will only be able to get that effect with a tablet though. ;3
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Oh my gosh thank you so much! I've looked everywhere for a tutorial and they were always too long or too complicated. I get it now though ^_^ Thanks again!
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No problem! I'm glad you found this helpful! Good luck!
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Hey, not meaning to sound rude, but think you can update this with the text color changed so that it doesn't resemble the background so much? Makes it easier to read it.
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Nope! I'm sorry. Please try copy+pasting it into Photoshop and see if some adjustments help the situation. I don't have the original file any more so there isn't much I can do. >:
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wow, thank you so much, this helped me alot. <3
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Is this photoshop exclusive?
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SAI also has a pen tool, and to my knowledge, it works mostly the same as in PS.
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Sweet... Thank you!
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I had no idea there was a 'simulate pressure' setting. D: Wow. Thank you.
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Glad you were able to learn something new.
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my brush presets is locked, how to unlock it??
and thx for the tutorial!!!
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I'm not sure what you mean. :0 If your trying to instal brushes, it might be a Windows/Mac issue. Otherwise, I'm not sure how you "lock" brushes in Photoshop, unless you meant that your layer is locked. :3
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Very interesting!
Thank you for taking the time to post this tutorial.
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Thanks for looking!
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holy crap..... i ahve been looking for a tutorial like yours for...ages! I Love you! T^T
Thanks sooooo much for posting this!
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No problem! Thanks for looking!
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