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EDIT: Now updated for PS Elements 7! This should clear up some confusion caused by different names/placement in the older versions.About:
In this tutorial you can keep your pencil lines and color under them, color within your parameters without worrying about "going out of the lines" and more. There are many ways to set up your art for paint or color, this is just one way.
I keep it bare-bones and as simple as possible. There really aren't any complicated procedures in here so hopefully it's easy to follow.
I used a tablet and one of the pressure-sensitive digital brushes (It's a brush that comes with Elements, not a special download).
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I have been searching all day for a simple way to keep original lines! Thank you so much for creating these tutorials.
Also, I'm thinking about getting a new laptop with Photoshop Elements already installed, at the mo, I only have regular Photoshop. What is Elements like to work with if you don't mind me asking?
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Elements is just simpler all around. There are fewer brush options, a few missing tools, no channels, and as far as I know, you can't make custom brushes. The only thing I wish was there most was channels and curves for editing color. There are simplified methods in Elements that aren't quite as finely detailed, but they can work the basics.
I actually like the simple layout better in some ways because I rarely use the fancier features as it is. Elements is a lot like using the older Photoshop 6 or 7 rather than CS4 or CS5. I wouldn't recommend Elements for graphic design or major photo enhancement, but it does the job, it's cheap, and it's easy to learn.
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Thank you so much for replying. It's nice to get someone's opinion on this, I mean someone who actually uses said programme XD
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omg I would've never tried that multiply mode thing Ö.Ö
it's official, I love you for telling me this, thanks so much <3
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yes finally one for elements. that's all i got and i thought it was only for photos so i was upset that i couldnt draw on it ;A; so you just do muliply to turn it into linart?
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this helps so much<3
which tool did you use to color it with? It looks nice and smooth :3
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I'm pretty sure I just used the hard-round brush on this one, though I set the opacity lower so it would blend and have more variation. There are some other good brushes also, but it just depends on what look you're going for.
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Man, I just bought a tablet and PS Elements was confusing me- but then I found this! Great help buddy, thanks!
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does this tutorial work if you have a tablet and have to draw your lineart??
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I used a tablet when making this, so I don't see why it wouldn't. Do you mean does this tutorial work if you draw your lines digitally rather than scanning in pencil lines?(because these shown here are in pencil)
The tutorial should work with either method, but if you have digital lines, there's no need to set the layer mode to "multiply" at all. 
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oh thank you so much <3 this helps alot. i try not to draw my linart on the background, im useing it on a diffrent layer (im new at photoshop) am i doing that right?
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Wow at last a Photoshop Elements Tutorial. I've always wanted to try some of the tricks and trades of photoshop. But most of them used PS7 or PS CS.
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I have a quesstion, is photoshop elements the same as regular photoshop? I want to learn to do digital art, but i only have photoshop elements.
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Elements is a simplified version of photoshop. It mostly just has fewer advanced options, but a those options aren't needed to create a good piece of digital art.
I think using Elements is a good way to start working digitally because it gives you a good idea of the basics of photoshop without dropping $700 on the full program.
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i love you soooo much for postig this. my dad recently downloaded ps elements on my computer and ive been haveing trouble coloring my pics... FINALY a tutorial for photoshop elements haha! im so glad you put this up here *and it was easy to understand, wich is rare for me!!! XP*
thank youuuuuu!~
^^
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Thank you so much! I have been looking FOREVER for a Photoshop Elements tutorial! This helps me with line art and coloring tips a lot!
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Whooooooooooohoooooooooo loive this one too
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Hey I'm just drawing a character in Mucha style too!!
Great tutorial sweetie!
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you can unlock the background layer by holding down alt and double clicking the background layer.
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I know
The newer tutorial uses double right-clicking the layer (which also works, at least in the version I have, I don't know about newer versions of Elements).
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cool, sorry it wasn't useful to you
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It's fine.
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I'm having trouble with photoshop elements 7 and layering and this one's different.... do you think you could make a tutorial on that
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Unfortunately, I don't own PS Elements 7, so I don't have any way of making a tutorial.
The same options should be available in PS Elements 7 as this tutorial, but it may have been moved around or re-named (that's something Adobe loves to do that annoys everyone, haha).
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ok thnx i'll try to figure it out
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OMFG!!! You do NOT KNOW! How much I love you right now!!! <3<3<3<3!!! This made things soooo much simpler for meh!!! Thankies a thousand times over!!!
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Yes! I never thought that I could do something this pretty on Photoshop. Thanks
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Holy crap thank you sooooo much! I just got an art tablet and it came with PS elements 7 but allll tutorials are for PS C and up. This was really helpful!
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Yay! 
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She look like a racoon padme amidala from star wars! Really cute^^
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Really? 
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thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou thankyouthankyouthankyou.
I totally forgot how to do this in Elements and all the other tutorials were talking about Channels, which Elements doesn't have, and I was getting so frustrated. D:<
Oh, multiply, you sly bastard. xD
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I just tried using photoshop elements for the first time yesterday and I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. This tutorial really helped clarify a lot of things.
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