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Elements Tutorial Version 2.
As I always say with my tutorials, I don't profess to be an absolute expert on PS. This is the technique I use for coloring pencil or pen lineart on PS Elements. I didn't show every step of coloring. This tutorial is just basic and it would be HUGE if I added that in.
About Elements:
Elements is limited. Most full PS tutorials are impossible for me to use as I read through them. I'm sure you other Elements users have found that out as well.
Usually by step two or three, I realize I don't have the options in Elements, so I created my own way.
Enjoy.
Questions and Comments welcome as always.
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Very helpful and broken down in a easy to understand way. Thanks so much!
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I have a question will this tutorial work on photoshop elements 4.0? I have that version.
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It should. Sometimes tools are moved around a little, but they should all be available.
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thanks abunch Im still an beginner
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Finally!! I've been looking for a tutorial for elements. I've looked through ones for regular photoshops and it's so frustrating to not be able to do them.
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Sooooo glad I found this! I've recently got Adobe Photoshop Elements [[ version 1 -- I know!! ]] and I don't have a clue how to use it! (;
Thanks
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No problem! Wow, version 1? I have version 2, so mine is pretty old too. The programs should appear very similar though, so hopeufully this helps.
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Yeah, at random points, I went onto mine and checked if it was similar lol (:
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Hi, i just had a quick question. I just recently got elements from a friend and I cant seem to get my pen pressure working. I've tried rebooting and checking off the pen pressure box and such but i was wondering if there's anything else i could try.
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You may not have the most current driver for your tablet model. You could always try downloading the newest driver from the Wacom website if you haven't already (there is a new one every month or so). Every once in a while I lose pen pressure on mine and I have to go and download the latest driver. That nearly always fixes the problem.
A more major problem could be your tablet. Sometimes a tablet can short out or have issues, though hopefully that isn't the case.
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That's true I'll go check for an update. Thanks so much., i truely never would have thought about the driver 
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thanks for making this (and your first one), cause I think I'm gonna need as much help as I can get when I get my tablet next week...
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i just got PS elements on a new computer and i've been trying to figure it out, so i'm glad someone makes tutorials for it
Is there anyway to animate things like stamps? i found a stamp tutorial and got so far before i noticed i couldn't perform some of the tasks because the things i needed in some steps simply weren't on PS elements.
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I haven't ever made an animated stamp so I don't know.
I would assume that Elements can't create animations if there are missing steps or options, though there may be some way around it.
Sorry I can't help.
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that's okay
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The only way I have learned to use Photoshop Elements to make animations is to use "Save to Web", save it as a .png, and import it into Macromedia/Adobe Fireworks.
But that's just me.
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thanks, i think i actually tried that and it worked
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This is really amazing :3
I was wondering if you know how to use the Back Ground Eraser tool for Elements?
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[link]
The difference is PS Elements doesn't give you some of the extra brush options shown, but still gives you size, limit, and tolerance.
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You say avoid using dodge and burn? So should I just put in a multitude of colors and blend them? Or use smudge or the um... other one (forgot name 
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It's better to pick out colors and blend them rather than just use dodge and burn. The blend tool is too hard to control sometimes.
I usually put down one color, then put down a shadow in a darker color. I blend by using opacity on the brush set to arouond 20%. Then I use the "Eyedropper tool" to pick a color inbetween the two I put down to blend them.
It's kind of hard to explain, but this guy shows it really well in his tutorial:[link]
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Can you like do a:
"Photoshop Elements tutorial for Dummies" becuz now i'm confused and when I TRY 2 color my line art with it on "multiply", it gets darker when I color over any color! :'(
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Hmm.. is your brush set on "multiply" too? If it's set on that, the colors you use will keep getting darker and darker. If the brush is set to "normal" it shouldn't be doing that.
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Oh so the layer should be on "multiply" not the brush? OK thanks! ^.^
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i have a question... i wanted to buy the full photoshop, but it was waaaaay too expensive... but elements is waay cheaper... do you think i should get elements or not?
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I think Elements would be fine, especially if you're a beginner with digital art. Elements lacks some of the features full PS has, but I don't think full PS is worth the $600+ MORE (unless you are a professional graphic designer).
Getting the cheaper version can help you decide if you like doing digital art without having to drop $700 on the program.
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ok, then i'll get it!!
thank you very much for the advice!!
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GOD!!!
I love you!!!
This is the best elements tutorial I've found ever... and... really thank you very much for doing it!!!! I was finally able to color... I really love coloring... but almost never do lineart because it was really dificult for me so I used to color my characters without it... but thanks to you my characters will have lines!!! ;w;
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I'm glad!
Have you tried out the tutorial in PS Elements yet on one of your pieces? How did it work? Was it easy to understand?
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it was really easy to understand, and I did... with my latest drawing, you can see it on my gallery nwn
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thanks for the elements tutorial. i have elements as well, and i have noticed it doesn't go well with all the PS tutorials out there. I will try to color with your tutorial
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Dawwwwww.
iluuuuuuuu<3
i've been looking everywhere for a photoshop element tutorial
:'D
tytytytytytyty :'I
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Thank you. I have tried so many different PS tutorials only to have them blow up in my face, and this is the best Elements tutorial I have found to date.
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Heheh, that happened to me too with the normal PS Tutorials! Almost every normal PS tutorial is impossible to use on Elements!
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Been there, done that. Join the club.
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Awesome. This is the first photoshop elements tutorial I've found, and I'm thankful. It's pretty good.
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Thanks. I'm really surprised at the lack of Elements tutorials out there.
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Thank you so much for making this! I'm a digital coloring newbie, plus I have Elements so it's been a real pain figuring out a good efficient way to color. Elements lacks a lot of the stuff I would like, but at least it doesn't cost as much as PS D:
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Thank you SO MUCH! Seriously, this is probably the most practical tutorial I've ever seen! n_n
Yeah, I always get confused with other PS tutorials as well. XD
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Yep. I always use a tablet to color digitally.
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this is really gonna help me a lot when i can read it.
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Awesome tutorial.
I thought I wouldnt fine a PSE tutorial(a helpful one atleast). But then I found yours. 8D
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Amazing tutorial.
I, too, was getting sick and tired of the full, CS Photoshop tutorials, where my options were very limited. I'm the kind of person that needs to be told, step by step, what to do, otherwise I kinda flounder around, get frustrated, and then slowly (like, very slowly) try and make my own solutions for things.
The on thing I had trouble with in photoshop was that I had no idea how things worked, so this tutorial really helped. Thank you.
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