*edit* links removed. my bandwidth is getting hammered X__X Here's some video capture of me coloring that Lio Convoy headshot i posted awhile ago. This is the style i'm using to color IDW's Beast Wars comics too [and if anybody wants to help out and mirror this thatd be great >__>] Right Click>Save As! *and if you have questions feel free to ask ^__^ *updated* here's a quick vid on how i add glows to optics and stuff right click>save as! i'll be seeing about doing a couple more based on FX and maybe backgrounds. we'll see
weeeeeeeeee awesome seeing the mastah at work. I learned a lot of tricks that will help me color things faster now! yay!
hmmm, the progress is pretty much the same as mine... seems the biggest prob is my speed... Josh~~~~ show us a list of hot keys will ya? *eyes shining*
you asked for it Photoshop 7 [PC] http://www.digitalretouch.org/download/hotkeys/Photoshop7HotKeys.pdf Photoshop 7 [Mac] http://www.digitalretouch.org/download/hotkeys/PS7HotKeys-Mac.pdf xD
lol yeah i only know of a few by heart [the ones i constantly use] im sure i could tell ya those too xD
k, here goes the ones i use most: ----------------------------------------------------- Key - what it does d - resets color choices to Black[foreground] over white[background] x - switches between the foreground and bkg colors you've selected space bar - while holding this down you can click and drag on the pic to move about the canvas. useful if you're zoomed in b - selects the brush tool [ - makes your current brush smaller in size ] - makes your current brush bigger in size e - selects the eraser ctrl>shift>e - flatten image ctrl>shift>alt>s - save for web ctrl>s - save ctrl>shift>s - save as ----------------------------------------- and those are the main ones i use here's some tips ive learned: tapping any number above the keyboard [note: NOT the num-pad to the right] will change your brushs' opacity accordingly. [hit "6" and opacity will switch to 60%, 8 to 80%, 0 to 100% etc] with the brush [this is useful for flatting and coloring in a cel/Dreamwave style] click in one spot on the canvas. Hold down the shift key and click somewhere else on the canvas. The result is a perfect straight line between the two points you've clicked
the only hot keys I use is ctrl+alt+z. that's the undo button, I use that one a lot lol "with the brush [this is useful for flatting and coloring in a cel/Dreamwave style] click in one spot on the canvas. Hold down the shift key and click somewhere else on the canvas. The result is a perfect straight line between the two points you've clicked" that's a really sneaky trick!!!!
Only hotkey I know is the "ctrl + h" that makes selection borders transparent. But now I'll be a diehard user of that auto-line thingee. =) Just hope Photoshop CS uses the same commands. 0_o
Neat. Looks like I kinda do the same (alot with the shift-s when using the mouse, but when I use my tablet I just draw lcolor stuff more sketchily. Also I think I use more different layers and with excessive usage of time. So that color layer, you duplicated it in case something went wrong? Most interesting thing I picked up was the more or less textured, or well different styled brush you were using What opacity did you have that on when not at 100%? 40% or something?
One REALLY useful (or I find it useful anyway) hotkey is ctrl h hides your selection. It's really nice to be able to see what you're doing without those marching ants ... edit: also, tapping f switches to fullscreen, tapping it again switches to fullscreen with a black border and once again returns to normal. AND hitting tab hides all the toolwindows, etc. Good stuff.
xD yeah, theres other hotkeys i use from time to time [like ctrl>r to bring up the rulers on the outsides, ctrl>z for undo xD and some others you guys pointed out] as for the opacities, here's mostly what i stay at 80% to lay the color down thick, 60% for a little lighter, 40 and 20% for subtle color changes and stuff. Again, the brush i mainly use is the loaded wet flat tip thing. its a neat brush for the mock-painty effect thanks all!
*updated with a new "Optic Glows" vid and as for the duplicated layer i flat it on one layer then duplicate it and do my rendering on that. the reason for this is because i can always go back to the flat layer and select the big chunks of color [ie blue or grey etc] if i were to do that on the rendered layer it'd only select certain chunks of the blue [due to the rendering] and a side note, i also use this style/way of coloring on backgrounds
