Casca1967
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I know some how you can layer and such with photshop cs, and there are cool little tricks I currently know nothing about, but....Is there anyway to compensate for paintig with a mouse. I always seem to unhold the button therefore looseing my current color or the cordgets stuck or I move to far. Anything would be a huge help. Please keep in mind I make minimal amounts of money and am not computer savvy.
Okay... You know how to do layers right?... let me see if I understand what is happening. You paint with the mouse, and either accidently let go of the mouse button, or go to far. If that is the case, I don't know why you would lose your color. When you let go of the button, then click again you should still have the same color, unless you change it. As far as going to far, using the eraser, or ctrl+z to undo your last line helps a lot. And using the smudge tool can help out as well. You can erase part of the line, and then smudge the out sides of it so it doesn't have an edgy look to it.
Since I'm not sure of exactly what you mean, I'm not sure if that helped any or not. But to help out a bit more you can use [ and ] to upsize and downsize your paintbrush. If you use layers, you can mix colors better by just using the ocapicity slider, and the smudge tool. You can also add effects to one layer, and then erase the effects from certain parts of the picture. There's so many things you can do with Photoshop, you basically just have to play with it for a LONG time, to get the hang of it.
Also there are sites that you can go to to get paint brushes that will do things for you, which are really nice from time to time. Such as this one http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/brushes.htm Which has many different types of brushes which are very helpful when doing things.
To avoid the problems inherent in using a mouse, trying blocking in colors at full opacity. Make a top layer for you line art and set it on Multiply. Then work in a layer underneath it, blocking in color. If you let go of the button, it's okay, you can continue. If you go too far, you can use the eraser. If you want very subtle shades (the kind you get from playing with brush opacity) make a new layer and set it at a lower opacity, then paint on it with a full opacity brush. This makes correcting mistakes much easier.
I hope that made sense.
Boshuda
Ok. I will slow down. My typing is, for lack of a better word..awfull.
No, I don't know how to create a layer. Tried a couple of times, got frustrated gave up. As for loosing my color, what I should have said was...Having limited space in which to move the mouse, It either gets stuck or bumps something or I run out of room causing me to release the button. Now for the most part I haven't been useing anything at full strength, I like the option of the transparency, so letting go adds a double layer at the edges created by my premature release of the button.
I will look at that site and see what I can learn. TY
Alot of my older pieces were done exclusively with a mouse, and it's entirely possible to get good results-- it's just a bit more time consuming.
First-- Creating layers. Photoshop CS has a layers palette on the bottom right corner of the screen. At the bottom of that, there is a little icon that looks like a rectangle or sheet of paper. Click that-- it'll create a new layer. Or, go to Layers> create new. Which is simpler, probably.
Imagine the layers as transparent sheets that can be laid over one another for simplicity rather than risking all your work by doing it all on the same page. If you google around a bit, you can definitely find more on this.
Now, as far as the coloring goes, once you set up your line art on a layer set to "multiply" (which is a blend mode, choosable in the drop down menu in the layer's palette), have a background layer (white or light med. grey), and middle layer you can name "flats". The key to coloring with a mouse is to use the polygonal lasso tool, which allows you to click specific selections and ultimately allows you to have the most control. You can play with the feathering and anti aliasing as well to vary the effects. This tool is located in the tool bar-- just find the one that looks like a lasso, then right click this icon to get the polygonal one-- it looks the same but is kind of jagged looking.
This is pretty brief, but look around on the internet about "coloring comics in photoshop" or something like that. There are a fair amount of resources available to you. Hope this helps!
I believe it will, thanks