**Editing Help - Tips and Tricks** ♥

i use photoshop cs 4 and paint.net...i love to use them

Here are some tips ;D
Hopefully they'll help you,even a little bit lol

~ Pen tool is a great tool to edit,seriously. I use it all the time..
Here's a tutorial on Pen tool> http://www.tutcast.com/pen-tool-in-depth/
~ Do the shading on new layers. Or clipping masks.
~ As for the above^, you should make each design etc in white. [1] If you use clipping masks to do the shading, then you can do the the base design in absolute white[#FFFFFF] [2] If not, don't use the exact white color^. Use something like #f1f1f1 for the base color, and #dedede for stroking. And later on you could change the color by putting 'Color Overlay' with 'Linear Burn' blend mode, in the Layer Style.
~ A good thing would be to save PSD files of all your edits. So that you could actually use them again etc
~ Experiment with shading! Try different techniques and choose what's best for you and looks good.
~ Enter many Edit Contests! You'll get better each time.
~ If you're really good at drawing in real life, you could also buy a Graphics Tablet/Pad. It might help you making better edits. But you don't have to,really-because you can do everything with a mouse,with a practice of course

Last edited by laumini (03-01-2010 18:22)

i dont know how to use the layers yet.. i just do it all on 1 layer
im still learning gimp... everyday i learn something interesting, and i even just downloaded some new brush like the ones in photo shop  real happy to try those our soon

my question...can someone do a basic dress in layers as a tutorial?

laumini wrote:

blksnobunnie wrote:

i dont know how to use the layers yet.. i just do it all on 1 layer
im still learning gimp... everyday i learn something interesting, and i even just downloaded some new brush like the ones in photo shop  real happy to try those our soon

my question...can someone do a basic dress in layers as a tutorial?

I could..I guess
But I can do it only tomorrow

its fine im patient

The layers is a good thing because it means you don't have to re-draw around the dress colour

And as Laumini said, put the shadow and highlight in new layers. It will far much easier and there will be much less hassle.

laumini wrote:

mariahdianacarey wrote:

And as Laumini said, put the shadow and highlight in new layers. It will far much easier and there will be much less hassle.

Yep,that's true ;D
And you can always re-do the shading if you don't like it,this way ;D

Yeah that's what always do, and for my shadows I:

Do it in a seperate layer, then use a colour darker than the one your using and then use 'Gaussian Blur' - makes it blend far much better.

Also, I find it easier to to do everything in black - outline in black and the colours in a dark gray etc then I select everything I've made (not the pose! ) then I change it in 'Adjust Colour.' I mess  about until I get a nice colour.

Last edited by mariahdianacarey (03-01-2010 19:52)

mariahdianacarey wrote:

Tip 1 - The best thing to do is always put stuff into a new layer, and name them (that helps greatly!)

I absolutely agree. That is the best tip.
I make separate layer for:
1) line (border)
2) higlight
3) shadow
4) basic color
(in this order)

And I do that for every color of the outfit. (yeah I know LOTS of layers).
But totally worth it.

And here is another trick that makes my editing easier.
I create shadows layer and highlight layer as clipping masks of color layer. That ways I don't have to worry that they will peek outside color.

I use Photoshop and don't know if other programs have this option though.

Misholina wrote:

mariahdianacarey wrote:

Tip 1 - The best thing to do is always put stuff into a new layer, and name them (that helps greatly!)

I absolutely agree. That is the best tip.
I make separate layer for:
1) line (border)
2) higlight
3) shadow
4) basic color
(in this order)

And I do that for every color of the outfit. (yeah I know LOTS of layers).
But totally worth it.

And here is another trick that makes my editing easier.
I create shadows layer and highlight layer as clipping masks of color layer. That ways I don't have to worry that they will peek outside color.

I use Photoshop and don't know if other programs have this option though.

Lucky you

I usually do a 1st layer for the outline. Then, I'll create a new layer for the colour - after I've did this I'll choose the colour and colour over the whole shape (sometimes crazily ) so it'll cover everything. After that I drag the second layer behind the 1st layer so I know can see the layer. I get the rubber tool and very tediously will rub out the outside of the of the outline so the colour is only in the outline.

I then get the darker colour, add a new layer and add shadows then do what I did before - drag that layer behind the outline BUT BEFORE the colour layer. And I do the same for the higlights etc.

Misholina wrote:

laumini wrote:

Misholina wrote:

I absolutely agree. That is the best tip.
I make separate layer for:
1) line (border)
2) higlight
3) shadow
4) basic color
(in this order)

And I do that for every color of the outfit. (yeah I know LOTS of layers).
But totally worth it.

And here is another trick that makes my editing easier.
I create shadows layer and highlight layer as clipping masks of color layer. That ways I don't have to worry that they will peek outside color.

I use Photoshop and don't know if other programs have this option though.

lol, 4 layers is not A LOT!
The way I shade,takes up to like 8-10! 

Ok you win.
I guess you use colour layers for shading.
I use hue/saturation layer and when I draw on them with different opacity set for a brush, different tone of colour appears.
You can find great tutorial for them on:
http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-lineart4.html

Cool link, I'll add it

blksnobunnie wrote:

i dont know how to use the layers yet.. i just do it all on 1 layer
im still learning gimp... everyday i learn something interesting, and i even just downloaded some new brush like the ones in photo shop  real happy to try those our soon

my question...can someone do a basic dress in layers as a tutorial?

I have a basic dress tutorial on my blog, but it's for paint.net, I don't know if that would help you or not

mariahdianacarey wrote:

Tip 1 - The best thing to do is always put stuff into a new layer, and name them (that helps greatly!)

This is above all the best advise.. put everything new in a layer that way if it looks wrong you can delete the layer and start over.
I edit using PSP8 I love it..
*Layers
*Gaussian Blur
*Layer effects(multiply, screen, blur, difference, soft and hard light)
*Smudge brush
These are the things I use the most in my editing.

I am always open to help out and give advise especially using PSP.. PM me with any questions you may have

I made a gimp tutorial fairly quickly, so i may re-do it but here's a gimp tutorial

http://bimboneriah.blogspot.com/2010/02 … -gimp.html