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to my flat from exibition road - gudaibiya

How to blend the color (gradation)

1. Press "B" to activate the BRUSH.
2. Pick Foreground color
3. Choose Orange color (or it's up to you).
4. Your cursor still in BRUSH mode. Right Click. "Master Diameter" and "Hardness" box appear.
choose diameter of your brush at least 100 and Hardness bring it to 100%.
5. Draw an Orange color.
6. Choose other color and draw other color
7. If your cursor still in BRUSH mode, you will see OPACITY on top of your screen. Click the ARROW, and slide from 100 to at least 18.
8. RIGHT click and bring the HARDNESS of the brush to 0%. Press "ALT". Your cursor becoming a PIPET. Pick ORANGE (your foreground color automatically turned to ORANGE. SCRATCH the brush from orange toward the blue one.
Keep doing it until you can't see the border line of the two colors.

9. Now, Press "ALT" and bring PIPET to BLUE color. Do the same thing (from blue toward orange).
That's it. Keep practicing with other color.
Sometime it's good to do this with bigger brush diameter.
Remember before you SCRATCH, turn opacity to 18 - 20 and bring hardness of your brush to 0%.
Good luck.

Photoshop keyboard shortcut

following list is for Windows users, we will be adding Mac shortcuts soon.

Application Menus
Command				Shortcut
File
	New...			Ctrl+N
	Open...			Ctrl+O
	Browse...			Alt+Ctrl+O Shift+Ctrl+O
	Open As...			Alt+Shift+Ctrl+O
	Edit in ImageReady			Shift+Ctrl+M
	Close			Ctrl+W
	Close All			Alt+Ctrl+W
	Close and Go To Bridge...			Shift+Ctrl+W
	Save			Ctrl+S
	Save As...			Shift+Ctrl+S Alt+Ctrl+S
	Save a Version...
	Save for Web...			Alt+Shift+Ctrl+S
	Revert			F12
	File Info...			Alt+Shift+Ctrl+I
	Page Setup...			Shift+Ctrl+P
	Print with Preview...			Alt+Ctrl+P
	Print...			Ctrl+P
	Print One Copy			Alt+Shift+Ctrl+P
	Print Online...
	Exit			Ctrl+Q
Edit
	Undo/Redo			Ctrl+Z
	Step Forward			Shift+Ctrl+Z
	Step Backward			Alt+Ctrl+Z
	Fade...			Shift+Ctrl+F
	Cut			Ctrl+X F2
	Copy			Ctrl+C F3
	Copy Merged			Shift+Ctrl+C
	Paste			Ctrl+V F4
	Paste Into			Shift+Ctrl+V
	Fill...			Shift+F5
	Free Transform			Ctrl+T
	Transform>
		Again		Shift+Ctrl+T
	Color Settings...			Shift+Ctrl+K
	Keyboard Shortcuts...			Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K
	Menus...			Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M
	Preferences>
		General...		Ctrl+K
Image
	Adjustments>
		Levels...		Ctrl+L
		Auto Levels		Shift+Ctrl+L
		Auto Contrast		Alt+Shift+Ctrl+L
		Auto Color		Shift+Ctrl+B
		Curves...		Ctrl+M
		Color Balance...		Ctrl+B
		Hue/Saturation...		Ctrl+U
		Desaturate		Shift+Ctrl+U
	Image Size...			Alt+Ctrl+I
	Canvas Size...			Alt+Ctrl+C
Layer
	New>
		Layer...		Shift+Ctrl+N
		Layer via Copy		Ctrl+J
		Layer via Cut		Shift+Ctrl+J
	Create/Release Clipping Mask			Alt+Ctrl+G
	Group Layers			Ctrl+G
	Ungroup Layers			Shift+Ctrl+G
		Bring to Front		Shift+Ctrl+]
		Bring Forward		Ctrl+]
		Send Backward		Ctrl+[
		Send to Back		Shift+Ctrl+[
	Merge Layers			Ctrl+E
	Merge Visible			Shift+Ctrl+E
Select
	All			Ctrl+A
	Deselect			Ctrl+D
	Reselect			Shift+Ctrl+D
	Inverse			Shift+Ctrl+I Shift+F7
	All Layers			Alt+Ctrl+A
	Feather...			Alt+Ctrl+D Shift+F6
Filter
	Last Filter			Ctrl+F
	Extract...			Alt+Ctrl+X
	Liquify...			Shift+Ctrl+X
	Pattern Maker...			Alt+Shift+Ctrl+X
	Vanishing Point...			Alt+Ctrl+V
View
	Proof Setup>
	Proof Colors			Ctrl+Y
	Gamut Warning			Shift+Ctrl+Y
	Zoom In			Ctrl++ Ctrl+=
	Zoom Out			Ctrl+-
	Fit on Screen			Ctrl+0
	Actual Pixels			Alt+Ctrl+0
	Extras			Ctrl+H
	Show>
		Target Path		Shift+Ctrl+H
		Grid		Ctrl+'
		Guides		Ctrl+;
	Rulers			Ctrl+R
	Snap			Shift+Ctrl+;
	Lock Guides			Alt+Ctrl+;
	Actions			Alt+F9 F9
	Brushes			F5
	Color			F6
	Info			F8
	Layers			F7
Help
	Photoshop Help			F1
Palette Menus
Command				Shortcut
Animation
	New Frame			Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F
History
	Step Forward			Shift+Ctrl+Z
	Step Backward			Alt+Ctrl+Z
Layers
	New Layer...			Shift+Ctrl+N
	Create/Release Clipping Mask			Alt+Ctrl+G
	Merge Layers			Ctrl+E
	Merge Visible			Shift+Ctrl+E
Tools
	Tools			Shortcut
	Rectangular Marquee Tool			M
	Elliptical Marquee Tool			M
	Move Tool			V
	Lasso Tool			L
	Polygonal Lasso Tool			L
	Magnetic Lasso Tool			L
	Magic Wand Tool			W
	Crop Tool			C
	Slice Tool			K
	Slice Select Tool			K
	Spot Healing Brush Tool			J
	Healing Brush Tool			J
	Patch Tool			J
	Red Eye Tool			J
	Brush Tool			B
	Pencil Tool			B
	Color Replacement Tool			B
	Clone Stamp Tool			S
	Pattern Stamp Tool			S
	History Brush Tool			Y
	Art History Brush			Y
	Eraser Tool			E
	Background Eraser Tool			E
	Magic Eraser Tool			E
	Gradient Tool			G
	Paint Bucket Tool			G
	Blur Tool			R
	Sharpen Tool			R
	Smudge Tool			R
	Dodge Tool			O
	Burn Tool			O
	Sponge Tool			O
	Path Selection Tool			A
	Direct Selection Tool			A
	Horizontal Type Tool			T
	Vertical Type Tool			T
	Horizontal Type Mask Tool			T
	Vertical Type Mask Tool			T
	Pen Tool			P
	Freeform Pen Tool			P
	Rectangle Tool			U
	Rounded Rectangle Tool			U
	Ellipse Tool			U
	Polygon Tool			U
	Line Tool			U
	Custom Shape Tool			U
	Notes Tool			N
	Audio Annotation Tool			N
	Eyedropper Tool			I
	Color Sampler Tool			I
	Measure Tool			I
	Hand Tool			H
	Zoom Tool			Z
	Default Foreground/Background Colors			D
	Switch Foreground/Background Colors			X
	Toggle Standard/Quick Mask Modes			Q
	Toggle Screen Modes			F
	Toggle Preserve Transparency			/
	Decrease Brush Size			[
	Increase Brush Size			]
	Decrease Brush Hardness			{
	Increase Brush Hardness			}
	Previous Brush			,
	Next Brush			.
	First Brush			<
	Last Brush			>

Tracing the drawings

This a photoshop CS3 tutorial for a beginner.
1.Klick--"FILE"---"OPEN"--Find the drawing--and double click.



2.Press CTRL A (to select all the drawings)---press CTRL C (to copy).
3. Go to "FILE"----"NEW"---a box will pop up (the size of the drawing)---press "OK"---white screen appears ----press CTRL V (to paste). So now you have 2 same images

4. Click picture on the right and "RIGHT CLICK" the drawing. (you'll see the layers). Go to layer 1.
5. Click left pict and press "Z". Top of the screen will appear ACTUAL PIXELS, FIT SCREEN and PRINT SIZE. Click "FIT SCREEN. Do the same to the right pict. So you see two drawings will fit to the screen.

6.Select picture on the right and press CTRL U.---Dialog box "Hue/Saturation" appear. Go to "LIGHTNESS"(bottom part).
In the value box, type "50". The drawing will become 50% paler.

7. Create a NEW LAYER. "Layer 2" appear.
8. Double click "Layer 2". And rename it "LAY OUT".

9. Click foreground color box and choose black. NOW YOU ARE READY TO TRACE DAKOTA FANNING'S FACE.

10. The picture on the left, is for your reference. The picture on your right is your working drawing. Trace carefully the face line of Dakota. I like to start with the eyes, nose, mouth, face, hair and the others are the rest of it.

Keep doing it until you trace overall the face lines.

After you finish, TURN OFF "LAYER 1" by pressing the EYE symbol on the layer.
THERE YOU GO!!. YOU'VE JUST MADE A PICTURE OF DAKOTA FANNING WITH BLACK LINES WITH PHOTOSHOP.

Save the image in Photoshop format.
SAVE AS in JPG or TIFF.

TIPS: It's better to use HIGHER RESOLUTION images for your reference so you can make it more accurate.