Sunday, July 19, 2009

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.

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