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How can I color my scanned drawing on the computer to get a digital art effect? I have Photoshop 5, but I have no idea what I'm doing! :\
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I've been studying photography for a year and I still don't know everything. Knowing exactly what to do in Photoshop takes time and a lot of practice and exploring. Most Photoshop programs come with a tutorial, so I'd start with that. As for adding color, I'd use the Paint brush setting with an Opacity of about 50 percent, so detail an still be seen. Good luck!
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That, my friend, is a question with a long and interesting (to a handful of freaks, anyway) answer. It depends - a lot - on what kind of effect you're trying to get. Do you want flat colors or shaded, or black and white, or effects... there's a great variety of things that you can do even with version five. Do you want to retain part of the origional drawing (outlines, etc.) or convert it entirely to photoshop'd?
First off, you can use the 'Filter' menu to make various artistic effects. Probably under the 'artistic' submenu. This works best if it's shaded/colored, and chances are it's not what you're trying to do.
Now, to be fair Photoshop is not the sort of thing that performs certain fuctions, and it's not the sort of thing that you can learn everything about by reading a manual. The only way to really learn how to do something is to learn by experimentation; you will develop your own techniques, which you will never forget and will be able to improve on and modify as requred. Also, results that you are happy with generally take a long time to make.
Short of that, I'll give two sort of short tutorial things here, one fast and dirty and the other with the intended result being something in the style of this [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) , because that's what I know how to do. :p I garuntee that you will be sorry you ever asked.
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First tutorial: applying basic functions.
Assuming that this is a pencil or similar drawing on white paper. Open the drawing. Go to the layers pallette (should be at bottom right) and right-click on the "background" layer. Click 'duplicate layer'. Hit ok. Now, there should be two identical layers. Drag the one named 'background' to the trach can icon at the bottom and delete it. Now, make a new layer(2nd button from right at the bottom of the layers pallette) and drag it down below the copy of the background layer that you made. Select the copy of the background layer and go to the menu at the top of the pallette which says "Normal". Click on it, and select 'darken.' Now select the blank layer you created. You will now be able to paint without disturbing the outline/whatever that's on the top layer, but the top layer will be transparent where whatever is on the bottom layer is darker than what is on the top layer. This means that you can basicly color in the outline by coloring the bottom layer. You'll probably want to use the brush tool (b) (the brush pallette is the one with all the circles and dots on it... double click on the selected one to modify it. Experiment with different sizes and hardnesses, but you're probably going to want mostly large sizes and high hardnesses. For a little more refinement, you may want to use the burn tool (o) to darken a color or the dodge tool (also o; you have to switch between them by clicking and holding down on the button on the menu bar) to lighen it. When using burn and dodge, use the options pallette to select a very low pressure, probably about 5%, and generally 0% hardness.
Second tutorial: steep learning curve.
Open your scanned drawing in photoshop. You're going to need a variety of tools for this, so I'll give the keys for them here; you don't need to memorise them, it's just for future reference. They're also on the toolbar.
p: the pen tool. This will draw a line which can later be traced with a brush or pencil.
a: pen point selection tool. Used to select a point drawn with the pen in order to move it.
-: used to delete a point drawn with the pen tool without breaking the line. you can use the delete key if you want to break the line.
+: add point tool. Adds a point to the middle of the pen line.
convert point tool: found on the toolbar by holding down the button from which you select the various pen tools. It can change a point to one which makes the line curve through it (click and drag an angle point) or to one where the line passing through it makes an angle (click on a curve point and don't drag).
b: paintbrush tool. We won't actually use this much.
o: burn tool. Used to darken a color.
w: wand tool. Used to select areas of the same color.
k: paint bucket tool. Used to fill an area with the same color.
When using photoshop, always remember that you can use the history pallette to undo as many steps as you want. This will come in very handy.
Okay.... go to the little window that has the tabs 'layers,' 'paths,' and 'channels,' and click on the paths tab. Go to the bottom and click on the second button to the right, which will make a new path.
Now, select the pen tool. Using the pen tool is intersting, and you'll mostly have to learn how to do it yourself. It's not overly hard to learn, but can be troublesome. The basic function is as follows: use p to select the pen tool. Pick a place on the outline of your drawing and click and drag a little. Drag parallel to the outline to a point less than halfway between the point you selected and a place where the outline curves in a different direction. Then, go to the place where the line curves and do the same thing. It may take a little experimentation, but you should be able to make the pen line curve along the outline. Repeat this process until you have outlined the entire drawing. You may have to use multiple lines; no worries, all you have to do to start another is hit a (to select the direct selection tool), click in a blan area, then hit p for the point tool, and click somewhere where there isn't a line already. It will start a new one. You can resume work on a deselected line by clicking on one of the end points with the pen tool selected. To make a point or corner with the pen too, just click instead of clicking and dragging. You will need to enclose all the areas that you want to color.
Once you have drawn the entire outline with the pen tool, select the brush tool(b). Go to the brush pallette (should have a variety of circles on it and double-click on the circle (or dot) which is outlined. This should bring up a window where you can change diamater, hardness, and spacing. You'll probably want 1 or 2 diamater, 100% hardness, and 1 spacing.
Go back to the pallette with the 'path' tab and click on the layers tab. Use the second-from-right buttton at the bottom of the tab to create a new layer. Now, go to the toolbar and find the color selection box, which contains two large boxes and two smaller boxes. Click the upper right large box, and it will bring up a window which will let you select a color. The color you select will be the color of the outline. I suggest black or dark gray.
Now, hit a to select the direct selection tool and right click on the image somewhere. It should bring up a menu with a variety of options. Select 'stroke path'. Select paintbrush from the menu which will come up and hit ok. This will draw the outline along the path that you drew with the pen. Nifty, eh? It'll look ugly at first because the path is still visible; go to the path pallette and click in the gray area.
Now, use the wand tool to select the inside of an area that you want to color. Go to the select menu at the top of the screen, down to modify, and select 'expand'. Enter 1 and hit ok. Now, create another layer and hit k to select the paint bucket tool. Select the color that you want to fill that area with and click inside the area. Do this with every area you want colored, making a new layer for each. Note: you're going to want to move the outline layer to the top when you're done. On the layer pallette, click on it and drag it to the top position.
So now you have: one outline layer, several color layers, and the origional drawing at the bottom. Select the burn tool (o), go to the options pallette/tab (might be at upper right), and select a low exposure. I use 5% or less when shading a dark color, and up to 50% for a very light color. Now go to the brush pallette and select whatever you want the brush to be. I recommend a fairly large brush (probably on the order of 30-100 pixels depending on the side of the drawing) with 0% hardness. Now you can shade a colored area by selecting the layer that you want to shade and using the burn tool on it.
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i dont have a clue about that sorry my dad is the cp genius not me but u can ask me anything else!
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if you have windows, you can just copy it into paint and color it like that
i have photoimpression, not photoshop, so sorry if i didnt really help
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