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25 Duplicate the blue creature group. Move it to another location and use
Free-Transform to resize and rotate the group. Repeat this process over and
over, ... own black -and- white artwork
and substitute it for the one used
here. There is no part of the process
more appropriate to expressing your
individual style than the black -and-
whit...
... What you’ll learn in this chapter
Creative Techniques and Working Methods
Stacking and duplication
As is often the case in Photoshop, something vast and complicated in appearance is
merely ... The Third Dimension
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PART FIVE: Texture and holes
22 Open up the texture.jpg file. Choose
SelectϾ All and then Edit Ͼ Copy from the menu.
Return to your working file and...
... bottom
of the Swatches Palette menu the next
time you launch Photoshop.
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Chapter 8: Coloring Comic Art
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What you’ll learn in this chapter
Creative Techniques and Working Methods
Setting the mood
When you look at a black -and- white drawing, it can sometimes ... shortcut for inverting an
image is Control(PC)/Command(Mac)-I
and that for inverting a selection is
Control(PC)/Command(Mac)-Shift-I.
Remembering when and when not to
hold d...
... have to be the same.
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9 Select the Magic Wand and target the black
line work layer in the Layers palette. Enable the
Contiguous option and disable the Sample ... that clips the group and ensures that no artwork extends beyond the edge of the page.
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b
c
d
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PART TWO
Unconventional
Methods
Chapter 8: Coloring Comic Art
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PART T...
... same manner.
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Part Three: Real World Photoshop
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22 Open up the scan2.jpg file. Copy the
art and paste it into the working file as a
new layer. Use Free-Transform to resize
and position ... typing
Control(PC)/Command(Mac)-A and copy by
typing Control(PC)/Command(Mac)-C .
17 Return to your working file and type Control(PC)/Command(Mac)-V to paste the
copied art into y...
... Deselect and alter the
position and/ or angle of the contents of this layer
if necessary.
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Part Three: Real World Photoshop
13
32 Open up the small3a.jpg file and invert it. Copy
the artwork and ... this
creature and group them.
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Chapter 13: Simulated Screen-Printing
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Simulated
Screen-
Printing
M
any years ago, I used to work as a one-man art
department at a...
... Options bar, and understand
how black and white is used within layer masks.
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27 8
Part Three: Real World Photoshop
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19 Duplicate this layer also and then flip it horizontally via Free-Transform. ... the fingers on the wooden hand. Duplicate the layer and change the blending mode to hard light.
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Part Three: Real World Photoshop
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27 Target both tentacles layers and...
... channel in the wrong position.
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Part Four: Illustrative Photography
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What you’ll learn in this chapter
Creative Techniques and Working Methods
Blending and enhancing features
Transferring ... from the
selected point and still be included
within the selection.
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Part Four: Illustrative Photography
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25 Generate a selection from your newest path
again and cr...