I have here some questions in photoshop that keeps me really bothered, so hope you guys will answer.?

Question

1. what does opacity means?? how does it affect the image i/m working on?? Does it affect the sharpness and the lightness of any color that i'm using on an image??
2. How can i render good highlights?? I want to render realistic colors in my anime drawings using a mouse.. is it possible??
3. I also want to know if there are other ways of selecting areas properly for color filling. I wqas having a hard time using the lasso tools(esp. when filling a white color for the eyes..), and
4. Please give me some tips on how to create good effects in coloring. I really want to know how to do the shading of colors(darker to loghter tones) to make my coloring look realistic, not just cell-shaded, you know.

Please, to those who can, please answer. I really appreciate people who shares their knowledgeto somebody.

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Thanks in advance!! Hope you guys will answer. ^_^

Answer 1

1.Opacity is how transparent something is. 0% is clear 100% is solid.
2. Dunno
3. The magic wand can work in some cases if have solid lines.
adjust tolerance option as needed.
4. If you want a varient shade, choose gradient where the paint bucket its. That may do the trick.

Answer 2

1. The word opacity means the opposite of transparent. "Opacity" in Photoshop shows a percentage of how non-see-through a layer or an action is. 100% means it is totally visible, 50% is half opaque (letting you see both the foreground and the background equally well), 0% means it is invisible. It will not affect any traits of your image, other than how much of it you can see. It is always fixed by returning the slider to 100%.

2.) Use the Freeform Pen tool. It works similiar to the Lasso. Draw a path where you want your highlights, then right click and select "Stroke" using the paintbrush. When you become a little more advanced, use the default Pen tool, as it produces better quality than the Freeform Pen.

3.) Use multiple layers. When drawing something in a cartoonish way (be it western styled comics or cartoons, or eastern manga or anime), I *never* draw on a single layer. First, I select outside the thing I want to draw in empty space. Then, I invert my selection (Selection -> Invert). Then, I create a new layer, and drag it below my Outline layer. I color in the skin first. Then, I make a new layer below that one, and do the shirt... then repeat with the pants, the shoes, the hair, then the facial details. Doing it this way ensures there are no overlapping colors, all color goes right up to the outline, and if you make a mistake, it is far more forgiving, and you don't wind up erasing the outlines as well. Then I merge all of those layers, then make a new layer on top for little details, such as jewelry, and merge that when I'm satisfied. Finally, I make two more layers, one highlights on very top, and one for shadows (underneath the highlights layer, but above the outline layer).

4.) This takes a lot of experience, and your best place to start is the local library, and pick up some books on painting tutorials. That will teach you how shading should be done in traditional art (such as a shadow is never, ever, black... but rather, a darker version of the standard coloring, assuming typical overhead, white light. All other lighting produces different effects) Using the Burn tool, while effective in some situations, is not effective in all, and tends to look less like "shadowing" and more like "burned". One again, use the rule about multiple layers. When making your shadows, a general useful tip would be to make your color a little darker than the color used for standard lighting, and then modify the layer's properties, using overlay, multiply, soft or hard lighting, and all the rest. Each color combination may react a little differently to each property, so feel free to experiment each time. Also, with realistic shading, there is never a hard line between standard lighting and shadow, so become proficient at using the Smudge and Blur tools, and Gaussian Blur filter. I personally find Smugding to be preferable for general shading, Blur to soften the edges of distinct shadows, and Gaussian Blur to soften all general shadows. One other thing, learn to use gradients, as sometimes, they can be huge timesavers.

http://www.good-tutorials.com <- go there to learn a LOT of techniques that will be useful for getting to know Photoshop in depth. It's one of the best tutorial sites, and is very active, with new tutorials coming in constantly.

Good luck to you!

Answer 3

Hi. Go to 3DCafe, they havge tutorials that may help,or at the very least point you in the reight direction.