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At 5/15/09 04:07 AM, HarraH wrote: I've somehow got in on some sort of Quickmask mode, if i try and drag against the screen there are these red marks and if I use the brush it creates red marks, how do i get out of this mode?

This may help (see image).

At 5/15/09 05:10 AM, CosmicDeath wrote: This may help (see image).

Sorry for double post - just realised you were using CS4. The quickmask icon should be at the bottom of the floating toolbar, but a single icon rather than being side by side. Perhaps click the icon and see if it will bring you back out of it (sorry, not really familiar with CS4). Hope that helps! ^_^

At 5/15/09 05:13 AM, CosmicDeath wrote:

At 5/15/09 05:10 AM, CosmicDeath wrote: This may help (see image).

Sorry for double post - just realised you were using CS4. The quickmask icon should be at the bottom of the floating toolbar, but a single icon rather than being side by side. Perhaps click the icon and see if it will bring you back out of it (sorry, not really familiar with CS4). Hope that helps! ^_^

Haha thanks, that did the trick. To think it was so obvious! I am noob at PS :(

I have a question (thanks to ReNaeNae). Does anyone know where I can get a smoke effect tutorial that actually works?

This is a waste, I've been searching for a good one for 2 hours now.

At 5/20/09 07:01 PM, Twilight wrote: I have a question (thanks to ReNaeNae). Does anyone know where I can get a smoke effect tutorial that actually works?

This is a waste, I've been searching for a good one for 2 hours now.

This one is a rather effective tutorial. And I looked at the other one you had linked to in your previous thread. What part about it are you having trouble with? Maybe I can walk you through it.

Or, if you don't want to attempt it any further since it does get a bit technical, maybe I can show you a much simpler method. I did write a much simpler tutorial that produces a similar effect, you can read it here. Although it was originally intended for a lightning effect, with a few minor adjustments you can probably achieve a smoke effect you might be looking for.

The great thing about Photoshop is there's always more than one way to cook and egg. Some people, such as whoever wrote that tutorial you've been frustrated with, prefer to do things the hard way. Or rather, at least make it seem harder than it really is.

At 5/20/09 07:27 PM, THEJamoke wrote: I did write a much simpler tutorial that produces a similar effect, you can read it here.

See, this tutorial was easier. The other one just wanted me to repeat the same steps, and after a while it just started looking like a random blob and not smoke at all.

At 5/22/09 07:29 PM, MG34 wrote: What makes a good base picture

for what?

Say I have the zoom level set to 100% in either Adobe Photoshop or InDesign. There's an image on it, and it looks fine and dandy -- sharp as a whistle.

However, due to my computer screen resolution, the Adobe ruler doesn't match up with a ruler in the real world when the zoom level is at 100% (e.g. an inch in the program [with zoom 100%] IS LESS THAN an inch on a real tape measure).

By increasing the zoom level in the programs up to around 140%, the Adobe ruler measurements are roughly the same as those on the tape measure, more or less solving the mismeasurement problem.

The problem is, at a resolution of 140%, the image is no longer sharp. It's blurry. And I'm pretty certain (correct me if I am wrong) that the image is blurry because the zoom level is higher than the maximum non-blurry zoom level, as opposed to any problem intrinsic in the image itself.

So my main question is: IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN GET AN ACCURATE VIEW OF THE IMAGE AS IT WOULD LOOK PRINTED OUT (before actually printing it out)? I need the Adobe ruler and tape measure to match up, and also need the image to be as it would look on printed paper (hopefully non-blurry) I have tried decreasing my computer resolution, but it just causes EVERYTHING on the computer to be blurry. Or can I just assume that the image with mismatched rulers and 100% zoom is an accurate representation of how it would look in reality?

At 5/28/09 12:22 AM, maxjason wrote: So my main question is: IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN GET AN ACCURATE VIEW OF THE IMAGE AS IT WOULD LOOK PRINTED OUT (before actually printing it out)? I need the Adobe ruler and tape measure to match up, and also need the image to be as it would look on printed paper (hopefully non-blurry) I have tried decreasing my computer resolution, but it just causes EVERYTHING on the computer to be blurry. Or can I just assume that the image with mismatched rulers and 100% zoom is an accurate representation of how it would look in reality?

I printed out a 2"x2" square on paper, and it came out 2"x2". The screen ruler doesn't match up with a real world ruler (and I doubt zooming in and out is going to change that much), but I don't understand why you'd need the screen resolution to be 100% accurate, when if you're arranging with the programs' rulers, they will be printed to the right scale.

Don't understand the blurring thing, are you making a pixel image? I can understand that, the monitor ignores rows/columns of pixels at certain levels of zoom. Otherwise maybe the original image is anti-aliased and you can't see/notice this when it's zoomed out.

Only other suggestion is to make a back-up file (just in case) and fiddle with the resolution in the Image Size option.

At 5/28/09 12:22 AM, maxjason wrote: So my main question is: IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN GET AN ACCURATE VIEW OF THE IMAGE AS IT WOULD LOOK PRINTED OUT (before actually printing it out)? I need the Adobe ruler and tape measure to match up, and also need the image to be as it would look on printed paper (hopefully non-blurry) I have tried decreasing my computer resolution, but it just causes EVERYTHING on the computer to be blurry. Or can I just assume that the image with mismatched rulers and 100% zoom is an accurate representation of how it would look in reality?

I think this could be done by using the right DPI settings. Chech the dpi settings of your monitor, and match it with the dpi settings in the "new" window in Photoshop.
If the dpi in photoshop is smaller than the dpi of your desktop, the image would look smaller than in real life, and vice versa.

I have a question about PS guys. Can I create an undetailed character through flash, and send him over to PS to be detailed? If so, what are the best techniques to use while detailing? Brushes?

Whenever I type anything in PS CS4 it comes out in all caps, caps lock is off, I'm not holding shift etc

Anyone know how to fix this?

At 8/13/09 03:29 PM, Mulchings wrote: Whenever I type anything in PS CS4 it comes out in all caps, caps lock is off, I'm not holding shift etc

Anyone know how to fix this?

Is it an all caps font that you are useing. There are a few of those.

At 8/13/09 03:34 PM, Lundsfryd wrote:

At 8/13/09 03:29 PM, Mulchings wrote: Whenever I type anything in PS CS4 it comes out in all caps, caps lock is off, I'm not holding shift etc

Anyone know how to fix this?

Is it an all caps font that you are useing. There are a few of those.

That's what I though at first but then I tried Arial and Times New Roman

At 8/13/09 03:29 PM, Mulchings wrote: Whenever I type anything in PS CS4 it comes out in all caps, caps lock is off, I'm not holding shift etc

Anyone know how to fix this?

Check your "Character Palette"

Choose Window > Character, or click the Character palette tab.

You get this... play with settings

At 5/20/09 07:01 PM, Twilight wrote: I have a question (thanks to ReNaeNae). Does anyone know where I can get a smoke effect tutorial that actually works?

This is a waste, I've been searching for a good one for 2 hours now.

I fear it is much the same as the one you have but I have used it and got it to work well...

Here

how do i get my drawing to look like a pencil drawing? i see some concept artists use a cool brush that looks like pencil

At 8/13/09 11:07 PM, Jereminion wrote: how do i get my drawing to look like a pencil drawing? i see some concept artists use a cool brush that looks like pencil

Hopefully you're using a tablet of some sort, But i've had good luck with these brushes.

At 5/20/09 07:01 PM, Twilight wrote: I have a question (thanks to ReNaeNae). Does anyone know where I can get a smoke effect tutorial that actually works?

And... not to plug his site, but he has another tutorial. It's more 'artsy', but it should get the job done. If you don't have a tablet, you can replace 'random' for pressure.

thx

So, I got Photoshop Elements 3.0 and shit. And what I want to know is, is there an easier way to constantly select different colors other than double-clicking the color-box on the toolbar and choosing the color? Like, I know there's some that have the color thingy that just stays open, and you can click and select your color on the fly.

Can you do something like that in any other versions of photoshop? I'm trying to actually "paint" (like with a color scheme and slight variations in the color for shading purposes and such), and it's hella annoying each time I want to go a shade darker to have to double click and open up the color chooser box, and pick a VERY SLIGHTLY darker or lighter color of the color I'm currently using.

At 8/20/09 11:41 AM, Rhunyc wrote: So, I got Photoshop Elements 3.0 and shit. And what I want to know is, is there an easier way to constantly select different colors other than double-clicking the color-box on the toolbar and choosing the color? Like, I know there's some that have the color thingy that just stays open, and you can click and select your color on the fly.

Colour swatches?

... it's hella annoying each time I want to go a shade darker to have to double click and open up the color chooser box, and pick a VERY SLIGHTLY darker or lighter color of the color I'm currently using.

What you could try is experimenting with the different brush modes, such as Multiply and Screen, at different opacities. Or have a pic to sample colours from on standby. Otherwise I've no idea.

At 8/20/09 12:36 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 8/20/09 11:41 AM, Rhunyc wrote: So, I got Photoshop Elements 3.0 and shit. And what I want to know is, is there an easier way to constantly select different colors other than double-clicking the color-box on the toolbar and choosing the color? Like, I know there's some that have the color thingy that just stays open, and you can click and select your color on the fly.

Colour swatches?

... it's hella annoying each time I want to go a shade darker to have to double click and open up the color chooser box, and pick a VERY SLIGHTLY darker or lighter color of the color I'm currently using.

What you could try is experimenting with the different brush modes, such as Multiply and Screen, at different opacities. Or have a pic to sample colours from on standby. Otherwise I've no idea.

Hmmm, brush modes scare me... D: But if that's what I must do, then that's what I must do!

And the color swatch idea is newfangled to me.. :( I've tried it before though...

The way I'm trying to paint right now, is just off what looks good by applying them, not using colors I know fit (if that makes any sense...). The difference between each color (when looking at them separately) is so minimal that I'm afraid if I use the color swatch, I'd get lost in a sea of (what looks to be) the same color. That and adding and subtracting colors to the swatch where I'd like them to be put, is something I thought I tried before, but didn't work out so well.

I was just hoping for something like the actual color picker box, that just stays put in clear view. Because, when that pops up, the only option I have outside of the box itself, is to eyedrop stuff... It'd be handy to be able to paint with it open and near where I'm coloring, and then when I need to minimally change the color, just drag it a tish and then go right back to what I was doing...

Lol, totally just realized I probably sound whiny. Sorry if I give that impression, I'm just trying to explain why I'm so distraught over this, to give you a better understanding of why I'm in such a tizzy about it. :D

At 8/20/09 12:47 PM, Rhunyc wrote: The difference between each color (when looking at them separately) is so minimal that I'm afraid if I use the color swatch, I'd get lost in a sea of (what looks to be) the same color

Yeah, the swatch is just there for the main colours you use.

I was just hoping for something like the actual color picker box, that just stays put in clear view.

Yeah, like Painter :( Don't think PS has something like this, dammit.

Lol, totally just realized I probably sound whiny. Sorry if I give that impression, I'm just trying to explain why I'm so distraught over this, to give you a better understanding of why I'm in such a tizzy about it. :D

Nah I know what you mean. I checked your art thread and I guess you don't want to spend too much time on a single area.
Depends on your technique of paint, but I'd go for laying down simple strokes and colours first, keeping them to a minimum (which can accomplish a lot), then polishing areas that need it (like where you expect people to look).

christ I hope I haven't wrote bollocks there.

At 8/20/09 01:06 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 8/20/09 12:47 PM, Rhunyc wrote: The difference between each color (when looking at them separately) is so minimal that I'm afraid if I use the color swatch, I'd get lost in a sea of (what looks to be) the same color

Yeah, the swatch is just there for the main colours you use.

I was just hoping for something like the actual color picker box, that just stays put in clear view.

Yeah, like Painter :( Don't think PS has something like this, dammit.

Lol, totally just realized I probably sound whiny. Sorry if I give that impression, I'm just trying to explain why I'm so distraught over this, to give you a better understanding of why I'm in such a tizzy about it. :D

Nah I know what you mean. I checked your art thread and I guess you don't want to spend too much time on a single area.
Depends on your technique of paint, but I'd go for laying down simple strokes and colours first, keeping them to a minimum (which can accomplish a lot), then polishing areas that need it (like where you expect people to look).

christ I hope I haven't wrote bollocks there.

Hmm, quite interesting. I may have to try that... Cuz yeah, I think I'm nitpicking and focusing too much on the minor details right now.. I've still got a shit ton to do. >_< So I may just have to try something like that and see how it goes. Thanks :)

And nope, you haven't written anything there, actually, lol. :D No worries though, it's pretty bland, so I wouldn't blame yah. Haha. :)

Have photoshop cs4. When I make selections with the polygonal marquee tool, in this case a triangle, it spawns boxes as well, automatically. Have no idea how to fix :(