Issue 245: what's your sign?

[TranceVYRUS]

Hi, i already wrote u, but may be u won't read it, so i'll post my question here, if u already answer me by e-mail just forget about it, ok my question is:
Hi hawk, my name is Miguel Palacio, i am 15 years old, and i am learning photoshop and graphic desing, i don't really speak english, so if i sound wierd it is beacuase i am from latinoamerica, well, i am writing because i wanna know a couple of things, i wanna color like you do, and i saw the video on youtube ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmH-gRy8AHk&mode=related&search= ) about how u color a bear, but i couldn't understand some things, when you make the highlight, do u make it on another layer? and the shadows on another layer too? but if u do so, why do the highlight and the shadows remain inside the siluet of the bear, i mean, why doesn't the highlight lights outside the bear? and which mode of layer is it? which opacity? what is a flat and what r they 4? and the last thing, why do u  the drawers use to use a dark color over the draw when coloring? it barely lets us see the draw, what is it for?

Ok that's all, i know it could be a lot, but i really want to know all those things, so thanks a lot for your time and if posible answer me to miguelpa6@hotmail.com Again thanks a lot i wait for your answer.

Oh and the LAST thing, which is the best program? photoshop? painter maybe? thanks, please answer me or i'll think u didn't get my message, obvislly i'll wait some days, thanks

By the way, i got a digital tablet, i mean it doesn't show any image but it works as paper for the pc, is it good enoughoh, and if the color layer is on multiply, why doesn't it allows us see the layer flats under it?
thanks

The flat is a seperate layer that he duplicates, by dragging the layer down to the "Create New Layer" button and releasing. The flat is used to select a whole object, such as someones arm, or face. This allows him to color and detail ONLY what he has selected, via magic wand tool on the flat. And as for having the shadows and highlights on all one layer, that I'm assuming is just how he prefers it, and will probably tell you that the way you do things might be completely different than his, everyone has their own way of doing things.

Also, the color layer is not meant to be set to multiply, the ink or lines layer is.

[miguel6]

Hi, i already wrote u, but may be u won't read it, so i'll post my question here, if u already answer me by e-mail just forget about it, ok my question is:
Hi hawk, my name is Miguel Palacio, i am 15 years old, and i am learning photoshop and graphic desing, i don't really speak english, so if i sound wierd it is beacuase i am from latinoamerica, well, i am writing because i wanna know a couple of things, i wanna color like you do, and i saw the video on youtube ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmH-gRy8AHk&mode=related&search= ) about how u color a bear, but i couldn't understand some things, when you make the highlight, do u make it on another layer? and the shadows on another layer too? but if u do so, why do the highlight and the shadows remain inside the siluet of the bear, i mean, why doesn't the highlight lights outside the bear? and which mode of layer is it? which opacity? and the last thing, why do u  the drawers use to use a dark color over the draw when coloring? it barely lets us see the draw, what is it for?

Ok that's all, i know it could be a lot, but i really want to know all those things, so thanks a lot for your time and if posible answer me to miguelpa6@hotmail.com Again thanks a lot i wait for your answer.

Oh and the LAST thing, which is the best program? photoshop? painter maybe? thanks, please answer me or i'll think u didn't get my message, obvislly i'll wait some days, thanks

By the way, i got a digital tablet, i mean it doesn't show any image but it works as paper for the pc, is it good enough, and if the color layer is on multiply, why doesn't it allows us see the layer flats under it?
thanks

[Rose]

miguel6, please don't post the same thing twice in one thread. It gets really annoying. Really fast.

[aprendiz]

HI hawk, how are you? wel i saw the tutorial it  was GREAT, it was awsome, but i got a question, if you have already flats filled with color, why don't you just fill it with the color it will have? and just for curiosity, how do you get the glow or bright, that make your comic so awsome? it is a kind of blur, right? thanks
Aprendiz

[AI_Joe]

Aprediz, the flat question was answered in this thread.

http://www.applegeeks.com/sm/index.php/topic,6171.msg101182.html#msg101182

[miguel6]

ok AI Joe, thank you very much

[Rose]

Sorry for the necropost.

Just thought i'd sticky this since I've had to reference this topic a few times.

That and despite it being useful, there's only so many times I can use the search function for one topic >_>

[rabid raccoon]

I wish I still had my computer to do things like that however since I have a new found hatred for Dell and all their products, I gave my computer to somebody else before I destroyed it.

[Hanii Puppy]

I wish I still had my computer to do things like that however since I have a new found hatred for Dell and all their products, I gave my computer to somebody else before I destroyed it.

what are you typing on? o.o

[Vman]

I wish I still had my computer to do things like that however since I have a new found hatred for Dell and all their products, I gave my computer to somebody else before I destroyed it.

what are you typing on? o.o

He sticks his finger in the phone jack and thinks really hard.