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Published: 2004-03-14 00:28:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 31020; Favourites: 402; Downloads: 12690
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This little tutorial explains or rather tries to explain how to extract an image from itβs back ground using the pen tool. Please bear in mind that this is not Hollywood and there was no script. This little movie was created more or less on the fly with very little thought before hand as to how I should do it.I hope some one gets some use out of it,
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Please have a great day,
Barry
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best tutorial sir.. more tutorials plssssssssssssssss...
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I wanna try this now.............but i have to wait till i go home!!!! T_T WHY CANT I HAVE MY WACOM AT SCHOOL????!!!!! (thats what i color with lol but if i use my mouse i know the line would be messy so i normally do coloring on my Wacom....i want to color now!!! T_T )
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thank you SO much!!!! this helped me a bunch with this picture i've kinda owed my friend since march
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This is great. ^^
I still am having problems. I set my anchor point, and I drag the path out, but how do I make it curve? I'm still confused and just got photoshop today. ^^ Thanks
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push your mouse up or down as you drag left or right.
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Thank you! ^^
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do you have these tutorial on youtube? i want to download this
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No I don't. This is the only place I have it. Can however right click on the little download icon to the left and choose save as or perhaps save link as depending on the browser you are using.
The file type is swf
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Hi,
I linked to this page in my tutorial's description, just for deviants' reference. You can find it here: [link]
Thanks! Great tutorial by the way!
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*flail* THANK YOU!
Maybe I was reading the wrong pen tool tutorials, but I read about a dozen of them and NONE of the mentioned alt-clicking! I tried and tried and tried and kept getting these funky lines and it was driving me NUTS!
You have my eternal gratefulness for this tutorial!
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First off thank you for the comment.
As with many simple techniques this tutorial doesn't explain every thing.
Alt-clicking is needed when changing direction. =If the curve is smooth and continues like the apple in the tutorial it really isn't needed but I don't get into all if that because like many things we need to walk before we can run and Alt-Clicking will give the best results for someone just starting out.
Make since?
Thank you once more and please have a wonderful day,
Barry
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Totally makes sense. I was reading tutorials on how to do line art with the pen tool, because that's more or less what I want to use it for, but every time I went to change direction, I got wacky lines LOL None of them had mentioned alt-clicking, so I'm *so* grateful that you did!
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Thanks so much!! My boyfriend has tried explaining the pen tool to me and given me tutorials, but I never quite understood, helps a lot, thanks!!!
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This is really handy! It's simple and what most people need. It has some really nice hints and tips that most people skip or ignore. And it's nice and slow so you can watch it and leanr from it and it doesn't go at 4 miles a minute!
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Fabulous, thank you so much. The pen tool is one of those which I've skipped over so many times because I made those exact beginner mistakes you mentioned. This is a great video to get me over those fears. Thank you!
Lou
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Good deal. I'm glad it helped someone out.
Happy day.
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you rock, thanks for the great tutorial. i've been struggling with the pen tool for months cause i'm too noob lol. thanks again!
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best pen tool tut, i learned how to use it thanks to you
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oh nevermind! I missed the part at the start about selecting paths instead of shapes... silly me.
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This is really great 
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That was amazing! I've never known how to use the pen tool and it's always really frustrated me to the max. This tutorial was so informative and helpful! I now know how to use the pen tool properly 
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I'm glad that it helped out a bit. I'm sorry that the sound is so bad. A lot of the older movies like this one have really bad audio. I have considered redoing some of them but so far I just haven't done so.
Anyway thank you so much for the comment and please have a great day,
Barry
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this was great!
but really helped! thanks!
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This is the best tutorial I've seen so far. I use PSP9 for lineart, but I figured this tutorial would work just as well for PSP, and it did. Worked like a charm.
I was going crazy trying to figure out how to use the pen tool. For so long I've just been using the straight line pen tool and just followed along the sketchy lines of my lineart, and it really made my lineart look shaky and very unsmooth. And I've looked at COUNTLESS tutorials that explained how to use it and none of them have helped. But your tutorial helped me get the hang of it in less than five minutes, so thank you!
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I finally get the pen tool!
Many thanks. :]
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Y'all bitches now know how to use the pen tool. No excuses accepted!
Thanks for posting this, I've been trying to explain how to use the pen tool to my friends, and I thought, why not check Lucky13's gallery? And well you know the rest, I found one there
Dude, you're awesome. Keep up the awesome work!
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Thank you for this tutoria;. I'm currently trying to make the switch from Paint Shop Pro to Photoshop and the Pen tool was SO confusing to me! Now I understand it a little better, and how to use it thanks!
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I do a lot with paths and I saw a lot of tutorials about paths but yours is like the best I've ever seen
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OMG thank you so much! Before I watched your video I new nothing about the Pen Tool and now I really understand it and I love this tool.
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Wow! You are a life saver! I was looking at some other tutorials and they got me started but i couldnt work out the weird funny shapes! And you explained it Soooo well! and all those other neat tricks!
Thanks A LOT!
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Great tutorial! Thanks! Now i finally understand how to use this nice little tool... I owe you one!
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Oh man, I've been trying to figure out how to get the pen tool thing down for the longest time! This tutorial helped out so much. Thanks a lot.
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I think I love you. Thank you SO much for posting this. All day, I've been stumped with the damned pen tool and it was going all crazy on me. I tried various tutorials on dA and I still couldn't understand 'anchors' and '
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Thank you so much! Actually the pen tool confused me, I couldn't figure out how to use it, but now it looks pretty easy and I can't believe I didn't think of holding the mouse down 
But yes thank you so much and I'll keep this in mind for future reference/others
thanks again =]
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Nice Tut! That helps a ton! Appreciate the time to do this for us! Thanks!
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Thank you so much for the "alt-click" tip, I would have never find this feature xD I kept on doing the vectors then stroking the path to continue ._.; I mean, I knew there must have been another way (easier) to do it, but.. xD Gah, thanks ^_^
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thanks sir! it helps me a lot!!!
RJ
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philippines
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The pen tool looks awesome ans useful, but I've only photoshop elements 3.0. Is there a similar tool in this program ?
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Thanks to your video, I learnt how to create vectors. Thank you Lucky13!
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