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MechaBerry β Basic CGing Tutorial
Published: 2006-01-18 05:31:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 7395; Favourites: 184; Downloads: 1109
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JUST the basics....I think I prefer the question pages over the tutorial it's self. The tutorial is all compressed and gross... and there's alot of spelling erroes.... o_____o;
Not bad for 4 hours of work though, if I must say so myself. XD;;;
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Media; Flash MX & Photoshop Elements
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This helped me sooooo much
DΕmo arigatΕgozaimashita!
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I made this using parts of your guide!
Small People Mushroom
I think it turned out pretty good considering it looked like this to begin with.
Small People Mushroom - Lines
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Hurray! 
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Yeah, I am pretty happy with it.
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it's a good things ^^
I love it it's very useful ^^
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Thank you for making this.
Really, really helpful~
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ok. where do I put the layer when I begin shading? as you see I am a beginner at coloring xDD thanx for ur help
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Make a new layer, and click-and-drag it underneath your lineart (which should be on multiply, otherwise you won't be able to see what you're doing!).
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wait...howd you color UNDER the lineart?? o.O when I tried that it wudnt work... :[
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Cut and Paste the image onto a new layer, and set to MULTIPLY; This makes your white transparent and your black opaque. You make a new layer underneath the Multiply layer, and colour there. :3
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thanks for the tutorial...how do you make the brushed curvy like that. like the strokes? i have ps cs4...
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Like... a circle?... 
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Even if this is just for beginners it is really put together well!
I'll probably reference it and I've been doing CG forever.
Really great ^^
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ty so much this will help me learn how to draw ty
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This has been really helpful! I'm gonna follow this tutorial for future deviations. Thank you!
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You dinger-thinger has enlightened me with something I can do at work. Heheh. xD
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Thank you so much for making this tut. I totally get everything, and I made an awesome pic from it- thanks so much!!!
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this is just totally awsome. and unaturally... I UNDESTOOD EVERY WORD!!! YAY!!!!!!
so fun to read. should make more for other things.
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Cool! You made a tutorial fun to read! GO YOU! WOO!!
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Thank you for the tutorial! I learned so much I didn't know before!!
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All I can say is wow.
Thank you for adding this. I could easily understand it, follow it, and had many, many, many helpful tips.
Thank you very much!
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I'm glad it could be of help!
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Thanks for the tutorial
It helped me a lot in cleaning up some sketches!
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nice tutorial^_^ yours is the only one i've been able to follow so far>< i'm pretty dense...
one question though, i couldn't do it all in one go cause i had to go out and i saved it but it didn't save all my alyers just the half finished picture, so i've got to do it all over again.
is there any way you can save it so it keeps the layers there the next time you open it up?? i've got elements 4.0 if that makes any difference...
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You might be accidentally saving it as a JPEG, which isn't what you want. You want to save the file as a PSD. The first save should be "Save AS", this way you can choose your format to save as. 
When you are finished your CG, save one last time, and then flatten, size down, and SAVE AS again. You then change the format to Jpeg- (should should also afterward get a pop-up about "quality".... move the bar up to maximum. It makes the file size a bit bigger by a few KB, but the quality stays high and you don't get unpleasant pixalating.) PNG works too, but some computers don't support it for some reason.
In the end you have two files: The original file that you can go back and edit, and then the finished one ready for display.
I HOPE That wasn't too confusing! D:
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no thanky ^_^ i told my friend about it, (he does arty..stuff on comps) and he was like yeah don't save as a JPEG, but was a bit sketchy on what TO save it as...
but thanks^_^ now i know how to not lose everything i've done^_^
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Ahh ahh!OMG!Thank you!!<3 a tutorial that actually told me what I was looking for!!<33
I didn't know I was supposed to set the layer to multiply!<33 Now i can color easily!!^_^
Thanks!!Great tutorial!!
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Haha! I'm glad it helped!
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Arigatou ^.^ I love this tutorial <3
i've been trying to learn how to shade/highlight recently XD
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Ooooo! Well good luck! I'm glad you liked the tutorial~ ^_^
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i'm probably going to use it today on a new drawing i did, i can only hope it will turn out as good as your's XD
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Wow!! It's a tutorial for elements!!! *foams at the mouth*
You have no idea how difficult it is as an elements user to find decent tutorials. This one was great!!!
*faves*
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Why didn't I read this tutorial the day I got Photoshop? Nicely written and explained, a picture I'm working *procrastinatingcough* on looks terrific with your help.
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Ohhh *claps* I wanna see when you're done. 
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I got a WIP on posted right now.
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sorry, my computer wasn't sucking in oxygen. Sorry for the multiple posts.
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ooo, that's cool. I've been thinking about getting a tablet and photoshop cs but the price of ps cs is crazy! So I'm glad I can still make cool stuff with the software the tablet comes with. But I guess photoshop cs is better than elements, is it not? I guess it's something I can think about for Christmas, on top of the Wii and a scanner. :woot:
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There isn't a very large difference between the two, I like Elements because I can do multiple undos without cracking open the history box.
But I like CS2 'cause when I use the brush tool, I can just right click and adjust it's settings right there, without moving to the other side of the screen. (Heh, yeah Im lazy.
But I do suggest to purchase it. Consider it a good investment in future projects?
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Ok, thank you! I will definitely think about it. Shank you
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ooo, that's cool. I've been thinking about getting a tablet and photoshop cs but the price of ps cs is crazy! So I'm glad I can still make cool stuff with the software the tablet comes with. Just wondering, do you know if ps cs is better than elements? Most likely it is but just wondering.... I hope I don't sound stupid.
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ooo, that's cool. I've been thinking about getting a tablet and photoshop cs but the price of ps cs is crazy! So I'm glad I can still make cool stuff with the software the tablet comes with. Just wondering, do you know if ps cs is better than elements? Most likely it is but just wondering.... I hope I don't sound stupid.
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Eh eh? Package thing? You mean you got Photoshop Elements WITH a tablet! Damn! Two things aI desperatly need! Okay, where did you get it, and for how much? Oh, and your tutorial is amazing! Helps a lot because it doesn't go all in-depth with all the little bitty stuff. :3
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