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When you are in quick mask mode, is the “color” chosen to paint with anything other than completely black? In quick mask mode, it should only give you the option to paint in black, white, or some shade of grey, which corresponds to the level of opacity of your selection. In other words, “black” (which shows up as a transparent red when painted in quick mask mode) means that area is completely masked (not selected), “white” (which shows up as transparent in quick mask mode) means that area is not masked at all (selected), and any shade of grey in between (which shows up as a lighter red) means that area is partially masked (partially selected.

If you were using some light shade of grey to mask things, then when you went back to standard mode, it would select everything, and partially select the partially masked area as well, but if those pixels are less than 50% selected (in other words, you used a lighter than 50% grey to mask them) while they would still be masked, they just wouldn’t show the marquee around them, because the marquee only shows up around pixels that are more than 50% selected.

I’m not sure if that’s what you’re seeing, but it could be one explanation.

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Http://www.themechanicalmaniacs.com/guides/spriteguide.php

As far as drawing sprites, there isn’t that much difference between drawing sprites and drawing manga or other forms of cartoons. This is specifically geared towards fantasy art but it’s generally useful:

http://www.elfwood.com/farp

Oh. Photoshop is the most preferable of those choices, followed by Illustrator, though I prefer Inkscape. Avoid Paint if possible.

Http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=415919

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You are in grayscale mode, goto the menu bar ontop then click on the Image icon then goto Mode and click on RGB or CMYK to convert your document into color to get out of greyscale mode.

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Just google manga/anime photoshop tutorials. They have many many out there.
Tutcast.com is a good site for photoshop tutorials.
There are also thousands on youtube.

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Adobe Imageready creates animated gifs for you. A link to locate it is in the bottom of the toolbar in Photoshop. There is a pretty good tutorial on how to use it here:

http://www.webdesign.org/web/photoshop/imageready-animation/adobe-imageready-animation-primer.5847.html

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Well, 17 hours of free new video tutorials were recently released for all Adobe CS5 products, including 4 hours for Photoshop CS5 which could be helpful to you

http://prodesigntools.com/free-new-video-tutorials-for-all-cs5-products.html

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The best way to find out how Flash works for you is to try it out

http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/

You can download a 30 day trial from Adobe. More then enough time for you to animate your picture.

Google Flash tutorials, there are plenty, you’ll want to look at importing images and keyframes. You might also be interested in ActionScript.

Flash can be tricky, but some people get it right away and make amazing stuff. Best of luck.

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Try to add an alpha channel to the file through Photoshop CS5, see if that won’t do the trick.

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Without changing resolution (or dimensions, as you probably mean), you can reduce the ‘quality’ or amount of compression.

In Photoshop, the File > Save for Web command should let you preview different quality settings.

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It depends on what you need to do. Paint.net is good. GIMP is almost as good as Photoshop. If you want to do a little touch-up, GIMP is like crossing the street in a Boeing 747.

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I don’t think so, it’s also for windows. And yes, there are other similar programs out there that are user friendly and have many features.

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They made a file, around 30 days ago… It’s hidden away… And you can’t find it with simple finder searching.

Using unix you can search the whole disk and find the files that were created around that time… And then delete it.

You can create another on the machine … Install it agin for the new user.. And look for the freshly created file… But sometimes that hidden away file is shared for all users!

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Second-hand Wacom. You may need to replace the tip (‘nib’) but besides that they break really rarely (maybe bad luck?) and new ones cost a lot.

Don’t buy any other brand than Wacom, they all suck.

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Paint.net is another FREE program which is similar

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LMAO………..

You can not install programs for a PC on a mac.

You can un install and reinstall it a million times if you so wish.

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You can buy brake-fluid at any auto-parts store, or the auto section of any Walmart, Kmart, etc. It’s not that expensive, AND when using it to strip model paint, you can use it over and over.

I have a jar that I’ve been using for 4 years now.

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Brake fluid also “never dries”. By this, once it gets on a surface, it tends to always be there. Just ask anyone who has had a wheel cylinder go.

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Follow the Kbs Coatings 3 step system:
1.) Clean & degrease w/AquaKlean until all brake fluid is thoroughly removed.
2.) Prep w/RustBlast to etch the metal & provide a zinc phosphate coating for new paint adhesion.
3.) Seal w/RustSeal for a permanent nonporous seal that will protect against rust & corrosion.

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Ok take it you trying to make a chrome ink like KRINK if you are talking about brake fluid and paint thinner?

The brake fluid is put into the paint to make it more corrosive so it eats into a suffice and becomes harder to buff.

The paint thinner is used to change the constancy from paint to an ink…….its about 2 part paint/1 part thinner/1 part brake fluid.

Then to make a NY style mop you just need any boot polish bottle that comes with a sponge applicator or you can buy mops off ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JUICY-MINI-MOP-MARKER-25MM-TAGGING-BELTON-MONTANA_W0QQitemZ310007666332QQihZ021QQcategoryZ28109QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m118

But keep in mind, if you put brake fluid in your ink mix iy will eat though a plasic mop after a few weeks so keep any spare ink in a glass jar or mettle paint pot.

3 dot or 4 dot are both fine as they are corrosive.

Any more questions feel free to message me.

PEACE

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HI
Unfortunately Brake fluid WELL remove auto paint.. I hope you at least washed it off right away..
Good luck
tim

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I highly recommend Corel Painter. This is easy to use for beginners and will give you very professional results too.

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Photoshop is an awesome program for digital painting, but you need skills, and obviously know how to draw.
What you need to start:
Photoshop or Corel Painter (basically the same)
A Tablet pen (makes your life easier cuz is like traditional painting, but your mouse will do it, just open the bottom thing takt the ball out and clean it, ull notice dust that will interfere with the friction)
And last but not least I recommend you to check out this:

http://browse.deviantart.com/?catpath=resources/tutorials/digiart/dpadigi/photoshop&q=sort:time

There you’ll find tutorials from digital painting artists, but dont try anything really hard.
Have fun =)

rag-dollie.deviantart.com/gallery
Thats my gallery, I use photoshop

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Corel Painter is suposed to be very good for digital painting (rather than manipulation)and its what most digital artists I know use and recomend

but personaly I dont get on with it I find all the bells and whistles distracting, so I use openCanvas, its a cheap little japanese program but its easy to use and I find it gives very good results with my tablet, and for me it works in a similar way to traditional media so its didn’t take me long to learn how to use it

I sugest you try the openCanvas free trial at least, you might be pleasantly suprised

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Those lug nuts are just guessing. There’s an actual formula to determine the proper dpi: 2 x lpi
lpi is not a typo or substitute for dpi. Lpi is ‘lines per inch’ of your printer. Don’t bother looking for that info online or anywhere else because you’ll never find it. But all consumer level ink jets are set at a standard 100 lpi. So following the formula you should set your dpi at 200. Setting a higher dpi will result in greater sharpness but less tonal ranger. Setting a lower dpi results in less sharpness but greater tonal range.
If you are scanning it gets a little more complicated but it sounds as if you are creating inside the computer. The links that soj_goj gave you are for scanning. Not straight printing. For scans you simply multiply the 2 x lpi x (output size/input size) where output/input is a ratio. E.g. Output=16×20 input=8×10. Ratio=2/1 or just 2. So formula would be 2 x lpi x (2)=400dpi
p.s. If you happen to be using a laser jet they are set around 85 lpi. And if you are having your work professionally printed consut the print shop about their printer’s lpi and go from there.

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Roberto Campus has set a very interesting tutorial here:

http://www.robertocampus.com/2007/09/09/photoshop-tutorial-bioshock-videogame-digital-painting/

This is his main page:

http://www.robertocampus.com/

Its not realistic but still very good.

This is another option but the page haves a lot of ads:

http://www.seekingcenter.com/connections/digital/tutorials/tutorial_001.html

If you go all the way the end of the page you will see the tutorial continues, i found this a little more complicated that the tutorial from Roberto Campus.

Good luck

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Go to the link below high res

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Http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
then write the cards name to find

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It’s a spread from the Chinese fashion magazine, Fashion Man – the Chinese version of Esquire.

“The photographer works for the Chinese editions of Esquire, FHM and many other big clients here in Beijing, his name is Chen Zhun.”
- http://www.pbase.com/utah/fashionfootball

other Zhun photos

http://www.linkinn.com/_Chen_Zhun_photographer_for_FHM_China

hmmm, or not Zhun

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_47404fc7010003w9.html&usg=ALkJrhimd9k7CbbFz61eKDLrub21Tfr4wQ

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_47404fc7010003nh.html&usg=ALkJrhh4gGZROvcxMzwG7Uc-evSmaE81lg

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_47404fc7010003rw.html&usg=ALkJrhjyAGZKvKZdFYS5ErxZu–oyLGP_g

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_47404fc7010003vt.html&usg=ALkJrhiSdLV1wbUmnioZ5-qbUgHOHNqIXA

but i couldn’t find anything on the others mentioned…
It sure looks like Zhun’s style.

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Http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/271081639_368593381e_o.jpg&imgrefurl=http://artdecoblog.blogspot.com/2007_04_08_archive.html&h=339&w=521&sz=45&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=yf0z9Q9nWyavSM:&tbnh=85&tbnw=131&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dart%2Bdeco%2Bcouple%2Bdancing%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

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Library books

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Sounds like you want to use clone stamp or healing tool, try those to fix blemishes, and check option for pressure and opacity,

http://nadasoft.net/help/showthread.php?t=30

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Well, i’m sorry if you count this as digital coloring, but why don’t you color it with water colors, pencils, anything, then scan it in and blur the color around a bit? To do this neatly you can outline the whole picture with a black pen, then use the MAGIC WAND tool in adobe photoshop (It’s available in the free version, adobe elements too) to select the area before blurring with the blur tool. Good luck

EDIT: And also, pro markers are AMAZING! They dry perfectly smooth, but they cost quite a bit for a good set.

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I think the best is Painter from Corel.
Expand your creativity with Painter 11, the most inventive digital painting software on the market.

Get the trial first,http://mac.brothersoft.com/painter.html?utm_source=answer&utm_medium=yuki&utm_campaign=Computers_Internet
and decide whether you wanna buy it.

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Painting is grueling work. It can cause a lot of eye strain when you try to produce realistic art. I’ve strained my eyes plenty around your age and earlier, and now I wear glasses/contacts because of painting/drawing. The repetitive motions of holding the brush and painting strokes is not the most exciting part about painting either.

It’s just that the only great rewards of art (or doing art) is seeing your final work and seeing what you find pleasing in your work. While it’s nice that others like your art work, if you don’t particularly feel excited about it, then it won’t be a source of pleasure and joy for you. When I was younger, I won every art show/contest all the way up to junior year in high school (when I really stopped doing it publically). I put in effort with time and produced works, but winning was almost automatic. I felt good about being validated for my talents, but that alone did not carry me through to become some great artist in adulthood. That’s what everyone expected me to become, that is, except for my family. They didn’t support me doing art at all, so it was more like a chore without emotional support from home. Even though others tell you how good you are, it’s your choice what to do with your talent and your life.

Like you, I do not enjoy the process of painting. It’s nice work to see at the end, but I’d do it more frequently if I feel confident that I can sell my paintings at a high price. Otherwise, is it worth the difficult poses, high costs for supplies, and the lengthy time it takes? Organic solvents used in oil paintings are also quite harmful to your health—it is carcinogenic. I would never do oil for that reason. So there are some serious costs to doing art.

You can try graphic design, but that would require you to use digital programs. It’s tough to make ends meet with a raw painting, sketching, or drawing talent. I’ve seen self-employed ads for mural painting, but there is only a very small market for that.

Culinary arts, especially high end dessert art is the most exciting field, in my opinion. You have to be a real artist and be creative to withstand the competition out there. Have you seen the dessert competitions on the Food Network? In order to create masterpieces with chocolate or sugar candy, one has to know the limits of how much a sugar statue can support itself. One time a Japanese team of artists created a beautiful masterpiece with wings and the top third crashed while transporting it, leaving a still decent looking rest of the statue. The French team knew (from a long dessert culinary history of their country) the limits of sugar statue and did not push the design part too hard, creating an elegant piece that wasn’t too tall or big. It was so exciting to watch that. The French and the Japanese teams cried when they won first and second place respectively. Cuisine art is very exciting.

Architectural design is another very excellent option, if you are into buildings. I took an architectural drafting class in my engineering/architecture based high school. It was the best class that taught me careful measurements, use of the T ruler, and practical design. It was demanding and fun. Architecture is like that—half art and half discipline. There is a nice school in NYC called Cooper Union geared toward these disciplines. Check it out on the web….

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Your answers to 1, 4, and 5 are correct.

The answer for 2 is “Clipboard Brush”.

The answer for 3 is “Make changes to other layers”.

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Re: #5 -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_color