Keiko Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Hello, I just got Photoshop CS2 today, and I was wondering how you can keep the designs, when editing a robe. I know what I want to do, but when I try to edit part of the robe that I want a diffrent color, it outlines the whole part of the robe that I dont want. So please help me! I use magic Wand also, if that helps:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Simple solution: Don't use Magic Wand use the Polygonal Lasso, however I'm no re-skinning expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svösh Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Plainly … Learn Photoshop Anything can be done once you know your tools and this is not a “modding only” specific application. I’m talking about learning Photoshop, buy books, and take courses… because it’s a very large in-depth application. In years Past the “Photoshop bible” a massive book of about 5 Inches thick still only covered ¾ of what Photoshop can do and that was with version 5. I’m sure the bible is now 10 inches thick I’ve been using PS for 9 years and I still have things to learn even after being formally trained in it, way back on PhotoShop 2 and learning each build since. Or there is always.. SEARCH for free tuts on the information super highway using Yahoo or Google or even the antichrist AOL key words = free photoshop tutorials Like they’re special or something ? let’s see if I plug free photoshop tutorials as my search words in to yahoo I get this … http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=free+photoshop+tutorials&rs=1&sm=Yahoo%21+Search&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t with the search words basic photoshop tutorials I get this http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=basic+photoshop+tutorials&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t&fl=0&x=wrt So with out one of us spending hours trying to teach you a monster of an app you can do it on your own time, or there is always the Help and Tutorials that ship with Photoshop. Good luck, I hope these links help svösh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Originally posted by DarthSmallz Hello, I just got Photoshop CS2 today, and I was wondering how you can keep the designs, when editing a robe. I know what I want to do, but when I try to edit part of the robe that I want a diffrent color, it outlines the whole part of the robe that I dont want. So please help me! I use magic Wand also, if that helps:( Can you explain this a little more? I'm not quite sure what you mean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Hey Smallz, It sounds as if you're trying to select just a colored portion of your robe, but with using the magic wand, it's selecting part of he shadows, folds, etc.. something that you're not wanting to edit (sounds as if you're about to re-color over something)... With Photoshop there's TONS of ways you can do this. First off, magic wand isn't all that magical IMO BUT you can adjust it's strength by lowering or upping the "tolerance" value (upper left of your toolbar when the wand tool is selected). By default, it's set to "32"... adjusting that value will help in selections of different color portions... Also, as Maverick187 stated (and I highly agree) don't use magic wand. Use either the lasso tool, or my preference, set paths Paths however can get tricky if you're not familiar with them. Study up... hehe Now you can also use other tools such as Color Selection, HSL, Levels, Burn tool, Dodge tool, etc. etc. depending on what type of effect you're shooting for... unfortunately there's no set way in order to achieve what I think you're trying to do ... don't mean to confuse you man, but Photoshop can give you 100 different ways to do the same thing Keep practicing, and as svösh suggested, read up on the program and use Google to search for some tutorials to get familiar with the program. Trust me, you'll love it as you learn more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylerjk Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 I don't use photoshop, but I never use a selection tool. I think it is easy enough to just use a color replacer or just a brush and go over the parts I want (requires a steady hand), lowering the opacity so that it changes the color a bit and not covering the patern completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 I'd recommend just using the point-to-point lasso selection tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 I've only been playing around with retexturing for a short time. That said, the biggest thing I have learned is patience. Use the tutorials svösh posted and take your time with it. Question: Are you trying to keep the texture of the robe so it looks fabric instead of just a solid colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Kenobi Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Well I'll throw in my two cents on the matter (for me) what works best is no selection tools unless its something pretty small or not detailed. I use the path tool to create clipping paths for everything I do and save them by name and color code depending on what part of a graphic file i'm editing or creating. The reason I do this is it is exact and you can go back later and "adjust" the shape and the like of that particular clipping path. All you have to do to make a selection of a particular clipping path is hold down the CTRL key and click on the layer that has the path you want a selection of in the paths pallette. Then I keep one .psd file version for later editing and do save as for the usable .tga files @32 bit. Also for recoloring and the like I'd recommend always using "adjustment layers" as opposed to hard on layer adjustments. Unless you save a ton of copies, you will be unhappy with one aspect and have to hand recolor the whole section as opposed to simply double clicking on the layer in the layers pallette that is the adjustment layer and readjusting it's sliders. Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Kenobi Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 BTW forgot to mention NO MAGIC LASSO! ...lol All kidding aside man simply forget that tool is even there. The only way it is useful is if you have a big red ball on a white background...lol Other than that there's not much use for it. If you don't use clipping paths I'd at least do the polygon lasso tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiko Posted May 3, 2005 Author Share Posted May 3, 2005 Thanks guys, you are truly awesome, and Chainz, ... THANKS BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You pretty much got me what I nneded, just let me experiment and I'll see how great All of you are;) Thanks! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airrazor Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Originally posted by tylerjk I don't use photoshop, but I never use a selection tool. I think it is easy enough to just use a color replacer or just a brush and go over the parts I want (requires a steady hand), lowering the opacity so that it changes the color a bit and not covering the patern completely. if you want to use a brush...then set the opacity around 40 it wont affect the shadows but then you can change the color. But the other ways are more handy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiko Posted May 4, 2005 Author Share Posted May 4, 2005 Whats a path? And how do I create one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Originally posted by DarthSmallz Whats a path? And how do I create one? For paths: http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/tutorials/0410-04_pen.html http://www.spoono.com/photoshop/tutorials/tutorial.php?url=paths http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/pentool/pentool1.htm http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/tutorials/0302-17.html Overall Photoshop Usage: (7,288 Adobe Photoshop Tutorials) http://www.good-tutorials.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiko Posted May 4, 2005 Author Share Posted May 4, 2005 Thanks Chainz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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