[Official Narutomania Graphics Help Thread]

[Muskrat]

Thanks.

[mehMeT]

Hey! i got a question. i'am not sure what it's called in english, but in norwegian it's called "Raster" (example on the photo) so i just wondered if you guys had any clues on how to make them easy as posible. The only way i thoutgh was to make them once and save them as a brush or a pattren. But then i thoutgh i need driffrent colors on them each time i use it... so, you got any ides on what i'am talking about? (sry my english suck)..

I want to use it on the background of my sig because it makes a nice contrast and my background is quite empty got an example down there, and just to say, i'am new at this XD

[Yuurei]

Originally Posted by mehMeT

Hey! i got a question. i'am not sure what it's called in english, but in norwegian it's called "Raster" (example on the photo) so i just wondered if you guys had any clues on how to make them easy as posible. The only way i thoutgh was to make them once and save them as a brush or a pattren. But then i thoutgh i need driffrent colors on them each time i use it... so, you got any ides on what i'am talking about? (sry my english suck)..

I want to use it on the background of my sig because it makes a nice contrast and my background is quite empty got an example down there, and just to say, i'am new at this XD

Jeg er fra Norge, men jeg skjønner ikke hva du mener med "Raster".

Mener du vector??

[mehMeT]

Yuurei: Raster points witch it is basiclly called, are color points/dots on a printed material. If you zoom in on a scaned pic feks, you'll see this dots in diffrent colors and directions. This are Raster points, it's the basic coloring on a printed matrial (damn i sound smart! j/k XD)

but i just want it in just one color, if you see some of the bleach chapter photos in the manga, they use it alot! XD

simonarturo: well as you see I allready made some XD

~acadia: That would be GREAT!! <3 XD

[~acadia]

Ok, i think youre talking about a technique called toning. It's what mangakas use to shade their drawings (its a sticky sheet of transparency with small dots to simulate a darker shade of grey). So i made a quick pattern tutorial, i think itll apply to what you want it to do:


First, make a 4 by 4 inch canvas that has 100 px per inch. Then, enable the rulers:
View>Rulers
Make sure that option is checked. Also, enable Snap to Guides:
View>Snap to>Guides

Ok, now put your cursor on the rulers and create a guide every for every one inch on the canvas, so you have 4 equal distance lines. Do that for both the horizontal and teh vertical to create a grid, shown below:


Then, get the marquee selection tool and select the eliptical function. Hold shift and alt, click in the center of the grid and drag out to the first large square like below. Fill it in black:


Drag the selection to the corner, and it will snap to the guides making a perfect 1/4 circle:


Repeat this for each corner:


Ok, now define the pattern:
Edit>Define Pattern


Now, just apply that pattern to whatever you need, erase what you dont want and youre done! (youll have to reduce the percentage of size quite a bit to make it look like what the mangaka (manga artists) use, but it looks alright.)

I hope this helps!

[narupals101]

Originally Posted by ~acadia

Any program that works with colors on a limited canvas could, concievably, make a sig. What i would reccomend, would be to acquire photoshop (as it is the best program for what we do). Im gonna refer you to the tutorials thread (<--- click on that). Go to all of the links below the first section labeled "Full Tag Tutorials". They will give you a basic overview of the creation of a tag. For something more specific, such as how to use a brush effectively, how to use the pentool, ask here or refer to the tutoriasl lower in the thread.

Hope this helps =]

ummm... wud PAINT work
lol
cuz irfan view is just pisture doesnt add effects and no idea wut the other thyngs do
XD

[simonarturo]

Paint is VERY rudimentary
as in prehistoric rudimentary

Seriously, you can get Adobe Photoshop easily, why don't you do it?
go get the trial version

[narupals101]

Originally Posted by simonarturo

Paint is VERY rudimentary
as in prehistoric rudimentary

Seriously, you can get Adobe Photoshop easily, why don't you do it?
go get the trial version

umm i was thynkin of gettin it and i was goin to ask if any1 knew if it was good or not
-.-
ima try and download it
tho my comp only has like 100mb left and it keeps sayin
"u need 200mb for the comp to run properly"
and whyt does rudimentary mean???

[Shia]

All right, all right. If you didn't take me seriously:

What should I do to improve other than requests?

[~acadia]

Requests are a great way to force yourself to practice, but you wont get better unless you WANT to practice and get better. Personally, what i did to improve, was to copy other people styles, try out their tutorials, and just all around mess with the program. Look at some of .cent's stuff (i have YET to be able to duplicate his stuff) and some of DD's stuff (easy copy, great outcome). Theyre great to learn from. If you want, i could upload some .psd's for you and you can look through a few different ones.

Best way to learn ANYTHING is to study. I know that sounds bad, but it works. Ive looked at Fenox's, simon's, and even cent's psd's and ive learned tons. Just ask around, im sure people would be willing to help you out.

Also, check out the [Tutorials] thread. It's pretty all-encompassing when it comes to techniques.

Oh, and dont be afraid to post stuff up in the lounge and get some c-n-c. It's enlightening, you learn alot about what colors work, what typography looks good, and how your effects look.

[Shia]

Meh. Studying is the thing I do worst. Well could you upload psds for me? That'd be friggin' awesome.

[mehMeT]

Originally Posted by ~acadia

Ok, i think youre talking about a technique called toning. It's what mangakas use to shade their drawings (its a sticky sheet of transparency with small dots to simulate a darker shade of grey). So i made a quick pattern tutorial, i think itll apply to what you want it to do:

Thx man! i would give you rep, but can't find out how.. lol xD but the ting is that they useally fades from big points/dots to smaller onces... if your with me but this will work for now i think, but if you could check it out, it would mean a lot to me XD

[Avalantis]

Dear mr. Mehmet.

OMG, what you call raster is called halftone. You have a special filter for it in photoshop but it doesn't quite do the same trick. What YOU want will be the following.

In your document, go to Image > Mode > Grayscale. A dialog might pop-up asking to discard the color information. Choose yes.

Now run a big Gaussian Blur Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur of around 30 or 40.



Go to Image > Mode > Bitmap. Under Method, choose Halftone Screen.



In the next dialog box, set the Frequency to around 8 or 10 and the Shape to Round.



You should now get an effect like this:



Set the Image Mode back to Grayscale Image > Mode > Grayscale. Apply a slight Guassian blur of around 1-pixel to smooth out the rough edges.



Now bring up the Levels Dialog Ctrl + L and drag the sliders closer to each other to sharpen the pattern a bit.

Of course you don't have to do the blur thing. If you have a non solid shape it works directly. Test around with it some. I quickly converted my drawing with these, but it isn't really suited for it:

f.l.t.r: original, halftone screen method, filter

I copied the tutorial from: Halftone Mania | Photoshop Lab
Read it to see more methods of halftone!!

also we have: Photoshop Tip - Create A Halftone Effect | PhotoshopSupport.com but it's less informative.

Also if you want to change the colour of your halftone, you can do so by converting the mode back to RGB and then via blending options (rightclick layer > layer options) and give it a colour overlay. Play around with the blending modes (the toggle menu in the colour overlay menu).

Oh yeah, and you rep by clicking the balance image under the member info and avatar on the left (it has a dot that is either grey or green, e balance and a warning sign). You can chose to rep negatively (bad) or positively (good).

[mehMeT]

*STUNED*



Just what i wanted! wow... THX!! <3 XD

[~acadia]

added Avalantis' answer to the front page.

Great find ava!

[narupals101]

hurray my stepmom has adobe photoshop on her labtop
along wid like 50 other video and picture thyngs
yay
thanx god
lol
soo now i can learn
how to make sigs now
yay




thyts sumtin i made im soo proud of myself
yay me

edit by acadia: thats great narupals, just only post in this thread with a question. enjoy your newfound photoshop!

[narupals101]

thanx XP
i made my sig and avy too
oo im soo happy
but i was wonderin is it possible to make like parts a a pik have like yah know when u highlight letters in a sentence ur writing and the letters turn white and the background goes blak is it possible to do thyt to part of the pik???
jus wonderin

[R.J.N.]

Hello
Im quite new to PS and experimenting things.. I have 2 easy? questions.
How do you crop/cut an character from an existing background?
How do you add that character/images to an other background?

I hope you guys can help this noob out xD thanks in advance.