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Speed-Spriting with Photoshop by ~Kiwi-RGB:iconKiwi-RGB:

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So you say you're good at drawing, coloring and shading in Photoshop, and you wish you could pixel as fast as you draw? This is the tut for you.

Nothing revolutionary here, but some ideas might be new to you. Any questions, please post.

NOTE: If this tutorial feels a bit too complex, CLICK HERE for a more beginner-friendly version

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~akumath Mar 30, 2009, 5:03:04 PM
Awesome tutorial. Would be great for the artists who want to make pixel art.

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~ruinsofeden Mar 30, 2009, 5:08:41 PM
...indexed color. That's such a simple tool that too many (myself included) forget about. Brilliant. I've always preferred light-to-dark with multiply -> flatten -> color balance, but the dark-to-light overlay should cut down on some time. Good job, sir.
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*Mirage-Verius Mar 30, 2009, 6:21:13 PM
I just skimmed over it for now, but this is really something. I'll have to come back to it later. Nice work.

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~misterpickles Mar 30, 2009, 9:06:02 PM
Definitely a great trick for those using a tablet and photoshop (PSP users have a similar feature), and would be very useful for animations.

I'll try this method on the next round of spriting.
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~matrix7 Mar 31, 2009, 6:50:28 PM
Whoa-ho-ho! Now this is a great tut man. I don't do a lot of pixel art but always have had a healthy admirations for those who can take little blocks and make it look cool. Most excellent work!

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~Probablee Apr 1, 2009, 5:23:47 AM
Hey, nice! It's nice to have an insight into what you do. :)

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~jaredjlee Apr 1, 2009, 11:04:44 PM
With this I may make a sprite this year!
Thanks!
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*michaelstewart May 3, 2009, 8:14:57 PM
love it!

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*chesney Jun 18, 2009, 2:31:18 PM
[link] D: I tried to follow this, but I got confused in so many places!

- I wasn't sure which layer I was supposed to be on when doing the threshold, the merged-with-white-bg or the transparent
- I couldn't get it to index the color. The option was greyed out for me, and I'm not sure why
- I have no idea what the unsharp mask is/does, or which layer I was supposed to be on when I did that.
- I couldn't isolate my ink so it stayed black
- When I resampled it, the inks (you can especially see near her boots) started chopping up, unlike yours which stayed solid.

I may retry it in the future using some techniques learned here, but mixed with my own way of doing it. :)

I know if I could follow this and understand it, it would turn out so much better.
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