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Very very basic photoshop question

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  • 02-06-2010 9:34am
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    flycruise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Apologies for this rookie question, just teaching myself the CS programmes.

    I'm doing a line art piece in Photoshop, and after I've hit stroke path my line appears but it's transparent. It's a very light see through black. I've adjusted everyting I can think of - brushes, colour etc...

    I don't know what else to do! I want the lines to be solid black as it's a portrait I'm doing and a have a very specific look in mind,

    Can you help?

    Thanks a mil
    Fly


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    KeelanM90
    Registered Users Posts: 138 ✭✭KeelanM90


    Chech the opacity and make sure its at 100%
    photoshop-opacity.gif


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    flycruise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭flycruise


    Ya I did that and no difference.... anything else I could be doing ar5eways?


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    KeelanM90
    Registered Users Posts: 138 ✭✭KeelanM90


    Have you checked opacity and flow of brush up the top?


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    flycruise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭flycruise


    mmm, i'm not sure, I'll have to check that out when I get home.... thanks a mil for the suggestions


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    paradisepaddy
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭paradisepaddy


    flycruise wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Apologies for this rookie question, just teaching myself the CS programmes.

    I'm doing a line art piece in Photoshop, and after I've hit stroke path my line appears but it's transparent. It's a very light see through black. I've adjusted everyting I can think of - brushes, colour etc...

    I don't know what else to do! I want the lines to be solid black as it's a portrait I'm doing and a have a very specific look in mind,

    Can you help?

    Thanks a mil
    Fly

    Are you using a brush with some alpha masking or some sort of gradient stroke?

    I guess a quick fix could be to duplicate the layer a good few times until you get the result you want then merge the layers?

    good luck.


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    flycruise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭flycruise


    KeelanM90, you were spot on, the opacity and flow were only at 50% each, THANKS A MIL!

    I will master this eventually!

    Thanks again
    x


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    donallen194
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭donallen194


    KeelanM90 wrote: »
    Chech the opacity and make sure its at 100%
    photoshop-opacity.gif

    Thanks for great helpful reply because i have some problem
    Thanks
    Don Allen


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    flycruise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭flycruise


    Sorry guys, nearly there with this project now - enjoying it although it's taking me so long to do it! Practice i guess..

    Anyway, now that i have my line art piece done, how do I save it so that i can take it to a photo print shop?

    What's the best format to save in?

    Again apologies for these basic q's.


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    lmahoney79
    Registered Users Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭lmahoney79


    Save it as a JPEG in CMYK instead of RGB.


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