Friday, September 26, 2008

instructions...

Contour Line
Using PhotoShop to have fun with your contour drawing!

Scan your drawing using at least 200 dpi (dots per inch)
Save as a JPG in your Norman account
Open Photoshop (Finder>Applications>Photoshop)
File>Open... find your document
Crop your image using the cropping tool
Open a new document (File>New)
Save as final(initials)1, Width: 12, Height: 18 Resolution: 150>OK
Use move tool to drag image onto new file
Select>color range>use dropper, click on black>hit ok
You should see the ants crawling around your drawing. Select>inverse>delete should get rid of all the white.
Make a few (four or so...)copies of this layer Later>duplicate layer. Save as final(initials)2.
Use the fill tool to fill up all of the spaces created by your contour lines
you can use different tools within fill, such as gradients. Save as final(initials)
You can change your outline color by using image>adjustments>replace color

more later...

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