Noir Comic Tutorial (Part 3)

[NevandOtis]

I am glad this is out there, so there is more noir. I like to read noir and found there is also a video "Noir Naiton" here on Youtube that looks cool, looks like they publish Graphic novels as well, and will reach the e-pub audience on Kindles, Nook, iPads etc. Their Facebook page looks cool, too.

[SupaHypaMode]

I can't find the Trace options on my Photoshop and I have CS5

[ibrett78]

@SupaHypaMode LiveTrace is in Illustrator. Switch apps!

[griffvaldez]

While my comic isn't noir style these tutorials really helped me add some polish to it. thanks a lot your tutorials are awesome. bloody comments are being stubborn and not letting me post a link though so if you're interested in seeing it look up my deviantart account. it's the same user name as i have here.

[comiclady24]

This is a great tutorial on photoshop. However just because you CAN make comics with photos, doesn't mean you SHOULD. The comic form is highly artistic and for skilled drawing artists... I think photos should remain in picture frames.

[1eyeisbetterthan2]

do these viveos not work for anyone else?

[ibrett78]

@1eyeisbetterthan2 They're definitely working! Maybe check you're using the latest version of your browser.

[xishobo]

Do you have a text tutorial? I really like how you did it. What font did you use?

[cab207]

nice tut dude. you did a really good job of going step by step and keeping it simple.

[ibrett78]

@cab207 Cheers, mate.

[CmdrBittles]

I think it looks awesome, but you didn't actually draw anything...You've just manipulated a photograph. That was a little disappointing.

[ibrett78]

@CmdrBittles Yes...that's precisely what I do with my class. I've had some incredible looking comics created by students using just a digital camera, Photoshop and Illustrator - all of this work from people who are convinced they couldn't possibly create a comic because they 'can't draw'. Photoshop and Illustrator open themselves up to exciting possibilities in terms of creating art in this way. I'm terrible sorry that you're disappointed but that wasn't the purpose of the tutorials.

[aks19880]

@CmdrBittles

most graphic novels you see nowadays are actually photographs which are traced by artists

[j000t000b]

@aks19880 can you back this up somehow please (e.g. source)

[malayrama1]

Bro using premier increase the audio voice like 5 or 10 desibel its work and loud i just sujjest

[ibrett78]

@malayrama1 In my current tutorials, I recorded the audio with a Zoom H4 so it's very audible. Thanks for the advice, though.

[MissArielMarie]

This is very helpful. I'm currently taking a graphic arts class and we're starting a new project. I'd love to try this out. Keep up the good work. =]

[ibrett78]

Thanks! Glad you found it useful :)

[DarkRainWolf]

Really great tutorial. It helps a lot, thanks!

But when I paste a picture in my comic panel it's much smaller than the original.

What did I wrong?

[lisn92]

@DarkRainWolf this happens to me, because if im working with an A5 sheet but copy a picture from a smaller canvas it becpmes smaller because the zoom will be at 100% for both canvas's and because the picture is on the smaller canvas it just looks bigger, if u right click with the zoom tool, and click acctual pixels it should be the same size as the big canvas, but if u click the layer that your picture is on on, then go to edit at the top and click free transform, hold shift while u resize

[DarkRainWolf]

@lisn92 Ah, thank you, I'll try it :)

[cab207]

@DarkRainWolf you have to make sure the image you bring in to PS is the size you want. make sure to check the size in Illustrator first. this should fix that.

[Colombianit0]

HOW do u open ilustrator? its it a subprogram of photoshop cs4???

[TylerSmythe]

total different program, its another $700 or more if u want it.

used to make vector files, or REALLY clean lines, good for t-shirt companies, cartoonists.

[Skyz123]

Nope its a seperate Adobe program (=

The logo's a yellow/orange square with "Ai" in the middle

[spoombung]

terrific. thank you.

[PrincessStargater]

thanx soooo much for doing this tutorial, its very helpful! im gonna go make my comic book now!

[FreekoDeNasty]

I flipping love you, i don't know if i will be doing black and white comics, but will be using your methods a lot thanks for uploading these great tutorials.

[danielpsy7]

ok, sorry, I expressed myself badly. I know the art of Frank Miller, and admire a lot. What really did not understand the video is the effect of time of 1:11.

Thanks for all the answers and once again sorry my bad English.

[ibrett78]

That's Live Trace which is a feature of CS2 onwards. Clicking the Live Trace button converts the bitmap image into vector art. You'll need to go into the settings to make it look good, though! Takes a little bit of tweaking to get a nice image. Good luck!

[out6of6my6mind]

Is there anyway to do that (or something similar) in Photoshop without Adobe Illustrator?

[danielpsy7]

Hello, very good the tutorial, but does not understand how the effect is that in black and white to stay the same style of sin city, would explain?

Excuse my English, I am Brazilian and I speak little English

[ibrett78]

Check out any of Frank Miller's Sin City graphic novels if you'd like to see the style of illustration I've referenced in these tutorials.

[CitizenSnipes]

Very helpful, concise, easy to follow video. Thanks a bunch for making this!

[BlarghImSlainXD]

That was a great video. I gotta try making a film noir comic sometime. Very detailed and fun video.

[saviou777]

Is there anyway to do the thing you did in Illustrator (The contrasted Black and White thingy) in Photoshop?

[ibrett78]

The quickest method for achieving this effect in Photoshop would be using Image > Adjustments > Threshold...

[pieheavenly]

great tutorial, the font you used in the previous video was it comic sans? or did you download a custom font?

[gliath]

Great tutorial, I really found this useful as I am indeed a noob at photoshop.

I'm also starting on a new comic using techniques from this tutorial , and once I'm finished I'll link it to you.

[ibrett78]

Awesome! Can't wait to see it. When I say 'noob' I mean it in the nicest way possible. I find that a lot of tutorials assume a lot of knowledge, so I always assume that my audience doesn't know that much about Photoshop but would like to learn more by making something cool.