How to vector anime with Illustrator CS3 (5 of 5)

[MyPinkHelloKitty]

Thanks so much. I liked your mouse dancing at the end, too. I can't wait to make vector image out of screen shot like you did. Yay!

[Spartan257B]

Thanks for the tut, it was extremely helpful =]

Explained everything well, and I wasn't lost at all!

[ainotenba]

Hello. I just wanted to tell you that your tutorial rocks!! You've been extremely helpful to me, and I am glad I managed to understand everything you presented in the tutorial. The method you use is the best, in my opinion. I was lucky to open the link you provided, and download the page, with different methods, because the website died in 2 days from then!! All the other methods mentioned there are just not good enough.

Awesome tutorial, awesome music!!

[ArslanSSS]

Thanks for such a nice tutorial

[MrLokilis]

Thanks for this tut.

Greetings from 4chan.

[spooksmagee]

@MrLokilis you're welcome. Glad people on /w/ still find it useful. 

[Kilocron]

I like how you had the mouse dance to the song at the end :) Fantastic tutorial though, made me want to try

[TheDarkriz]

I have a problem with exporting to photoshop.. I did what your tutorial told me (Rasterize - Export).. but it seems that the rasterization didn't work at all.. when I try to resize the image, it became blurry pixelized.. I'm using CS5 for both Illust and PS..

[willhamion]

You well and truly deserve a Sub and a like for these videos.

[HolyEyEolo]

thank you so much! this tutorial helped me a looootttt!!!!!!!

[sulan91]

Thank you for a really great tutorial!

Helped alot :P

[hendrickmelvin]

the cursor is dancing at the end of the tut :))

[pikaciuka]

I'm so glad I've found your videos. They're really helpful, especially the part with the lines. Now I know how to make them look clean and slick ^_^ Thank you!

[BullvarKhaz]

Thanks for the guide man, really good stuff! i was stuck doing my lines on Photoshop, it does not even come close to what i can do with Illustrator!

5/5, really easy to follow.

[Artiifakt]

Wow, extremely in-depth tutorial, and thats coming from a graphic design major. Thanks, you've helped me alot here!!

[xkreative]

This is really great, thanks for the tutorial

[killerel7rk]

thnxxx great work

[iamstoned4life]

Thanks for your tutorial!

Subscribe & fav is the least I can do :D

[hgpwns]

i tried to get in to vectoring a few years ago. i got frustrated and left my 2 projects. watching this tutorial makes me want to revisit my projects. thank you for this very helpful tutorial. mabuhay!

[inuflamenick]

Lol beast mouse dancing

[EvangelineMcDoweII]

Awesome tutorial!

[uberdonut]

I've heard people talking about upscaling the image first in Illustrator, then rasterizing it and exporting it to photoshop. Does this actually do anything and how would you go about doing it?

[spooksmagee]

@uberdonut I don't know, I've never tried it. The size of the export image depends on your export DPI. I exported the image in the tutorial at 300 dpi and it came out at 3400x2200. Which is more than large enough for the most common screen resolutions. Theoretically you can infinitely scale a vector, but why you'd ever need to is beyond me.

[MDragonFang]

Little bit of trouble here. I'm using CS5.

To open up in Photoshop, I export the file in photoshop format. In photoshop,I blow it up to, say, 5000pixels width, and it comes out all blurry and stuff. It isn't a smart object or anything; just a mere image (that's why it loses quality when size is increased). So, what on earth am I doing wrong? D:

Please help, and thanks!

[Artiifakt]

@MDragonFang Thats because photoshop is based around pixels and painting with shades while illustrator is focused on lines and vectors. When you export to photoshop from illustrator, you will also have some loss in quality as well. Its natural.

In any case, why on earth do you need it 5000 pixels, thats nuts.

[MDragonFang]

@Artiifakt Already found how to fix it. But sometimes I need to print out my works for various reasons, and I want it to be rather big sometimes. Especially with the better printers you're going to need high quality vectors.

[Artiifakt]

@MDragonFang Ah totally, i get ya. Sounds fantastic, making a large scale vector to be printed. That would make for a really cool wall piece i think.

[ProCollab]

I've just heard of vectoring, and I think you made a great tutorial for it,

but can you explain why people vector?

Like, what is vectoring's main purpose?

It looks like a lot of work, and I just am wondering what it is used for.

Well, other than making a graphic more high quality.

[spooksmagee]

@ProCollab It's basically just about taking a screenshot from a show/movie and cleaning it up so it becomes a usable background that can scale to nearly any screen resolution. It's also sort of a hobby really, especially if you like art/images.

[kurochaos01]

Thx, your tutorial helped me a lot!

[origamisamurai12]

Thanks for the tutorial, really appreciate it ^_^, Lool at the end with mouse jumping in beat with music :D

[Lyokowarirtitan]

You have inspired me to try vectoring, there are a couple pictures in my folders that have been begging this.

[Ilyuga]

Thanks so much for posting this tutorial. It made learning to vector a snap :D

[terror0earth]

This'll prolly take me a day to do lol.

But im going to try!! :D

thank you for your tutorial, none others were as helpful that i could find.

<3

[ThieflordZ5]

Well, you have inspired me to vector. I think I'll have to start on my brother's computer though, since it can handle WAY more than my crummy Gateway laptop can.

How long did it take you to outline?

[spooksmagee]

@ThieflordZ5 A few hours. The amount of time it takes will decrease as you familiarize yourself with the pen tool. Or how anal you are about line width and such. :p

[ThieflordZ5]

@spooksmagee Thanks, I've been practicing almost everyday with lots of stuff... I've finished quite a few pictures and it's getting better every time...

[ImALostPikachu]

awesome tut.

I've done everything up to rasterize but when i try to export the .psd it says " Not enough memory to save the file." :(

what do you recommend i do?

[spooksmagee]

@ImALostPikachu Make sure both illustrator and photoshop are up to date, and close all other programs that use up a lot of memory. I had this problem too actually, and updating both programs (I think) fixed it for me.

[Vunk]

@spooksmagee I have Photoshop and Illustrator CS5 up-to-date and 70% of my Ram are Free(I have 4gb ddr3) and I having the same issue with memory. Is there a way to solve it??

[spooksmagee]

@Vunk I honestly don't know. You'd have to Google it more than I did, since the updating thing solved my problem. I know people with low end machines can export files at crazy high DPI settings (like 1K) and get no error message. So it's not your machine, it's the software.

If all else fails you could reinstall one or both programs

[FrodanFTW]

great tutorial, 5 gold stars for you!

[moesquarechan]

Thanks for this. I always wanted to know how to do clean sharp lines and edges in my vectors and am glad I found this video. I'm more excited to vector now knowing it'll look decent.

[Zagtul]

Great tutorial, I learned quite a bit.

I'll be trying out my first "real" vector the next couple of days whenever I find some free time.

I appreciate the effort you've put into this. Favorited and i'll subscribe. :)

[ryofulance]

just one more question, hope you don't mind me asking but I'm making an anime though I not sure if I'll vecto r it , might take alittle too long but to get to my point I want to use some music for it and this is great music for all five, now not that you would but copy wright wise is it much of an issue with regards to youtube, Im alittle nieave on this but i guess most people don't get permission for the music on there tutorials, just wondering about your thoughts on this

[EvulFlame]

Would it be possible to get a list of the songs you played over the course of the videos?

[spooksmagee]

@EvulFlame

Check out the description box for each vid, the songs are all in there. Feel free to PM me if you want recommendations of similar artists or tunes. :)

[willykyu]

Brilliant tuto. Superb image quality, and very useful infos, with an excellent drawing (for once... Youtube is full of baby/amateurish ugly drawings tutos).

[Arrapaa0]

Awesome tut, great work.

That cursor dance of yours made me smile :)

off to try vectoring -> :D

[papercutr]

great tutorial, thanks for your time

[ptarien]

Nice tutorial, thank you.

[Timei]

Thanks, great guide. I already knew how to vector, but a lot of great hints and tips here.

[Stealthsuit07]

Great guide.

[cs2dfan]

I'll look to this series when i have free time.

Thx btw.

[GrandDewalt]

I have Illustrator, Flash and Photoshop, and I am trying to make an anime with those, this helped me understand the concepts of layers better, I colored something without layers already, I actually pulled it off, but this way is much cleaner, I just wish I could master the pen tool, it's hard for me, and without a tablet I cant stroke that well either, I'm in for a rough time but I think what I've got planned is worth it.

[ryofulance]

@GrandDewalt

I'm making an anime too I've already got about 30 seconds. I do it in photoshop animation facility it's a real quick process handrawn stuff with layers and some limitations but the animation is basically the same quality as anime/only depends the artist skill, only outline though no color or it would take to long. I'd like to see yours if you put it on you tube.

[orey66]

must say good tutorial but music isnt my taste lol i had to mute it and put on snoop dog while i watched ur video hehe....But i give u 5/5 for the tutorials...well done

[spooksmagee]

Heh, no worries man, as long as you found it helpful. I just used what music I listen to when I vector....

[SeiferKai]

lol he made his pointer dance in the end..this makes me wanna vector so im getting illustrator right now so i can begin..i cant wait to get started

[VZMkII]

Excellent! I needed a tutorial like this to help me with my art.

[TotallyPoof]

btw bakemonogatari is awesome

[TotallyPoof]

good tut

finally got the hang of vectoring

[spooksmagee]

Thanks, glad you found it helpful.

[KiyoXani]

I loved the tutorial. Been wanting to learn for a couple years now...

Couldn't find good tutorial.

I tried it while watching and mine come out alright.

not good but ok.

[spooksmagee]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. :) Might make a few more in the future, not sure atm.

And I say you should have photoshop if you have illustrator because IMO the two programs work well together, illustrator for vector graphics and photoshop for raster graphics. You don't absolutely need PS, but it's still a great program to have.

[hapsap]

Awesome Tutorial.

Awesome Music.

Are you going to make more? Please do ^^

But why do you have to have photoshop if you have illustrator?