Anime and Manga Tutorials: How to tone manga (in photoshop)

[miharuxvi]

Thank you very much! This was super useful!!

[heyheyyouyeah]

what music is that?

[dracorium12]

what program do we use to open it because it won't show up as an "openable" file oh photoshop...

[knightblazer008]

@dracorium12 You should be able to open it through PS easily. Did you try extracting the tones first to ur desktop or some other place before opening them in PS? =O

If that doesn't work, then get back to me on this and I'll look into it personally for a solution. ^^

[danguss159]

super can you make tutorial more like what tone where do you use or something?

[knightblazer008]

@danguss159 Sure thing ^^ Truth, when toning a picture or just a simple character it all depends on the lighting, as well as, the environment that your picture/character is placed in X3 But I'll explain all of that in my next tut for manga XP So keep a lookout and I'll send ya a message letting you know when I post it =3

Sound good? XD

[danguss159]

@knightblazer008 thank you wery much x3

[FresherLiiveKiba]

hey could you help me? I download the screentones from that website and it says no files to extract? What did i do wrong?

[knightblazer008]

@FresherLiiveKiba Which file did you DL and extract? =3

[TheEmoRoseSasha]

I downloaded from that website and it keeps saying my password is wrong. T__T help??

[knightblazer008]

@TheEmoRoseSasha Sorry for the late reply lol ^^ I looked into this and the password is definitely "psychobob" (no quotations) for the zip files. Try using all lower case letters. If that doesn't work, try opening notepad, try the password, then copy and paste.

Hope this helps =3

[283inuyasha]

HEY THANKZ

NO I KOE HOW TO DO THIS

I JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GET THE paterns......... -_-

xD but it was a big help!

[TheAnimoProject]

You are good is that a picture from your manga

[sianthaibright]

wow this will help alot! thanks for posting this up I'll try it when I'm done being lazy o.o

[Chyrue]

wow! yes i  got it! ~ tysm ^_^

[knightblazer008]

@Chyrue Lol~! You're welcome X3 Glad that I helped you. =^^=

[Chyrue]

@knightblazer008 ^_^ !

[demongirl22]

:D downloaded like all of them xD

[rage123]

can those screen tones work for cs2?

[knightblazer008]

Yes. These screentones should work with any version of photoshop. ^^

[dazzles22]

nice vid.. and even nicer song.. what's the name?

[knightblazer008]

Lol Thanks ^^. Oh yeah! Ummmm...the song is called Pure Snow by Sasaki Yuuko. Enjoy! XD

[faith17178]

I got photoshop CS3 but I'm abit confused on how to add the tones it doesnt seem to work for me. :(

[knightblazer008]

What part are you having difficulty on? Pm me and I'll be glad to help. ^ ^

[faith17178]

well when outlineing how do you do about doing it? the way i figured was to do it with the paint tool in photoshop on 1 pixal is that the way you do it?

[faith17178]

also I downloaded the tones but I cant get them to work on my cs3 as plugins

[knightblazer008]

@faith17178 As for the tones, don't add them to PS as a plug-in. Follow the steps in the vid and add them that way. If you want to change the size of the entire tone, just resize the tone BEFORE you add it as a stamp.

[knightblazer008]

@faith17178 When outlining, I usually use the pen tool or my pen tablet with the brush at 2-3 pixels. If you are trying to get those smooth lines, try outlining with the pen tool.

[faith17178]

i would but I have trouble with it im not very good with the pen tool....I have a tablet so iv been using that, i can do the lines with the pen tool then when I click fill lines or whatever its called it always goes to dark then the rest of my outline iv done by hand (or pen) =_=' its really hard trying to use photoshop...

[knightblazer008]

I see. Well, if you're using a tablet then you should be fine with outlining. I'll pm you some suggestions/tips on using your tablet for various things, like outlining your lineart. Lol. Photoshop can be a handful when trying to do your artwork. =P

[Mangaka1995]

what photoshop are you using?? Can GIMP do the same thing?

[knightblazer008]

I use photoshop CS4. And I'm not really sure if GIMP can do this. =P

[faustSktxr]

LOL that was usefl, actually, i didint knwo how to do this xD!

[knightblazer008]

I'm glad that this vid helped you. Lol ^^ Alot of my friends would always say that you can only tone in manga studio, so I had to prove them wrong. ;p

[PALguy329]

thanks bro, you really helped me. now when i get my tablet,im going to have lots of fun with this trick.

[knightblazer008]

Lol. Glad I could help. I miss seeing your vids. ^^ When do you get ur new tablet?

[PALguy329]

im not actually sure i hope in like 2,3 weeks

[punkrockbfs]

btw thanks this will help me alot with my manga creation, i was gonna do it the long way lol

[knightblazer008]

No prob. I'm glad that I could help. =^^=

If you have any questions or requests, just pm me and let me know.

[PALguy329]

i agree

[punkrockbfs]

nice tutorial, your are always better than mines lol, shouldn't you advertise your deviant art instead of tokyopop though?

[knightblazer008]

I was thinking about that and I just might start advertising my Dev. art. I just use my tokyopop b/c I have more stuff to show on there. ;p