Help Someone i am a NOOB

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rctfan2
Sep 23, 2003
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Is there a way you make it so the paintbrush is not full force so you could say change lipstick color and still get the detail of the lips under the color?
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rctfan2
Sep 23, 2003
Nevermind i feel like a tard i just found the awnser to the question myself.
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Mark Reibman
Sep 24, 2003
Whoa there pardna’, go easy on yourself. 🙂 No one I know was born with a working knowledge of this program.
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rctfan2
Sep 24, 2003
lol yeah .
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Shrilly Drabble
Sep 24, 2003
Just to help out other newbies, please could you post the answer 🙂 thanks.
I guess it is to do with opacity percentages?
Kind thoughts
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Jodi Frye
Sep 24, 2003
Shrilly, the answer is opacity and blend mode. Using ‘color’ or ‘overlay’ blend mode will colorize without covering. There are 2 ways to achieve this….either set the palette blend option or the fill/ brush blend option. Use a new layer for every color used so that you can edit…lower/raise opacity etc..without disturbing other layers. Another good trick is to use the eraser tool at a low opacity to remove excess areas of color to give images a more natural look. Lots of ways !
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Charlene Russ
Sep 25, 2003
Yeah really, she is being way too hard on herself!! I am pretty good with PS now but I didn’t know about opacity when I first started either. One thing I love about photoshop is the ability to create beautiful paintings without having to go buy expensive watercolors or oils. With the array of brushes its very easy to get a nice painterly effect, easier than Painter 7 in my opinion.

Every photoshop artist has their own technique so have fun experimenting with the tools, layers and blend modes. One of my favorite tools is the airbrush, especially since I love airbrush art.

Happy Photoshopping! (its the only kind of shopping that doesn’t hurt my wallet, ouchie….)
-Charlene

"Mark Reibman" <mreib@[nospam]earthlink.net> wrote in message
Whoa there pardna’, go easy on yourself. 🙂 No one I know was born with a
working knowledge of this program.

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