{"id":220,"date":"2013-05-23T23:31:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T03:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2013-09-14T14:13:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T18:13:52","slug":"storyboardtips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/storyboardtips\/","title":{"rendered":"StoryboardTips"},"content":{"rendered":"
TUTORIALS FOR STORY ARTISTS<\/span><\/div>\n
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Mark Kennedy (http:\/\/sevencamels.blogspot.com\/<\/a>)<\/div>\n
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Emma Coats (http:\/\/storyshots.tumblr.com\/<\/a>)<\/div>\n
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Louie Del Carmen (http:\/\/www.cgmwonline.com\/Louie-Del-Carmen.html<\/a>)<\/div>\n
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Feng Zhu (http:\/\/www.artbyfeng.com\/tutorials.htm<\/a>)\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Jean-Baptiste Monge (http:\/\/blog.jbmonge.com\/<\/a>)<\/div>\n
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Bobby Chiu (http:\/\/www.schoolism.com\/interview.php?id=68<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dave Pimentel’s tutorials:
http:\/\/drawingsfromamexican.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/artist-in-animation-vs-animation-artist.html<\/a>http:\/\/drawingsfromamexican.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/tapering-body-shapes.html<\/a>http:\/\/drawingsfromamexican.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/mr-stick-man-vs-contour-approach.html<\/a>http:\/\/drawingsfromamexican.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/overlap-neck.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Archive of\u00a0#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0#Storyboard<\/a>\u00a0Posts via\u00a0Oceanbluesky<\/a>:<\/div>\n
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#Storyboard<\/a> Tip: Flat=Funny, Depth=Dramatic; prove it to yourself w\/ well-chosen examples by Mark Kennedy : )http:\/\/sevencamels.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/flat-funny-and-depth-dramatic.html<\/a>\u00a0#art<\/a>\u00a0#CS6<\/a> #Photoshop<\/a><\/p>\n

#Storyboard<\/a>\u00a0Tip: switch between Normal (Shift+Opt+N) and Behind (Shift+Opt+Q) w\/ assigned wacom keys for sketch & fill brushes<\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip: use ‘File > Scripts > Load Files Into Stack’ to import images & then distribute them to separate layers (gr8 for references)<\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip: use the TAB key to toggle pallets\u2026but the cool thing is\u2026hover cursor near the screen’s edge to bring them back briefly : )<\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip: keys 1-0 set opacity between 10-100%; click 2 keys quickly for 1-10% which is useful for sensitive tools such as burn\/dodge<\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip for greyscale\u00a0#storyboard<\/a>: sketch w\/ paint brush set to ‘Behind’ mode, toggle grey w\/ X key to paint fill (still in Behind)<\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip: to select color anywhere on screen activate + drag eyedropper from PS; especially useful to match greys in boards via Bridge<\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip: find forgotten\/rogue massive files by scanning your hard drives with the free Mac app: Disk Inventory X\u00a0derlien.com<\/a><\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip: rather than squirrel thru menu for warp\/distort\/skew\/flip etc; just select, Ctrl+T then right click for popup transform menu<\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip if you need to replace part of a wacom stylus, accessory kit can be purchased for $20 instead of $80 pen\u00a0amazon.com\/INTUOS3-Grip-P\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip: if you are painting within a selection and would like to hide the selection’s border of ‘marching ants’ use CTRL+H to toggle<\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip: use iFreeMem when working with large docs to free RAM\u00a0activata.co.uk\/ifreemem\/<\/a>\u00a0(& Activity Monitor to keep an eye on things)\u00a0<\/p>\n

#VFX<\/a> #Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip:\u00a0update @wacom driver (Oct 2010) for preferences backup\/portability: Applications>Wacom>Tablet Utility http:\/\/www.wacom.com\/en\/CustomerCare\/Drivers.aspx<\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip:\u00a0if you draw more than alter photos switch the ‘s’ shortcut key from Clone Stamp to the painterly Smudge Tool (Window>Workspace>Keyboard Shortcuts)<\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip:\u00a0sick of sitting at a computer? develop painterly skills standing w\/ large canvas 50% off @MichaelsStores<\/p>\n

The single most important collection of\u00a0#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0tutorials I know @FengZhuDesign: 4pros or students, a cultural gift http:\/\/www.fzdschool.com\/free_tutorials.htm<\/p>\n

Bookmark the “Spotlights” section of this site — after watching demo of new “Debluring”\u00a0#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0function http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/photoshopdotcom\/2011\/10\/behind-all-the-buzz-deblur-sneak-peek.html RT @drawn #ListenWhileUDraw<\/p>\n

\u00a0#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Killer Tips (always seems like there’s an obscure quirky tip which saves hours of work : ) http:\/\/t.co\/wOrBumT0<\/p>\n

RT @Storyboard_Tips (Sherm Cohen): #Storyboard Instead of putting Photoshop gradients & special effects in your storyboards, use that time to come up with a better shot.<\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip:\u00a0for quick cell-shading: draw shape add Outer Glow effect with Blend mode set to ‘Normal’ & 100% opacity #Previz #Illustration Course materials (lecture slides & photo galleries) from @Stanford course on Digital Photography: http:\/\/is.gd\/ZXQJxE<\/p>\n

#Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0Tip:\u00a0if #drawing on cintiq & laptop go to Window>Arrange>New Window to place publish resolution doc on 2nd screen : ) #Art #PSW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TUTORIALS FOR STORY ARTISTS \u00a0 Mark Kennedy (http:\/\/sevencamels.blogspot.com\/) \u00a0 Emma Coats (http:\/\/storyshots.tumblr.com\/) \u00a0 Louie Del Carmen (http:\/\/www.cgmwonline.com\/Louie-Del-Carmen.html) \u00a0 Feng Zhu (http:\/\/www.artbyfeng.com\/tutorials.htm)\u00a0 \u00a0 Jean-Baptiste Monge (http:\/\/blog.jbmonge.com\/) \u00a0 Bobby Chiu (http:\/\/www.schoolism.com\/interview.php?id=68)   Dave Pimentel’s tutorials:http:\/\/drawingsfromamexican.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/artist-in-animation-vs-animation-artist.htmlhttp:\/\/drawingsfromamexican.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/tapering-body-shapes.htmlhttp:\/\/drawingsfromamexican.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/mr-stick-man-vs-contour-approach.htmlhttp:\/\/drawingsfromamexican.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/overlap-neck.html Archive of\u00a0#Photoshop\u00a0and\u00a0#Storyboard\u00a0Posts via\u00a0Oceanbluesky: \u00a0 #Storyboard Tip: Flat=Funny, Depth=Dramatic; prove it to yourself w\/ well-chosen examples by Mark Kennedy : )http:\/\/sevencamels.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/flat-funny-and-depth-dramatic.html\u00a0#art\u00a0#CS6 #Photoshop #Storyboard\u00a0Tip: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":507,"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions\/507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}