Cool Pen Tool Effect

[aTastyCookie]

Hi, im going to show you how to do a cool effect with the pen tool.
Program:Photoshop CS4
Result:

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Open render or something you want to draw the line.
Create a new layer.
Selecct the Pen Tool and click through the render

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Now click between the points you've created

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Now press and hold Ctrl and click & move the "middle points"
It shoul look like this:

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Non select the brush tool and be sure that you have whit has "main color"
You must choose one of the indicated brushes to get the effect

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Now selecct the pen tool again and right click the line.
Choose Contour route (maybe this its a bad translation,lol, my PS its in spanish *-*)
now it shold look like this D:

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Right click the line and selecct "Delete path"
Double click the layer and select "outer glow"
Choose the color/configuration you want (lol, see its in spanish ._.)

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Now use the Eraser tool to erase some parts of the line to make it appear that the line us around the render(something like 1 up, 1down)

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Now you can can add some points using a smaller the brush (recomended size:5-13) in the same layer

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Feel free to post your results and any question you have.
Remember: use different configurations to get more and even better results.

Credits To Youtube For Teaching me how to use this.

 

[Pesh]

OMFG! Thats a work for a genious O=
Thats the simplest thing ever posted here,maybe you could find something more complicated eh?

 

[aTastyCookie]

dude i just learned how to do this today go easy deam

 

[Flaw]

OMFG! Thats a work for a genious O=
Thats the simplest thing ever posted here,maybe you could find something more complicated eh?

I've been trying to find out how exactly to do this, but i found no basic tutorials, only ones who won't explain shit to me.

 

[Pesh]

I've been trying to find out how exactly to do this, but i found no basic tutorials, only ones who won't explain shit to me.

Meh, meh...he missed some important parts :/
When you click on stroke path, you MUST select the Stimulate Pressure box
You can do the recoloring simply choosing the color as foreground color instead of using outer glow

 

[Magellan]

good for him to know and share some stuff ^_^
anyway, i'm not fond of erasing the lines instead I use vector mask (using alt+?) then erasing some parts of the lines.

 

[Pain..]

Nice !!

 

[Shunsui]

OMFG! Thats a work for a genious O=
Thats the simplest thing ever posted here,maybe you could find something more complicated eh?

there are GFX forums with more complicated tutorials, its a good tutorial for beginers to learn smth new, dont be so ignorant

good tut, but guitar isnt bright enough.. its surounded by lots of light

 

[Mina..]

worked for me ^^

 

[Rei]

I like it, thanks for posting.