Photoshop: Drawing workflow questions
I am making a wedding card and am caricaturing our group of friends using photoshop. At the moment I am drawing each of my friends on separate transparent layers using a 3pixel brush at 80% opacity (the document is 10000x10000).
Basically I am making clear line drawings and no soft strokes/sketches and was wondering how I could maybe transfer this detail into vector line drawings or if thats even possible? Also I would like the option of making the lines thicker/thinner/darker/lighter at a later point.
I'm only used to creating game textures and am wandering around in the dark a bit, basically how would you guys go about this project to maintain maximum control over the drawing? Should this be done in 'vector' like in illustrator? I don't know at this point if I want the final drawing looking 'vectorish' but I was wondering if theres options whereby you can 'smooth' out the lines ive drawn as some are a bit shaky and jagged.
Also for anyone living in the UK is there a nationwide shop/company I could print out my document/image onto a large piece of white card, probably a folded piece of A2? There probably is a place to do this in bolton but I don't even know what to look for, what kind of shop would provide this service?
Cheers.
Basically I am making clear line drawings and no soft strokes/sketches and was wondering how I could maybe transfer this detail into vector line drawings or if thats even possible? Also I would like the option of making the lines thicker/thinner/darker/lighter at a later point.
I'm only used to creating game textures and am wandering around in the dark a bit, basically how would you guys go about this project to maintain maximum control over the drawing? Should this be done in 'vector' like in illustrator? I don't know at this point if I want the final drawing looking 'vectorish' but I was wondering if theres options whereby you can 'smooth' out the lines ive drawn as some are a bit shaky and jagged.
Also for anyone living in the UK is there a nationwide shop/company I could print out my document/image onto a large piece of white card, probably a folded piece of A2? There probably is a place to do this in bolton but I don't even know what to look for, what kind of shop would provide this service?
Cheers.
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like slingshot said make sure its 300dpi and you will probably need to convert your final image to CMYK
I worked in RGB mode as photoshop filters only work in RGB mode i think, then flattened the final image and converted to CMYK, not sure about graycale images.
Never heard of magic tracer but inkscape is an excellent vector program and it's free after all.
Use a .PNG file or .BMP file type both of these format's are uncompressed. PNG is the best bet. A .PDF might get you in trouble if you do not know how to do your settings right. Photoshops PDF presets makes me cry a little inside (Tweak the settings allot if you are going to use it)
CMYK vs RGB
Depends on the printer you are using. Some older printers pint in CMYK, really nice new ones print in RGB. See your monitor sees things in RGB when you print it is usually converted into CMYK, thus the swearing and cursing when you print a document off and the colors are all whack, mostly reds and yellows get desaturated. If you do convert your color document to CMYK make sure you do color adjustments, because in the conversion from RGB to CMYK you WILL lose Bright Supersaturated colors. (this info could be outdated tho)
btw: Epson printers are The Best if you are buying one.
You should not need to convert to CMYK for Black & White tho. Just convert your document to black and white before you print though just for safety reasons, so you don't get any color artifacts if you accidentally used a tinted color of Grey and your eye could not detect it.