PainShop Pro Graphics - Miki in wonder

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Miki in wonder

Adriaan Barel

2006-06-11, 4:10 am

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Joske

2006-06-11, 4:10 am

Adriaan Barel wrote:

> Poser and Paint Shop Pro.

Adriaan, I saw your post in the comp.graphics group about not
getting the shadow right (I don't often participate there because my
server misses out on far too many posts in that one particular group
for some reason).

Do you have Miki and anything you might have added (hair or
something) on layers with transparency? Then one way is to select
all except the background and promote to layer, then shoving this
layer underneath but above the background. Another way would be to
duplicate if it's a single layer, or to temporarily turn invisible
the background and do a copy-merged and a paste in the case of more
than one, as there are more ways, but here's the point:

With a copy of the whole figure underneath, you can use Effects,
Brightness and Contrast to turn everything black. You can then, or
before, use the Move Tool to place this copy slightly away from the
original, if needed. But then, and this is the most helpful tool for
me in doing these things, you can use the Raster Deform Tool to give
a slant to the shadow. I don't know how familiar you are with this
tool, but try out grabbing handles with or without the shift key
pressed and you'll see what I mean.

Joske
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Adriaan Barel

2006-06-11, 4:10 am

"Joske" <j.backer@home.nl> wrote in message news:4489cf1b_2@cnews
> Adriaan Barel wrote:
>
>
> Adriaan, I saw your post in the comp.graphics group about not
> getting the shadow right (I don't often participate there because my
> server misses out on far too many posts in that one particular group
> for some reason).
>
> Do you have Miki and anything you might have added (hair or
> something) on layers with transparency? Then one way is to select
> all except the background and promote to layer, then shoving this
> layer underneath but above the background. Another way would be to
> duplicate if it's a single layer, or to temporarily turn invisible
> the background and do a copy-merged and a paste in the case of more
> than one, as there are more ways, but here's the point:
>
> With a copy of the whole figure underneath, you can use Effects,
> Brightness and Contrast to turn everything black. You can then, or
> before, use the Move Tool to place this copy slightly away from the
> original, if needed. But then, and this is the most helpful tool for
> me in doing these things, you can use the Raster Deform Tool to give
> a slant to the shadow. I don't know how familiar you are with this
> tool, but try out grabbing handles with or without the shift key
> pressed and you'll see what I mean.
>
> Joske

Thanks for your advice Joske I'll certainly be trying that.
I had the same problem as you with my server and all the appeals to my ISP
fell on deaf ears.
I got a free account with "teranews.com" which I use for all my binary
newsgroups. It cost me a once only payment of US$3.95 Because it's free the
server gets a bit overloaded sometimes but you certainly won't miss out on
any posts and it's better than nothing.

Regards,

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Adriaan Barel

2006-06-11, 4:10 am

"Joske" <j.backer@home.nl> wrote in message news:4489cf1b_2@cnews
> Adriaan Barel wrote:
>
>
> Adriaan, I saw your post in the comp.graphics group about not
> getting the shadow right (I don't often participate there because my
> server misses out on far too many posts in that one particular group
> for some reason).
>
> Do you have Miki and anything you might have added (hair or
> something) on layers with transparency? Then one way is to select
> all except the background and promote to layer, then shoving this
> layer underneath but above the background. Another way would be to
> duplicate if it's a single layer, or to temporarily turn invisible
> the background and do a copy-merged and a paste in the case of more
> than one, as there are more ways, but here's the point:
>
> With a copy of the whole figure underneath, you can use Effects,
> Brightness and Contrast to turn everything black. You can then, or
> before, use the Move Tool to place this copy slightly away from the
> original, if needed. But then, and this is the most helpful tool for
> me in doing these things, you can use the Raster Deform Tool to give
> a slant to the shadow. I don't know how familiar you are with this
> tool, but try out grabbing handles with or without the shift key
> pressed and you'll see what I mean.
>
> Joske

I just tried your suggestion Joske and it worked great. :-)

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Joske

2006-06-11, 4:10 am

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Adriaan Barel

2006-06-11, 4:10 am

"Joske" <j.backer@home.nl> wrote in message news:448acbfa_3@cnews
> Adriaan Barel wrote:
> [snips]
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> Okay, so now can I order a poser dinosaur casting a huuuuuge shadow
> on a cliff and a plain, so that the shadow is slanted on the plain
> and then goes upwards on the cliff? :-)
>
> That's my little beef with the otherwise very handy method: if
> there's a break in the shadow where it takes another direction, a
> selection on which I let loose the Raster Deform Tool, it will
> always be promoted to a layer and leave the original bit that needs
> to be gone intact. Something like in the attached (very hastily and
> sloppily done).
>
> Joske

LOL

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