Question !, outlining I guess ? Options

[xshannnnnna]

How do people outline a person or character [in this case]
like this?
(I use photoshop by the way.)
It's kinda like a soft glow ?

EX:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=if8lue&s=3

[disclaimer-not my work.]

[Eww]

Layer > Layer Style > Outer Glow ..?

o_o.

[xgrizzy]

Layer > Layer Style > Outer Glow ..?

o_o.

yeah it looks like stroke or something just change the settings?

[xshannnnnna]

Thanks !
<33
but how do they do the effects ?
:-/

[manny-the-dino]

^what affects?
like the background or the settings for the outer glow?

[synatribe]

or Right click> blending options> stroke

[xshannnnnna]

^what affects?
like the background or the settings for the outer glow?

Yeah the background.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

Brushes. Its really simple stuff.

[manny-the-dino]

Brushes. Its really simple stuff.

yeah, what he said

[superstitious]

Looks like there might have been a pattern on top (the diagonal lines) and the rest of it in the background are brushes, like a few have mentioned. Take a look through the common brushes thread and see if anything there looks like something you might want to use.

[xshannnnnna]

yeah I have that pattern

but like are there any steps to add the background?
like layering?
and how do I make if look 'soft-ish'?

[xshannnnnna]

I kind of get layers so if I make a new layer and use brushes on it it will turn out like that?
Cause when I do that it goes over it or sometimes doesn't show.
is there a tutorial that further explains it?

I kind of get layers

[fixtatik]

i kinda have the feeling you haven't actually cut the person out of your photograph and still have the original background. are you using photoshop or another editing program? i can explain photoshop, because that's what i have, but any others i'm not familiar with.

first, you're going to need to erase the background from the image, which can be done a few ways.

- use the eraser tool (a little bit of a soft edge)
- use the "magic wand" tool. it's not very reliable, but it's the easiest way
- use the lasso tool (polygon, free hand, or magnetic)
- use the pen tool. by far the most accurate, but takes the most amount of skills. if you use the pen tool, first run along the outline of your person, then control or command click on the layer thumbnail (on the side of your screen). that will pick up the exact outline. pushing control / command + shift + i will select the inverse, then push delete. voila, no more background.

then you can do what everyone else has said, with strokes and outlines and brushes.

[xshannnnnna]

i kinda have the feeling you haven't actually cut the person out of your photograph and still have the original background. are you using photoshop or another editing program? i can explain photoshop, because that's what i have, but any others i'm not familiar with.

first, you're going to need to erase the background from the image, which can be done a few ways.

- use the eraser tool (a little bit of a soft edge)
- use the "magic wand" tool. it's not very reliable, but it's the easiest way
- use the lasso tool (polygon, free hand, or magnetic)
- use the pen tool. by far the most accurate, but takes the most amount of skills. if you use the pen tool, first run along the outline of your person, then control or command click on the layer thumbnail (on the side of your screen). that will pick up the exact outline. pushing control / command + shift + i will select the inverse, then push delete. voila, no more background.

then you can do what everyone else has said, with strokes and outlines and brushes.

I said I use photoshop earlier lol. [x
oh but I got it now since she posted a tutorial (:

thank you everyone !

[manny-the-dino]

yay you finally got your question answered!

Topic Closed