Thursday, November 22, 2007

Colourbar

Colourbar..@@
I hope it will be helpful to a lot of you. I’ll try to make everything sounds as easy as possible :D



What is needed?

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • B&W manga scans/Prt Scr will do
Here we go!

Firstly you need to crop manga scans to preferred size. I guess that you’d like all the images to be of the same size. There’s one easy trick to it:



Now you need to incorporate all your little images into a bigger one. If it’s difficult to you to place them accurately, use smart guides. You can enable them by clicking View -> Show -> Smart Guides.



It’s time to select colour range. My images, however, have too much gray tones, so I have to make the contrast level higher first. If you have a similar problem, merge down the layers with the images first (the fastest way is to use Ctrl+E) and then click Image -> Adjustments -> Brightness&Contrast.



It’s time to select all the black lines. The fastest way to do it is really simple. Please click Select -> Color Range.



Now we’ll colour the selection. Colourbars are usually coloured thanks to gradients. It’s a very useful tool and if you learn how to use it effectively, you can make many pretty things ;). Standard gradients are not so beautiful, so I suggest you download some from deviantart.com or any other site (or even better, make them by yourself by right-clicking on them).
Anyway, please choose the Gradient tool from the toolbar on the left (it’s under the same category as the Pain bucket tool!). Select a gradient that suits your fancy.



Now please apply the gradient tool by dragging it over the pic. Simply clicking on the image won’t get you good results. You can try various angles. The image should be colourful :D



All that’s left is adding text or some decorative elements. Congratulations, you’ve created a colourbar using a very simple method :D

Credit : Curry




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Karin (香燐) (introduced chapter 348) is a former experiment subject and devotee of Orochimaru who had been guarding one of his prisons. Sasuke Uchiha picks her as one of the recruits for his team. While Sasuke admits she may be troublesome, he also notes that her special abilities (which are left unexplained) make her useful. Karin seems to have an inconsistent personality; she acts tough and defiant around other people (especially Suigetsu), but becomes shy and amorous when alone with Sasuke.