Help plz

[Project-I]

:nohope: lam Totally depressed :nohope
and full of pain the matter is that iam new in here i was hoping that i would join in some actions in here but i have a major problem with the photo shop:nohope: I can draw & color my paintings put the problem is that i knew that there is a way to create shadows & lights but I really don't know it so plz tell my how to create those shadows & lights like in: this vidio


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PXue-Sk3Wo


please follow it is very essintial to me
and plz tell me what are the tools that he is using & how

[dcorc]

It looks to me like he is simply using a soft-edged "brush" or "airbrush" with different values of grey.

It is also possible to lighten or darken areas using the "dodge" and "burn" tools


Dave

[dwardo]

sorry if you're already in the know, but
i use this a lot.

'd' resets your background & foreground to black and white
'[' & ']' to change the brush size
'{' & '}' to change the hardness of the brush.
numeric keys to change the opacity value quickly.

As dcorc mentioned, dodge and burn can also do values.

[Project-I]

Thanks for u two hope more might teach me

[shutupyourface]

i think the loud techno music really helps him to work so efficiently. ;)

[dcorc]

Useful info, dwardo - thanks.

Using brushes set at low opacity is good, so that they can be used to build gradually - usual painting tricks apply too - start by blocking-in big shapes with large brushes, move to smaller ones later.

[dwardo]

I'm only starting myself, so I don't know if it's a good
way to work.

I personally like to block in at 66% opacity.
It kind of restricts me from thinking too much about details
and rather what the intention is. Blocking in.
The other 44% creates happy accidents.


Note:
Personally, I've set the Intuos3 touchstrips left and right to brush size
and hardness. If there's a way to set the touch strip to control opacity value
I'm interested to know.