Check for my other mangacap tutorials for the basic steps of cleaning a picture !
So why there are 3 levels? In my case, I don’t only clean a picture but I also retouch/redraw some of the missing parts, which you’ll see how in this tutorial.
Important to read before going ahead:
I use photoshop CS4 and since my native language isn’t English, my program is in Italian but don’t worry, I’ll write in English the tools I use. Sorry in advance for my English and sorry if I use the wrong words/terms.
Plus, this is my way of editing a image, you’re free to not follow my instructions and find your own way of editing !
Let’s start ! Level 3 - Hard
I’m going to use this picture:
and this is the result:
Ao haru ride manga by Sakisaka Io.
If you’d like to reblog this picture, click here !
First thing, I cleaned the image and removed the background with the Brush Tool, to see how to clean a picture, check my second mangacap tutorial.
In general for many of my edits, I erase the writings (or other elements as the stars in this case) and I redraw the missing parts. In order to do it, I use the following tools:
the Brush Tool
(and the
Eraser tool)
the Line tool
the Convert Point Tool
and the Clone Stamp Tool
(depending on the image I want to edit, I use the Healing Brush Tool as well, but I didn’t use it here, usually it’s enough to use the clone stamp tool).
Before continue, I’d like to say that you must know how those toolswork (because I won’t explain how to use them), that’s why is the hardest level because in my opinion, for this tutorial you should know how photoshop and its tools/options work.
Step 1. How to redraw the lines.
From some months, I started to draw the lines using the brush tool only (opening on a new layer (very important !)), but what I usually do, especially when I have to draw a curved line, I use the Line tool to trace the line and then I use the Convert point tool to bend it. This is a good method for who isn’t good at drawing on computer because you can get clean and not trembling’s lines. (Extra: if the lenght of the line just bent is too long, you can erase it with the Eraser tool).
As you can see in the following gif:
(Plus, after I bent the line, I used brush tool and the clone stamp tool to complete the editing).
Step 2. How to retouch an image.
Besides tracing lines, I retouched the image using the Clone stamp tool, which allows you to copy one area of an image and copy it onto another area.
As in the case of the shadow of the shirt (I copied the gray and I used the brush to paint the white parts):
(plus as you can see, I erased the writings and I redrawed the lines).
And as in the skirt (I copied the texture of the skirt and pasted it on the writings):
The explanations are done but I thought… it can be even more helpful if I show you all the steps I did when I edited this image.
Overall:
the other parts I didn’t show yet:
the complete version of the second gif in the step 2:
and at last:
Extra tip: for getting darker lines and a cleanest image, you can use the Levels Adjustments, for more infos check my second mangacap tutorial !
I hope I explained well and that this tutorial will be helpful to someone !
For any question you might have about this tutorial, just let me know ! ^w^
Okay, so this stemmed from my Coloring Tutorial x . I didn’t know if my friend knew how to color Manga Scans or not so I made this just in case. This is made with the same image as that tutorial just to make things easier on me.
Note:This is how I clean manga. This is not the only way to do it. This is just how I do it. Note.2: I use Gimp(♥) so this is more for Gimp/Photoshop type things. I’m sure you can do the same in Sai, but idk all the controls for that yet. Just the basic coloring stuff and layer modes.
One of the many fascinating features of our language is how often words with pleasant associations are also quite pleasing on the tongue and even to the eye, and how many words, by contrast, acoustically and visually corroborate their disagreeable nature — look no further than the heading for this post. Enrich the poetry of your prose by applying words that provide precise connotation while also evoking emotional responses
Mist: cloudy moisture, or similar literal or virtual obstacle
Murmur: soothing sound
Myriad: great number
Nebulous: indistinct
Opulent: ostentatious
Penumbra: shade, shroud, fringe
Plethora: abundance
Quiescent: peaceful
Quintessential: most purely representative or typical
Radiant: glowing
Redolent: aromatic, evocative
Resonant: echoing, evocative
Resplendent: shining
Rhapsodic: intensely emotional
Sapphire: rich, deep bluish purple
Scintilla: trace
Serendipitous: chance
Serene: peaceful
Somnolent: drowsy, sleep inducing
Sonorous: loud, impressive, imposing
Spherical: ball-like, globular
Sublime: exalted, transcendent
Succulent: juicy, tasty, rich
Suffuse: flushed, full
Susurration: whispering
Symphony: harmonious assemblage
Talisman: charm, magical device
Tessellated: checkered in pattern
Tranquility: peacefulness
Vestige: trace
Zenith: highest point
Ugly Words
Cacophony: confused noise
Cataclysm: flood, catastrophe, upheaval
Chafe: irritate, abrade
Coarse: common, crude, rough, harsh
Cynical: distrustful, self-interested
Decrepit: worn-out, run-down
Disgust: aversion, distaste
Grimace: expression of disgust or pain
Grotesque: distorted, bizarre
Harangue: rant
Hirsute: hairy
Hoarse: harsh, grating
Leech: parasite,
Maladroit: clumsy
Mediocre: ordinary, of low quality
Obstreperous: noisy, unruly
Rancid: offensive, smelly
Repugnant: distasteful
Repulsive: disgusting
Shriek: sharp, screeching sound
Shrill: high-pitched sound
Shun: avoid, ostracize
Slaughter: butcher, carnage
Unctuous: smug, ingratiating
Visceral: crude, anatomically graphic
Notice how often attractive words present themselves to define other beautiful ones, and note also how many of them are interrelated, and what kind of sensations, impressions, and emotions they have in common. Also, try enunciating beautiful words as if they were ugly, or vice versa. Are their sounds suggestive of their quality, or does their meaning wholly determine their effect on us?
