re: Stevan Ridley- Never Look Back

I have a problem converting, Mine turns black and white. i lose all my colors.

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Look at you leveling up!

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sheeeit, i'm just trying to learn from the pros on here

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- Up your saturation and contrast (to separated "planes" of color)

- Select some of the more textured areas with the magic wand (set on 25-30)

- Use eyedropper to pick a single color for the section and then fill it (The dark area at the top can be filled with a single color, the grass could be broken down into 2 shades easily - you'll get the hang of it from there).

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yes, though i love the direction, I'm still trying to get rid of the effect on his face and arms to make him look less like Fire Marshal Bill

All this for a wallpaper. Thank you, my dear!

Here's a quick one...




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I tried another one as a GIF with a reduced color spectrum...

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where did you select the option [in PhotoShop] to reduce the color spectrum?

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I always save my work in 2 formats until I'm ABSOLUTELY sure I'm done... So PSD for layers then I use "Save for Web or Device" in the same drop-down menu. It automatically flattens the image for a copy (but leaves the original in layers alone). You can choose if you want it to be a JPEG, PNG or whatnot on the right side (allows you to make an object on a transparent background as well). I saved it as a GIF but turned down the colors from 128 to 32 on the drop-down... Continued to knock it down one color at a time until it reached the last good-looking amount. That knocks off tons of size in KB as well.