J. Jacques ([info]qcjeph) wrote,
2010-02-28 15:37:00
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WHAT THE HELL IS THIS BPELT THING ANYWAY

Probably the #1 question I get asked about my drawing process these days is "what is that thing you do where the colors go all crazy?" Well that is the BPelt color flatting plugin for Photoshop, and I made a video that shows how to use it!


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[info]bonnie_rocks

February 28 2010, 20:50:51 UTC 2 years ago

Hmmm...the video stops before any colors are applied...

~*::Meow::*~

[info]bmh4d0k3n

February 28 2010, 21:07:41 UTC 2 years ago

It did that for me, too. Try reloading? I ended up getting the whole thing (I skipped to where it cut off).

[info]radiumhead

2 years ago

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[info]i_b_d_e_man

February 28 2010, 21:00:08 UTC 2 years ago

All I can see is a black rectangle instead of a (I'm assuming) video window.
Running Firefox 3.0.18 on XP Pro.

[info]bmh4d0k3n

February 28 2010, 21:10:15 UTC 2 years ago

Huh, I'm running Firefox 3.5.8, and it's working for me.

[info]bmh4d0k3n

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[info]legal_larceny

February 28 2010, 21:27:55 UTC 2 years ago

I can't see the end of the video. :(

[info]arekuchan

February 28 2010, 21:39:57 UTC 2 years ago

Very handy! Thanks for the video. I'll have to check out BPELT for when I color line drawings.

[info]madchenderg

February 28 2010, 22:31:14 UTC 2 years ago

Also chiming in with "Can't watch it". Video stops around 2:30 just as you say 'So now we have two layers'.

Oh, also: Firefox 3.5.8 and the latest adobe flash plug-in. XP Pro. Hmm, also tried turning off Ad-Block, which didn't change anything.

[info]slr2moons

February 28 2010, 23:02:27 UTC 2 years ago Edited:  February 28 2010, 23:11:10 UTC

I finally installed Explorer 8, and the video worked for me. Before, when I was using 7, the video was in prepetual loading mode and refused to play at all. Meh, I needed to upgrade anyway. :B

Thanks, Jeph! Very interesting. ^^V (edited for spelling :P)

[info]eustaciavye

February 28 2010, 23:16:26 UTC 2 years ago

That's really cool Thanks for putting this up.

[info]corinnethewise

February 28 2010, 23:16:56 UTC 2 years ago

It's incredible what you can do with photoshop. I am simply amazed.

[info]thunderslug

February 28 2010, 23:44:59 UTC 2 years ago

Excellent: I really love technique videos, even though I'll never publish.

[info]wulfsbane

February 28 2010, 23:45:57 UTC 2 years ago

This might just be me, but your voice sounds PERFECT for public radio announcements.

[info]lafinjack

March 4 2010, 05:25:21 UTC 2 years ago

I don't think I expected his voice to sound like anything, but I didn't expect it to sound that deep.

[info]matthewbowers

March 1 2010, 00:48:08 UTC 2 years ago

That is super, super helpful. Thank you so much!!

[info]fayanora

March 1 2010, 00:51:48 UTC 2 years ago

This was neat. I like your voice. I was surprised it was so deep.

I should note the video worked fine for me, and I use Opera.

[info]targtherobot

March 1 2010, 01:00:26 UTC 2 years ago

Excellent video! I always thought you did the whole thing in Illustrator.

Boy was I wrong!

[info]redseth

March 1 2010, 01:43:03 UTC 2 years ago

Great Tutorial, Thanks!

[info]the_reason4

March 1 2010, 02:18:19 UTC 2 years ago

Thanks! I miss the Tutorial page QC used to have, although I'm pretty sure this was your last Photoshop technique I hadn't already stolen independently incorporated into my own art style.

[info]radiumhead

March 1 2010, 03:40:00 UTC 2 years ago

Whats the difference between drawing/coloring in illustrator and photoshop? I saw a tutorial like this from someone else (i forget who)-and they used illustrator.

[info]etherrant

March 1 2010, 04:03:22 UTC 2 years ago

Dear Jeph,
That was really interesting! Thanks for showing us your process. Incidentally, I think Marten's owl shirt from Friday's strip should be my shirt.

Cheers,
Eryn

[info]xerhino

March 1 2010, 05:30:37 UTC 2 years ago

Wow, that is a much more efficient way. Thank you for the tip and tutorial.

[info]crustycurmudgeo

March 1 2010, 06:23:44 UTC 2 years ago

For those who can't get this video to play correctly, use the direct link -

http://www.ustream.tv/flash/video/5095210

lj-toys is breaking the player. Too much javascript razzle-dazzle?

[info]madchenderg

March 1 2010, 06:48:04 UTC 2 years ago

Holy freakin' crap. It works! And I'd not even watched it on LJ, I went straight to ustream. But that worked. Thank you.

[info]bonnie_rocks

2 years ago

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[info]_____mx

March 1 2010, 07:30:20 UTC 2 years ago

Oh, nice! That was totally helpful! Thanks! :)

[info]suburbatory

March 1 2010, 13:32:33 UTC 2 years ago

Really nice. Thanks!

[info]einthteiniuth

March 1 2010, 17:49:34 UTC 2 years ago

It just occurred to me that Tai has been uncharicteristically tattoo-less as of late...?

[info]zpedro

March 1 2010, 21:50:15 UTC 2 years ago

Interesting. I have one question, though: how does the plugin "spreads" the colors "behind" the black lines? It doesn't matter for the lines that make up the line art since they are going to cover these areas in the end, but it does matter for those that are drawn to delineate color boundaries.

[info]caelumgrey

March 3 2010, 19:55:38 UTC 2 years ago

The Flat plugin does this because otherwise you won't get smooth looking lines.

For years I've colored on a layer under a lineart layer, and I've always had to select the individual area on the lineart layer and expand the selection to cover the little gaps when I fill it in below. This would mean I could skip that part.

[info]zpedro

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[info]caelumgrey

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[info]dandyasalion

March 1 2010, 22:37:50 UTC 2 years ago

I hate to be one of those types, but is there anyway you could put this behind a cut? I don't normally mind long posts or big pictures... but the video starts playing everytime I go to my friend's page and it freaks me out to suddenly hear someone talking.

[info]kilbia

March 1 2010, 23:18:48 UTC 2 years ago

Wow...I love your voice.
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