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Cell Shading for Animation in Photoshop and CTA3.2

Animation has grown in the last couple of years. Details have become an important factor and more intricate characters are being drawn. This not only applies to just artists on paper, but also graphic...

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Course Description

Animation has grown in the last couple of years. Details have become an important factor and more intricate characters are being drawn. This not only applies to just artists on paper, but also graphic designers. This is why artists are constantly on the road to bettering themselves. Do you want to improve your graphic skills? A lot of us have heard about cel shading for static images, but what...

Animation has grown in the last couple of years. Details have become an important factor and more intricate characters are being drawn. This not only applies to just artists on paper, but also graphic designers. This is why artists are constantly on the road to bettering themselves. Do you want to improve your graphic skills? A lot of us have heard about cel shading for static images, but what about using it for your animations? If you want to boost your skills and give your art a brand new life, then this is one of the best ways to do that.

What you’ll learn
  • Basic concepts of cel shading and the program
  • The different masking techniques used to shade comfortably.
  • How to use the different tools like masking, clipping mask, and the Magic Wand Tool so you can extract pieces of your characters and add shadows and highlights to increase the quality of your image
  • You will learn how to add images as texture
  • How to stylize a layer with filter effects
  • The theory to really understand lights and shadows, using simple shapes as examples
  • Then we will analyze some common mistakes that a lot of beginners make when they are starting with techniques to add shadings, comparing the different ways to do it.
  • Then after you know the basics, we will move on to the practical part.

Covering Topics

1
Section 1 : Introduction to The Course
2
Section 2 : Tools and Techniques
3
Section 3 : Cel Shading Exercises
4
Section 4 : Soft Shading Exercises
5
Section 5 : Improving Your Animation

Curriculum

      Section 1 : Introduction to The Course
1
Welcome to the Course Preview
2
Quick Overview of the Process
3
The Dynamic Duo - CTA and Photoshop
4
Cel Shading and Soft Shading
      Section 2 : Tools and Techniques
5
Masking
6
Clipping Mask
7
The Magic Wand Tool Preview
8
Adding Image as Texture
9
Stylizing a Layer
10
Understanding Lights and Shadows
11
Bad Shading vs Good Shading
      Section 3 : Cel Shading Exercises
12
Cel Shading Exercise 1 - Sphere
13
Cel Shading Exercise 2 - Face Preview
14
Cel Shading Exercise 3 - Body
      Section 4 : Soft Shading Exercises
15
Soft Shading Exercise 1 - Sphere
16
Soft Shading Exercise 2 - Face
17
Soft Shading Exercise 3 - Hair
18
Soft Shading Exercise 4 -Body
19
Soft Shading Exercise 5 - Texture to Wall
      Section 5 : Improving Your Animation
20
Improving Graphics of a Scene
21
Using Hair as Accessory to Apply Principles of Animation
22
Designing a Thumbnail for YouTube

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