2) Before we make our speedlines, we need to mask out the areas we want them to appear in. We’re going to want two main masks: a foreground and a background. To make this easier, create a new group for each on the layer pallet.
3) The easiest way to create the masks is to select the areas you want the speedlines to appear in, select the layer group and then click the ‘add layer mask’ button (pointed out on the screenshot). This will make a little thumbnail of the mask appear, which can also be edited with the painting tools.
Note: If you have any dialogue in your panel, you don’t want your speedlines to cover it. Use your masks to protect dialogue that is part of the artwork. Where it has been added separately, just put your dialogue layers above the speedline layer groups.
It doesnt seem to work right for me, I click path, make it then try to make the speedlines and it just stays the same angle, 0. Maybe because I have the wiindows version hmm
Make sure the ‘Angle jitter’ of the brush is set to ‘direction’. I’m not sure what version of photoshop they put that option in but you’ll need it for the brush to work correctly.
If I do that then they point every which way with no regard to the path I chose. They go left right, everywhere, and I have a very steady hand, especially when dragging down. I have CS3. The brush itself works fine, perfect motion lines but the direction is wonky.
If you use a directional one, you need to actually use the path tool and ‘stroke’ it. The easiest way is to select the path, then select the brush tool and hit enter. Even if you have a steady hand, it’s going to jitter about if you try to do it by hand. Also, make sure that while the brush is set to direction, the slider is set to zero.
awe shoot, I didnt see the stroke path instructions, perhaps you should bold it or something, it seems to be easy to miss. Here I was trying to do it by hand. Silly me.
I was going over it again and suddenly I noticed it said stroke path, not brush path. Thanks for the quick reply. I was going to delete and say I figured it out but you beat me to it.
You’re welcome. Hope you have fun with it!
oh yes, this is exactly what I need, I’m going to link to your tutorial in my webcomic on the next html update. http://www.drunkduck.com/Insanity_of_Xade if you want to take a look :)
hi im a big fan of ur drawings, i have one of ur books, how to draw more manga and i am slowly learning how to draw like that. i hope u come out with new books!
Where is the circle tool? I’m not finding any. I really want to do the radial speedline but I’m having trouble finding the circle tool and trying to change that into path mode. Please help.
The circle, line, rectangle, and rounded rectangle tools are all under the same button. Either click and hold that to bring them all up so you can select the one you want, or hold shift and press U until it comes up.