ANTI ALLIS??

[FARaveN]

~S~ All
just a quick question on anti aliasing...

for my panel lines I use pencil tool (PS elements)
I click on one spot then move mouse and hit shift and click again and most of the time Ill get a perfectly straight line but every now and then I get kind of a staggered line no mater what I do I cant make it perfect why is that ? does anti aliasing have anything to do with it?
Take a peek

[adlabs6]

Ah yes, the aliased lines are the way the pencil tool works. To get smoothed lines, try the brush tool at 1 pixel in size and it should be anti-aliased nicely. For areas of very straight panel lines, I'll often use the pencil, and for diagonals or rounded areas, I'll choose the brush.

BTW, this works with making rivets using this same technique also. Each rivet will be slightly "smoothed" rather than a hard dot.

[FARaveN]

thank you
I notice when I use the brush at 1pix it looks blurry

and also when i do my rivets with it. im zoomed in 200% will it look good anyway when I see it in 3D?

[adlabs6]

It should look OK in the 3d game. Select a brush tip with very little feathering (post if you don't understand this) and it will help.

Also, try to make a test skin with a few sample lines on a wing using different settings on each one, and then you can pick the brush settings you like best to use in your next skin.

[Serval]

I use the pencil for horizontal and vertical lines and the brush for diagonal and rounded lines.
That way you have the sharpest and smoothest lines possible where you need them.

[FARaveN]

thanks guys...
yes that brings aup a question how do I control the brush tip feathering??

[Serval]

I think the standard 1 px brush is good enough.
But to know more about the options you can look here:
http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/foru...ticle&artid=15

You can make your own 1 px brush with a different hardness so it looks like you want it.

If a line still is too blurry in your opinion
You might want to apply a little Unsharp Mask (Sharpening filter) after drawing a line, but you'll soon get the effect you showed above.

[FARaveN]

Thanks for the help.

[e-b-o-]

you can use the line tool for lines, too (sounds kind of logical for me ; PS shortcut: "u" )

[adlabs6]

Yes, for straight lines you can use the vector line tool. But unfortunately the Elements versions of Photoshop don't allow for curved lines like the the full versions do.