Pencil Tutorial at State-of-Entropy

[sallybode]

I've been doing some older tutorials that are new to me and been experimenting with a filter Transparency: Eliminate White/Eliminate Black. The tutorial was done when it was PSP 5, I've now got PSP 8.1. I've had every version of PSP since 4 except for 5. I could not get the filter to work on the Black and White pencil sketch. Instead of converting to Greyscale, I finally just left it as a full color (16 million colors-24 bit) and just made Hue/Saturation/Lightness -100 on Saturation, then the filter will work in Ver. 8.10. I tried the tutorial in PSP 6 and it worked without worrying about if it was a Greyscale image or a desaturated image. But Transparency: Eliminate White/Black will only work in Ver. 8.10 if it is 24 bit image. Just passing along this tidbit incase it was driving any one else crazy.Pencil Sketching

[CBarrett]

Hi Sally,
Did you forget the following step she had in the tut...."We want the final pencil image to be in shades of gray, so this is as good a time as any to do that. Simply go to Colors: Grey Scale. Then increase the color depth back to 16 million colors (Colors, Increase Color Depth: 16 Million Colors"

[sallybode]

When I couldn't get the filter to work, I did the tutorial in PSP 6 and didn't have a problem with the image being grayscale. I am good at reading but a lot on tutorials I skim and get to the meat. I did miss that part, but now I won't forget because it frustrated me for a while. A lot of filters don't work unless they are 16 million colors. I was tired. Haven't we all been there and done that?

[CBarrett]

http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gifI'm that way most of the time these days....I think it is an age thing http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/frown.gif