January 2015 Video Tutorial -- Tracing Is Not Cheating!

[stygg2003]

At last once in the year I was able to be more diligent than you Stygg

Anyway surely worth to mention those lot of small tricks in the tutorial - setting the nudge size and like that collect the ready shapes, seeing that white color is used at the tracing, also how the shapes are pulled away and the colours are picked for the gradients. Basically it is very good info how the process goes through during the whole video time.

Thanks for the insight csehz, I have watched the video but won't be able to attempt tracing for a few days as I have relatives visiting from Greece but as you note and from watching the vid. it is, as Francis pointed out also, an in depth tut. and I totally agree with her comments.

Stygg

[Rik]

I watched it all.
What a great effort in putting that together, Gary.

You get a Gold for this one.

[Egg Bramhill]

Excellent tutorial Gary. Thought I'd put a spin on it & trace the glass jar using named colours

[Egg Bramhill]

And my watering can. From the canal boat form of painting buckets etc.

[Egg Bramhill]

And one more final version

[Crow Haven]

Love the watering cans Egg! I wish I had those for my garden.

Thanks for the tute, Gary! Here's mine (thanks for the reflection tip -- fixed it -- Egg!)

[Egg Bramhill]

Cheers Maya. Here's a link to some great narrow boat art . Great rendering. Only comment I'd make is the floral pattern looks wrong in the reflection.

[blackoctaupus]

I'm trying to do the tracing but can't select the water can as per the video, can anyone help
thank you

[Rik]

I'm trying to do the tracing but can't select the water can as per the video, can anyone help
thank you

If you've opened the file called 'Watering Can.xar', you will see on page 2, just the watering can.
The image is locked on the page. This is to make it easier for you to do the tracing and the image does not accidentally move.

However, if you do want to select the watering can image, right-click on the image, and select 'Unlock all on page'.

Hopefully that's what you were looking for.

[blackoctaupus]

Thank you forgot about the lock