HD Index Painting in Photoshop

[@bitbutter]

such an information-rich video. still very relevant 10 years later.

[@13x666]

This video and all other materials you've created about this method deserve a bump once a week until everyone who can find a use for this knows about this. I've reinvented the method while trying to solve a particular problem, but then I streamlined it thanks to your original article, and it has been saving tons of time while allowing me to produce awesome results. This is gold.

[@ninjagraphics1]

This is probably one of the most valuable techniques I've found in pixel art so far! Thank you!

[@malizoxe]

Awesome... exactly what I was looking for!

[@oldshamen]

Seems to be an excellent way to speed up development of larger pixel artwork like backgrounds and large structures. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@Nillerus]

You are a genius. This is absolutely fantastic.

[@kai.byroade]

Love it! Amazing work. I'm very excited to start using this method for some larger parallax screens.

[@NekoMilkshake]

This was great help! Thank you

[@Tobiu]

this is really really helpfull thanks for sharing this workflow! just awesome!

[@Biverix]

Fantastic, incredibly useful method. Thank you!

[@Davioware]

Amazing technique, especially for backgrounds which are so time consuming to detail.

[@allluckyseven]

Dan, you can actually use an indexed palette with this process! You just have to have your gradient divided in equal flat color parts of your ramp. I'm sure that should have its quirks as well, but at least you'd be painting with your predefined palette, if you have to stick with one. EDIT: In fact, you don't even need to have the gradient divided into equal parts if you don't want to.

[@ItsDanBoy]

allluckyseven Yup, a number of people have preferred to use a stepped gradient instead of the full layer stack. It works quite well once you set up the gradient, but it definitely limits the flexibility that the full layer stack provides like changing the color count, tweaking the curves, etc. There is no right or wrong answer though - whatever works best for you

[@krisantoni4420]

Amazing video! Thanks for sharing this. Can't wait to see what you are going to upload next! Btw, I love Chasm!

[@caseyrocksohard]

This is amazing you are a genius.

[@inspectre]

Thank you! I'll be trying this out today.

[@pixpox]

Incredible. Increased my working speed a lot, Thanks for sharing.

[@Dangnilo]

This is excellent, thank you!

[@aquarellegolem9022]

OMG! Huge thanks dude!

[@xellart]

this was pretty amazing to watch :D

[@partack1]

Example PSD link is broken :( Video is from 2014 *Cries*

[@chadballew]

so awesome. thank you!

[@RandomUser675]

link to paintbucket patterns dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13350050/hdindexpaint/Dither_25-50-75.pat (if anyone else was looking for it)

[@bencz]

thanks! :)

[@yumenikki85]

Thank you! :D

[@WeGameEXP]

Can someone re upload plz

[@juan-fr7hq]

@@WeGameEXP yes pls

[@pruthvinagSurapaneni]

so can this be applied to gimp ?

[@MichalG75]

Hey, I cannot download mentioned example PSD... :( Could you reupload it, Dan?

[@MichalG75]

Here it is, fortunately: web.archive.org/web/20160324143310/dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13350050/hdindexpaint/dynamic_indexing_test.psd

[@vertigoz]

We need to get a cave so we can kidnap him and force him to make Amiga games, so that he can feel extreme joy for the rest of his life! xD

[@KROW_COMBOS]

can u post the updated psd file? link doesnt work anymore, awesome work! Lumpy Touch sent me here

[@FinalRadiance]

I seem to be having trouble layering these since each time i clip them downwards my canvas defaults to the gradient in the paint layer, while disregarding everything I'm clipping it onto. Although it seems to work without clipping the layers but I'm not certain? I'm using Photoshop CC btw.

[@danfessler8945]

hmm that is odd. I'm not *entirely* sure what you mean. Feel free to add me on skype (just my name) and I can help you solve the problem

[@lifegoesongigachad]

thank you so much!

[@zoweycow]

Great!

[@1ucasvb]

Which version of Photoshop is required?

Cool!

[@yuti3897]

Ух ты! Это супер полезные секреты!

[@Mike77154]

i can use this for convert a 3d render in a cps2 big portrait?

[@costlycoffee1265]

I imagine it would work fine if you export the render in black and white and then make it the paint layer.

[@kruidnootje437]

Thank you! Where can I find the pattern?

[@kruidnootje437]

I'm still waiting with baited breath (just kidding I totally forgot about it hahaha)... I'll try it out in Krita because I don't have access to Photoshop anymore.

[@juan-fr7hq]

@@kruidnootje437 just visit the first link on description, then you will find a link embeded to the word "HERE", click on it and you will get the psd with the ditter pattern included

[@giovannaramos3239]

Im missing something here? Im DEFINITELY missing something here, how the hell you paint ANYTHING like this? I don't get it. You know when he strokes the brush about the screen and make these 'shapes', thats about all i can do. 8:16 Thats just what i could do, Nothing.