4. Watercolor Painting In Photoshop - How to achieve watercolor effects. Video 4

[@Xarbrough]

Your photograph looks like a lovely place to live. And thanks again for sharing these perfect tools for Photoshop.

[@bala1000mina]

Thank you so much Robert for the helpful and informative tutorial! God bless and good luck!

[@dylanspuds]

the download package and the tutorial is brilliant. good effort, and a very worthwhile and rewarding video series to follow. Im a student of architecture (no money to donate, but will hopefully do so on getting a job) and shall be applying your techniques to my final renderings. Thanks again.

[@jonaspetersen4719]

I wonder how to achieve the hard edge effect on the current version of PS, as many functions have been moved or redesigned :-)

[@JosephineBergmann]

Thanks for the tutorial, it's great! I got no money for paying for the tools but the explanation still helps me to make my own actions

[@SceneShifts]

Hi ... printing has so many variables that I can't give you a straight answer. As far as the color space is concerned, CMYK has a smaller gamut than RGB, so you will either get a shifting of colors if you use a perceptual rendering, or a clipping of colors if you use a relative rendering. But by the far the biggest effect is the paper you use, the printer, the inks, the profiling of your monitor and printer etc. Having said that, you should get excellent results after a few test prints.

[@tau595rilla]

you are a boss for putting all of this together. Nice work sir

[@robertardill8758]

Tik Tac Thanks Tik Tac ... I'm glad they're of use to you! I've put up some more information on www.PaintingDigitally.com that may also be of use. Robert

[@ianminto6315]

very helpful and beautiful countryside shot at the end.

[@PaintingDigitally]

Thanks :)

[@SceneShifts]

Hi Chris ... yes, the Boyne valley (about 30miles north of Dublin) is very beautiful. You should come here sometime! I hope you enjoy the tools (and if you come up with useful variants please send them to me). Robert

[@MirRom14]

It is very helpful, thank you

[@sujitpraharaj]

Thank you sir for your great tutorial on experiment and playing with techniques. thanks again.

[@geneuy6186]

Wow! this is cool! May I know if it's necessary for me to use action? Or is there anything I need to download to get these brushes and effects? Thank you. Have a nice day!

[@derpcy]

Where can I get the Edge style?

[@stephenbrown7924]

Thanks for this very good presentation. The smudge problem can be dealt with somewhat by clicking on the fingerpaint radio button.

[@robertardill8758]

+Stephen Brown Thanks Stephen. I'm not sure what smudge problem you are referring to? The fingerpaint radio button adds a bit of the foreground color before the smudge, so it can be useful (providing one picks the foreground color first) for certain effects.

[@stephenbrown7924]

Hi Robert, Yes that was the point that I was trying to make. I had experimented with the fingerpaint smudge. And it seems hard to control. But I have Photoshop CS3 but it still works very well with a Watcom.

[@SceneShifts]

+Stephen Brown Hi Stephen ... yes, any release of Photoshop will work with the Wacom tablet. In CS5 there are new types of brushes and CS6 introduced further brushes. But the "Watercolor Tools Pre-CS5" will work fine on earlier versions like CS3.

[@-Seppuku-]

This was awesome. a really good tutorial, good explanation! i will definitely try it out.

[@SceneShifts]

Great ... glad it was useful!

[@kasiaczemplik163]

great tutorial, full of new amazing possibilities. Thank you a lot! And… you're lucky to live in such a nice environment :)

[@SceneShifts]

Thanks Katarzyna - I hope you have lots of fun with the tools! Robert

[@SceneShifts]

You're welcome! I hope you enjoy the tools! Robert

[@zaruzoba]

This really helped me! thank you very much sir!♥️

[@SceneShifts]

Thanks Sierasita ... I hope you have fun with the tools! Robert

[@MrQuuze]

where you get these colour swatches ?

[@somany09]

I never used a graphic tablet before, but always want to try one. After watching some of your tutorial videos, I decided to get one so that I could use those wonderful tools from your website. Do you have any recommendation on graphic tablet? Or maybe what features matter most when choosing one? Thanks.

[@SceneShifts]

+Jean Hello Jean. You should get a Wacom Intuos tablet and pen. The best ones are the Medium size tablets, although you can paint with the Small tablets. The Intuos 4 or 5 are available used and are very good. Or if you have money to spare then the Intuos Pro is the latest version. The tablets come with a pen which is fine for painting. However if you can stretch to it, the Art Pen is very good as it gives rotation (as well as pressure and tilt like the standard pen). This can be very useful with some of the tools. I normally paint with the Art pen. Robert

[@somany09]

+Robert Ardill Thanks a lot, Robert!

[@FailureEpiphany]

Would you happen to know how well do these rgb colors translate over to cmyk for print?

[@RobinSilva]

Em 2021 esse vídeo ainda foi útil pra mim

[@Sierasita]

this is brilliant thank you so much for the package you really deserve a donation for your hard work :) good luck

[@belaaquarela]

Thank you, Robert for your video!

[@PaintingDigitally]

You're very welcome Katia ... I'm glad that it's been of use to you :) Robert

[@xlixblix]

Oh, Thank you ! Great tutorial !

[@SceneShifts]

You're welcome! Robert

[@Cordy712]

Robert, can I ask what kind of tablet you're using or that you recommend?

[@SceneShifts]

Hi Caprise, I use a Wacom Intuos 5 tablet. You could get a second-had Intuos 4 or Intuos 5(they are as good as the newer ones) or a new Intuos Pro (which is the replacement for the Intuos 5). The Wacom eStore usually has used tablets which have been checked out/ reconditioned. For painting you are really better off with a Medium tablet (the Small is really too small and the Large is really too large :)). If you can afford it, the Art Pen is very good because it has rotation, which means that any brush that is not round can be rotated, just like a normal paintbrush. Hope that helps! Robert

[@Cordy712]

Robert Ardill First I'd just like to say thank you for the in depth and swift reply, and second I am so impressed with what you've done in creating the actions and brushes and tools in photoshop, not to mention these very well done videos. I plan to purchase your tools and practice with your videos very soon. Thanks for doing all that work, Robert, you've helped to make the world that much more colorful and rich of a place.

[@SceneShifts]

Caprise Adams You're very welcome Caprise and thank you for your kind comments! I will be releasing some new tools soon with some really good brushes, but if you get the current set of brushes you will be able to get the new ones without additional charge (there's no charge for an upgrade if you have bought the tools within a year). Also, have a look at the PaintingDigitally facebook page (facebook.com/PaintingDigitally) as I post tips and tricks and things on this page (and anyone is welcome to do the same!). Robert

[@MelaniAlarcon]

Hy! great video! i have a question: did you have to download the canvas o can you find one in photoshop?

[@SceneShifts]

Hi Melani ... the canvas is one I made myself. You can see how to make your own here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qanPpaqrnruNg8k. I will also be releasing a new version of the tools shortly with many more papers. Robert

[@MelaniAlarcon]

Robert Ardill wow thankyou soo much!! :D

[@SceneShifts]

Thanks Shalyn ... I hope you enjoy the tools! Robert

[@penncakes07]

how to get to 13:29? how to colour that?

[@dexslazenger6938]

You could actually make things much simpler by creating brushes based of the styles you have created and the amalgamation of the various effects. Or just use Corel's Painter and enjoy the luxurious freedom of its features, another one is ArtRage.

[@SceneShifts]

I don't know what you mean by creating brushes based on the styles. Styles have to do with layer effects, like Bevel & Emboss, not with brushes. Yes, you could use Corel Painter, but it's a very complicated and difficult to master program and not very effective at all for watercolor painting, in my opinion. Artrage is good and much simpler, but also much more limited. Photoshop has the advantage of being very powerful and yet easy to use and it is rock-solid. Also, for anyone who already has Photoshop, why get another painting program when Photoshop does it so well? And of course it integrates perfectly with photography and graphics, it has very powerful filters, masking, layer effects etc ... so it's a great platform for any mixed media type work.

[@brengsekkkkkk]

i dont have edges style in my photoshop.. where did you get it? thanks btw sir.. ;)

[@SceneShifts]

Hi Edward, The styles come with the tools which you can get at www.paintingdigitally.com. The tools include all the brushes, smudge tools, erasers, styles, swatches, patterns and actions that help you to do things and set things up. Robert

[@brengsekkkkkk]

Thank you sir.. im still practicing watercolor technique and you can check my artworks and please leave comment cause you looks expert @ricardoedward.blogspot.com;)) thank you..

[@SceneShifts]

edward ricardo sianturi Good Stuff Edward!

[@wouteroomen7318]

Hey man thanks a lot, I love you!

[@SceneShifts]

+Wouter Oomen Thanks to you :)

[@sterling8298]

When I click on the fx button I the layer style's don't show up. what to do about this.

[@nadukas]

This might help with my presentation for achitectural pin-up. :) Do you charge 20 dollars for the tools?

[@SceneShifts]

Yes, that's correct. You can get the tools at www.PaintingDigitally.com. Robert

[@megatshahirul2368]

Thank you so much Sir !

[@SceneShifts]

Thanks Dylan ... good luck with the job-hunting! Robert

[@SceneShifts]

You're very welcome Praharaj! Robert

[@cesargfederici]

I've lost my download link. How can I get in touch with you?

[@SceneShifts]

Hi Cesar, I've sent the download link to you. Robert

[@UConceptPublishing]

what a beautiful place where you live![

[@SceneShifts]

Well, you'll have to visit Ireland sometime :).

[@UConceptPublishing]

Robert Ardill sure I will!

[@jonasderijker5199]

nice tutorial, but useless as I do not have these actions he is using. He also has no download link for them. And.. pooling style.. where??? Even Google does not know.

[@SceneShifts]

Hi Jonas, You will get the link to the tools if you just click on Show More in the video description. The Pooling Style is one of the styles supplied with the tools. Robert

[@DRSulik]

No, I can't see. Because you used such a pale color it is invisible! Whata dope.

[@PaintingDigitally]

You probably need to adjust your monitor. The picture should be quite easy to see.

[@dtagg112]

This tutorial isn't all that helpful you dont even say how you get the effects > edge cant even get past the first minute and a half lol Iv tried everyhting

[@SceneShifts]

Hello Devon, If you click on 'Show More' under the video you will see that there is all the information you need there to get the plug-in that you need to paint in this way in Photoshop. You can get the plug-in here: www.paintingdigitally.com/PD-tools.htm Robert

[@S3478-c1x]

I hate so much when something is to pay, really upset me. Dislike

[@adlercreutzable]

this isn't a tutorial this is an advert.

[@robertardill8758]

There is nothing in this that you can't do yourself using nothing but Photoshop. If you want to make your life easier and save yourself years of work then you can buy the tools that I supply or you can get tools from other sources. But I would hope that a lot of the information that I give for free in these videos will be helpful to you if you wish to paint digitally, whether you buy a toolset to get you going or do it yourself.

[@GIMPUSER100]

This panel is worth every cent of the 30 $. You can't get all for nothing.

[@PaintingDigitally]

Merci!