Video Try-out

To celebrate Blogger's introduction of video uploading, I decided to try making a demo video showing a quick way of setting up a scanned image for colouring in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. I've had some step-by-step stuff on my site for a good few years now, but writing textbooks online is a very time-consuming business; these demos are quicker to do and let the viewer see the process in action.

I'd be grateful for feedback on this process; whether it's worth me doing more of these; whether you prefer written tutorials; whether the fidelity of the streaming video is good enough or whether it would be better to make high-resolution copies available for download.

This demo works with Photoshop Elements, full Photoshop and Corel Painter. I'd welcome feedback as to whether it works with other programs such as Paint Shop Pro.

The demo starts with a scanned image. If you're going to try this yourself, make sure your image is in RGB colour mode (look under Image: Mode in both full Photoshop and Elements).

Demo © 2007 Me.
Created using Ambrosia Software's excellent Snapz Pro X.

Leviathan Step-By-Step Demo

1) length of flex; 2) ratty dressing gown; 3) stick figure; 4) needs a haircut

Luka Pizzari of Italy emailed me recently about a step-by-step demo I did of my working process for Leviathan. I originally put it together to go with an interview I did for the 2000AD website in 2003, but since then I moved ISPs and anyone who bookmarked it will have lost it.

It's now posted again here, and I've also added a permanent link in the toolbar (right) to make it easier to find.