Photoshop

[Dogss]

http://www.handson.nu/HTML/glass/
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[SilentSoul92]

Well I guess that helps if I'm making a sphere or something metallic, but it doesn't really answer my question.

[Shinigami-no-Kaze]

The magic wand tool just selects stuff. If you want to choose value colors, you need to use the color picker. Then click the "L" button. Then you'll get white to black with your color in between.

[SilentSoul92]

ok, I think I got it to work. I'm not sure if it's the best way to use it, but I found a nice way for highlights. (the dodge tool rocks) Thanks for everyone's help.

[fallenangel]

[quote]the dodge tool rocks[/quote]

There's a mini discussion about the evils of burn/dodge earlier on this thread.
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[Shinigami-no-Kaze]

I don't know why people hate those tools so much. They're a cheap way of doing shadows and highlights, but they can add nice depth to said shadows and highlights are they're made. I like them for that purpose.

[fallenangel]

And that's what they're for. They're designed for fixing issues in photos having to do with saturation, like if a certain part of a picture gets really washed out by a flash, you can burn it a bit and make it better. That's fine, and you'd never be able to tell in a drawing that it was used.

BUT, most [if not all] people who say "I use the burn/dodge tool to shade" don't mean they use it to refine their shading by hand. They pick a middle tone, burn the shadows, and dodge the highlights. And in that case, the shading is over saturated and looks like burnt plastic. Shading shouldn't just be a darker version of the base color, anyway, let alone a burned tone of it.
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[Shinigami-no-Kaze]

Ah, yes. Now I see. Most people give me grief when I mention burn/dodge tools; now I know why. Although, some of my earlier pictures were done entirely with burn and dodge. They don't look too bad, as long as you play with them the right ways. Lowering opacity and density and what not.

But it's true. You need to use them sparingly.

[Dogss]

[quote="fallenangel (fallen)"] And that's what they're for. They're designed for fixing issues in photos having to do with saturation, like if a certain part of a picture gets really washed out by a flash, you can burn it a bit and make it better. That's fine, and you'd never be able to tell in a drawing that it was used.

BUT, most [if not all] people who say "I use the burn/dodge tool to shade" don't mean they use it to refine their shading by hand. They pick a middle tone, burn the shadows, and dodge the highlights. And in that case, the shading is over saturated and looks like burnt plastic. Shading shouldn't just be a darker version of the base color, anyway, let alone a burned tone of it. [/quote]
Wow really? I ussually put a layer on multilpy and use Gray for that. Hmm. I may try that instead some time.
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[dragonclaw]

Definitly Photoshop 7.0. I've only had it a little over a month so far, and i'm already pretty good at it. I think it's the easiest to follow, and a bit cheaper than CS or CS2. Plus CS has a couple of filters that never really get used much (fibres, for example), while in 7.0, using every single filter would probably get you a pretty nice picture if you scaled and coloured right. See my signature? I was just messing around on 7.0 for about 6 minutes and got that!:oBut in the end, it's your choice! ^_^