[Tutorial] Pixel art painting in Photoshop

Started by Kryzon, September 13, 2019, 21:17:08

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Kryzon

I thought this is really cool:
http://www.danfessler.com/blog/hd-index-painting-in-photoshop

He teaches how you can set up a layer stack on Photoshop that lets you use digital painting to create pixel art-like graphics. With this you can make textures, sprites, backgrounds/illustrations etc. 
The layer stack is set up in a way that composites your high-resolution brush work into antialiased pixel art.

Derron

Thanks ... albeit I did not read that article there - but the articles linked in the article (and using similar approaches).


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Ron

Kryzon

I see what you mean, those guys go back and forth between them.

For instance, this article here on the other blog comes after that one in the first post, showing the applications of that layer stack technique: https://2dwillneverdie.com/tutorial/instant-pixel-art-backgrounds-with-the-dan-fessler-method/

Kryzon

#3
They're using the Gradient Map adjustment layer on Photoshop, but I think the Color Lookup adjustment (which lets you load .CUBE color LUT files) might work better for this. 
I'm thinking, creating a .CUBE LUT procedurally with code, like Python, Javascript, anything simple. If you have any ideas, let me hear. 

EDIT: Ah, got it, at the end he mentions this trick: you're supposed to duplicate your color layers and put that copy at the top, with Color blend mode, so it restores the colors that were lost in the process.