How to Create Coloring Book Line Art Photoshop Line To Vector For Amazon KDP - Kathy Weller Art

Do you prefer to draw black line art in Photoshop instead of Illustrator but you ALSO want clean, crisp vector line art? This is for you. Warning: this is 20 minutes and goes deep into the nitty-gritty! GREAT for some people, boring for others! Time Stamps:
00:00 - INTRO to all
02:45 - INTRO to how to create your own brush in PS
03:11 - How to create your own brush in PS
04:50 - How to ALTER an EXISTING Photoshop brush to create a NEW one
05:31 - the OUTLINE method: HOW create coloring outlines as you draw a single line
(you'll see what I mean)
08:31 - Tips for using the OUTLINE method so it works extra AWESOME
09:50 - Steps for preparing your Photoshop line art for vectorizing in Illustrator
11:44 - Here's what happens when we DON'T "Rasterize Layer Style" before bringing our art into Illustrator
12:08 - Why I DON'T add my black outline in Illustrator
13:34 - VECTORIZE your black line in Illustrator
14:03 - Image Trace
16:51 - Saving PNG's directly out of Illustrator! If you want
18:34 - WHY I export my VECTOR line art BACK into Photoshop to SAVE my hi-res .PNG and HOW TO.
20:42 Final Word
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