Tutorial 5/8 - iColorama 3: in which the author becomes an artist

[juryjone]

Turns out I had quite the demand to take a closer look at Artist Brushes and masking in the new release of iColorama. Here's the resulting tutorial.
http://enthusiasmnoted.wordpress.co...rama-3-in-which-the-author-becomes-an-artist/

 

[Carolyn Hall Young]

Yahoo! Jerry, this is knock out, great! Thank you!!!

 

[iColorama]

If you would put it in a book, I would buy it and learn myself how to use that app with your tutorials! Million thanks Jerry..
Now I have to just find out how to add it to app resources threads)

 

[Veevs]

Jerry that is an awesome tutorial! Going to print it to go through all the steps to try to learn brushes and masking! Am getting there, slowly lol!

 

[Venomator]

Now I have to just find out how to add it to app resources threads)

Job done Teresa...

 

[iColorama]

Job done Teresa...

Wonderful thank you so much!!!!!!!!!

 

[Carolyn Hall Young]

It really is the best tutorial yet, for the best creative app ever, not just for explaining the brushes, but for unleashing ideas.

 

[iColorama]

It really is the best tutorial yet, for the best creative app ever, not just for explaining the brushes, but for unleashing ideas.

I do agree, you have a special way to introduce the subjects..consider it a gift! The day you write a book, not matter about what I will be in the line for buying it!

 

[Carolyn Hall Young]

I do agree, you have a special way to introduce the subjects..consider it a gift! The day you write a book, not matter about what I will be in the line for buying it!

I bet Jerry is blushing, again!!

 

[juryjone]

I bet Jerry is blushing, again!!

You know it!

 

[juryjone]

I published a sort-of sequel today. Just a tip to follow up on a point made yesterday.

http://enthusiasmnoted.wordpress.co...aphy-apps-icolorama-3a-mask-manipulation-tip/

 

[RoseCat]

I'm really looking forward to checking these out! Thanks for posting these!

 

[Carolyn Hall Young]

Jerry, Thanks! I was thinking of an answer to a question you asked David Hayes, about putting arrows on screen shots for tutorials. Look at A+Signature. Like this:

 

[juryjone]

The problem for me with A+ Signature is you have to hand-draw the arrows. I can't actually draw, and a wavy line doesn't exactly scream professionalism to me. I do like the way you laid out the text, though.

I downloaded something by Evernote called Skitch, and my first use of it is below. It doesn't allow for vertical text, so I don't know if I will use it a lot, but I like the arrows and pop-up boxes. And it's free, so trying it for awhile is no problem.

 

[Carolyn Hall Young]

There are pre-made arrows, but not great ones that I could find in A+. I am pretty sure you could draw a good enough arrow, without going to graduate school. Mine are all the same three-line arrow image, one that I drew in less than a second, and rotated, recolored, rescaled, in the middle of the night, when I should have been dreaming of anything but pixels. Yes, it is true, now I dream in iColorama, no joke! Not good.
How about placing the text with Over, and arrowing with Skitch? I like Over because I can add layers, duplicate text boxes, re type into them, move it, and maintain the same font style and size.
All these suggestions assume that you don't want to go to a desktop with Adobe programs such as inDesign, where you could do this all this in a heartbeat!