Need Photoshop or Paint.net help for card creation

[StratosVX]

the shadow on the dagger is reversed. You will get a better result if you mirror the dagger in vertical or if you rotate it of 180°.
The darken part of the blade is in shadow and should be on the lower side. Also the shadow is on the wrong side.

I think what lestodante is referring to is how the shadow abruptly cuts off. I'm guessing the dagger didn't have a lot of buffer space between the side of the dagger and the edge of the image. What I usually do is cut the item out of the image and paste it into whatever I'm working on, then add the shadow in there. This eliminates that sudden cutoff of any effects that I add. Also, your shadow is more like a glow around the image. When you add a drop shadow in PS, you can go into the options for the shadow and choose a direction for the shadow, how far away from the image it should be and how sharp it should be. Additionally, keep in mind that the image you are using looks like a sketch, but when you create a drop shadow in PS, it won't look like a sketch so it will always look a little off.

[mitchiemasha]

There's a how to guide on here somewhere, i'm pretty sure but might of dreamed it.

[StratosVX]

There's a how to guide on here somewhere, i'm pretty sure but might of dreamed it.

Is this the one you're thinking of?

[mitchiemasha]

There's a how to guide on here somewhere, i'm pretty sure but might of dreamed it.

Is this the one you're thinking of?

Thank you for putting the link in... it helps others venturing such a similar quest.

[matrice666]

hey i made a quick video. Hope it helps out!

[lestodante]

Thanks for the video!! But I think I will never understand how to use the channell in a proper way.
I do similar jobs but in a different way.

[matrice666]

Thanks for the video!! But I think I will never understand how to use the channell in a proper way.
I do similar jobs but in a different way.

Well you have to think of your painting as a RGB light stack.

you have the red, green and blue channel.
together they add to form white.

what the little hashed O icon does is it selects whatever channel is visible... so if RGB are visible.. it will select everything that is white along with its transparency.
Therefore ... when you inerse the selection, you end up with the lineart of whatever you're working on.

[lestodante]

Does this work only with pictures with white background?

[matrice666]

Does this work only with pictures with white background?

Yes

Heres the best way to explain the composition of a picture in CYMK (Cyan Yellow mangenta black) just like RGB, red green blue.

each coaster represents a single channel so if you were to select all the channels on a color picture.. you'dd end up selecting everything.

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/UnsungWhichIcterinewarbler-mobile.mp4

[Stig]

That is a super GIF! Thanks so much it’s really helped. I’m just playing around with GIMP and was playing around with the colour buttons without understanding what they’re doing. Now however...