How to Digitize Calligraphy and Hand Lettering in Photoshop || Tutorial & DIY
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
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For those of you who are just learning how to digitize your calligraphy and hand lettering, this is the video for you! This video will teach you the most basic steps to get your art into photoshop and to start cleaning it up. For using this technique, it is important to be writing your lettering or calligraphy with black ink or a black pen. More videos to follow at a later date with additional steps for digitizing. Hope this helps!
FYI - I am not a professional photoshop guru by any means! I never took any official classes in graphic design, or design in general. This is just the way that I do it & that I've learned to do it since I'm self taught. Insight it appreciated but NEGATIVE/RUDE COMMENTS WILL BE DELETED. This is the way that works for me & there are many other ways to do the same thing shown in this video!
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Thank you so much! Your video was so helpful. I paid 100 euros for an online course, but they didn’t say anything about this.. i’m happy now!!!
Oh goodness, I love this video and have wanted to do this for a decade now. Thank you. Wish I had learned this program years ago!!
No time to blink! Voala Wow. Its magic its true! Simple, fast and good!
This was super helpful, thank you! In about 20 minutes, I was able to do this in GIMP since I don't have PS and now I have a digitized version of my calligraphy logo! Thanks!
Oh my gosh, yay! That's wonderful!
Thank you for this video! You explained an effective method so efficiently! I've watched many tutorials and they just didn't save time. Your video was great! Thank you for your help! : )
The first tutorial that doesn’t have x5 speed trying you not to catch the point :) thank youuu
Very Very useful. Nicely explained.
This is an amazing tutorial! Thank you so much for sharing.
You're welcome :)
Thank you so much..perfect!
Thank you !!!!
Thank you so much! This is very helpful!
this is THE best photoshop lettering tutorial! thank you so much for taking the time to explain your process in easy to understand steps!
Awww you are so sweet thank you so much Megan!!
should i use a special pen for writing the words?
Thank you! This was really helpful
yo!!!! thanks a lot for this
Hi! But in this case you have no lines behind. What if you write on lined paper? How do you hide the lines? Using the eraser would take too long if it's a whole text you need to erase. Thanks for answering!
vlisdero I simply suggest not using lined paper if at all possible ;)
Thanks for this. It was so helpful. And also good to understand for a non native speaker. Great done.
That makes me so happy to hear, thank you!
Thanks!
really good tutorial thanks a lot
You're welcome!
THANK U
What format do you save the image in? PNG or jpeg? Thanks!
PNG... You cant save transparent images in jpeg
Thanks so much for this video! I've been using photoshop for very basic purposes for years and you taught me a few super helpful hints. Was that lettering done with a brush pen?
what format do you save in?
That tutorial was wonderful. Thanks so much for taking your time and being thorough! :)
You're welcome :) glad you enjoyed it!
Can you make a short video to demo the clipping mask to show changing the colour of the words. Many thanks! I have tried but in vain.
I think there are a ton of clipping mask videos out there! Hopefully you can find one :)
It would be helpful if you made the Photoshop window full screen. Not everyone is able to read small letters in white.
I made this 4 years ago not sure what you want me to do about it now 😂 sorry!!
Do we always have to vectorize all calligraphy before print it? for example for Menu Design, is it enough using like this tutorial to go print?
No you do not need to vectorize your calligraphy before you print it! Digitizing it like this is just fine. If you want to know what the purpose of vectorizing is, check out my Vectorizing video!
Hello! Is it possible to change the text color afterwards?
Thank you for answering!
yes, you can use a clipping mask!
Great! I will try it at home
Thank you!
The best tutorial I've seen so far! Thank you! Is there a way to make the color even and change it to a different one? I'm using a marker so the lettering doesn't look as perfect as it could.
yes, using a clipping mask! There's a lot of videos for that if you search :)
This was soooo helpful! Thanks!
This was insanely helpful! Thank you so much!!X
yay, you're welcome!
Thank you so much! I find it so helpful!!! You explain very well. Do you have a tutorial as well how to make the edges of the lettering smooth? thanks alot!
Wouldnt it just have been easier to type the word on the background, either that or use the magic eraser to get rid of the background leaving the letters?
Actually, not in this case, no! This is my own handwriting that has been scanned in, not a font :) But yes the magic eraser is a great tool as well, there are multiple ways to do this!
Thanks so much!
I'm nowhere near ready to start this process but this was helpful anyway since photoshop is super overwhelming to me so thanks for the video. What is the difference between digitizing and vectorizing? Also, other clips I've seen of calligraphers editing their work they add I guess what would be pixels to make the strokes thicker or look more even, will you be showing how to do that at some point? I hope that makes sense.
Digitizing your lettering means you are just transferring it to a cleaned-up digital form! Vectorizing means that you take it into Illustrator and turn it into a vector. Vectors can be blown up and printed on banners/huge posters without becoming pixilated. There is a misconception that you always have to vectorize your lettering, which isn't true :) Digitizing it & cleaning it up in Photoshop works just fine for the most part!
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slowest tutorial ever!
You can speed up the video... not everyone can speak quickly and come across coherently. I had it at 1.5x and it didn't affect the quality.
My biggest complaint from my audience is that tutorials are often too fast and hard to understand, which is why this one is slow. What Sarah did (speed it up to 1.5x) is the perfect solution if you want it faster!
Unnecessarily rude.