Backgrounds and Assets for Animation in Photoshop

Learn to use Photoshop to produce the images and backgrounds for your animations with no drawing skills

Created by2D Animation 101 Courses

Last updated 9/2018

English

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What you'll learn

Create backgrounds in Photoshop with no Drawing Skills
Transform Images into a Drawing ready to be use as asset in your animation
Add texture
Trace image to create a background

Course content

4 sections • 19 lectures • 2h 26m total length

Introduction to Photoshop1:37
Learn to use Photoshop to create backgrounds and assets for animations, with beginner-friendly guidance on drawing tools, layers, masking, texture, and tracing references to build 3D perspectives.
Download the Project Files0:02
This lecture provides the project files for you to follow along with the course.
Workspace and Panels8:27
Configure your Photoshop workspace by focusing on the color panel, the layers panel, and the tools panel, arrange and save custom workspaces, and quickly reopen hidden panels when needed.
Creating a New Document in Photoshop6:28
Create a new Photoshop document for animation by choosing a custom size and baseline hd resolution, then double the dimensions for flexible zoom and use rgb color with square pixels.
Selection Tool7:30
Master the selection tool in Photoshop to select and move layers, use control-click for layer selection, and transform with scale, rotate, holding shift to constrain proportions before committing or canceling.
Zooming and Navigation4:44
Learn practical navigation in Photoshop by zooming and panning with the hand tool and shortcuts, including spacebar and control space, and reset the view with Ctrl+0.
Managing Layers7:28
Master layer management in Photoshop by naming, creating, deleting, and reordering layers, duplicating with ctrl+j or alt key and click-drag, and transforming while using ctrl+alt+z undo.
Merging, Grouping and Linking Layers8:40

Drawing Shapes to Design Images Using Your Mouse8:40
Learn to draw shapes in Photoshop with mouse, using rectangle, polygon, and pen tools, then set fill and stroke via the properties panel for precise designs.
Designing a Futuristic Gun Using Shapes14:42
Design a futuristic gun using shapes in photoshop by building layered rectangles, applying color, and refining details with the pen and transform tools.
Modify Your Drawing9:23
The Brush Tool9:32
Master the brush tool fundamentals in Photoshop to texture animation backgrounds, adjusting size, hardness, opacity, and flow on new layers, with alt plus right-click controls for precise strokes.

Masking Tools: How to Draw Inside a Region and Extract parts of a Layer7:28
Learn to use masking tools to draw inside a region and extract parts of a layer in Photoshop, using marquee, lasso, and brush techniques.
How to “Put a Layer Inside Another Layer” Using Masks10:42
Learn to put a layer inside another layer in Photoshop using masks and masking tools. Practice extracting parts, creating masks from layers, and linking layers for precise animation assets.
Adding Texture6:15
Learn to add texture in Photoshop using masking techniques and texture brushes, painting on new layers with controlled flow and opacity to create detailed backgrounds.

Importing Image to Trace Background7:21
Learn to import images into Photoshop, trace backgrounds, and create animated scenes by converting photos into drawings or 3D settings using layers, scaling, and color adjustments.
3D Effect: Perspective Layers Using Point Distortion6:41
Tracing a Background Tutorial18:39
Discover how to create a complete house interior background for 2D animation in photoshop, using pen tool drawing, opacity reference layer, perspective alignment, masking, and lighting to build layered scenes.
BONUS LESSON: What’s Next?2:18

Requirements

You should be able to use a PC at a beginner level
You should be familiar with downloading software from the internet

Description

In this course you will learn how to use Photoshop to create backgrounds for your animations.

At the end of this course you will know all the techniques to be able to create backgrounds and visual assets to produce your animations, with a complete tutorial that puts together everything you learn in this course.

This course is aimed to beginners, so I will be explaining with as much detail as possible.

And if you already know how to use Photoshop, you can just jump to the Background Tutorial to just use everything you know to start creating what you need for your animations.

Inside you will learn:

How to use the different drawing shapes.
How to modify your drawing.
How to work with layers.
How to use the masking tools to create the effect of putting one drawing inside a shape.
How to add texture
How to import reference images to trace backgrounds
And how to create a 3D Effect that helps you create interesting perspectives, using point distortion.

And then, after you know all the tools and techniques, we will put everything together to create a background.

So, if you want to learn how to create backgrounds using photoshop, enroll now.

Who this course is for:

Animators who want to learn how to create backgrounds in Photoshop for their animations
Beginners who want to learn how to use Photoshop

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Course content

Getting Familiar with Photoshop8 lectures • 45min

Drawing4 lectures • 42min

Using the Masking Tools3 lectures • 24min

Tracing Backgrounds4 lectures • 35min

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