Comments on: Adobe Photoshop Tip– Comic Art Effect — Photoshop Action

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:50:08 +0000

this is a great action but i only got to use it once, now when it is running it keeps popping up saying this background is unavailable or the move option is unavailable.. i deleted the action and re downloaded but it keep doing that, any suggestions?
thanks!

By: RickMacMerc

RickMacMerc — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:11:05 +0000

The stripes are there for shading. In an ideal situation, an image will have dramatic contrast of colors and tones; if so those lines will accentuate the shadows. If the image is a bit “flat” or just dark, the lines will add nothing. At least you can experiment and turn them off.

Enjoy.

By: Dani

Dani — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:44:06 +0000

Thanks for the tip!
Flattening it seemed to do the trick, now it runs all the way through the action without stopping.

Though now I’m having another weird issue – for some reason “Background Layer 5″ has these thin horizontal grey stripes running through the entire photo. Not sure why, but if I just turn off that layer, it still looks pretty comic-y overall.

Thanks so much!

By: RickMacMerc

RickMacMerc — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:22:47 +0000

Is it totally flattened? Or is it just one layer? You may need to go under the Layer menu and select Flatten Image.

Keep me posted.

By: Dani

Dani — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:14:13 +0000

Hello,
Thanks so much for the great effect! Unfortunately I am having an issue. As the action is progressing, I keep getting pop-up boxes that say “The object Background layer is not currently available.” every time the action gets to a step where it has to do anything with a background layer.

I am trying to use it on a flat, normal photo. Any advice?

Thanks!

By: RickMacMerc

RickMacMerc — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:18:31 +0000

Awesome, Kristi! If you join the Facebook page, be sure to post a pic of the invitation. Thanks for the comment.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:59:17 +0000

Thank you for creating this! I am throwing a superhero birthday party for my son and am making the invitation. This worked great on a photo of him!

By: sapph

sapph — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:38:29 +0000

OMG! I love this! I just photographed my nephew’s 4th brithday. He’s really into super heros and I had this idea to create a comic book for him from the photos. This will help me immensely!!! The effect is awesome! I’ve tried it on a few photos already, and the results were consistently terrific. Thanks so much!!! And in case anyone was wondering, the action does work in PS CS 5.1.

By: RickMacMerc

RickMacMerc — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:00:39 +0000

Flatten the image first.

By: Diane Scire

Diane Scire — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:39:13 +0000

Hi Rick, I have downloaded your Comic Strip Action (thanks), but I can get it to work. It’s loaded in my actions pallet, but when I push run a message reads: layer not available. Can you help? Thanks D