What I do: (which I wont be doing any more for god sake if THIS is what happens due to people having different opinions)
I would have the image (screen cap) in photoshop next to my blank canvas. Then, to the best of my ability, I would try to duplicate the image by looking at it (on my blank canvas). Once I'd done so, I'd place MY image over the screen cap, and see how well I managed to duplicate the image. If it's off, I Take The Image OFF The Screen cap, and tweek what needs to be tweeked until they match up as well as I see fit.
PERSONALLY, I don't see this as tracing since at no time did my pen literally TRACE the screen cap.
HOWEVER, perhaps to the likings of people who seem to be disagreeing with this method, I WILL NOT be using this method anymore, NOT because of the rude nagging, but because some of them are right, that I should broaden my horizons and try to draw more on my own without so much duplicating. (though even when I've tried to do this, I still get bombarded with hate mail saying I'm still tracing EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T.)
SO if people would please be kind enough to stop with the hate towards myself, and take this as me learning a lesson and you learning my old methods, then I think we can all get some much needed peace. Anyone who continues to harass me will continue to have their comments hidden. I really hate blocking people but some people NEED TO GROW UP! (sorry. I'm just a little tired of all this.)
Thank You

Using other artists' work this way helps timid artists gain confidence, teaches them balance and other compositional ideals without the referencee (you) even realising it at first and lighthandedness with pencil strokes.
I don't mean that anyone is a beginner at this, I just wish to parlay my expereiences as an art teacher,and lack of confidence was the worst thing for a student to have. I even allowed *GASP* tracing to younger students (ages 5-12) and they would quickly want to abandon it in favour of referencing in order to challence themselves.
So anyone who wants to carp and whine all day about the method another artist uses to achieve the final goal of a finished piece, remember when you where young. As long as the artist is honest of their methods, it is OK by me!!!!
But people shouldn't flame you anyway. I mean, at this point the "OMGZ UR COPYING" argument is not something you've never heard, so if people really think its going on, they should just send in an inquiry to the Help Desk.
Harassing someone is as bad, if not worse, than copying/tracing in the first place! This is why I reported some jerk who was ragging on you. Like, I don't care if people think something, but keep it civil. Name calling and public accusation is against DA policy, and is just not nice. =[
Eyeballing makes pictures way much diffrent in look. Eyeballing is when ur drawing ur own pic in PS or paper and ur only looking on screencap from internet. Ur not posting it in PS and only hiding it on other layer.
Ur pics are too much familiar to screenshots thats why everyone see u as tracer. U have to change ur style of drawing pics or there will be more ppl having u this way.
well, another way is to show a video of you referencing. you know, with those screen-recording programs =3. oh, and once you've been targeted by ED, you'll always remain there until you stop talking about the subject for more than...a year or two, i think...?
and your words alone can only take you so far