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COLORING
USING
LAYERS
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Find a picture you want to color. For this tutorial I've chosen
one I've drawn digitally but I'm going to treat it as if it's
scanned. When scanning make sure to scan at a high dpi (I
usually use 300) to make coloring easier and make the picture
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Step 2:
Open the picture in the program you've chosen to color it in.
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Step 3: Now
the lines need to be modified so that you can color underneath
them. There are two ways to do this:
Way 1: Select everything, cut it, and paste it into a new
layer (Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+A, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V).
Then change the mode of the new layer to "Multiply"
Way 2: Select everything and cut it
(Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C). Then create a new
layer, which can be done by going to Layer >> New >> Layer,
clicking the new layer button, or using the keyboard shortcut
Shft+Ctrl+N.
Fill this new layer with black using the paint bucket tool.
Now change to Quick Mask Mode. To do this you can click on the
button to switch to quick mask mode or use the keyboard shortcut
Q.
Now that you're in Quick Mask Mode paste the lines
(Ctrl+V). The picture will look weird, with a black
background and pink lines.
Now switch back to Standard Mode by clicking the button right
next to the one you clicked for Quick Mask Mode or using the
keyboard shortcut Q. The whole picture will appear black with
marching ants going around the areas that're supposed to be
white.
Now hit the delete button to get rid of all those areas that
aren't supposed to be black.
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Step 4:
Your picture is now ready to get some actual colors. To do this
you'll need a new layer for the colors to go on. If the layer
appears above your lines make sure to click and drag it so that
it's underneath the lines layer.
Then use the brush tool to color to your heart's content. Some
people like to put all the colors on one layer, but I prefer a
different layer for each color (a layer for the skin, a layer
for the skirt, a layer for the hair, etc.) because if I later
want to change the color of just one of the parts of the picture
I can easily do it. If this is how you'd like to color make sure
to name the layers so that you don't get them confused
(double click on the "Layer __" text and it'll allow you to
change the name of the layer).
I also like to fill in the background layer with a color other
than white because it makes it easier for me to see the areas of
color against something other than white. Don't worry about what
colors you choose now for the different areas, you can always
change that later. The important point now is to fill in the
areas where colors go.
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