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[TUTORIAL] Coloring using Selections for quicker work
This tutorial shows how I not only quickly add flat colors to a lineart, but how I use the generated underlayer as a selection map to make rendering easier.
You will need:
-Paint Tool Sai (any version should work) or Manga Studio 5
-Adobe Photoshop 32 bit version CS3 or above.
-Two filters: Multifill and Flatten. Both can be found here: http://www.bpelt.com/psplugins/download.html
I assume you know how to install photoshop filters. This is not a tutorial on how to do that, so please google it if you don't know. The reason I specifically said 32 bit Photoshop is because these filters are free for 32 bit. There is a 64 bit version of Flatten, but it costs a hundred bucks. The free versions work fine.
Here is the video: http://youtu.be/MJ1zqteis3Q
The whole coloring process took an hour and 20 minutes. The video is obviously sped up :V
Please keep in mind that while you are editing/fixing the selection layer in Sai (that colorful one that the filters generate), that all the tools you use must have anti-aliasing turned OFF so that you keep a nice hard edge. On any other layer, you can be soft to your heart's content :V
What is the purpose of the selection layer? Paint Tool Sai (and Manga Studio 5) has a nifty feature that allows certain tools to interact with a different layer while you color on others. In Sai, it's called Selection Source. In MS5, it's called Reference Layer. The magic wand tool has the ability to interact with the selection/reference layer, as does the bucket tool. When you set a layer to be the selection source/reference layer, and set the magic wand or bucket to use selection source/reference layer, any selections you make (or bucket fills) will conform to the layer you have chosen to be the source, no matter what layer you're currently working on. By setting the multicolored layer generated in photoshop to be the source for your selections, you will always be able to select the parts you want without having to change to that layer. Brilliant!
Note: This is just how I use these filters as a tool for speed. This is not the definitive way for coloring, nor is it the only way. I use different coloring methods for different pieces and this is only one of them.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments here. I don't monitor the youtube account as it isn't mine, so I won't answer anything there.
You will need:
-Paint Tool Sai (any version should work) or Manga Studio 5
-Adobe Photoshop 32 bit version CS3 or above.
-Two filters: Multifill and Flatten. Both can be found here: http://www.bpelt.com/psplugins/download.html
I assume you know how to install photoshop filters. This is not a tutorial on how to do that, so please google it if you don't know. The reason I specifically said 32 bit Photoshop is because these filters are free for 32 bit. There is a 64 bit version of Flatten, but it costs a hundred bucks. The free versions work fine.
Here is the video: http://youtu.be/MJ1zqteis3Q
The whole coloring process took an hour and 20 minutes. The video is obviously sped up :V
Please keep in mind that while you are editing/fixing the selection layer in Sai (that colorful one that the filters generate), that all the tools you use must have anti-aliasing turned OFF so that you keep a nice hard edge. On any other layer, you can be soft to your heart's content :V
What is the purpose of the selection layer? Paint Tool Sai (and Manga Studio 5) has a nifty feature that allows certain tools to interact with a different layer while you color on others. In Sai, it's called Selection Source. In MS5, it's called Reference Layer. The magic wand tool has the ability to interact with the selection/reference layer, as does the bucket tool. When you set a layer to be the selection source/reference layer, and set the magic wand or bucket to use selection source/reference layer, any selections you make (or bucket fills) will conform to the layer you have chosen to be the source, no matter what layer you're currently working on. By setting the multicolored layer generated in photoshop to be the source for your selections, you will always be able to select the parts you want without having to change to that layer. Brilliant!
Note: This is just how I use these filters as a tool for speed. This is not the definitive way for coloring, nor is it the only way. I use different coloring methods for different pieces and this is only one of them.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments here. I don't monitor the youtube account as it isn't mine, so I won't answer anything there.
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Hm... interesting.
The way I do things is a bit different to say the least. I use mainly Photoshop, but I also have Illustrator's Live Trace ability to clean up lines (also helps to make lineart transparent for coloured lines).
Anyways, what I end up doing once I've cleaned up the lines in Illustrator and brought them back into Photoshop is to use the magic wand tool on all of the white space in the images (anywhere that won't be coloured), refine the edges to bring the selection in a little, then invert the selection, so only the coloured areas are effected. That way, I can speed colour without ever having risk of going over the lines (of course, colouring is done on it's own layer =p). Just by using a large brush, I run over each section quickly, then zoom in to fix the colours that bled over in the speed colour. From there, do the shading/lighting (again, each on it's own layer), then go back to the lineart layer, press the "lock transparency" option, remove the selection and colour the lineart (incredibly quick and easy everything but the lines on that layer are transparent). After that, I do the background and presto!
It probably takes me around the same amount of time to finish an entire picture with my method... I can't say for sure.
The way I do things is a bit different to say the least. I use mainly Photoshop, but I also have Illustrator's Live Trace ability to clean up lines (also helps to make lineart transparent for coloured lines).
Anyways, what I end up doing once I've cleaned up the lines in Illustrator and brought them back into Photoshop is to use the magic wand tool on all of the white space in the images (anywhere that won't be coloured), refine the edges to bring the selection in a little, then invert the selection, so only the coloured areas are effected. That way, I can speed colour without ever having risk of going over the lines (of course, colouring is done on it's own layer =p). Just by using a large brush, I run over each section quickly, then zoom in to fix the colours that bled over in the speed colour. From there, do the shading/lighting (again, each on it's own layer), then go back to the lineart layer, press the "lock transparency" option, remove the selection and colour the lineart (incredibly quick and easy everything but the lines on that layer are transparent). After that, I do the background and presto!
It probably takes me around the same amount of time to finish an entire picture with my method... I can't say for sure.
Well, I think I do things in a couple less steps, but yeah - the results are pretty much the same. Illustrator I mainly use to smooth out the lines (my scanner isn't the best =p).
As for what I meant about the same amount of time, I meant it takes me roughly an hour and a half or so to do colouring much like you with your method =p
As for what I meant about the same amount of time, I meant it takes me roughly an hour and a half or so to do colouring much like you with your method =p
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