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- typesofwood
can anyone help with this, im looking to achieve this effect, turning the black line work a certain colour, while still being able to colour the background in with any other color. I've tried turning the above layer to screen and colouring the linework, but does not work when it comes time to colour the background. any help will be appreciated.
- SrSamaurai0
Illustrator could do it with outlines
- typesofwood0
yeah, thought about it but im sure there is a way in photoshop
- Centigrade0
Quick n dirty:
Double click the layer, the effects dialogue should pop up. Color Overlay (at the bottom). Choose color.
- typesofwood0
i guess the real problem is being able to colour underneath. If i set it to multiply, youll always be able to see through the linework, i guess im after the ability to colour underneath while retaining that solid colour linework, if that makes sense
- Centigrade0
Above does not make sense! Is it on layers? If not.... you can use replace color.
IMAGE » ADJUST » Replace Color
Whatever is white in the popup will be replaced. You can change the selection by hovering over your original image and clicking the color you want to swap. Once you have selected the color you want to swap revert back to the pop up and go to the Replacement section at the bottom. Click on the color box and up pops a color selector. Select color... kick back and enjoy a beer.
- inteliboy0
isn't this basic channels & layers stuff? ie -- if your line work is black, go to channels and option-click to make a selection -- invert -- new layer -- fill with colour.
- typesofwood0
thanks for your help and sorry for not making sense, much appreciated
- Nathan_Adams0
Let me guess, the line art is actually black with a white background, and you're setting it to multiply to get "transparency"?
The trick then is to turn the line art, into a layer mask, masking out a solid fill of any colour you want.
Copy your line art layer. Create a new layer filled with colour. Hit quick mask. Then switch to your channels, and make the mask channel visible. Paste your lineart into the mask channel and then invert it. Turn the visibility of the mask channel off again, and you're done.
- hey, thanks, this worked wonderfully, much appreciatedtypesofwood
- fyoucher10
Haven't read all of the posts but if you have things on separate layers, I find using layer styles for solids the easiest to work with. Go to layer style, choose color overlay, select color etc. Then just copy and paste layer styles onto separate layers. This is good for solid colors and hard edges.
For things with softer edges or multiple colors I tend to use an adjustment layer with the blend mode set to 'color'.
If things are not in layers then it's probably best to create selections based on colors using color channels. If you're line work is all black and so is your background and you want to have those two be separate colors you're probably going to have to separate those the good ole fashioned way.
Again, I'm not even sure what image you're talking about. The above image looks like it would have been done in Illy.
- typesofwood0
no, it was done in photoshop, might seem that way becuase it is quite small
- BaskerviIle0
That artwork is by my friend Jiro from uni. I know how he works because I've talked to him about it.
He draws in ink. Scans it in then converts it to vector very carefully so that he still keeps the quality of the linework. Then he colours everything up. Labour intensive but great results.
- typesofwood0
thought it was done in photoshop, i stand corrscted, thanks baskerville!