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Published: 2009-06-19 07:48:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 12970; Favourites: 176; Downloads: 581
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Alright, so here's the first class in the 4 part series.In this class I show how I prepare the lineart for colouring and then lay down the flats.
I hope everyone can follow it and let me know if there's something I missed or could describe better.
1st Class: [link]
2nd Class: [link]
3rd Class: [link]
4th Class: [link]
Finished piece: [link]
Thanx:
(Carlos) provided the lineart
Andy Poole
Marte
John Rauch
Characters © Marvel
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I have bin trying to figure out how to get my ink drawing into photoshop this I find super hand and will have to try this.
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Great 
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Thank you I will if any thing comes up.
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Thanks for the tutorial, followed (and credited) your advice on this piece: [link]
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So glad you enjoy it 
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Good tutorial but there is the easy and quick way doing separate layers (characters and background) using Mask Mode. Do you know it?
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If I do I don't remember it, please explain
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You've got a layer BG (Characters and BG in one layer flatten)called "Lineart Below"
1. Make a new layer call "Lineart Over"
2. Go to "Lineart Below"(BG)Select everything(Ctrl +A)and copy it(Ctrl+C)
3. Got to "Lineart Over" fill in Black color.
4. Go to Mask Mode
5. Past Everything (Ctrl + V)
6 . Go to Normal Mode.
Delete what you selected (canc or del)
Deselect everything (Ctrl +D)
Delete "Lineart Below" layer
You've got one transparent layer with Lineart and no BG
Enjoy and good Luck!
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You literally saved me hours of work, I love you guys.
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Great to hear
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Thanx so much 
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Thanx
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Right, I'm slightly behind in this (Sorry Hugo), but have finally started it... But already having a few problems..
When it comes to duplicating the channel, the channel options I get aren't the same as yours (I'm using CS3). I don't get a choice of "Spot Colour" and "Colour/Solidity"
My Outline now is red (??). How do I sort this as have had a look around the menus but still got nothing
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Hey Spidey0107, I was following this tutorial and got stuck at exactly the same point as you. I'm using CS3 as well. When you duplicate the channel, it doesn't give you the options presented above, but name it 'outline' and create it regardless. Then, once it's made, double click it, and the spot colour options should appear. Hope that helps!
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No problem, it should be easy to fix, double-click on that "red" channel, and see if the pop-up window that shows up has thos options, if not, message me back and we'll go from there
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I have the same problem but I'm using CS5 and I don't get that channel option pop-up.
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hmmm... you have a newer version of Photoshop than I do, so I'm not sure how it works, but when you double click on the channel don't you get extra options?
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None what's so ever but after I darken the lines and clean it up I don't really need it anymore.
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Ok, at least that, strange, I gotta get CS5 and try it out
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Thanks. I'm not comfortable with using channels and have been using changing the line art to multiply and putting it above the color layers.I also have to coppy it and put it below all the color layers with the blending on normal.
Is this a very bad way to set up line art. I also use curves to get rid of grays.
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There's no perfect way to set up your lineart, depending on who you talk to, there are different ways of using the same techniques. I usually use the channels version in the beginning because it makes the file smaller. The way you're doing it at the moment, there are 2 extra layers waying down your computer while you work on your. I like to keep the lineart out of the way until the last stages when I add the effects and the colour holds. But like I said and will keep saying, do whatever you feel confortable with, because at the end of the day the client is generally gonna get the finished piece and as long as it's in the right colour mode etc. you should be fine.
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I know I gave a long winded explanation, I just wanted you to undesrtand that you have to be comfortable
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are you comming out with anything else.
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i going to have to try and color flats this way see which way i like better...thanx
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You never know, there might be something new there in the middle
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This is really nice and it is helping me a lot. Thanks so much.
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Will, it's my pleasure, I actually noticed that there is little help for the flatting part of colouring, so I thought I would take some time on it
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Great presentation...I'm gonna be practicing all weekend. Thanks very much and I'm anxious to see the following classes.
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Glad you like it
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Nicely constructed and designed, good work. I'll get mine up over the weekend, been very busy this week.
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Yeah I understand, I had promised that I would put it up today, so I had to put the class together last night
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