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Below is an exact transcript of the above.
Six Seven Steps to Faster Coloring
in
Paint Tool SAI

Step One: Select the area outside the thing.
These are my selection settings:
*Lessen the color difference as needed.
You only want to select OUTSIDE your image.

Step TWO: Increment the selection just once.
*This step is optional but a tighter fit is a good thing. But don't over do it!

Step Three: Invert the selection.
*Be sure to keep it selected as you go to the next step...

Step Four: Bucket fill selected area in a new layer.
*Create a new layer and move it beneath the lineart.
The Bucket Tool should be using “Working Layer” as its target.

Step Five: Lock the layer by preserving its opacity.
*You cannot color outside of areas already colored on locked layers.
Meaning you can color in our locked, filled area with messy freedom!
This is sometimes referred to as “masking” or “clipping”.
PS: It is now safe to turn off the Selection tool..
Caution: Always unlock a layer before utilizing the Eraser tool!
Failing to do so will leave white behind not transparency.
*Now that you know this, realize that you can also lock the lineart,
and then color your lines if you're into that. I wait until I'm done
putting down flat colors before coloring my lines.

Step Six: Set lineart as the “Selection Source”.

*This will allow you to, no matter what other layer you're on, use the Bucket Tool
in a way that respects the lineart boundaries if you set it as the Target.
Use “Color Difference” but fiddle with the strength needed to detect the lines.
If your lines are pristine, you can turn it up quite high.. If not, this may not help.

Step Seven: Color with multiple Clipping Group layers.

*Before we get deep into color, I want to teach you something else.
Create a new layer between the lines and the filled area.
Then, check the box “Clipping Group”.
This locks the layer to the boundaries of the one below it, as in--
You will be prevented from coloring outside anywhere not colored below.
You can make as many of these as you need--
--so you can keep your colors neat and separate!

When you're good and done with your flat colors, merge all your layers, lines too!

-

Part Two (for shading) can be found here:

Description

Below is an exact transcript of the above.
Six Seven Steps to Faster Coloring
in
Paint Tool SAI

Step One: Select the area outside the thing.
These are my selection settings:
*Lessen the color difference as needed.
You only want to select OUTSIDE your image.

Step TWO: Increment the selection just once.
*This step is optional but a tighter fit is a good thing. But don't over do it!

Step Three: Invert the selection.
*Be sure to keep it selected as you go to the next step...

Step Four: Bucket fill selected area in a new layer.
*Create a new layer and move it beneath the lineart.
The Bucket Tool should be using “Working Layer” as its target.

Step Five: Lock the layer by preserving its opacity.
*You cannot color outside of areas already colored on locked layers.
Meaning you can color in our locked, filled area with messy freedom!
This is sometimes referred to as “masking” or “clipping”.
PS: It is now safe to turn off the Selection tool..
Caution: Always unlock a layer before utilizing the Eraser tool!
Failing to do so will leave white behind not transparency.
*Now that you know this, realize that you can also lock the lineart,
and then color your lines if you're into that. I wait until I'm done
putting down flat colors before coloring my lines.

Step Six: Set lineart as the “Selection Source”.

*This will allow you to, no matter what other layer you're on, use the Bucket Tool
in a way that respects the lineart boundaries if you set it as the Target.
Use “Color Difference” but fiddle with the strength needed to detect the lines.
If your lines are pristine, you can turn it up quite high.. If not, this may not help.

Step Seven: Color with multiple Clipping Group layers.

*Before we get deep into color, I want to teach you something else.
Create a new layer between the lines and the filled area.
Then, check the box “Clipping Group”.
This locks the layer to the boundaries of the one below it, as in--
You will be prevented from coloring outside anywhere not colored below.
You can make as many of these as you need--
--so you can keep your colors neat and separate!

When you're good and done with your flat colors, merge all your layers, lines too!

-

Part Two (for shading) can be found here: