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secret-pony β Tutorial: Coloring inside lines (layer clipping)
Published: 2013-08-20 17:03:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 79369; Favourites: 920; Downloads: 448
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This is probably the question I receive most: "How come you never color outside your lines?"Well... here's my secret...
There are other (simpler) ways, e.g. using 'preserve opacity', but this is just the method I use and prefer. Why? Because this way, if you spot you made a mistake somewhere when you're done with your drawing, you can easily navigate to the layer where you made your mistake and fix it without any risk of accidentally messing up other parts of your drawing.
Don't ask me how it's done in Photoshop, Ilustrator, GIMP... Because I don't know. I have never used any other program but SAI.
If you're looking for more resources for drawing (ponies), check out my other tutorials .
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Can you show me a screenshot of your canvas and layer list?
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I'd love to, but...
Umm...
How do you take screenshots? ^ ^'
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Here's a quick quide:Β How To Take A Screenshot Β
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Thank you. =^ w ^=
But nevermind. I solved the problem.
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How do you use this with multiple layers? It's not working.Β
It worked with the first layer, but I tried to follow the exact instructions with the second layer and it wants to color them both instead of just one.
*Nevermind. It shows in the tutorial but I missed that part until reading it a few times. xD
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Doesn't work. When I go back to the layer I colored and use the magic wand, it selects EVERYTHING.
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Did you set your lineart layer as the "selection source" (making the layer turn green in the layer menu) + set the magic wand to use the "selection source" to base its selection on?
Could you show me a screenshot? It'll be easier to see if I overlooked something.
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Now it works, BUT, if I try to color something whoose outline is....Uh..it's complicated.
So I made a pig, and made him pink. But some of his ears outline is INSIDE the body, and when I color it, the outline is gone.
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Can you show a screenshot? It's a little difficult to tell exactly what you mean from a text description. ^^
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It does.
Make white backgrounds transparant with Layer >Β Luminance to Transparency ,
this only works for black lines on white backgrounds though.
... assuming that was the problem you were referencing to x3
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Ohhh thank you! Ill try it right now. <3
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My paint tool sai trial ran out, so I had to download the full version. Now on the magic wand it says "Selection Mode" not "Detection Mode", can you help?
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Sai is a japanese program, there are different translations in circulation, but the functions are the same.
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None of the options work, though.
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Can you show me some screenshots of what happens, it's hard to tell by text description.
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tinypic.com/r/4syzgm/8
tinypic.com/r/w6quy0/8
tinypic.com/r/jtvrrn/8
The fourth image didn't save, but it does the same thing. None of the options work, I've checked that all of my lineart is closed and such
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The source of your selection is set to a "selection source" layer, but you didn't assign your lineart layer as the "selection source".
Go to the lineart layer and check the circle "selection source", op top of the icons of your list of layers, then try again.
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Oops, I forgot to do that in those pictures, but I did do that the first time I tried and it did the same thing
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Can you show me too?
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I commented the link V
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Oh, didn't see a notification if you comment on your own comments.
You need to select the lineart layer (layer 2 in your example) as the selection source,
not the layer you're coloring on (layer 3).
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Oh wow I didn't even pay attention to what layer I was selecting Β Thanks, sorry for being a complete idiot X3
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No sweat! It can be a bit tricky ^^
Glad I could help.
Good luck!
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Thank you so much! This helped me a lot!
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Thank you sooo much! I went through a good 23 tutorials, and this one is the ONLY one that helped me.Β
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Glad you found it useful!
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i have never figured this out for the life of me
thank youuu
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I'm glad you found it helpful! ^^
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I'm glad it did! ^^
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Thank you so much! I have always wondered when I watched speedpaints, and now that I have SAI, I had to know.
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Glad you found it helpful!
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When I tried filling up the layer with a bright color (Cyan blue) It colored the layer but did not color through any lineart.
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That's the point, isn't it? To color inside the lines. ^u^
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YesΒ but it filled up the layer and the lineart was not transparent, as in the second picture in your tutorial
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I'm not sure what you mean, can you explain it again? Or maybe show an example?
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It does this
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rather than this
sta.sh/02b1mcolj9xm
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Ah yes, I see. Your lineart is black lines on a white background, instead of black lines on a transparant background.
You can make black and white lineart transparant in SAI by going to your Layer menu and click "Luminance to transparancy".
This will make all white areas (also inside the dinosaur) turn transparant.
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That helped a lot!
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No sweat! Good luck ^^
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Thank you so much!
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I never understood how to use theΒ selection source optionΒ but now it all makes sense. :'D thanks so much!
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You're most welcome!
I know my explanation isn't very professional, but I'm glad I got the point across anyway!
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I have got nothing out of this experience.
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omg I love you.
(that was random but OMG WHY DID I NO THINK OF THIS???)
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