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Tutorial: Preparing Lineart
Published: 2009-07-29 05:29:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 81354; Favourites: 3036; Downloads: 1541
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DescriptionI never feel right making tutorials because, I don't consider myself a very advanced user of Photoshop. I never feel like I'm in the right place telling other people how to do it.And I know this isn't an advanced tutorial, but many people don't know how to do this. I also know there are other tutorials out there explaining this exact same thing. . .
I was asked recently how to get the white off sketch images and it reminded me of how often I really am asked that. So have a tutorial for everyone in the future who needs to know.
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THANK YOU so MUCH!!! I can never find a tutorial that I can really understand, so thank you very much for uploading this tutorial! 
Here, have a teddy!
~KonekoMia~
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ahhh this helped so muchhhh!!! thank you shinbutt!
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I have never been able to find a decent tutorial on pulling the white from scanned sketches that aren't super-cleaned-up already. I sketch very, very messily, but I hate having to draw out pretty lineart in Photoshop so I usually just use my sketch-lines, but I've always wished there was a simple way to be able to colorize the lineart without disturbing the colors underneath.
This has helped me tremendously, thank you so much for making it.
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You're so welcome~! C: i'm really glad it helped. i was in your seat at one piont
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Bwah! Hardcore! I love you for this, thanks much!
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this worked in photoshop elements o_o
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HOW? what version? D: I use 2.0,it might work in later versions.
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well i use photoshop elements 6.0 that came with a bambo fun tablet and some how it works.
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oooh =O!!
well thanks, i'm glad to know it works on there n_n
wow they're up to 6.0 i feel old now
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LOL...yeah cant believe it but i do, yout avatar rocks did you do it?
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Nope! =Thunderskull made it for me
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I can't get it to work for me :{
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What version of photoshop are you using? It'd be more efficient to tell me what problems you are having instead of just telling me it doesn't work 
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CS4. And I did finally figure it out. I'm one of those people that need to be told absolutely everything. I forgot to put the view back onto the black-fill layer ^^: Thanks for offering though. Yet, I do have one other question. Is there any way to outline the artwork with just a nice black line and get rid of the pencil marks?
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Oooh, I see! I'm glad you figured it out C:
you mean to have crisp lineart instead of pencil? To do that, my friend, i'm sorry to say it requires tracing of the entire piece with the brush tool. Woe, it can be time consuming.
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Okay, that's what I do already. Though I'm more familiar with Paint and it's wonderful curve tool, so I'll stick with that for my outlining :}
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but paint is in pixels, right? that's definitely different from the pen tool.
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I suppose, but I'm a complete newbie for PS. I only got it so I could use your tutorial to be rid of that nasty white fuzz. :} I'll have to give it a try.
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OK, so I scan this right (300 DPI), then do everything you say here in PS (even tweak the brightness/contrast) but it still is grainy! Why is this, do you know?
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Do you have a screenshot? :'<
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Ok, wait, I have a recent deviation and when you full-view it, you can see the grainy lineart (which was smooth in ink before!) [link]
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interesting, I see what you mean by grainy! can i see the original sketch before you pulled the lineart off?
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Alright, I looked at it in PS, and I didn't know that it was grainy there too. I guess it may be my scanner. But whenever I put it at more than 300 DPI, it malfunctions and keeps saying "progress" and the bar will keep reloading. You did say you used 300 DPI for you regular lineart, right? I know it's not the ink, because it is smooth in person. Something might be going on here, but I don't know what. Thanks for taking the time to help me, too!
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hmm. Yeah, I do D: It's no problem to help me, I just wish I knew the answer to your problem. ;; I can't say I do though.
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Ah well, I think it's time for a scanner of my own anyways.
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I can take one and quickly post it. Do you want me to show you how the lineart looks??
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hehe funny how there are a million methods for putting lineart for just, ONE particular software
i just set my sketch layer to multiply.
but im sure this has helped many people
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i usually do on photoshop elements, but it really limits the amount of things you can do with the lineart 3:
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Thank you thank you thank you this is just what I needed to know!
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thank you so much for this tutorial!! <3 its probably one of the best on DA! XD
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I wish I had a functional photoshop that was higher than 3 and preferably at 7 or more. D8
Not...that I actually work with digital art much at all. But you know. For the lulz of it.
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wow this was insanely helpful. i've never seen a PS lineart tutorial this helpful. thankyou so much!
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Another usefull tutorial^^...Well done...
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this...is AWESOME!!!
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Yay! What's wrong with your tower? 3:
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You are a genius!
I spent so long messing with my linearts when I wanted to make them prettified before and always failed, as well as taking an eternity.
Thank you so much for such an awesome and easy to follow tutorial Shin-chan
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i'm glad it helped you! you're welcome.
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yaay! I've never known it's so easy! thank You very much for this tutorial :3 
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ah im surprised at how much this has helped, sure beats trying to do the whole thing again with pen tool~ thanks for helping me think in a new way 8D
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