Scan Black White Art Phtoto or Documebnt for Photoshop

So, yous only scanned or took a picture of your hand-drawn line fine art with your smartphone and, y'all go to color it to find that it just doesn't look as ready to color as the original. At times like these, it's all-time to extract your line work and convert it into something more than suited for digital coloring. You can do this past using the Convert Effulgence to Opacity function in Clip Studio Paint and SAI or the Alpha Channel part in Photoshop.

Adjusting the Image Color

Using our graphics software of option, we'll begin by opening the scanned or photo image of our illustration.

Even though the original image is blackness lines on white paper, the imported paradigm ends upwardly with either a gray tone to it, or the lines aren't every bit strong as in the original. To fix this upshot, nosotros will adapt the image so that the background is completely white and the lines are solid and articulate. The method we will use to reach this depends on the graphics software nosotros want to use.

Photoshop & Clip Studio Paint

First, we'll adjust the color using an adjustment layer (Tonal Correction layer).

● Brightness/Contrast

Use Effulgence/Dissimilarity to brighten the overall paradigm.

In Photoshop:

Layer menu > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast

In Clip Studio Paint:

Layer carte > New Correction Layer > Brightness/Contrast

From the displayed carte, use the Brightness slider to make the paper background as white as possible without losing too much line art detail.

● Level Correction

Next, use Level Correction to make the lines more distinct.

In Photoshop:

Layer card > New Adjustment Layer > Levels

In Clip Studio Pigment:

Layer menu > New Correction Layer > Level Correction

From the displayed menu, operate the triangle nodes at the bottom of the graph by dragging them right or left equally needed. This allows you to whiten the colour and shadows of the paper, besides equally thicken and darken the line work.

One time complete, the adjustments will be created in the course of an adjustment layer (Tonal Correction layer). If you aren't quite satisfied with the results, double click the adjustment layer icon to display the carte du jour again and readjust your settings.

Lastly, select the Layer menu > Flatten image and the line art layer will merge with the aligning layer (Tonal Correction layer).

Just in case, I recommend saving your file once earlier merging.

Adjusting the Epitome Colour: Paint Tool SAI

For SAI, select and set the Filter carte > Effulgence/Contrast settings.

In the Brightness and Dissimilarity dialog, adjust the Brightness slider so that the paper appears white. Make sure that thin lines practise not disappear or go too thin while adjusting. One time satisfied, click OK.

Select the [Filter] menu > [Brightness/Dissimilarity] again.

This time, adjust the [Dissimilarity] and [Brightness] sliders to darken the lines. Take care that lines don't become too thick or extend past your original line work.

Completing the colour adjustments

Compared to the original image, we have created much nicer looking line art, night lines on a white groundwork.

In order to make the coloring stride go more easily, we will "extract" the line work by transforming the white groundwork into a transparent groundwork.

Extracting Line Art: Clip Studio Paint & SAI

We will turn the white transparent past using "convert effulgence to opacity." Select the following commands to do this.

Clip Studio Paint:

Edit menu > Convert effulgence to opacity

SAI:

Layer menu > Luminance to Transparency

With this, the line art has been extracted!

Note:
Later on using Clip Studio Paint'southward Convert effulgence to opacity, a transparent checkered pattern will appear.
Select the Layer menu > New Layer > Paper to create a new paper layer over the transparent blueprint.

Extracting Line Art: Photoshop

Using Alpha Channel, we volition turn the white transparent.

The Alpha Aqueduct office can extract transparency, uses selections as a mask for editing, and has a saving power.

Annotation: The Alpha Channel characteristic cannot be used in Photoshop Elements.

● Cutting the line art

Let's cut the line art from the canvas.

(one) Select the Selection card > All

(2) Select the Edit carte du jour > Cutting

● Creating an Alpha Channel

Select the Window menu > Channels to display and create an Blastoff Channel.

(1) Click Create New Aqueduct from the Channels panel

(2) Select the created Alpha Channel

(3) Select the Edit carte du jour > Paste to paste the line art to the Alpha Channel.

● Creating a selection

Let's now create a selection based on the opacity and line thickness.

(1) Select the Option menu > Load Selection

(2) Select the Alpha Channel nosotros used earlier from Channels

(three) Bank check Invert and click OK

● Creating line fine art

Side by side, nosotros'll make a new layer based on the line fine art.

(1) Create a new layer by selecting Create a New Layer from the Layer console

(ii) A canvas with the dimensions of the selected area volition appear

(3) Select the Edit menu > Fill up

(4) Select a color to fill from Contents

(5) Uncheck the Preserve Transparency selection and click OK

With this, the line art has been extracted!

The Line Art is At present Ready!

With this finished line art, you lot can add together colored layers underneath the line fine art without erasing the lines.

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