Black & Blues

[alembic]

What's the best way to replace solid black line art with a light, non-repro blue so that it can be printed out and inked over?

I'm sure there's a simple way to do it, but it's way to late at night for me to figure it out.

alembic

[The man with no name]

If your working with Photoshop, double click the layer to bring up layer properties then select color overlay, then slect the color you want, another way is to bring up the hue/saturation menu ( Ctrl + u ) you can change the color there also, hope this helps :)

sorry just noticed you were refering to painter, ummm well if you do have PS then the above examples may still be useful

sorry if this wasnt what you were looking for...

[ikken]

create a new layer, fill it with blue and change layer mode to "magic combine":
http://i44.tinypic.com/25z41w6.jpg

[Jin]

What's the best way to replace solid black line art with a light, non-repro blue so that it can be printed out and inked over?

I'm sure there's a simple way to do it, but it's way to late at night for me to figure it out.

alembic

As you can see, there are usually several ways to "skin a cat", this instance being no exception.

The following two sets of instructions were written in response to a member's question at Painter Talk forums. He wanted to use his line work as part of the completed painting but change the black and white line work to a color that would blend better with the painting.

Since I prefer to take precautions and save things in case they might be needed again later, in both sets of instructions, the colored line work is on a separate Layer and the original black and white line work is retained as-is.

In addition, these two methods don't rely on Composite Methods to alter the black and white line work color as that could, in some scenarios, affect underlying Layers' color and produce unwanted results. Instead, the colored line work is on a default image Layer with a transparent background and can be adjusted independently without affecting underlying Layers.

The sepia color in the examples could have been any color, including non-repro blue.



Here are two methods to choose from depending on how your line work was created.

Method One

If the black line work is on a white background and the Layer the line work is on is set to Composite Method Gel to make the white background transparent:

1. Change the Layer Composite Method to Default.

2. Use Select menu > Auto Select, Using: Image Luminance. Now the black line work is selected.

3. Choose the color you want the line work to be.

4. Create a new Layer.

5. In the Layers palette, highlight the new Layer.

6. With the selection still active, use Effects menu > Fill, Using: Current Color.

http://www.pixelalley.com/color/blk_wht_lineart_to_color01.jpg

7. Close the original line art Layer's Eye icon to make it invisible. Now your line art can be above your painting/coloring and have the look you want.

http://www.pixelalley.com/color/blk_wht_lineart_to_color02.jpg


Method Two

If the black line art was drawn on a Layer and has no white background:

1. Right-click the line work Layer and choose Select Layer Transparency. Now the black line work is selected.

2. Choose the color you want the line work to be.

3. Create a new Layer.

4. In the Layers palette, highlight the new Layer.

5. With the selection still active, use Effects menu > Fill, Using: Current Color.

6. Close the original line art Layer's Eye icon to make it invisible. Now your line art can be above your painting/coloring and have the look you want.



Jinny




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