Keeping your linework above your colouring?

[Cold]

I was wondering how it is possible to keep your scanned in linework over your colours?

I know in photoshop they have transparency, with selection, you can make all the white colour trans.

But how can I do this on Painter9, anyone?



My idea is to colour my lineart without losing the originallity of it. :\

[glikster]

You can do the same thing in Painter IX.
There's copy and paste the linework on top and set it to multiply.
Or make a Color Selection on the white and use that as a layer mask of a black-filled layer/linework on top.

[Cold]

thank you so far, but how do i copy&paste and set it to multiply layers?

Can someone show this to me?

[glikster]

Open the scanned line-art.
Press CTRL-A.
Press CTRL-C.
Press CTRL-V.
Go to the Layers pallette (see fig. A) and choose Multiply from the drop down menu.

FIG.Ahttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/glikster/layers.jpg

[Chris Beatrice]

FYI, setting the layer's composite method to "Multiply" (in Photoshop or Painter) multiplies the underlying colors by those in the multiply layer (hence the name). White is 1,1,1 (RGB values) so whatever is underneath appears unchanged (because it's multiplied by 1), hence white areas appear transparent. With a black and white image on a multiply layer, it basically appears as if you're coloring under the line work. 99% of the reason most artists use a multiply layer is for this purpose.

[Jin]

While Photoshop users often use Composite Method Multiply because it's a Photoshop Blending Mode, Painter's Composite Method Gel can also be used to make white areas of a Layer appear transparent.

For new Painter users, the Composite Methods drop down list is at the top left side of the Layers palette. That's where you'll find Composite Method Multiply, Composite Method Gel, and other Painter Composite Methods.

The right drop down list at the top of the Layers palette is Composite Depth, used with Impasto painted on the Layer to control how those brushstrokes interact with other Impasto brushstrokes on underlying Layers or the Canvas.


Jinny

[Jin]

FYI, setting the layer's composite method to "Multiply" (in Photoshop or Painter) multiplies the underlying colors by those in the multiply layer (hence the name). White is 1,1,1 (RGB values) so whatever is underneath appears unchanged (because it's multiplied by 1), hence white areas appear transparent. With a black and white image on a multiply layer, it basically appears as if you're coloring under the line work. 99% of the reason most artists use a multiply layer is for this purpose.

Just to clarify and avoid confusion:

If the RGB values are set (in the Painter 8 and Painter IX Color Info palette or in earlier versions in the Art Materials palette's RGB Colors section) to R:1 G:1 B:1 the result is blue. To set the color to white using the RGB sliders, the numbers are R:255 G:255 B:255. The same is true if the small circle in the Colors palette's Saturation/Value Triangle is moved to the top left point to pick white, or if white is picked anywhere in the image or from a white Canvas. If the color picked is truly white, the RGB sliders will jump to R:255 G:255 B:255.

With a black and white line art Layer set to Multiply or Gel, white areas appear to be transparent. This does not necessarily mean the artist will paint below the line art Layer, but that's often the practice, maintaining crisp black line work above the coloring Layers or coloring done on the Canvas. If the artist does paint color on underlying Layers or the Canvas, he/she is, in fact, coloring under the line work.


Jinny