To Infinity Beyond Ink Colour in Photoshop These

To Infinity & Beyond: Ink & Colour in Photoshop These steps are saved at: J: / Computing / JUNIOR COMP / Photoshop / Colour Toy Story Line Art. PPT Photo. Shop Elements 6 examples shown.

Get Line Art Draw & Scan your own picture. Or search online to get black/white Line Art of your favourite character. • Use Google image search tools to get images larger than 1024 px

Save the best quality • Don’t copy or save thumbnail • Click “View Image” to get the full size

File – New –Image from Clipboard 1. Copy the Ink Line ART from the browser 2. Make a file from the web image – File – NEW – Image from Clipboard 3. Save it NOW, e. g. Buzz 1. psd

Make sure it’s in Colour Mode If it’s grey then colour won’t work It needs to be in RGB Colour

Set Up a New Colour Layer behind ART 1. Make a NEW LAYER. 2. Rename it “Colour” 3. Drag it under Layer 1 Ink Line Art • Make the white see thru. – Change Layer 1 Normal to MULTIPLY

Paint Colour Behind the ART

Tools Tips 1. Padlock ink layer to Lock it so you don’t edit it by accident 2. Magic Wand Lasso tools can select certain parts of Layer 1 3. Use the Colour Picker / Swatches 4. Change Brush properties size/shape 5. Then click on Colour layer to paint

Tools Tips 6. Fix mistakes with the Eraser or Undo (Ctrl+Z) – OR - Window – UNDO History 7. Add Highlights / Shading to a New Layer 8. Use Draw / Fill / Gradient tools to make backgrounds.

SAVE 2 copies: Layers / Flat Copy 1. Save layered – File – Save As – filename. PSD 2. File – Save for Web – choose Preset: PNG-24 OK

Change Colours + Save Again • Reuse your original and make different colour copies like Andy Warhol’s Pop Art

Change Colours + Save Again 1. File – Save For Web – PNG 24 2. Enhance – Adjust colour – Adjust Hue/saturation 3. Adjust Hue slider 4. Save for Web again 5. Repeat x 4