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Lineart with Gimp 2012-02-18 14:46:11 Reply

I'm trying to turn my drawings I've scanned into lineart that I can color without going over what I've drawn. I know how to do this with photoshop but I don't have access to it at the moment. Does anyone know how?

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Response to Lineart with Gimp 2012-02-18 15:02:00 Reply
At 12 minutes ago, viscioushero wrote: I'm trying to turn my drawings I've scanned into lineart that I can color without going over what I've drawn. I know how to do this with photoshop but I don't have access to it at the moment. Does anyone know how?

The exact same way you do in Photoshop, if I understand what you're trying to do correctly - stick your colours on a layer below the lineart and set the layer mode of the lineart layer to "Multiply".

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Response to Lineart with Gimp 2012-02-18 15:12:53 Reply

See, this is what I would always follow when doing lineart. I just dont know how it would translate over to gimp.

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Response to Lineart with Gimp 2012-02-18 15:51:02 Reply
At 36 minutes ago, viscioushero wrote: See, this is what I would always follow when doing lineart. I just dont know how it would translate over to gimp.

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Response to Lineart with Gimp 2012-02-18 16:09:20 Reply
At 11 minutes ago, Re2deemer wrote:
At 36 minutes ago, viscioushero wrote: See, this is what I would always follow when doing lineart. I just dont know how it would translate over to gimp.
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Sorry, thought the image could be enlarged. http://akemi-shuu.deviantart.com/art/Tutorial-Pt-1-Lineart-3 2528255

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Response to Lineart with Gimp 2012-02-18 16:36:12 Reply
At 11 minutes ago, viscioushero wrote:
Sorry, thought the image could be enlarged. http://akemi-shuu.deviantart.com/art/Tutorial-Pt-1-Lineart-3 2528255

It says quite clearly down there that "Image may not exceed 720px wide by 700 px tall." :/

Anyhow...

To clean up your lineart, go to Image >>> Adjustments >>>> Brightness/contrast

In GIMP, that is under Colors>>>Brightness-contrast

After you are satisfied with your lineart. do the following steps....

Uh....His way is somewhat longer and more work, I would just recomment that you make a new layer below that of where your lineart is for colour and that you set the layer mode of your lineart layer to "Multiply". That is, unless you want coloured lineart.

But if you insist...
The commands he uses are Select All, Cut, and Make New Layer, in that order.The corresponding hotkeys in GIMP are the same. Toggle Quick Mask is Shift+Q (or you can find it under the "Select" bar). Ctrl+D is Duplicate Image in GIMP, you need Deselect instead (Ctrl+Shift+A)

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Response to Lineart with Gimp 2012-02-18 17:15:26 Reply
But if you insist...
The commands he uses are Select All, Cut, and Make New Layer, in that order.The corresponding hotkeys in GIMP are the same. Toggle Quick Mask is Shift+Q (or you can find it under the "Select" bar). Ctrl+D is Duplicate Image in GIMP, you need Deselect instead (Ctrl+Shift+A)

Thanks a lot, I'll try this out. Sorry about the image link thing I guess.. :\