How to easily color sketches in Photoshop

[timaykk]

r u using a bamboo tablet and pen??

[MrKURT911]

thank you so much for this it helped, but im only new to my Intuos 4 and how do you make it so that if you go over the same bit like 10 times it doesnt make it darker etc, cause when im colouring something and i go back to a bit i missed if i get go over a bit ive done it makes it darker and it looks stupid then. and i noticed in this that, that didint happen for you?

[Richy0money]

thanks man, easy to understand and far better then some of the other unnecessarily complicated vids.

[ThomThomV]

Thanks man!

[NeruNeruify]

Aha. Thank you, I forgot how to do this and this has made the best sense so far.

[SoraAngel0]

wat tool do u make to select the entire drawing?

[Richy0money]

@SoraAngel0 magic wand selection

[Blackearedwolf]

why change the mode to multiply, what does it do?

[Richy0money]

@Blackearedwolf it works like watercolor, and blends the colors together. leaving the darkest color to easily be seen.

[klcounc]

thank you. that was the easiest explaination of photoshop coloring ive seen yet. im learning to do comic art and this makes alot of freakin sense. thank you

[mcdooooooooo]

AWESOME!

[nekidmonster]

when i tried to erse the excess, it ered the stuff inside rther thn outside, help?

[mgmga1]

WOW....i got so confused and worked up over masking and the layers and didnt even think of doing that O.O THANX

[novekai]

omg......thnxz

[espeonsweetie]

Finally! One that actually TELLS you what to do at the right speed! Thank you so much for this! The other ones I watched were fails.

[gallyhoshi]

THANK YOU!

[joepigslop]

Noise at 4:38 scared the shit outta me

[Beeeaaand]

great vid bud!!

[kannYeke]

someone just logged in @4:22

[ilikegaia]

thank you!!! I finally found what I was looking for, how to clour with out turning the lines completely black! :D that help a lot, thanks (though the audio could be better

;_; )

[carebearpuncher]

tho the audio was somewhat horrendous i still got it :) so we're good thx it helped quite a bit

[Yewro2000]

How did you select the background to erase the excess?

[chipmunkninjah]

TANK YOU!

Finally a guide that actually tells you HOW AND WHAT to do, instead of just showing HOW to do it in 10x speed.

[jackfeva]

holy crap... O.o you just showed me what countless others failed to do.... thankyou for not making this one of those qucik color speed runs with crapy music and instead an actual tutorial. if i could, i would give you a hug.

[shortiecanbrawl]

Yes! Im so glad I found a way to do this, now I can become a REEEEAAAALLL artist ;)

[waterhands20]

Finally a detailed and instructional vid; too many videos out there of people speed painting without giving proper instruction. Thanks a lot man, really appreciate it.

[KiDD275]

thank god for this vid i was so lost how people did that colouring over the lines..thanks

[pineqwe123]

hurrey  for not speeeeeedddddd painting (salute!)

[sweden360]

thanks man you learned me the basic colouring in ps, now I just need a guide how to make it more colourful, (a bit in 3d but not in the manga/anime style)

[pgf95]

bullshit.

[DarkAnimeWindSlayer]

I can't hear >.< speak up or raise the volume

(noob if you can't tell a joke when you hear a joke)

[CorinaJoanBlack]

what if you're a lefty?

[gabrielusa911]

if anyone can help plz tell me.. when i do this the colors come out weird in the back because its not really white, so the skin color apears spotted anyone know a solution for this..

[jmandrie07]

i didn't get the last part, i selected the colored part and i could not erase the colors outside of it ;o

[Superay360]

@jmandrie07 just use the history brush instead, it's much easier to use

[WalkingDrug]

how do u make your brush color be transparent? pls reply

[m92583]

exactly what i was looking for thank u

[tpatterson0]

ohhh awesome thank ^_^

[MrBurritoSupreme]

omg i can't even watch this. the audio is fucking annoying

[ChipmunksFactory]

I don`t get how you delete that...Please reply ;)

[ChipmunksFactory]

by what do you expan it?

[gogoteca]

Great tutorial! It was really helpfull =)! But the audio... Holy...

[sadgirl726]

thank you sooo much ..ive viewed many useless video..but this is right on point thanks a bunches..

[EHeroGODNEOS]

This tutorial helped,Multiple works nicely with sketch images ,Overlay is for real life pictures =]

[vivasuperspaz]

Sorry, i can't really hear, What does the multiply layer do?

[Jaskatzu]

The audio was too horrible. Couldn't watch :(

[thatrubberducky26]

@Jaskatzu theres a mute button

[chump177]

If your opacity is 100% how come you can see layer 1 underneath the colour?

[SoraAngel0]

@chump177 multiply

[kakatja]

THANKS!!!!!

[Crox300]

wtF?

[Chaospaz]

u should redo this tutorial for clearer audio, because this is a extremely helpful tut

[iRockerzProductionz]

Ty. [:

[ColeVecsion]

Simple and to the point, easily one of the best coloring guides on youtube, great job~!

[keiralionel]

it's simply colored, but it makes it nice :) thx for sharing

[francoferret]

this is the best tutorial in the internet. every other tutorial I've seen either doesn't guide us through the process or talks like we already know everything in photoshop.

thumbs up and thanks

[francoferret]

this is the best tutorial in the internet. every other tutorial I've seen either doesn't guide us through the process or talks like we already know everything in photoshop.

thumbs up and thanks

[testedatrandom]

thankyou so much man. dead set i have been trying to figure this out for ages, but figured you must not be able to do it on photoshop elements 0.2, but aparently you can. this was so helpful, you are a god to me xD

[Bidon45]

I prefer overlay rather than multiply.

[chocobolvr]

I can't select the entire white backround no matter how hard I try.

Help please?

[SukkleSaysShh]

I wish I could watch this .-. the sound just fucks with my head too much D:

[KuscoChan]

Thanks for this Tutorial, I really appreciate it and it helped me a lot .)

[unit10251]

OMG !!1!!1!1! You totally saved me like 104882027429 hours of coloring on my commisions. T. T THANK YOU !!!1!1!1!1!

[PlayerOblivion]

I've just started sketching and i always wondered how people could color the sketch without even touching the lines! You are my god! I love you! lol.

[WESKERfromEVIL]

wtf is with the sound ??

[prodicallive]

God Bless you, even the was a problem with the sound system . its soo the tutorial which has help me with how to colour in photoshop.

[daisyharperlee888]

need to hear it to be able to understand it

[boboving23]

msn WIN!

[Deedee9005]

the last thing that i dont understand it .. its the last tool how could get this tool efter the "select ,Modify,Expand." and what then ??? when i do these steps i dont get the larg Circle that i can use it to hide the extra color :< ... T^T

pleeeeeeeeeeeez help me

[09cheol]

bitch

[Makojumbi]

you have to be a noobzor not to know this...

[Fjnoxluvscomixhaa]

@Makojumbi Well I dunno about you, but everyone has to start from somewhere. Even the great artists you see now in the field of digital art, they too were noobs once. Anyone can be a noob when they're starting out, and I think this video is really neat and would help anyone starting with photoshop immensely. It took me two years to learn that there was something known as multiply, so there.

@xgcwardog Great job with the video!

[Makojumbi]

@Fjnoxluvscomixhaa lets not get too butt hurt over a video comment on youtube.

this technique took me 5 minutes of fiddling in photoshop to learn. so yup it's noob.

[Fjnoxluvscomixhaa]

@Makojumbi No no no, dude you're gettin me wrong. I just said that this video makes it easier to learn. I'm not here to argue over this. Whatever.

By the way I checked your page out, you draw really well man. You got a deviantart or something?

[Makojumbi]

@Fjnoxluvscomixhaa aha sorry man you caught me in a pretty foul mood. haha, but no i do have a deviant art, i just havent updated it in forever, the community there never seems to notice that i exist. but perhaps i'll set up some pics on my profile.

[Fjnoxluvscomixhaa]

@Makojumbi Hey aint no problem. That happened to me too when I was starting out and I stopped checking my page for a while because of that, but I was still there browsing other artworks and then on a sudden whim I went and checked my page and saw that people were welcoming me to deviantart. Its a massive community and it does take a while for people to notice you, but if you stick to it you can meet some neat people and artists and get inspired and learn and stuff. Link please?

Update your page!

[HonestPosterity]

Nice!

[samuraXIV]

Thanks for the tutorial, this was really helpful :D

[s3thapl]

Crappy audio but very nice tutorial

You helped me a lot :D

Thx

[Sasorixhotaru]

I was first just listening and when the msm pop-up I was shocked and then I saw what it was xDD really it reminded me of my brother when he do something important and someone making him get from it a moment xDD and I laughing everytime I hear it

[Laughablematter]

lol, msn pop-up rawrrwar! :P

[sucrilhus]

I loled twice... during his rawrrwar, and when I read your comment.

LOL!

[DBZProphet]

Thanks for the Tutorial man. You helped Pandabaka with his rep so he should be a little bit thankful :O

[ladiibug91]

how did you get the mini version of the picture there, above where it shows the layer info?

[dudeisodumb]

thank u so much!

5/5

fav

[StupifiedSarah]

it won't let me paste the picture to photobucket. i think i'm doing it wrong. T~T

[weenylem]

photo bucket?

[FullMetalNinjaDemon]

these sorts of videos will definatly help people like me get better at colouring in photoshop. (people like me; being people who don't really know how to do anything decent in the colouring side of photoshop work).

thank you very much ^^

[FullMetalNinjaDemon]

wait, that turned out more like an insult to people.

I just mean people who don't really know exactly what to do to get really good quality colouring in their work.

[darjasoko]

how do u color under the painting??

[1800Supreme]

you need the sketch on the top layer if you want to know how to do so feel free to PM me anytime

[animeXrockon]

Thank you!

[Izzisx3]

OHH THANK YOU!! :D

-Since I'm such a newbie to PS, so I had to rewatch the video 4-5 times.. Well anyways, thank you! :D

[evilPIKAchuCHU]

SSOOOOOO awesome!!!! thx alot! =]

[chubbyemopanda]

PANDA BAKA!!! FTW!

and thank you ive been searching for a tutorial on youtube that was step by step :) THANKS AGAIN XD

[gabbie363]

THANK U~~!!!!

HELPED ME SOOOO MUCH ^^

[SNJKaiJM]

That helped me sooo much!

[AsStakta]

You sound like from a guy from radio:DDD

[DRxSqueakin]

i love pandabakas drawings. 0.0

[MrGkb3rk]

hey thats pandabaka ^^

[ilubkyo2mucho]

Many thanks for the tutorial. :)

[oNiGiRixaddiCtOR]

Thank you thank you a thousand times, thank you!! xD LMFAO

Thanks for sharing..? xD

Lol, i've looked up tons of tutorials on how to color an anime picture...i didn't really understood what they meant! but then your video helped explain :D

arigatou !!

i'm going draw TONS of pictures now ~

[obetsky233]

thank you!!!! T_T

[NaruHinaDude1528]

Oh, okay... I commented too early :D Sooo, thats the point, I get it... thats why I was having some problems :D

[NaruHinaDude1528]

Okaaay... I got a question... Whats the point of setting the layer mode to multiply?

[DarkPsycotix]

so that you don't color over the lineart. with multiply you can see underlying layers through the colrs you lay down

[randysawesome]

So you don't just color over the picture, it blends it in.

[IrisBriefs]

When you color on a regular layer, it the color will go OVER your line art, and you wont be able to see your line art any more. The multiply layer makes the colors "transparent", so you can still see your line art through the color.

FYI, you can also set your line art to multiply and have it on the top, then you don't have to multiply all of your color layers and you get the same effect.

[GoDudi]

Aheeey~ A simple, yet beautiful tutorial. Thanks for sharing it with us. :]

[Hagane95]

i´m new with drawing with photoshop how do you select the background is there a button combination or what? i didnt understand that, sorry for my bad english and thanks for an answer

[NasuneUzumaki]

I believe he is using the magic wand tool, I'm actually using CS2 so I wouldn't know if the setting are the same but you can go into your tool window and find it. In CS2 you change the tolerance at the top (you just type in a level, 255 is highest) and that is how much it selects. You have to play around with it because it depends how big the picture is and so on. Hope I helped even though I'm bad at explaining ^_^;

[shawn1200]

Thanks good to learn a new way..

[mistyjocasta]

You could almost do the GARGH

Lolz!!!!!

[LexiYeesh]

LMAO. x] that was priceless.

[mistyjocasta]

=D grin!!!

[LilyAmoungThorns]

Brilliant! :D

[SteevDragon67]

you need to fix the audio

[M0man]

Congratulations on not being able to read apparently

[vhirgvhirg]

yahh..

[MorbidMasquerade]

Thank you.

You're very helpful.

Take care.

[Sephirex]

I used your method to try coloring a drawing of mine for the first time. Thanks alot!

[EvolutionX0]

audios a bit buggered but very helpful tutorial thanks alot

[Monkeycudo]

lol attak of the pop-up.

cool tut and thanx

[giglitron]

4:38 best part

[joak2008]

xD funny

[Tyuss]

I just love that you always repeat that that is not your sketch :}} Your a good man.. and love this tutorial... thank you.

[fredddd111]

what level is the opacity on?

[xgcwardog]

100%

[EldredJZombie]

good tutorial but on msn put your status on busy ;)

[n3rt]

you're doing it wrong.

[aurheas]

what ever i clicked the handtool always show up

what will i do?

[aurheas]

this is the best tutorial ever...

coz' it isn't a zip zap like the others

[BlackChiWhite]

yah ^^ but then most of those fast ones just show u the coloring not meant as a tutorial(thats y they speed it up)

[watsup4u]

how do u select all?

[Kiyoto]

omg i've been wondering how ppl erased like that! thank you for showing and telling how you do that, thanx!awsome vid!

[WickedLovelyK]

Thank you so much for this video. This is like the only video I found on youtube that said it step by step. ;D

[touchemebooty]

you are awesome...!!! thanks alot for making this!

[flyfffan234]

Why don't you use sound recorder.......

in accessories or did you use that? cause it works fine for me.

[sergiozefi]

as of today i love you i have seen like a million videos to try and help me and u explained it so well thank you

[quique360]

i have a for real question.

i used this technique and my drawing came out pretty cool, but how can i fill in the background with a single color without having to paint around the entire photo.

this would help me a lot.

[quique360]

i already filled the rest of the sketch with color so deleting every layer is out of the question.

[jaywyy38]

just use the magic wand and highlight the blank area around the drawing and then use paintbucket to fill it around. hope that helped!

[Yukio824]

To avoid darkening the color.

You must make a new layer for every mode.

:3

[Baerra92]

Or you can mask out what u wanna color and then choose a large brush and only make one big stroke over ur mask.

[ish718]

How do you mask out something???

[Urhed]

When i use the brush tool how can i avoid darkening the first stroke with the second?

[CornFlakeSTEW]

Phototshop always seemed like comparing the controls of a car (Microsoft Paint) to the controls of the Space Shuttle (Photoshop). D:

[Luvie2]

Thanks, this was helpful :)

[miikkie]

hey um at the end where you selected the entire backround how did you do that?

[xgcwardog]

I turned up the tolerance on the Magic wand tool, and selected the white area outside the sketch.

[miikkie]

what did you turn the tolerance to?.... sorry i've never really used the wand befor im still learning i've tryed so many times to color my sketches and they never turn out that good DX

[miikkie]

thank you so much this was such a big help ^.^

[fullfist]

great tutorial thx! nice shadow technique.

[pirateninja448]

ur sooo good at teaching this stuff! either that or i no nothing about photoshop

[ultrabean]

my background keeps coming out yellow how do i make it white, on background contents i cick white but its still yellow, can someone help me

[xgcwardog]

I had this problem with my new monitor, there's color correction issues with the monitors drivers and they're conflicting with Photoshop. You have to go into your settings (assuming you're using Windows) and change your color profile to default or Photoshop's preset.

[ultrabean]

i set tio to default and its still yellow, im isung a color profile titled 2005FPW, how could i change it to photoshop presets?

[ultrabean]

i set tio to default and its still yellow, im isung a color profile titled 2005FPW, how could i change it to photoshop presets?

[rasltain]

argh plzplzplzplz redo the sound :'( its exactly what i need but I cant hear :'(

[xgcwardog]

Sure thing, I'm on vacation now, but as soon as I get back I'll remake this with an even easier method and clearer sound.

[rasltain]

your awsome :D

[freakysprinkles]

your video helped a lot. thanks!

[superhuntercowguy]

I'm having some truble with the color, when ever I color it in it dubbles the color untill it's black and I can't get just a flat color. how do I fix that?

[liljay0013]

ok at the end were do you get the eraser at the end to erase the parts you messed up

[kleeminthecat]

I luff you, run away with me. <3

[xgcwardog]

Sorry about the audio, I was using a new Recorder and It didn't pick up the sound very well. For some reason the idea of running the recorder and Audacity at the same time never occurred to me.

[8InnerGates]

Thanks a lot, Your video did help. And you are right, it is easy.

[Kailys3]

uhm, why didn't you message them asking if you could color their lineart.

otherwise that's a really shitty thing to do.

[coolgirl101213]

like the pik great job 5/5 =)

[russiajewels]

can- u- not- have- the f*Ck*ng- gaps- in-your-voice-..

Holy!!!!!.. so annoying......thank u and everything but if ur such a pro at photoshop then simple sound modification shouldn't be hard. ! thanks

[inkhaterespect]

idiot.

[noclip321]

I like your voice ;)