How to clean scanned line

Here's a quick and easy method you can use to clean a scanned drawing. In this video you'll see how to isolate your line on a separated layer, without loosing quality. Then, you'll be able to color the line easily, and to paint under it.

This method works for every photoshop versions ;)
For a better result, scan your line with a 300 dpi resolution.

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[nodws]

you dont need to go to the channels, just apply the Multiply filter

[katikut]

@nodws : I use Photoshop for 10 years now, I now how to use the mutiply function, don't worry :D But this is not what I try to show here :) I don't think that you'll be able to color your lineart easily if you just use the multiply function ;) Here I isolate the line from the white BG :) It's separated on a single layer with this method ^^

[LenaJohansenMUA]

I so wanted to learn this, but with no voice and working to fast, this is useless for me. Maybe you one day will put out a video where you are working a little bit slower, and use your voice to explain. ?

[katikut]

@LenaJohansenMUA :

I"m sorry Lena, but as I'm french, I wouldn't be able to speak in english at the same time. I can understand this is to quick, but I'm already working slower than usual (I try not to use shorcut with keyboard) , and the video permits to go back. You can also see it again and again. :) As I really never have the time to do this kind of things, I thinks it's already a good point if I made this short example T_T I wouldn't be able today to find time to do this again unfortunatly.

[KittyKyomi]

okay but what if you happen to accidentally smudge. I mean you have very clean pencil lines in the scan, My pencils usually smudge on the paper

[katikut]

@KittyKyomi : It will work the same :)

[priestvanglak]

thanks. multiply layer doesnt always work well b ecause when you select color, it doesn't look like that color because of it. sometimes i pick red, it is brown. great tutorial.

[Sargesgrl12]

Thank you! Now I just need to try and get Photoshop. (currently stuck with Corel Painter)

[SSTGproductions]

thanks, i could never get used to drawing on a tablet...

[darkninjapoptart]

Ooooooo, thank you! This will help A LOT! Thank you!!!