Coloring Tutorials
These are all made w/ Adobe Photoshop, and it's unknown if they will translate. They all use selective coloring and color balance.
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download PSD file for Photoshop HERE.
1. Copy base and set to SCREEN @ 20% opacity
Optional Step - copy base and erase hand and pencil and set to screen @ 100% opacity (done so hand wouldn't be so bright, this step isn't required to get a good color).
2. Make a new COLOR FILL layer using 410101 and set to Exclusion @ 40 %
3. Make a new COLOR BALANCE layer w/ the following settings:
Midtones @ -20, -10, -10
Shadows @ -10, -20, -10
Highlights @ +10, +5, +10
preserve luminosity CHECKED
4. Make a new SELECTIVE COLOR layer w/ the following settings:
Reds: +100, 0, +100, 0
Yellows: -100, +100, -100, -50
Blues: +100, -100, -100, +100
Magentas: should ALL be +100
Whites: should ALL be -10
Neutrals: +10, -5, +10, -5
Blacks: +100, +100, +100, 0
Method: Relative
5. Merge all layers and you're DONE! :]
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download PSD file for Photoshop HERE
1. Copy base and set to SCREEN @ 50%
2. Make a COLOR FILL layer using 1F000C, set to Exclusion @ 100%
3. Make a SELECTIVE COLOR layer w/ the following settings:
Reds: +100, +100, +100, 0
Yellows: -100, +100, +100, 0
Cyans: +100, +100, +100, 0
Whites: -20, +10, -20, -5
Neutrals: +5, -5, -5, -5
Blacks: +100, +100, +100, 0
Method: Relative
4. Make a COLOR BALANCE layer w/ the following settings:
Midtones: -5, -5,+5
Shadows: +5, +5, +10
Highlights: -5, -5, -10
Preserve Luminosity CHECKED
5. Merge all layers and you're DONE
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download PSD file for Photoshop HERE
1. Copy base and set to SCREEN @ 50%
Optional Step - on the screened base erase the yellowing colored background around Rupert
2. Make a COLOR FILL layer using 1F0000 and set to Exclusion @ 100%
3. Make a SELECTIVE COLOR layer w/ the following options:
Reds: -100, +50, +100, 0
Yellows: -100, +100, -100, 0
Blues: 0, 0, 0, +100
Magentas: -100, +100, +100, 0
Whites: +10, -5, -20, 0
Neutrals: 0, 0, -5, 0
Blacks: -10, +100, -20, 0
Method: Relative
4. Make a COLOR BALANCE layer w/ the following settings:
Midtones: +10, +10, -10
Shadows: +10, -5, -10
Highlights: -10, -10, +5
Preserve Luminosity CHECKED
5. Merge all layers and you're DONE!
go from
to
download PSD file for Photoshop HERE.
1. Copy base and set to SCREEN @ 20% opacity
Optional Step - copy base and erase hand and pencil and set to screen @ 100% opacity (done so hand wouldn't be so bright, this step isn't required to get a good color).
2. Make a new COLOR FILL layer using 410101 and set to Exclusion @ 40 %
3. Make a new COLOR BALANCE layer w/ the following settings:
Midtones @ -20, -10, -10
Shadows @ -10, -20, -10
Highlights @ +10, +5, +10
preserve luminosity CHECKED
4. Make a new SELECTIVE COLOR layer w/ the following settings:
Reds: +100, 0, +100, 0
Yellows: -100, +100, -100, -50
Blues: +100, -100, -100, +100
Magentas: should ALL be +100
Whites: should ALL be -10
Neutrals: +10, -5, +10, -5
Blacks: +100, +100, +100, 0
Method: Relative
5. Merge all layers and you're DONE! :]
go from
to
download PSD file for Photoshop HERE
1. Copy base and set to SCREEN @ 50%
2. Make a COLOR FILL layer using 1F000C, set to Exclusion @ 100%
3. Make a SELECTIVE COLOR layer w/ the following settings:
Reds: +100, +100, +100, 0
Yellows: -100, +100, +100, 0
Cyans: +100, +100, +100, 0
Whites: -20, +10, -20, -5
Neutrals: +5, -5, -5, -5
Blacks: +100, +100, +100, 0
Method: Relative
4. Make a COLOR BALANCE layer w/ the following settings:
Midtones: -5, -5,+5
Shadows: +5, +5, +10
Highlights: -5, -5, -10
Preserve Luminosity CHECKED
5. Merge all layers and you're DONE
Go from
to
download PSD file for Photoshop HERE
1. Copy base and set to SCREEN @ 50%
Optional Step - on the screened base erase the yellowing colored background around Rupert
2. Make a COLOR FILL layer using 1F0000 and set to Exclusion @ 100%
3. Make a SELECTIVE COLOR layer w/ the following options:
Reds: -100, +50, +100, 0
Yellows: -100, +100, -100, 0
Blues: 0, 0, 0, +100
Magentas: -100, +100, +100, 0
Whites: +10, -5, -20, 0
Neutrals: 0, 0, -5, 0
Blacks: -10, +100, -20, 0
Method: Relative
4. Make a COLOR BALANCE layer w/ the following settings:
Midtones: +10, +10, -10
Shadows: +10, -5, -10
Highlights: -10, -10, +5
Preserve Luminosity CHECKED
5. Merge all layers and you're DONE!