20 [ tutorial 3 : more manga colouring ]
This tutorial is for PSP9 and should be mostly translateable, though I'm not sure if PS has the same Unsharp Mask settings as it's been a good year or three since I've used it. Or if it even has it. I don't know. -- And again, this is written assuming you can at least set layers to different settings.
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1. We all need something to start off with. So I clicked into my crap and found a suitable image to use. In this case, Jenos Hazard from Black Cat. Here we are.
2. The scan isn't bad quality, but something I learned from my brief attempt at scanlating (which never amounted to anything) was a quick way to darken lines and ... lighten the parts that should be light in any case.
Duplicate the base and set the layer to Dodge, then duplicate that layer and set it to Burn. Fiddle with the settings. Dodge should generally be around 10-20, depending, and Burn can be whatever suits the image. In this case, the picture didn't really need it so both layers are set to 10 opacity.
It's a pretty small difference.
3. Resize and crop it however you want. Now you have a base. Are you excited? I'm excited.
4. Now to colour the motherfucker. Create a new layer, set it to multiply. Pick a colour, any colour. The one I'm using is #ac9478.
Paint brush, rounded, 70 hardness and 100 opacity is how I like it. I-iya~n.
I'm colouring in the light bits of his hair first because it's easy and I ... wanted to, basically. So then I did and it was amazing and incredible.
I bet you can't even tell I did anything here.
5. Well, keep going. Make new layers, set to multiply, pick colour, colour. There we go.
6. But it could look better, right? Duplicate each of the colouring layers. Set them to Soft Light and see how it looks. Here's what I got. Not bad.
7. ... Yet it could still be better! What I like to do with the skin is Shift + B, Brightness at -70 and Contrast 50. And then I drag that under the original skin layer. Subtle, but hey. Experiment. Soft Light not giving you the right effect? Try Overlay. Go wild.
I end up with this.
8. Now merge all the layers, and make a new one. Fill it with a dark blue, say, #010f53. Set to Exclusion at around 20-40 opacity. I went with 20.
9. New layer, fill with a light-ish blue. I used #3779e7. Set it to Soft Light at 50 opacity. Isn't it gorgeous? Yeah, I know.
10. Another new layer, fill with red, #bd1121 in my case. Overlay at 36 opacity. Duplicate the red layer and set it to Screen, but drag the opacity back to whatever suits. I chose to have it at 12.
11. Depending on how it looks at this point, you might want to make a Hue/Saturation/Lightness layer. I upped the Saturation to 10 and put the layer at 62 opacity. There is barely any difference but it makes me feel better! Merge all layers.
12. Here what I like to do is go to Unsharp Mask to add a little contrast or somesuch. The settings I used are Radius: 70, Strength: 7, and Clipping: 5.
And I officially declare the icon finished.
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1. We all need something to start off with. So I clicked into my crap and found a suitable image to use. In this case, Jenos Hazard from Black Cat. Here we are.
2. The scan isn't bad quality, but something I learned from my brief attempt at scanlating (which never amounted to anything) was a quick way to darken lines and ... lighten the parts that should be light in any case.
Duplicate the base and set the layer to Dodge, then duplicate that layer and set it to Burn. Fiddle with the settings. Dodge should generally be around 10-20, depending, and Burn can be whatever suits the image. In this case, the picture didn't really need it so both layers are set to 10 opacity.
It's a pretty small difference.
3. Resize and crop it however you want. Now you have a base. Are you excited? I'm excited.
4. Now to colour the motherfucker. Create a new layer, set it to multiply. Pick a colour, any colour. The one I'm using is #ac9478.
Paint brush, rounded, 70 hardness and 100 opacity is how I like it. I-iya~n.
I'm colouring in the light bits of his hair first because it's easy and I ... wanted to, basically. So then I did and it was amazing and incredible.
I bet you can't even tell I did anything here.
5. Well, keep going. Make new layers, set to multiply, pick colour, colour. There we go.
6. But it could look better, right? Duplicate each of the colouring layers. Set them to Soft Light and see how it looks. Here's what I got. Not bad.
7. ... Yet it could still be better! What I like to do with the skin is Shift + B, Brightness at -70 and Contrast 50. And then I drag that under the original skin layer. Subtle, but hey. Experiment. Soft Light not giving you the right effect? Try Overlay. Go wild.
I end up with this.
8. Now merge all the layers, and make a new one. Fill it with a dark blue, say, #010f53. Set to Exclusion at around 20-40 opacity. I went with 20.
9. New layer, fill with a light-ish blue. I used #3779e7. Set it to Soft Light at 50 opacity. Isn't it gorgeous? Yeah, I know.
10. Another new layer, fill with red, #bd1121 in my case. Overlay at 36 opacity. Duplicate the red layer and set it to Screen, but drag the opacity back to whatever suits. I chose to have it at 12.
11. Depending on how it looks at this point, you might want to make a Hue/Saturation/Lightness layer. I upped the Saturation to 10 and put the layer at 62 opacity. There is barely any difference but it makes me feel better! Merge all layers.
12. Here what I like to do is go to Unsharp Mask to add a little contrast or somesuch. The settings I used are Radius: 70, Strength: 7, and Clipping: 5.
And I officially declare the icon finished.