Hey guys,
I do most work in ballpoint pen and struggle with trying to colorize it while in photoshop. I create new layers on top of the drawing and use options like overlay and color, but the image always looks muted or grey and pixelated by the time im done. Any suggestions?
I do most work in ballpoint pen and struggle with trying to colorize it while in photoshop. I create new layers on top of the drawing and use options like overlay and color, but the image always looks muted or grey and pixelated by the time im done. Any suggestions?
Put that on the top layer. Turn it to multiply.
Then paint on a layer underneath it in whatever color.
Top layer of ink should just remain black.
If not, what program are you using?
For example, if the lines are super dark, you could invert them so they are white, then go to Image>Adjustments>Photo Filter and you can select a color and place the Saturation of that color onto the now white (from the invert) lines... Click preserve luminosity off though to give it a really saturated color...
Or you could go to Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation and crank up the lightness til the black lines are a greyish color and slap the Photo Filter onto it that way, rather than the invert.
I'm sure there are other ways to do so, but usually I rely on the PhotoFilter option to place color into a grey image. You could just try to crank saturation to the max and see if it'll pick up on any color, as most scanned images usually do contain a hint of color (opposed to being strictly absolute black, or desaturated)
I hope that helps a little and wasn't way off the mark from what you were asking to do...