This is a Photoshop action (that is to say a set of automated commands) to extract the lines of your black and white drawings. The idea of having the lines in onw layer and adding the colors in other layers below, this works like some kind of guide.
There are two procedures to color comics; the first one is putting the layer where you have the lines in multiply mode and on top of all color layers (this way the white color transforms in transparent, letting the colors be seen, but you can still see black). And the second one has an advantage… by extracting literally the lines off the drawing, you can color them (the lines) very easily.
Instructions to install the action:
- Download the action to your hard drive and decompress it.
- Save the file in: C:\Program files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Presets\Actions
- Open your black and white drawing in Photoshop.
- In the actions panel an action called “extract lines” will appear, click on it to load it.
- A folder will appear, click to expand it and click “extract lines”.
- Press play and you are done (if a message appears click OK).
If the action doesn’t appear on the list, click “load action” and search for it until you find it, the rest will be the same.
Here you can see an example: Photoshop digital inking
27 August 2007 at 3:17 PM
y como descargo o donde xq no lo veo??
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adrian_1218@hotmail.com
27 August 2007 at 3:19 PM
Aqui esta el enlace: http://www.sosnewbie.com/descargas/extractlines.zip
18 February 2008 at 10:02 PM
Tambien se podria instalar con el Photoshop CS2?
18 February 2008 at 11:22 PM
Hola Mara, creo que debería funcionar con cualquier versión en la que hayan acciones(por lo menos desde la versión 6, puede que incluso anterior).
Saludos.
29 April 2008 at 3:49 PM
oh man, i think im gonna cry. this is so awesome. Thanks.
2 May 2008 at 12:01 PM
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28 July 2008 at 9:51 PM
Is there an action for CS2?
29 July 2008 at 11:07 AM
It works for all the CS versions, I think even for older versions though I didnt check it.
14 March 2009 at 1:16 AM
Sorry, man, your action to extract black pencil lines from a white background sucks.
It does not work. I tried it ten times without a result.
I tried it with CS2, CS3 and CS4.
I have avery simple background layer with white paper and black pencil lines and the action does not work at all.
Peter.
14 March 2009 at 8:29 AM
Hello Peter, thanks a lot for your support
It worked in most of the cases, if it didnt work for you, try googling for a way to do it manually.
It wont hurt, I promise
Cheers.
14 March 2009 at 12:39 PM
tengo un pqueño problema extrayendo lineas
la primera parte sale bien, pero luego sale un error, le doy aceptar y queda todo el dibujo negro.
agradezco cualquier colaboracion…
15 March 2009 at 12:21 PM
Hola Deivyd, muchas veces pasa esto, pero no te preocupes.
Mientras te salgan dos capas todo está bien, una será la del fondo y la otra las lineas. Usa CTRL+U para pasar de blanco a negro o viceversa.
Saludos.
31 March 2009 at 4:45 AM
Hi Sergio
I’m loving this series of tutorials on line drawing and the approach to character design. Some of the tutorials are a little too quick but even so, I’m learning loads – so thank you.
30 May 2009 at 3:32 PM
yo lo instale en photoshop cs2 y me pasa lo mismo, cuando presiono CRTL+U me sale la ventana de tono saturacion
30 May 2009 at 3:34 PM
le doy Ok y no pasa nada, sigue estando en negro todo, se agradece l ayuda ñ_ñ
31 May 2009 at 11:02 AM
Hola Nick,
no estoy muy seguro cual es el problema, si tienes dos capas fíjate que una puede ser la de las lineas sólo que es del mismo color del fondo y no lo ves. Por eso lo de CTRL+U.
Prueba a ver si es eso
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