Pandemonium Tutorials - Creating Your Line Art Layer

Creating Your Line Art Layer

	1. Open your image in Photoshop 6.0. Because you scanned it as a black and white image, it is probably in Grayscale mode still. Let�s change it to RGB mode. Image>Mode>RGB Color�
	2. Hit the �D� key on your keyboard to change the foreground and background colors to black and white as seen to the left. 3. Hit �ctrl+A� on your keyboard to select the entire image. 4. Hit �ctrl+X� on your keyboard to cut the image. You�re canvas should now be completely white.
	5. Create a new layer and name it �Line Art�. Your layers pallet should look like to the left. 6. Select the Paint Bucket Tool and fill the Line Art layer black.
	7. Underneath the color pallet you will see two icons like pictured to the left. Click on the right one to enter Quick Mask Mode (circled in red).
	8. Hit �ctrl+V� on your keyboard to paste the image onto the Line Art layer. Because you are in Quick Mask Mode, the image should be red like pictured to the left.
	9. Exit Quick Mask Mode by hitting the icon to the left of the Quick Mask icon (circled in red to the left). After exiting Quick Mask Mode, your image�s line art should be selected around like pictured to the left. 10. Hit �delete� on your keyboard to delete all the selected area. 11. Then hit �ctrl+D� on your keyboard to de-select the image, leaving you with your line art.
	12. On your layers pallet, check the Lock Transparent Pixels box, like pictured to the left (circled in red).
	13. Create a new layer between you Line Art layer and Background and name it Color. This will be the layer you will later work on. Your layer pallet should now look like pictured to the left.
	Now when you color on the Color layer, it will not effect the line art (pictured to the left).
	If you want to change the color of the line art, select your Line Art layer and color on it. Notice it only colors on the lines (pictured to the left); that is because you locked the transparent pixles.

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws