[DarkVVulf]

Hey all,
I seem to kinda dig myself into a dead end at times when coloring. I did the traditional Photoshop B&W outline with the color layer set to multiply (used seperate layers on top of that for shading and highlighting). But if I apply any color to the background layer I get the white leftovers shown above. Where have I flawed? And are there any tricks to getting rid of it for the moment?

The only thing I can think of is that I left the outlines layer on, but I tend to blend it in with the pic to emphisize certain areas.

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[B]

not sure, i'd have to see the psd file to know exactly what was causing this,. but if you add a little rain in the background you could say it was rain running off the body and it would be a great affect


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[Stolln]

Well, if you have the basic outline on the background layer or a separate layer, then I think I know what the problem is. Chances are you have the outline anti-aliased, so when you try to change the background color it will still have the anti-aliased part showing (I'm guessing you started out with a white background). One of the ways to counteract this is to go and delete each anti-aliased pixel that is left over (this can be tedious for large pics). Also, you can take the outline layer and alter the brightness/contrast so you will only be left with black lines. You can then just apply a different background color, and it won't leave any non-white pixels. This may be the better option.

If the contrast doesn't work, then I would suggest just erasing each leftover pixel. It may be tedious, but it is worth it for a good picture.

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[DarkVVulf]

Well I was following the instructions by LeChuck (http://www.sijun.com/dhabih/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000805.html) for outlines and coloring since it worked so well for me so far (though I never tried a background in my other attempts). I should have been more careful.

Anyways, the question now is if there are any quick fixes to this halo. Otherwise I guess I will have to remove it manually (possibly smudge tool it).

[B]

select/color range white..... delete?

[Tinusch]

What I do is I draw my outline on Layer1, NOT on the background layer. Then when it comes time to make a background, I just draw the pic I want for the background, copy each layer of the foreground individually and paste them onto the background one by one. You need to do that because background layers don't have transparency, as far as I know.

[B]

no, they don't, but if you copy the background layer, then delete te background, the background copy can have transperancy added

[Brain]

Just a suggestion, if you've got the sketch on a separate layer still, just turn it off (by pressing the eye next to the layer in the Layers window) or even delete it if you wish. I'm guessing that the halo effect is from the anti-aliased sketch, and turning off the layer should remove it. If it's on the background, just rename the background (double click the Background layer), and add a new layer with the desired bg colour.

Hope this helps somewhat.

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[Cypher]

Uh... Don't touch the paint bucket, and you'll stay out of trouble... Use the painbrush to apply the color. The bucket's evil.

[Dakkan]

here's something that might work...

first of all, by using whichever selection tool are neccessary, select all areas of the body (i advise, using the magic wand tool, selecting the all black areas, and then going to the menubar, and choosing SELECT>inverse, which will select everything which wasn't selected, and deselect the black area). either way u do it, once u have the body selected, make sure anti-alaising is on, and feather about 1-4 pixels in the options window (1-2 pixels might even do the trick). then you can just copy and past the image to a new photoshop file with whatever background colour u want. this should fade the white away.