Photoproof Blue links.

stefstef
edited September 2006 in Comics
Hey, I don't know if anyone here uses photoproof blue as a tool when making comics, but I'd considered using it more frequently. Jason sent me a few choice links on the subject that I'd like to share with you:

A thread on Digital Webbing that discusses removing blue lines from art.


Here's some info on how to turn a regular ol' black and white image into a blue image for ease of inking.

Here's one one taking blue ruled lines out of sketches drawn on blue-lined looseleaf paper.

I'm going to try to put some of this info into use soon. Any other tips?

Comments

  • jasonjason
    edited February 2006
    they weren't so much "choice links" but more...a googling for getting rid of blue pencils on scan, heh. :D
  • stefstef
    edited February 2006
    Preliminary results: the final method recommended in that first link did not work so well.

    EDIT: Nope, it works. The directions were not quite as clear as I wanted.

    Start with a blue-pencilled drawing, ink in black, and scan in color.

    In Photoshop:

    1)Starting with an RGB color image, Image>Auto Color. Twice.
    2)Using Image>Color Balance, adjust Magenta to Green +61.
    3)Select the Green channel.
    4)Select>Select All. Copy.
    5)Create a new layer, then paste.
    6)Delete the background. You should have only your black lines now.
  • hlavcohlavco
    edited February 2006
    The Conservatory, eh? I could totally take the secret passageway straight to the Lounge. But surely that's not where Mrs. Peacock was murdered.

    I hope I'm not the only person that thought of "Clue" when they saw the name of this board. Anyway, is this gonna be like artists' alley on Inksandwich, or is it restricted to just comic art like it says in the description?

    (Sorry for the thread-interrupt, but this didn't feel worthy of its own thread, being a pretty simple question and all.)
  • stefstef
    edited February 2006
    It's pretty much for all art.
  • hlavcohlavco
    edited February 2006
    Okay, thanks for that answer.

    Hmm. I've only been faced with blue lines twice, but I just MAGIC ERASE'D them away. Sure, it required some manual erasing around some of the drawing lines, but it didn't seem that complicated.
    Hlavco wrote:
    I hope I'm not the only person that thought of "Clue" when they saw the name of this board.
    Pun unintended. Get it? Message board and BOARD game?

    ...

    *Runs away to the Lounge*
  • Doom ShroomDoom Shroom
    edited February 2006
    hlavco wrote:
    The Conservatory, eh? I could totally take the secret passageway straight to the Lounge. But surely that's not where Mrs. Peacock was murdered.

    I hope I'm not the only person that thought of "Clue" when they saw the name of this board.

    Yeah, you're not. XD
  • stefstef
    edited February 2006
    Paul showed us this awesome way of editing the lines. It's better than the previous method, because it also allows you to color the outlines.

    1) Choose a color you want for the lines

    2) Go to the Channels pallette (next to Layers)

    3) Command-click on the Red layer (maybe CTRL-click on PCs?)

    4) Hit Command-shift-i to invert the selection

    5) Command-Shift-n to make a new layer

    6) With the color you want for the outlines in the color box, hit option-delete.

    7) Delete the bottom layer to remove the remaining lines.

    8) Under the lock bar at the top of the Layers pallette, click the first box. This 'locks the alpha'* so that you can paint on your selected outlines.





    *'locks the alpha' = 'hacks the gibson', I think
  • LangLang
    edited September 2006
    I inked and then edited out the photoproof blue lines for the first time today. I am most pleased with the results!

    Thanks, Stef!

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