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| Uploaded: | December 10, 2010 |
| Artist: | Kilian |
| Difficulty: | Intermediate  |
| Steps: | 14 |
| Updated: | December 11, 2010 |
| P.O.V: | Front |
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How to Color in Gimp
Well this is my first Gimp-tut :D i had to upload it in english just for this tut :D so i hope its useful to you and you enjoy coloring your drawings :)
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STEP 1.
At first you just have to open your drawing (a scan or something like this) with gimp.
STEP 2.
Now go to Colors- Adjust Brightness and Contrast and change the bars to the same position as mine. Now you should have your drawing in black. After that make a new Layer, transparent.
STEP 3.
Now go to the background-layer and delete all unimportant lines. Then go to Select- Bya color. Then click on a black point in your drawing, now your drawing should be selected.
STEP 4.
Now it should look like this picture. You have to go to the new layer, you made before (in red).
STEP 5.
Now choose Edit- Fill with FG-Color. Pay attention: Your Foreground color has to be black!
STEP 6.
Disable the selection. If you now making the background inactivate, you should see your drawing on a transparent background.
STEP 7.
If you activate the background, you can delete the lines on it. But JUST on the background. The drawing lines in the new layer should rest there!
STEP 8.
Now work on the new layer. Color your drawing with the pen, the brush and the bucket fill tool. Take your time and do it right. Use the colors you want, you also have to add any shading-parts.
STEP 9.
Now use the blur. Switch the rate to 100% and blur all the point where two colors or more are mixed. For example the shadow-parts. Don't blur the black lines!
STEP 10.
Now duplicate the layer (Layer- duplicate Layer) and work on the new layer ( the one above). Now choose Filters, Blur- Gaussian Blur. Put the data to 4px and push ok.
STEP 11.
Go to the unblured layer and choose Select- by color and click on a black part again. Now the black outlines should be selected again.
STEP 12.
Change to the first layer (the duplicated layer)and go to Edit- Fill with FG Color. Black has to be the FG-color again.
STEP 13.
Now you can disable the selection and the outlines should be re-tightened. Now make a right-click on the first layer (the duplicated layer) and select 'merge down'. Now your layer are combined.
STEP 14.
Now you can make any background you want to. I hope you had fun working with gimp :)Comments: Post Comment
Kilian ~ Apr 15, 2013, 1:45:40 PM
You can just change the file-type...I think you have to chose 'file' and then 'export'...You can save it as an jpg. or gif. file 
@NoobSaibot8899
I cant upload any tuts from gimp because it doesn't use the type of files that dragoart accepts, is it me or everybody else?
NoobSaibot8899 ~ Apr 14, 2013, 7:14:33 PM
I cant upload any tuts from gimp because it doesn't use the type of files that dragoart accepts, is it me or everybody else?
Kilian ~ Jul 6, 2012, 4:46:18 PM
well...gimp i guess :D
@key_key
which program do I need to do that??? 
key_key ~ Jul 6, 2012, 10:39:57 AM
which program do I need to do that???
jellybray ~ Apr 8, 2012, 6:58:47 PM
I remember gimp being a lot less complicated...-_- 
oh well, you did GREAT THO!! it helped me cuz i havn't been on gimp in years! 
oh well, you did GREAT THO!! it helped me cuz i havn't been on gimp in years! 
azSpriter ~ Mar 29, 2012, 8:30:45 AM
Great tut! Do you think that paint.NET is similar enough that I could apply this lesson in it??
margolo ~ Mar 13, 2012, 4:39:41 PM
for some odd reason the tool bar on the right doesnt show up in my computer
journie ~ Nov 19, 2011, 3:27:20 PM
oh okay thanks!! 
@Kilian
you have to choose select and then select nothing :)
Kilian ~ Nov 18, 2011, 6:05:17 AM
you have to choose select and then select nothing :)
@journie
wait i have a question. can you explain what you mean by "disable the selection" in step 6. I don't know what that is or how to do that. I just got GIMP and, like darksister13 said, it confuses the heck outta me. 
journie ~ Nov 17, 2011, 8:11:30 PM
wait i have a question. can you explain what you mean by "disable the selection" in step 6. I don't know what that is or how to do that. I just got GIMP and, like darksister13 said, it confuses the heck outta me.
