Oh this is so awesome Ike, I'm glad you posted this question here^^
Poochy gave you loads of info, huh? She's so awesome x3
And you could also ask Hanako Sho, I think she does some cool manga colourizations and I'm sure she'd let you know a thing or two! :D
Sadly, I know nothing
I would recommend Paint Tool Sai. I haven't colored a manga page before, but this is what I believe you would do.
1. Find your manga scan and bring it onto PTS.
2. Go to layers and add one.
3. You'll see "mode" in your layer option/navigation part. It will be on "normal" and you're going to want to change it to "multiply".
4. You're free to color! Because the second layer is on "multiply" it won't color over the lines.
Tips (also in PTS.)
-I would either color with the pen tool and then use the water tool to blur it. (Well, you can use the water or blur tool.)
-If you're going to use the water tool, you're probably going to want to adjust the "density". Adjusting it will either blend the colors together more (the higher it is.) or just kind of blur and make it smoother (lower density.)
-From the first card, it looks like parts were air brushed. With this, you might also want to adjust the density so the color isn't so heavy.
If you want to minimize the mess...
Okay, so you're going to have your two layers, yes? (first layer, default is the picture. Second layer will be coloring AND on multiply.)
1. On the SECOND layer (the multiply one.) You're going to color what you want to color (only one part though. EX. We're doing the hair, so you'll color only the hair. The color will only be the base color.)
2. You're going to create another layer! This layer will stay on "normal"
3. In the layer option/navigation part one of the check off options will be "clipping group" You're going to select that.
4. Color all the details! Because you have it on clipping layer, it will only color stuff that's inside the base colors of the second layer.
If this doesn't make sense, let me know! I mean, I have enough time that I could make a pretty simple and quick tutorial. :3
MangaKid
Otaku Legend | Posted 05/17/12 | Reply
Oh this is so awesome Ike, I'm glad you posted this question here^^
Poochy gave you loads of info, huh? She's so awesome x3
And you could also ask Hanako Sho, I think she does some cool manga colourizations and I'm sure she'd let you know a thing or two! :D
Sadly, I know nothing
littlepooch
Patchwork Rabbit (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/16/12 | Reply
@Ikemarth:
You're welcome ^.^ Good luck with your coloring :D <3
Ikemarth
Magic Peach (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/16/12 | Reply
@littlepooch:
WOW! Thats lot!
Thankyou for the advice! I coloured one page before in Photoshop, but it didn't look very good DX
I do have Sai, but I have never really used it >_O
But now, I shall give it a go! ^O^ Yayyyyyyy!
Thankyou very much for your help! I appreciate it! X3
littlepooch
Patchwork Rabbit (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/16/12 | Reply
I would recommend Paint Tool Sai. I haven't colored a manga page before, but this is what I believe you would do.
1. Find your manga scan and bring it onto PTS.
2. Go to layers and add one.
3. You'll see "mode" in your layer option/navigation part. It will be on "normal" and you're going to want to change it to "multiply".
4. You're free to color! Because the second layer is on "multiply" it won't color over the lines.
Tips (also in PTS.)
-I would either color with the pen tool and then use the water tool to blur it. (Well, you can use the water or blur tool.)
-If you're going to use the water tool, you're probably going to want to adjust the "density". Adjusting it will either blend the colors together more (the higher it is.) or just kind of blur and make it smoother (lower density.)
-From the first card, it looks like parts were air brushed. With this, you might also want to adjust the density so the color isn't so heavy.
If you want to minimize the mess...
Okay, so you're going to have your two layers, yes? (first layer, default is the picture. Second layer will be coloring AND on multiply.)
1. On the SECOND layer (the multiply one.) You're going to color what you want to color (only one part though. EX. We're doing the hair, so you'll color only the hair. The color will only be the base color.)
2. You're going to create another layer! This layer will stay on "normal"
3. In the layer option/navigation part one of the check off options will be "clipping group" You're going to select that.
4. Color all the details! Because you have it on clipping layer, it will only color stuff that's inside the base colors of the second layer.
If this doesn't make sense, let me know! I mean, I have enough time that I could make a pretty simple and quick tutorial. :3
Hope this helps!