STEP 1: PREPARING YOUR IMAGE FOR COLORING.
Scroll up and save the image of Naruto if you have not already. You can name it whatever you want, as long as you know where to find it. Then, if it isn't open already, open
Photoshop. Click
Open, and select the image you just saved.
Now that the file is opened, look to the bottom right hand corner in the box where it "
Layers". Click on the tab labeled "
Channels". You will see four channels--
RGB,
Red,
Green, and
Blue. Select the
Blue channel, and either right-click and select
Duplicate Channel, OR, click and drag the Blue channel to the
Create New Channel icon. Both methods will produce the same result.
Your Channels window should now look like this:
Return to the
Layers tab.
Create a New Layer. You can do this by either going to
Layer > New, or simply entering the shortcut
Ctrl + Shift + New on your keyboard. Name this new layer "
Lines". With
Lines still selected, go to the menu and click the
Select drop-down menu. On the drop-down menu, select
Load Selection. Select the following settings:
Click OK.
Switch to the
Background layer. Either using
Paintbucket or the
Brush tool, color it white. All of it. Make sure the
BACKGROUND LAYER is selected. Go back to the
Lines layer, and, using the
Paintbucket tool and the color
Black,
click once. Your Layers window should look like this:
The black lines and colored parts of the image have all been transferred to the Lines transparency, leaving YOU to color in the white areas without having to worry about coloring over the lines.
END OF STEP 1.