How to Color the LINES on IMPORTED art in Procreate! (color holds)

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In this video, I'll show you a simple way to do color holds (color the lines) on an imported line art drawing in Procreate. Check out my complete, step-by-step art courses available at learn.comiccolor.com to help support this channe.
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  • @bumblevee1232
    @bumblevee12323 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been desperately trying to find a way to color some manga screenshots without having to completely redraw the line art and found this godsend 😭 thank you so much sir

  • @Mamaweuoh

    @Mamaweuoh

    3 жыл бұрын

    Aot manga🙄‼️‼️

  • @bumblevee1232

    @bumblevee1232

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Mamaweuoh actually it was Bnha manga panels but I’m tempted to do some from aot too :0

  • @sammmmb145

    @sammmmb145

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bumblevee1232 yo I've been doing that, too!

  • @Jasperkstudio
    @Jasperkstudio2 ай бұрын

    Wow. This was exactly what i was trying to do and almost thought impossible. Thanks for this godsend tutorial

  • @ShivaniMillieRichard
    @ShivaniMillieRichard2 ай бұрын

    I honestly don’t know how to thank you. I was trying to color the sections from AutoCad and dealing with Adobe Photoshop is somehow heavy. I needed an app or a tool to make me color easily. Appreciate it !! 🙏🏻🙏🏻✨

  • @theman_Fayth
    @theman_Fayth2 жыл бұрын

    Dude. You saved my neck once again. Thanks for doing what you do, and sharing it with us all.

  • @graphix1e
    @graphix1e3 жыл бұрын

    I know it’s literally been two years but thank you so so much for this!!!!

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @peppsy_me
    @peppsy_me4 жыл бұрын

    Ahhhhhh thank you so much! I’ve Been trying to find a solution for sooooo long!!! Thanks for sharing! Wish you all the success!

  • @SQRLFury
    @SQRLFury3 жыл бұрын

    This saved me SO much time!! Thank you for sharing! Best video I’ve watched this month!!

  • @LanguidLettersArt
    @LanguidLettersArt2 жыл бұрын

    Game-changing tip! Thanks for this clear explanation and demo!

  • @thebrokenman6860
    @thebrokenman68606 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos K.Michael! Keep it up brother!

  • @LiLa-hg5yj
    @LiLa-hg5yj Жыл бұрын

    This is such a cool format and I really love how quickly and understandable you explained this!

  • @Miistral247
    @Miistral2475 ай бұрын

    OMG, thank you so much ! I needed this video!

  • @KaelaParkhouse
    @KaelaParkhouse3 жыл бұрын

    This is a great, clear video. Thanks for making it! You saved me hours of work.

  • @Thiriously
    @Thiriously Жыл бұрын

    This is really neat! It wasn't what I was looking for right now but it's definitely something I wanted!! Thank you so much!!

  • @enayavalentin6019
    @enayavalentin60194 жыл бұрын

    This was very helpful, thank you so much!☺️

  • @scribblingjoe
    @scribblingjoe5 жыл бұрын

    That's really cool! You can fill it with a gradient and everthing.

  • @huskyxarts
    @huskyxarts2 жыл бұрын

    I love how detailed this tutorial was and how you described the differences between procreate drawn and imported line art. There was not a single step in the video that I didn’t understand. I hope others who have this issue can find your video since this is so straightforward. :]

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Very kind. Thanks!

  • @LuizPaulo165
    @LuizPaulo1655 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Russell. I love that tip. Help me a lot.

  • @yugimuto4556
    @yugimuto4556 Жыл бұрын

    I was so dying hard to know how to do this today and trying stuff but just doesnt work. THANK YOU SOO MUCHHH 🙏

  • @kimyura5004
    @kimyura50043 жыл бұрын

    Omg thank you for this tutorial! It helps me a lot!

  • @symms
    @symms6 жыл бұрын

    Ha looks like our conversation became a video! Genius method to color the lineart!!! niiiccceeee Thank you for this video. Fist of its kind on youtube i think!!

  • @charmainepascualbastian
    @charmainepascualbastian10 ай бұрын

    Thank you lord ,,thank you sir for showing this its my firstime to work at comic books and i finally watch ur videi,,Godbless you sir and ur family thank you for sharing ur gift..Gidbless

  • @irmahiggins6494
    @irmahiggins64942 жыл бұрын

    great explanation and tutorial

  • @stephenmoore3035
    @stephenmoore30355 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This channel is so valuable for procreate users.

  • @vurtni
    @vurtni3 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial!! Thank you!

  • @JLawrence_Art
    @JLawrence_Art Жыл бұрын

    Oh crikey, thank you so much! This is EXACTLY what I needed!

  • @xiaojingfang1840
    @xiaojingfang18404 жыл бұрын

    Yeeeees!!!! Thanks for sharing!! Same struggle.

  • @lq.bleach1230
    @lq.bleach1230 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!! This was super helpful 😊👌

  • @azhuoart
    @azhuoart5 жыл бұрын

    WOW! Hey KMR! It's Anna from Port City Comics... Omg! Someone just showed me this and omg this made my life so much easier! I am still new on the colorist side. I've had trouble with the imported part. Ive never looked at any tutorial until this. Thank you SO MUCH! I'll check out everything else! See you around!!

  • @walkenthedog
    @walkenthedog6 жыл бұрын

    I can’t like this enough! Thanks, Kurt!

  • @hichampiggy9795
    @hichampiggy97953 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, this is really helpful!

  • @swaptrap
    @swaptrap2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome man. 🙏🏽

  • @LueStudy
    @LueStudy6 жыл бұрын

    Right where Russel says, "I'm going to fill this layer with black..." My brain had a moment, I found myself crying, "Ohhh...!" *facepalmed*

  • @GrinningFeline

    @GrinningFeline

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yo, me too!

  • @ruby5512
    @ruby55124 жыл бұрын

    OMG THANKYOU THIS HELPED SO MUCH!!!

  • @FranckUzan
    @FranckUzan5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for breaking down this one

  • @EnderCamacho
    @EnderCamacho6 жыл бұрын

    OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been using Procreate and I couldn't figure out how to do it. Thanks!

  • @daniellakhomuz
    @daniellakhomuz5 жыл бұрын

    SMAAAARTTTTT! Love this

  • @BearBeetProductions
    @BearBeetProductions2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tutorial I've been wracking my head about this!

  • @pres-cs-hgt4771
    @pres-cs-hgt47715 жыл бұрын

    I've honestly been looking everywhere to see if you can set a layer to multiply - and have not been able to find a solid answer. Thank you so much for posting this.

  • @juneinshambles
    @juneinshambles2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much you are really god sent

  • @IttaiManero
    @IttaiManero6 жыл бұрын

    Nice trick! Very clever.

  • @adelay6998
    @adelay69983 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU SO MUCH

  • @valasafantastic1055
    @valasafantastic10555 жыл бұрын

    convoluted and difficult! I really wish they just had an easily programmed in " convert brightness to opacity" option. But thanks so much for this very helpful!

  • @SundayLunch
    @SundayLunch6 жыл бұрын

    The procreate Guru I am learning so much so quickly 🙏

  • @RepDaVinci
    @RepDaVinci4 жыл бұрын

    Much appreciated! Subscribed.

  • @kthv2
    @kthv22 жыл бұрын

    THANK U SO MUCH!!!

  • @bustermeeko
    @bustermeeko3 жыл бұрын

    Needed this thank you,

  • @artofdavidarroyo
    @artofdavidarroyo6 жыл бұрын

    Great upload Kurt. Really simple and useful trick for thousands of grateful artists out there (which I’m one of 😉). Have a lovely day bro. 😉👍🏻

  • @lq.bleach1230
    @lq.bleach1230 Жыл бұрын

    1:31 the actual words that left my mouth were "yeah I didn't know you could do that" followed by nervous yet hysterical laughter

  • @Aerhelios
    @Aerhelios2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, I was lost until I found this video!

  • @adyrv93
    @adyrv933 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, you saved me ❤️

  • @sofialobato9661
    @sofialobato96615 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @d2daeye
    @d2daeye3 жыл бұрын

    You are a beast!! Thx u sir.

  • @octogonecomics6790
    @octogonecomics67903 жыл бұрын

    Bless you kurdt.

  • @emilypotwin8021
    @emilypotwin80213 жыл бұрын

    Oh my god thank you so much- this saved me

  • @user-yt3pl4bp2b
    @user-yt3pl4bp2b Жыл бұрын

    OMG I know I'm late to this party but you just saved my f*cking life with this. Thank you!!!!

  • @b.kaalberg1955
    @b.kaalberg19554 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I've been struggling with this.

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    4 жыл бұрын

    After I made this video, I found out you can actually merge that mask down at the end and have it all on one layer.

  • @b.kaalberg1955

    @b.kaalberg1955

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@colorwithkurt Cool. I was thinking that, too. After 30 years of inking professionally, I'm finally teaching myself to color. I'm a bit behind the 8 ball

  • @SauronWar
    @SauronWar6 жыл бұрын

    Hey KMR. I really like your channel. Have you ever tried to mimic FCO Plascencia Style? Can you give some tipes or do a video? Thanks man! Keep the good job!

  • @sajaztrance
    @sajaztrance4 жыл бұрын

    Muchas gracias Greetings from México!! Make a playlist only for Procreate tutorials

  • @fangtooth4471
    @fangtooth44713 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! Thank you :::)

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @billkage4279
    @billkage42795 жыл бұрын

    I use Artstudio Pro to make linearts for Procreate from scans.

  • @TheFigaro64
    @TheFigaro643 жыл бұрын

    How the hell did you figure this out?? You're a life saver!

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Practice! The one thing I'd change here, is you can merge the mask down at the end if you just want one layer with the lines on a transparent layer -- wish I had thought of that before...haha...

  • @hennahuong
    @hennahuong3 жыл бұрын

    And then should try to merge layer Hold and mask, even better 😊

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    3 жыл бұрын

    True! I figured that out shortly after making this haha

  • @guiemink
    @guiemink4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Kurt, can you tell me if there is an equivalent of this in Photoshop? If yes how to do it please? Thanks for this awesome useful tuto!

  • @haruu5489
    @haruu54893 жыл бұрын

    you are a god among men

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ha...thanks! Glad it helped.

  • @scottowentattoo
    @scottowentattoo3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, this was very helpful. Are you aware of any way you can darken/clean up scanned line art in procreate? My scanned black lines look a little transparent and not as solid as I would like. I know it can be done in Photoshop.

  • @rheannak3934
    @rheannak39342 ай бұрын

    Love your videos. Is this to change the color of the “lines” themselves ie the black lines, or the art within the lines ie the color of the dress, the color of the table, etc etc ?

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    2 ай бұрын

    This is a tutorial to color the lines.

  • @rheannak3934

    @rheannak3934

    2 ай бұрын

    @@colorwithkurt thank you ! I’m learning so much going through all your videos and enjoying your amazing artwork!

  • @andyc3573
    @andyc3573 Жыл бұрын

    I am so bummed! This looked so easy and was explained so well and yet it just doesn't work! Is it possible that this is done on an old version of procreate? Everything looks the same on mine exept for the layout of the copy window that shows up when I swipe 3 fingers.

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    Жыл бұрын

    It does still work. Consider restarting the iPad.

  • @brianparsons9103
    @brianparsons91035 жыл бұрын

    Hey KMR...looks great. How do you do this in Photoshop??? I'm sure you covered it in your course but after skimming back through, I can't seem to find it. Thanks

  • @brianparsons9103

    @brianparsons9103

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@colorwithkurt thank you. I'll check out the lesson again. (I actually need to go through the whole course again.) Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us.

  • @emrahy.849
    @emrahy.8495 жыл бұрын

    from thablet it has different interface ..i still use laptop for all my ps works

  • @GrinningFeline
    @GrinningFeline6 жыл бұрын

    I remember watching your last video and hoping that someone points out how to do this.

  • @GrinningFeline

    @GrinningFeline

    6 жыл бұрын

    Oh, it was The Pouch one.

  • @Ethan-jy4yk
    @Ethan-jy4yk3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video Kurt! I got a question, I have a imported image with lineart, but I cannot colour inside it because it alpha locked the gray inside and outside the lineart. Is there a way to colour it in without colouring the lineart?

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Set the mode of the line art layer to Multiply and color underneath would be quickest.

  • @effortless4588
    @effortless45882 жыл бұрын

    Any tips for how to do this on ibis paint also nice coloring

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, I'm unfamiliar with that app.

  • @photocrop7
    @photocrop76 жыл бұрын

    Quick question, kinda off topic. O and your awesome. When flatting and coloring for myself ,I color the background flats on one later and put the people flats on another (above the background) when I get to the coloring and rendering it’s just easier for me to control. My question is this. Is this common or am I simply just wasting time. The flatting and coloring process doesn’t take any longer but the background and people are split into different layers besides 1. Thank you in advance.

  • @photocrop7

    @photocrop7

    6 жыл бұрын

    K Michael Russell thank you for the reply

  • @NezD
    @NezD5 жыл бұрын

    Probably called holds for ‘hold out mattes’ like in old school Video FX

  • @kirad1947
    @kirad19474 жыл бұрын

    How do I color the white part and not the lines ? I want to color mangas or comics but the white part isn’t transparent

  • @thewebheadgt
    @thewebheadgt2 жыл бұрын

    Can you colour an imported transparent PNG (black line art) in procreate.

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep.

  • @bebbieart
    @bebbieart6 жыл бұрын

    Omggggggg why didn’t i think of changing the line art that way before 😂😂😂 I’ve been selecting the lineart layer and use air brush to change its color. *facepalm*

  • @goldenggkook
    @goldenggkook3 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know how to do this but on procreate pocket?

  • @jacquiventurini7877
    @jacquiventurini7877 Жыл бұрын

    I need to know how to colour scanned in inks? Is there a way to take all those black lines and separate them from the white spaces? 😩

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    Жыл бұрын

    Click the N on the layer with your inks. Setting the blending mode of the layer with your inks to Multiply is the simplest way. You can color under it since that mode hides the white. You can also put the inks on a transparent layer. It's a few steps in Procreate. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6amsc6tj9nAaMo.html

  • @ang.giselle2024
    @ang.giselle20245 жыл бұрын

    It’s not letting me color inside the line art 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @adelay6998
    @adelay69983 жыл бұрын

    3:00

  • @melhere6446
    @melhere64465 жыл бұрын

    I did all these steps and it’s working for me the only problem is that it won’t let me choose a color that’s not in the black to white spectrum I’m really confused

  • @b.kaalberg1955
    @b.kaalberg19553 жыл бұрын

    Just put a clipping mask above the line art

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    3 жыл бұрын

    That works if the lines are drawn on a transparent layer, but not a scanned drawing with paper.

  • @Tajographist
    @Tajographist3 жыл бұрын

    How do you color someone else-s lineart. Like a collab

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ask them. :)

  • @jamestweed3910
    @jamestweed39109 ай бұрын

    I’m getting no joy when I try this using a scan/photo of my drawings. I’m guessing because my whites aren’t really white (no matter how much I adjust first). Any ideas?

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    9 ай бұрын

    Find a good tutorial on using Curves adjustments. I like Piximperfect myself. You'll want to push all the bright values to white and probably darken the lines while leveling away some of the sketchy stuff. That probably sounds like Greek to start but it's pretty simple once you get the basics.

  • @jamestweed3910

    @jamestweed3910

    9 ай бұрын

    @@colorwithkurt thank you

  • @LucindaPug
    @LucindaPug Жыл бұрын

    How do I colour in just in the lines using this method??

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    Жыл бұрын

    Can you explain what you mean by color in the lines?

  • @LucindaPug

    @LucindaPug

    Жыл бұрын

    @@colorwithkurt like colouring and shading just inside the lineart without going out of the lines. Sorry, I hope that makes sense 😅

  • @colorwithkurt

    @colorwithkurt

    Жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/anuKpbZ_fpTTgqw.html this is a recent tutorial on my process.

  • @LucindaPug

    @LucindaPug

    Жыл бұрын

    @@colorwithkurt Thankyou!

  • @alisiademi
    @alisiademi Жыл бұрын

    I'm able to follow the steps until it's time to color, nothing happens and I rub my pen around and...nothing. Can anyone help?

  • @phil40s
    @phil40s5 жыл бұрын

    Another thing you can do is import the drawing into Medibang paint and extract the lineart, then export it back to procreate as a transparent png file

  • @phil40s

    @phil40s

    5 жыл бұрын

    I prefer to stay in procreate as well, so I do the Medibang paint trick before I start coloring. I’m currently taking your courses and I’ve done this trick with some of the tiff files so I can work in procreate even though your showing it in photoshop. BTW I love your courses!

  • @bark3782
    @bark37823 жыл бұрын

    it didn’t work

  • @deter7z
    @deter7z5 жыл бұрын

    i cant seem to paste anything into or onto the mask, has procreate updated to take away this capability? nooooo

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