How to Extract *Pencil Sketches* and *Line Art* | Photoshop CC 2018

In this tutorial I will show you how to Extract your Light Grey Pencil and Marker sketches from their Backgrounds without using multiply in Photoshop CC 2018. This will give far more possibilities!
Bonus: I will show you how to Color the extracted line!
PS: This method will work in older versions of Photoshop.
If you are struggling with Photoshop or Digital Painting, please write in comments below so I can help you out!
Cheers!

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  • @MairaCanalesIllustrator
    @MairaCanalesIllustrator3 жыл бұрын

    can't believe it took me hours to find someone who actually taught me to do what I was trying to do. Thanks for posting this.

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad I could help.

  • @berjo
    @berjo3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for making this video, almost 4 years later and it's still relevant!

  • @nathanaelcard
    @nathanaelcard5 күн бұрын

    You're a great video instructor. Easy to follow. Thanks!

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    4 күн бұрын

    Glad it was helpful! I appreciate the kind words.

  • @OneWingedErin
    @OneWingedErin6 жыл бұрын

    You have saved me so much headache in transferring my sketches into digital! I'm not comfortable sketching digitally right now and I like doing it on paper to then finish in Photoshop. Thank you for the tutorial and thanks for showing a couple different types of images!

  • @leanne73
    @leanne734 жыл бұрын

    Ive literally wanted to know this for so long, thank you soooo much!!!

  • @neelav2394
    @neelav23943 жыл бұрын

    This is some wizardry you pulled off, I never thought I could get this clean with my pencil drawing extractions. Amazing!

  • @marievalencia4026
    @marievalencia40263 ай бұрын

    So wonderfully helpful! Thank you for this video - 6 years on and still helping out here! :)

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    3 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @ricke4017
    @ricke40172 жыл бұрын

    Almost 4 years later and still relevant :) Thank you!

  • @watchthewindblowby
    @watchthewindblowby2 жыл бұрын

    I agree with the other folks, not much else out there on this. Huge help. Maybe now I'll be able to do my own scans and not pay someone else to have them done. Thanks for the video!

  • @amadeavalerie3175
    @amadeavalerie3175 Жыл бұрын

    Wah! Thank you so much for the tutorial. I have been struggling to transfer traditional sketches for so long.

  • @horselovr4evr
    @horselovr4evr2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video, it's hard to find the right Photoshop help that's to-the-point and not too fast-paced, but this was one of the gems I had to save.

  • @AngeleahE
    @AngeleahE4 жыл бұрын

    This was incredibly helpful, thank you so much for taking the time to explain this. I was terrified to try this before.

  • @mar_illustrates
    @mar_illustrates2 жыл бұрын

    WOW! Thanks so much for posting this! Had been struggling for a while figuring this out.

  • @dlawn1030
    @dlawn10303 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this you beautiful human ! I'm sure I'll be back here time and time again

  • @psygaming2126
    @psygaming21263 жыл бұрын

    ahh. atlast! you answered my questions 😂. u have earned urself a subscriber 😂

  • @carolinestanley3301
    @carolinestanley33013 жыл бұрын

    This video is perfect! Just what I needed to know! Thank you for sharing such fantastic knowledge

  • @elefontstationery9267
    @elefontstationery92673 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Thank you that has worked perfectly! Very clear and concise tutorial too! 5 stars!!

  • @FeralSwift
    @FeralSwift2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic! Super easy to follow, instant save. Thank you so much! I was losing my dang mind trying to figure this out.

  • @danbobs25
    @danbobs253 жыл бұрын

    You have made my day. I've just completed a load of illustrations for a children's book and was trying to work out how to convert my pencil drawings into an isolated layer so I could recolour and prep for using in Illustrator...this solved the question and I'm now feeling a lot more confident with what I need to do. So thank you.

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m glad I was able help

  • @audreylaurentia7038
    @audreylaurentia70382 жыл бұрын

    Never knew i needed this! Thank you, it is very much appreciated!

  • @carrino15
    @carrino153 жыл бұрын

    So helpful short straight to the point video. Not sure how to thank you enough for it. :)

  • @Lily-bz3sp
    @Lily-bz3sp6 ай бұрын

    You are an incredible human being. Thank you!

  • @alphanumericskeptic
    @alphanumericskeptic3 жыл бұрын

    Love it!! Thank you so much teacher!! That was very helpful in my learning experiences.

  • @elhamahmadi2972
    @elhamahmadi29723 жыл бұрын

    So cool! It fascinates me how photoshop has a lot of features I don't know they even exist

  • @damiansalinas5295
    @damiansalinas52954 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sooo much for making this tutorial. It really helps.

  • @8milestocandy
    @8milestocandy3 жыл бұрын

    Dang. That was so straight forward. THANK YOU!

  • @aimeefritz9186
    @aimeefritz91862 жыл бұрын

    This is photoshop magic! Thanks for explanation!

  • @feeddannyo2061
    @feeddannyo20612 жыл бұрын

    You made my day, man!

  • @sindhujasai1345
    @sindhujasai13453 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. This is exactly what I wanted to know. It'll be helpful for my portfolio so thank youuu❤

  • @rdinetainmoun5549
    @rdinetainmoun55493 жыл бұрын

    Very useful and straight to the point, thanks!

  • @TheGreasyGoblin916
    @TheGreasyGoblin9163 ай бұрын

    Brilliant! This is a game changer for me. Thanks!

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    3 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful! Here is a link for how to create an action to make this process super fast with 1 click! kzread.info/dash/bejne/lGaNo9Vsl6a0gJc.htmlsi=ST9x2UDXeBEJphVH

  • @suzy8455
    @suzy8455 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant thank you! Works a treat!

  • @trashtbyghosts
    @trashtbyghosts6 ай бұрын

    thanks robert revels ur the man!

  • @anonforyou
    @anonforyou4 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOUUUU!!! You are a life saver!

  • @zaklay9399
    @zaklay9399 Жыл бұрын

    Dude this is the video I was looking for!!

  • @wonscape
    @wonscape Жыл бұрын

    exactly what i was looking for, thank you so much!!!

  • @xiaomaitian6753
    @xiaomaitian67533 жыл бұрын

    Amazing tutorial! Thank you!

  • @hz804
    @hz8043 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much, I have to edit my drawing for my last assignment, and your video was cool, and I'll try it! Have a nice day

  • @kikogod
    @kikogod6 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic tutorial man. Thank you so much!

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you my friend! I really appreciate the kind words.

  • @zdeadfalloutxx8084
    @zdeadfalloutxx80844 жыл бұрын

    You sir are a saviour :')

  • @jianisheng4757
    @jianisheng47573 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this. Life saver!

  • @santiagoromero3475
    @santiagoromero3475 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! I'm currently finishing up my bachelor's architecture portfolio and this was so helpful! I have so many sketches but when I try to put them in the portfolio they don't fit in since the paper looks so much different than the pure white of the computer. Thanks!

  • @JulieJohnstoneReyes
    @JulieJohnstoneReyes2 жыл бұрын

    This is an amazing video. Thank you!!

  • @soygarlicwings2589
    @soygarlicwings25895 жыл бұрын

    thank you this is so helpful!!

  • @qheswa
    @qheswa Жыл бұрын

    Thank you man, subscribed 🙏

  • @mxxxx4365
    @mxxxx4365 Жыл бұрын

    i have to have 4 drawings done this way and print it by 1pm tomorrow and im not a very good written down instruction learner and this was sooooo helpful i finally did it right and im so happy. Thanks you

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm glad I could help!

  • @ivanabrahams9546
    @ivanabrahams9546 Жыл бұрын

    Great explanation. Thank you very much!!!

  • @Adam-kx2tp
    @Adam-kx2tp2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for sharing this!

  • @S-ivanov
    @S-ivanov2 жыл бұрын

    Legend! Thank you :)

  • @myshitaddress
    @myshitaddress4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video. Thanks so much!

  • @jenniferfoster1692
    @jenniferfoster16924 ай бұрын

    Thank you, very cool! I was looking for how to do this everywhere, found nothing until I saw your video. Awesome!

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    4 ай бұрын

    I am glad this helped. If you're interested I created a new video showing how to make a one-click action to do the process faster. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lGaNo9Vsl6a0gJc.htmlsi=7LNtmyTSpjJuNhH1 Best Wishes!

  • @jenniferfoster1692

    @jenniferfoster1692

    4 ай бұрын

    @@DigitalPaintingTips Thank you!

  • @kisslyinglees4346
    @kisslyinglees43466 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this. Very helpful!

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    6 жыл бұрын

    I am glad you liked it.

  • @naissketching395
    @naissketching3955 жыл бұрын

    Omg Thank you so much! =_= other tutorials were sa confusing - love you XD

  • @darthpaul5534
    @darthpaul55343 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this. A very handy tip :)

  • @bluehorse1495
    @bluehorse14956 жыл бұрын

    This video was so helpful , I draw digitally a lot, but I still like paper sketching. Thank you

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    6 жыл бұрын

    bluehorse 1 nothing like paper!

  • @hanyiwang4705
    @hanyiwang47053 жыл бұрын

    Cool tutorial! Like the way you teach.

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, much appreciated.

  • @julianmann2176
    @julianmann21765 жыл бұрын

    Great video, thank you!

  • @NeoNovastar
    @NeoNovastar2 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU KING!!!

  • @333deltasa2
    @333deltasa25 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much, pal!!

  • @sawyoonsandy7827
    @sawyoonsandy78273 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much it just work out for me...thank you

  • @sophiastoll6431
    @sophiastoll64314 жыл бұрын

    oh my god thank you so much I thought I was going insane

  • @craigmartin1975
    @craigmartin1975 Жыл бұрын

    Very useful. Thanks

  • @leuvafamily8554
    @leuvafamily85542 жыл бұрын

    Very useful!

  • @rosewooddragon
    @rosewooddragon Жыл бұрын

    you are a star

  • @TheMrSlyxx
    @TheMrSlyxx3 ай бұрын

    OMG thank you for this. You don't know how long I sat there trying to manually grab each line. Also, how do we take the linework, copy it to another layer, and then put the linework back on top of the image after adding color to it?

  • @wayoncollins1952
    @wayoncollins19524 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, much appreciated

  • @faithbelt6504
    @faithbelt65042 жыл бұрын

    Literally so helpful...his changes everything I've been doing. Thank you. Do you scan or photograph your drawing before putting it into Photoshop? What settings do you scan it at?

  • @tirthyatra5528
    @tirthyatra55283 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much! :D

  • @alexandraleafe9727
    @alexandraleafe97273 жыл бұрын

    brilliant!!

  • @kenmorris2858
    @kenmorris28583 жыл бұрын

    Great tip

  • @Eyespiral
    @Eyespiral3 жыл бұрын

    perfect. thank you.

  • @jenniferbogartz4924
    @jenniferbogartz4924 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @analoggurl
    @analoggurl11 ай бұрын

    Very helpful

  • @vivian_01_
    @vivian_01_ Жыл бұрын

    Thank you sooooooo much

  • @fraserhawkins254
    @fraserhawkins2546 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for making this video, it was very helpful. I have to wonder though, since this seems like something a lot of artists want to do, why it's so complicated and counter intuitive in PS.

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    6 жыл бұрын

    I know it is a challenge. Photoshop is really meant for photographers and the art part has been an after thought. In Clip Studio, they have a one step process. That works even better.

  • @potatoesgames
    @potatoesgames4 ай бұрын

    This is the S*it! Thank you Sir!

  • @charlotterosenkilde
    @charlotterosenkilde3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏻

  • @evolionbot
    @evolionbot6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @kponly
    @kponly Жыл бұрын

    This is interesting. Can you show some ways to use the technique?

  • @kennethreaume1508
    @kennethreaume15084 жыл бұрын

    I've had to re-watch this so many times, excellent tutorial! I wish I could make a photoshop action - it doesn't seem to allow me to. Tips?

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kenneth Reaume I will make a demo for you. Give me about a week. I have a couple deadlines on some projects.

  • @kennethreaume1508

    @kennethreaume1508

    4 жыл бұрын

    Digital Painting Tips that would so amazing if you could, I’d be so grateful. Thank you so much.

  • @Mayrboomer
    @Mayrboomer6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Great tutorial. You’ve helped me a lot. I draw a lot and after scanning a pencil drawing into ps, I have a LOT of smudges and eraser marks and extra pencil lines on the original drawing. I need to draw cleaner, use a glove or paper to shield the paper from smudges while I draw, but I wonder if there is an easier way to get rid of these smudges and not have to use the eraser tool and clone tool to very slowly and painstakingly remove these dots and smudges. Contrast and levels helps a bit. I also use the magic wand to try to select the background to fill it with the paper colour. But it often washes out the drawing. I’m lost. Help?!

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    6 жыл бұрын

    Can you send me a low res jpg, so I can see what your drawings look like. Send to help@digitalpaintingtips.com. I can see if I have a solution for you.

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for feedback!

  • @francisconada6265
    @francisconada62655 ай бұрын

    thank you so much for this enlightning tutorial! is there a way to do the same procedure for more abstract brush strokes (like in Mark Rothko's paintings)?? Thank you so much :)

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    5 ай бұрын

    Where there is a will there is a way. I will create a video with possible solutions. Check back in a couple of weeks!

  • @halfpastdagodhour3953
    @halfpastdagodhour39533 жыл бұрын

    Can you please try to make one of these for GIMP image manipulator

  • @rosewooddragon
    @rosewooddragon Жыл бұрын

    do you have a tutorial that covers landscapes because I cannot really use the lasso tool to select the whole page. Thanks

  • @Adel20286
    @Adel202863 жыл бұрын

    Wow 🤩 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 Mercy🙏🏻 Dankeschön 🙏🏻 Thank you 🙏🏻 ممنونم التشکر 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

  • @pulentsoane6706
    @pulentsoane6706 Жыл бұрын

    Please share a video doing the copic sketch from start.

  • @JeremiahLambertArt
    @JeremiahLambertArt Жыл бұрын

    always wondered this in PS, clip studio paint literally has a one click auto thing for this. as always though plenty of adjustability to the long ways though in PS.

  • @watchthewindblowby
    @watchthewindblowby2 жыл бұрын

    This is super cool but does anyone know how to color in the pencil lines on PS Elements? It's not set up the same as regular PS and I don't see the channels like it shows in this video to be able to select the value of the drawing.

  • @Lawdhavemercyyy
    @Lawdhavemercyyy Жыл бұрын

    How does the rbg stage work?

  • @fredfreeland2384
    @fredfreeland23842 жыл бұрын

    Is this method the same as using the pen tool? I have been trying to learn how to trace a hand drawn sketch, but I can’t figure out how to group the pen tool lines once the entire drawing has been traced with the pen tool. Need help. Also I’m working on the 2022 version.

  • @darijaz8
    @darijaz82 жыл бұрын

    Hi, can u tell me how can extract a color sketch in png as well?

  • @ScotCampbellwindowpainter
    @ScotCampbellwindowpainter7 ай бұрын

    Whistling stop😮

  • @RetroRocky
    @RetroRocky5 жыл бұрын

    How did you create the orange border in your thumbnail

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    5 жыл бұрын

    I create my thumbnails in Canva. www.canva.com/

  • @tonyd7177
    @tonyd71772 жыл бұрын

    hi there ,does the bkgrnd have to be white for this to work ??

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, if you want a clean extraction.

  • @suzi-ml8ep
    @suzi-ml8ep2 жыл бұрын

    does this work for colered layers/ line drawings/ textures?

  • @DigitalPaintingTips

    @DigitalPaintingTips

    2 жыл бұрын

    This will work. You may lose a little detail, but it works. I've used this with real swatches for texture.

  • @hendyyoga8775
    @hendyyoga8775 Жыл бұрын

    rather difficult to find the shortcut key when using a PC

  • @walkersmith8276
    @walkersmith82768 ай бұрын

    great video. terrible music

  • @glennfleming
    @glennfleming4 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial, but please get rid of the 'music' in the background. Very irritating.

  • @abrahampetrow6750
    @abrahampetrow67503 жыл бұрын

    Had to turn it off because of stupid music in background.

  • @jorpixs
    @jorpixs5 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial! Thank you

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