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MeganeRid — Lineart Clean Up Tutorial

Published: 2010-06-06 14:54:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 39460; Favourites: 1155; Downloads: 719
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Description This's how I usually clean up my lineart scans.

Btw, it's better to use large size soft round brush for the dodge tool.

Some people asked about it so here it is
Hope that helps, cheers!
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Comments: 155

xaffein [2013-10-31 11:08:08 +0000 UTC]

thank you! this is really help!

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Emmacabre [2013-04-23 02:35:30 +0000 UTC]

Awesome - thank you so much! Glad I found oen I can do in Elements. :-P

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MeganeRid In reply to Emmacabre [2013-04-25 16:50:50 +0000 UTC]

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BdelyrosAuliros [2013-04-06 12:59:13 +0000 UTC]

thank you!! it is really helpful! so much easier this way.

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BriarSeiberlyn [2013-01-28 06:09:35 +0000 UTC]

Did your photoshop version cost money?

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Stmiriam [2012-12-29 02:53:29 +0000 UTC]

wow, i was needing something like this RIGHT NOW! Thank you

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Dyrin [2012-08-26 05:20:00 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant!! This is so much easier!! Thank you.

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HazardousBubbles [2012-04-23 00:50:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot! Was easy enough to follow in Photoshop Elements. Very helpful.

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HdGrazia [2012-03-06 10:24:42 +0000 UTC]

Awesome It's really simple and it works with gimp too! (only program I have lol)

thanks mate!

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Tsuenica [2012-02-29 22:48:49 +0000 UTC]

can you do other tutorial of lineart scans and coloring, but in photoshop CS5 please?

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TechnicolorDreamCat [2011-11-21 03:00:45 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOUUUUU <3

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vampireshiver [2011-07-09 07:18:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!! This helps me alot thankyou for putting this up. XD

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masterswordxkeyblade [2011-06-21 01:42:06 +0000 UTC]

I can't find the dodge tool on it (mine's photoshop elements 7.0)

And this was pretty neat.

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lenpai In reply to masterswordxkeyblade [2012-07-20 18:36:53 +0000 UTC]

I have a photoshop elements 8.0, but i think our's should be roughly the same. For me, the dodge tool should be on the very bottom left of your toolbox. However, it may be preset to the Sponge Tool. So, to get the dodge tool, click & hold the Sponge Tool (it should be a picture of a yellow sponge) and you'll see the dodge tool.

-Hope that helped!

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shelectric [2011-06-04 14:45:12 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much!

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UrbanShipWreak [2011-05-26 22:52:26 +0000 UTC]

is sooo simple!! D:

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TheUnlimited [2011-05-18 00:00:17 +0000 UTC]

i never thought of using the dodge tool i just go to bight/contrast. thanks this helps alot

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Antilogist [2011-05-16 23:07:38 +0000 UTC]

Amazing lineart!

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Ephemeran [2011-05-13 13:03:55 +0000 UTC]

wow u make it so easy

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sunako02 [2011-03-10 13:42:31 +0000 UTC]

thank you! this helped me a lot!

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camelliane [2011-02-28 17:26:33 +0000 UTC]

Good, this tutorial will probably help me a lot!!! Congrats!

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Maitorahka [2011-02-12 12:49:20 +0000 UTC]

This was really helpful ^^ thanks!

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NINJALALA [2011-02-03 07:55:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for doing this tutorial!

I was beginning to think all was lost with my pencil sketch drawings x3

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Soulslayer317 [2011-01-18 17:38:39 +0000 UTC]

this would help me alot! THanks for putting htis up

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ZyseaZodiac [2010-12-25 22:26:30 +0000 UTC]

That was super helpful. Thank you for taking the time to put this up!

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TheLaMarty [2010-12-03 11:33:12 +0000 UTC]

omg this is AMAZING!

really, I've been looking for a good tutorial for YEARS! thank you! <3

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ishougen [2010-12-02 02:19:29 +0000 UTC]

This is really helpful! ^^ I never thought there'd be such a simple way to clean up lineart. *_* ♥

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BlackCatGidget [2010-08-23 05:42:23 +0000 UTC]

This is honestly the single most helpful thing I've ever seen. Thank you!

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ambrettina [2010-08-17 13:41:35 +0000 UTC]

it's an optimal tutorial!! it's awesome!!

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Shii7 [2010-08-16 02:05:58 +0000 UTC]

do you have any tips for gray smudges like in this sketch? [link]

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MeganeRid In reply to Shii7 [2010-08-23 06:36:49 +0000 UTC]

well the dodge tools should be able to clean those up, you just need to be careful not to erase the lineart too

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Shii7 In reply to MeganeRid [2010-08-23 14:56:50 +0000 UTC]

ok, I'll try using the dodge tool again.
Thank you (:

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Dale-Walters [2010-07-26 18:56:29 +0000 UTC]

spot on nice one!

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MeganeRid In reply to Dale-Walters [2010-07-27 01:57:25 +0000 UTC]

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Miarath [2010-07-26 14:48:25 +0000 UTC]

Looks great.

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4164120003 [2010-07-24 02:12:34 +0000 UTC]

it sure helped a lot thx

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zJoriz [2010-07-23 14:55:23 +0000 UTC]

This works in older versions too, yeah.
I prefer doing manual curves for each channel (because whenever I scan / photograph something there's bound to be a colour cast on it), but the dodge tip is a great idea. Thanks!

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Nethelim00 [2010-07-22 20:40:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! This is so helpful! !

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ArionNaomi [2010-07-17 13:53:07 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I hope to try it in PS7, that's what I use. I've been dying for a way to clean up my line art without inking it. I feel that pictures loose feeling if inked in. It looses that sketchy-ness. Good job! I'll give it a go!

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xCluBearx [2010-07-08 01:56:03 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the tutorial ^-^

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herhighnesskushina [2010-07-07 15:20:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial! All this time I've been doing it the hard way ... Usually, I would scan my drawings, set the lineart layer to multiply and then trace over the whole thing in photoshop. This makes much more sense, I must say...

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jinthephoeniX [2010-07-07 07:56:57 +0000 UTC]

thx a lot! it will help me to do the same

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lupine-lupus [2010-06-30 21:37:18 +0000 UTC]

I'm very bad at cleaning up scanned in stuff so this is very useful Thanks!

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Primeless [2010-06-30 13:54:19 +0000 UTC]

thanx for sharing

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zelka94 [2010-06-29 11:24:26 +0000 UTC]

thaaaaank uuuu!!!its perfect^^

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ColonelYeo [2010-06-29 05:27:08 +0000 UTC]

Extremely useful! I never thought of doing this to clean up lineart. Thank you for posting!

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carolibuedev [2010-06-29 00:59:19 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME!
thank you
you help a lot *-*
your art is amazing >vo)b

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YuffieProductions [2010-06-27 17:04:16 +0000 UTC]

This was very helpful! I always wondered how everyone got sketches to be so clean! Thanks for the tut.

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SquidSoup [2010-06-27 15:00:38 +0000 UTC]

this is awesome, thanks

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winnia [2010-06-27 12:56:17 +0000 UTC]

Thx! ^^

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