Quick to use, just a filter to launch and quick to compute compare to all the other method I tested. a closeup without the line-art on left, with line-art over it on right ). No problem with the anti-aliasing or bluryness of the line-art (eg. (b.) Result of colormap are clean aliased pure color areas easy to replace with a fill-bucket at low tolerance, with line-art over just perfectly center above it. The filter find the holes, and reconstruct a bezier curved line to smooth the limit.

I made two simple test-artwork: on top with closed lines, on bottom with arbitrary holes in the lines. When applying the filter, the node in red and the blue lines disapear to let only two layers: the line-art and the color-map.

When launching Colorize Lineart, the preview display red nodes at the end point of each detected lines, then between the nodes a bezier curve in blue is generated to help 'fixing' the tiny holes in the line-art, or fix the artistic 'missing lines' suggested by the artist. Shade on the top, paint, color-corrections and voilà!.Open the result (the filter is really quick) in your digital-painting program, and flood-fill/replace the colormap areas with the colors of your choice.Send it to the GMIC filter Black&White > Colorize Lineart the filter will auto-colorize all the areas for you with random bright colors and split two layers: your line-art above the generated color-map.The workflow of this filter is really simple as you can see on the picture of the top: With support for Photoshop files and the ability to open, save, edit and author HDR images, Krita stands out from the crowd in the painting tool market.Here are my notes about the Colorize Lineart, a new GMIC filter to auto-colorize line-art created by David Tschumperlé, Sébastien Fourey and me. It is easy to use and can be navigated by all users, regardless of their expertise. The array of tools is first class for a free product, as is the design and interface. Overall, Krita is one of those gems that you rarely come across. If you use specific tools regularly, then you are also able to create your own shortcuts for more commonly used tools.

As soon as you have your setup in place, you are able to save it as your personal workspace. The various panels and dockers an be moved and modified to suit your own workflow. The interface is very intuitive and highly customizable. Krita has numerous innovative features to help the amateur and professionals alike.įor artists, using Krita is a joy. Krita is an Open Source painting tool that has been designed for illustrators, concept artists, the VFX industry, and matte and texture artists.

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