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Post by exodous on Jan 7, 2011 11:14:35 GMT -9
I was wondering if anyone knew of an easy fast way to de-colorize before printing so they can be colored by hand. I'm playing Hero Quest with my nephews and I think it would be fun for them to color their miniatures with colored pencils rather than just printing them already colored. I can do this by opening the files in gimp and editing them there but if there is an easier faster way to do it with multiple miniature sets at a time that would be great.
I remember when I had a graphics class there was a way to print the image leaving the colors out, so it wasn't like printing in gray scale but just printing the black in the image but I can't find that option now, it might have been a specific program I was using.
Thanx,
Stan
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Post by Tommygun on Jan 7, 2011 11:29:55 GMT -9
The only way I know how to do it is with a photo editing software.
In Gimp you can pick the black color (with the Color Tool) and next do a copy then paste to a new blank page.
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Post by hackbarth on Jan 7, 2011 17:09:48 GMT -9
In Gimp you could do color to alpha three times, one for each color (R,G,B). That would let one the black lines.
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Post by imnntt on Jan 8, 2011 6:29:41 GMT -9
If you have paint.net all you have to do is select the magic wand tool, set the flood mode to global, select the black outline on the figure, invert the selection, and hit delete. print it or save it as an image for later.
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Post by glennwilliams on Jan 18, 2011 7:39:58 GMT -9
If you have paint.net all you have to do is select the magic wand tool, set the flood mode to global, select the black outline on the figure, invert the selection, and hit delete. print it or save it as an image for later. same in photoshop, although you may have to zoom in to be able to choose precisely. |
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Jan 22, 2011 7:45:15 GMT -9
A brutal approach when all else fails:
Most applications have "greyscale" option. Select that.
Then whack the contrast up (perhaps with a little brightness) and that gets rid of all the midtone greys. This is how I remove graph paper lines and pencil from my scans.
Of course you might lose a lot of detail in the process...
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Post by hackbarth on Apr 4, 2011 10:40:06 GMT -9
I found a method that perfectly erases all color of the figure:
Open the figure in GIMP.
Go to Layer>Transparency>Color to Alpha
Change the color to be erased to FF0000 (red)
Repeat for 00FF00 (green), 0000FF (blue), FFFF00 (yellow), FF00FF (Magenta) and 00FFFF (Cyan)
Now ALL color of the figure became transparent, but the lines remain untouched. It is much more faithful to the original lines than the previous methods. All you have to do is create a new white layer below the original layer and put colors in this new layer. Like painting an old-style animation cell.
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Post by cowboyleland on Apr 4, 2011 12:49:51 GMT -9
Thanks, good tip!
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Post by labrat on Apr 14, 2011 2:41:42 GMT -9
Nice work Hackbarth.  |
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Post by Adam Souza on Apr 30, 2011 5:43:13 GMT -9
I found a method that perfectly erases all color of the figure: Open the figure in GIMP. Go to Layer>Transparency>Color to Alpha Change the color to be erased to FF0000 (red) Repeat for 00FF00 (green), 0000FF (blue), FFFF00 (yellow), FF00FF (Magenta) and 00FFFF (Cyan) Now ALL color of the figure became transparent, but the lines remain untouched. It is much more faithful to the original lines than the previous methods. All you have to do is create a new white layer below the original layer and put colors in this new layer. Like painting an old-style animation cell. Sweet. I'm going to have to try that. Thank you again for sharing |
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Post by hackbarth on May 5, 2011 5:37:34 GMT -9
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