Introduction

Hello everyone! I'm Paula-NM, and I'm here to explain how auto-coloring works and provide recommendations for creating your own illustrations.

 

For me, the two techniques I'm about to show you have completely changed how I bring my drawings to life and experiment with colors. Thanks to this tool, you can create wonders with great ease. Let's get started!

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Requirements

To access this function, you need:

 

1. Clip Studio Paint updated to at least 1.8.4

2. An active Internet connection, as the server interprets the drawing.

Line

To begin, the drawing must be on a single layer. If it's grouped in a folder, duplicate it and convert it into a layer.

Additionally, you must click the lighthouse icon. It is also very useful for selections, fills..., which will be helpful later on.

General Coloring

Once you've checked that everything is in order...

 

Menu > Edit > Colorize (Technology preview) > General Coloring

As we can see, the coloring isn't perfect, so let's correct it.

In the auto-selection, we adjust it to the reference layer, and from the "line" layer where we have the drawing, we select and correct the resulting colors as we wish.

Once we have the base colors, we create layers with multiply and screen blending modes, adjusting them to the colored layer, and continue painting until we are satisfied with the result.

Of the three options this tool offers, general coloring is an excellent resource for experimenting and playing, and also for creating new characters if you're undecided about colors. I encourage you to try this option!

Apply Selected Colors

In this case, we know exactly which colors we want to use.

 

Menu > Edit > Colorize (Technology preview) > Apply Selected Colors

As you can see, we will correct it in the same way as with the previous technique. It also has some pastel tones; if you don't like them, you can correct them with any tonal correction tool.

 

Once we have made the appropriate corrections, we can continue coloring the drawing to our liking, taking advantage of the lines formed by the automatic coloring and working on a single layer.

We add more shadows, then a background, and the drawing will be ready.

Advanced Settings

This option is similar to the previous one, as we choose the colors ourselves. However, we can decide how the colors will blend with each other.

 

Menu > Edit > Colorize (Technology preview) > Advanced Settings

A graph will appear for each tone we have used. It is recommended to use less than 10 tones in the drawing, as it only analyzes a maximum of 10 colors.

 

Now all that's left is to play with the curve and find the blend you like best.

From here, we repeat the same process as the first general coloring technique and continue until the illustration is finished.

Tips

Details make all the difference.

Try to keep the strokes as clean as possible.

I recommend using a separate layer for details like patterns to avoid cluttering the drawing.

This tool can also be used to create quick sketches for rapid previews, storyboards, landscapes, lighting, and any type of composition without needing to invest much time.

Brushes Used

I specifically used this brush for almost the entire process, thanks, Rompi!

Thank you all very much for following my first tutorial! I hope this guide has encouraged you to play around with this tool. Enjoy, and see you next time!