Question to Line Art individuals

[iZeus]

How?


How do you guys fill in the outlines? When I stroke my paths/selections I can't select the inside area, it'll only select the drawn lines. How do you guys color in the area? Do you just color the area then erase from the outline? or select the outline and delete that space on the colored area layer?

[rich2005]

(04-27-2019, 02:09 PM)iZeus Wrote: How?
...When I stroke my paths/selections I can't select the inside area, it'll only select the drawn lines. How do you guys color in the area? Do you just color the area then erase from the outline? or select the outline and delete that space on the colored area layer?..

Try and develop a work flow that suits whatever image editing you are doing. This might not suit if you are editing, say an animation but it is one way to keep control.

This is my path, showing both layers and paths dialogues for clarity. Made a layer group and a layer for the outline. Stroked that path or it could be a straight forward selection.



Now this is a selection, from the path (or it is the previous selection) and in a new layer, in the layer group, the selection is bucket filled.



That gives the option, by toggling layer visibility, for just the filled area or just the outline or both. Plus the option to edit either in the future. (if you save as a Gimp .xcf file)

[rich2005]

OK, another go. I am not really a line art/drawing person so...

You have your line drawing which might have come from a vector, or it might just be a drawing?

As an imported vector with paths you might get the outline (as top image) but a select from path and fill does not work. examples https://i.imgur.com/XqV9pxv.jpg

Make your selections using the fuzzy select tool in additive mode for discrete areas of same colour. It is usual to grow the selection a little, 2 or 3 pixels, depending on the base image size and then fill on a new layer. This can be above or below the line drawing depending on transparency.

Clear the selections and repeat, new areas, new selections, new fill, to build up the image. Use as many layers as required.

examples: https://i.imgur.com/zhhuj7d.jpg

[Ofnuts]

Did you try the new bucket-fill options available in 2.10.10: https://www.gimp.org/news/2019/04/07/gim...-released/

[Ritergeek]

(04-27-2019, 07:47 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: Did you try the new bucket-fill options available in 2.10.10: https://www.gimp.org/news/2019/04/07/gim...-released/

I have tried that. It seems to be better, but still not perfect, thus the caution about growing the selection.