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elyss
Jan '20

Hi!
In my previous thread6, I voiced my frustrations about coloring, and there I was given a multitude of great alternatives. At the end of the day though, many of you from that thread voiced how much you liked my monochromatic color scheme, so I quested to make it quicker and easier to achieve.

I've seen some flatting tools but they're usually for Krita and Photoshop. I unfortuntely use Clip Studio Paint. But I found an auto flatting software that only requires an internet connection and a png file! Behold Flatton70 and sorry if someone has already made a thread about this.

Flatton isn't perfect, but it does what I need it to do which is kickstart my coloring process. (I hid my clothing pattern for the flatting process.

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Especially since I'm just doing monochrome, I only need my coloring key and a magic wand tool now.

I'd like to point out though that it has a file limit size that comes out to be about A5 at 600dpi and isn't too kind to thinly lined wors. So, it's definately not for everyone but worth giving a try.

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ratiqueDirector, Community (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
Jan '20
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Oooh that looks amazing! (I'm with you with the coloring frustration...)

I will test this as soon as I can. Whoever made this is a hero. They even have an offline version! :heart_01:

Edit: That worked pretty well! I'm unsure if it is faster than just filling in your colors with the bucket tool, but I like that it creates a small bleed. Connecting similarly colored areas like clothing will also make a difference. Will definitely play around with it some more!

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irene_addler
Jan '20

I'm eager to make any part of the comic-creating process faster (who wouldn't be, right?), but I'm confused. How do you get the random colors that Flatton colors everything in to be the colors you want? I know I'm missing some obvious, crucial point because I'm still pretty new to making comics, but for the life of me I can't figure it out...

Darth_Biomech
Jan '20

But wouldn't you need to fill these flat colors with correct colors anyway? It produces some pastel color palette as a result and I don't quite understand how to use it. If it just colors every enclosed lineart area... how's that any significantly different than just filling in PS or other program? Well, besides requiring an extra steps.

rajillustration
Jan '20
Darth_Biomech

Since it saves selections as distinct flat colors, you can use the magic wand tool to quickly select the color and then color it in a different layer. It's mostly about making sure you have separate and distinct selections that completely fill the painting so there is no spot that isn't a selection, if that makes sense--no gaps in between lines.

ratiqueDirector, Community (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
Jan '20
irene_addler

It won't do that for you - it will just fill the areas with random colors. I think the best part about is it is the very clean blocking it does, which includes part of your line art.

One downside is that with detailed pieces (See my example above), I would have to go in and fill all these areas individually.

I'm still debating if it actually speeds the process up or if it's just an additional step that can be avoided by working with the bucket tool. Will have to make more tests to be sure.

irene_addler
Jan '20

My bad, I meant making it the random colors into the colors you want AFTER using Flatton to color it at random, I already realized it wouldn't let you input the colors you wanted into the program itself or whatever, I didn't explain myself very well!

Because yes, I'd still have to go in with a bucket tool and color it the colors I want...so I'm not sure I see the point of using it at all because I'd be coloring it with the tool anyways

elyss
Jan '20
irene_addler

Select the areas with the magic wand tool and then fill them with the bucket tool all at once. CSP has button I can click for that, not sure of other software though.

The use is that the panel is completely full so you dont have to focus on finding every nook and cranny. Instead, you can just select the bits you want and change them.

elyss
Jan '20
Darth_Biomech

For me, the flatting process is what takes so long. I already have a pallet, so that cuts out the tedium for me. Clip makes swapping colors a breeze so this has literally cut my process in well over half.

Darth_Biomech
Jan '20
elyss

The only tedious process of flattening for me is making sure that the lineart is watertight and colors won't spill, the rest is just a matter of colorpicking a color from the palette and then paintbucketing it in appropriate areas. and this tool requires the same processes to be done anyway, so at least for me it's basically useless. Edge bleeding issues are easily solvable via the right bucket settings and putting a solid dark grey under all of the colors afterward(Just select the silhouettes of the characters (All the empty space and then invert selection), contract selection by a couple pixels, fill).

elyss
Jan '20

That's fair. I use alot of backgrounds so I've found it hard to use that as a method and still be quick in execution.

Elixiink
Jan '20

I tried it out and it works pretty terrible for me XD I think my art style is pretty detailed and I like drawing hairs into sections so It looks pretty much like a mess when I use flatten. This website can be a gem for people with less detailed linear but for me it takes a bit longer. Oh well! As least I got to know about a new website! Thanks for sharing!