JOB ROLE STORYBOARD ARTIST

JOB ROLE – STORYBOARD ARTIST

Sector – Media and Entertainment Sector

(Qualification Pack Code: MES/Q0507)

( Class-X )

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PSS Central Institute of Vocational Education

Shyamla Hills, Bhopal – 462 013 , Madhya Pradesh, India

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www.psscive.ac.in

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CHAPTER 8: COLOURING STORYBOARD

IN PHOTOSHOP

Content

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Title Slide No.

Chapter Objectives 04

Introduction 05- 06

Lighting and Color 07- 08

Colour a Storyboard 09

Practical Activity 1- Color a single frame of Storyboard by using

Photoshop.

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Summary 24

Chapter Objectives

The students will be able to:

❑ Describe lighting and colour relationship,

❑ Define different lighting techniques,

❑ Demonstrate the process of colouring a storyboard.

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Introduction

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Storyboards are created for many mediums. There are many

different views on coloring a storyboard. But it is not necessary

that every storyboard need to be colored. If we take a case of

storyboarding for TV animation, there is no need a storyboard to be

colored. If we talk about storyboard of a feature animation, it may

need to be colored. But just only to add ambience to the shots or

scenes.

There are many storyboard artists who create storyboards without

coloring it. They just create their storyboards through drawings

and apply only gray and black tones to these drawings of their

storyboards.

Introduction

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Before diving inside the actual color part, you need to understand

how the light plays an important role in colors. As without them,

we can’t even see any color. There are different types of lighting

techniques used to influence the overall ambiance of the scenario.

Here, Photoshop is the software used for importing your sketched

output and coloring it layer by layer and providing it a gradient

look at the end.

Lighting and Color

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It is critical to keep light sources in mind and not change them in

the middle of a scene. There are three types of light that you will

mainly need to consider:

Key light- It is the primary light, which shines directly on the

center of the scene.

It can shine directly on the subject, or for dramatic effects, it can be

shifted in one direction,

Fig. Key light

Lighting and Color

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Fill light- It is used to reduce shadows and

also called reflective light. It is positioned in

such a way (opposite to key light) that fills

the shadow created by key light,

Fig. Fill light

Backlight- It comes from behind the subject

and is used to separate the actor from the

background. It is also called hair light, as it

often creates a brilliant shine in the actors'

hair,Fig. Back light

Colour a Storyboard

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Let us understand how we can add colors to our storyboard. We are

taking one shot of a Storyboard in Photoshop and adding color in it.

Here we will take a storyboard as an example which has only

drawings with black color on white colored paper or background.

So, Let’s start with taking an example of a single frame storyboard

drawing which is drawn with just black colored single outlines on a

white paper.

Practical Activity 1Color a single frame of Storyboard by using Photoshop.

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Suppose we have a storyboard created on

paper. We need to scan it and bring it into

our computer.

Fig. Frame of a Storyboard

which is going to be colored


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Step01

Open Photoshop; import the

storyboard drawing to Photoshop.

Once we opened a storyboard frame

in Photoshop we have to select the

background area of that storyboard

frame image to remove, Whenever we

import any image to Photoshop it

opens with a Background layer

which would be partially locked.

Fig. Partially locked Background

layer in Layer Panel


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Step02

Double-click on that Background

layer, a window for New Layer will

pop-up.

Insert the name of your layer you

want to assign in the Name field and

press OK to unlock that partially

locked layer. (Here we named the

layer as Original)

Fig. Unlock the background layer


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Step03

Go to Menu bar > Layer > New

Adjustment Layer > Levels.

As soon as you select the Levels,

window for levels setting will pop-up

on screen.

The keyboard shortcut to select

Levels is “Ctrl+ L”.

Fig. Levels


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To manage tonal quality of any

image, Levels has three sliders,

Black Point Slider : To manage the

Shadow tone of your image (Darker

tones)

Midtone Point Slider : To manage

the Midtones of your image (Gray

tones)

White Point Slider : To manage the

Highlight tones of your image

(Brighter tones)

Fig. Different sliders inside levels


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Step 4.

Select Magic Wand Tool from the

Toolbar, OR

Use keyboard shortcut to select Magic

Wand Tool. The keyboard shortcut to

select Magic Wand Tool is “W”.

Fig. Magic Wand Tool in Toolbar

Click on the white part of your image, a

marquee selection will appear around the

image. Actually all the white pixels of

your image are now under selection.

Fig. Marquee Selection using

Magic Wand Tool


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Step 5.

Now we have to invert the current

selection in order to select the black

outlines of our drawing only.

To invert the selection, go to Select in

Menu Bar and click on Inverse.

You can also use the keyboard shortcut to

select the Inverse in order to inverse the

selection.

The keyboard shortcut is “Shift+ Ctrl+ I”. Fig. Invert the current selection


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Now you have only your drawing lines in selection. You can easily

separate your drawing from the background now

Fig. Marquee Selection of

your drawing outlines only


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Step.6

Create a new layer and name it as “Storyboard

01”. Now hide this “Original” layer. Go to

layer “Storyboard 01” Select the Brush Tool

from Toolbar.

Fig. Brush Tool

Set the required value of size and set

hardness as 100% for selected brush.

Fig. Brush Preset


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Step.7

Go to Menu bar < Windows < Swatches

Select black color in swatches library.

Fig. Swatches

Step8. Swipe the brush around the marquee

selection of your drawing completely. Make

sure the layer “Storyboard 01” is selected

before using brush.

It will create lines for your drawing only on a separated layer

(selected layer “Storyboard 01”). Now you have black outlines of

your drawing on a distinct layer. Now deselect the marquee

selection using keyboard shortcut “Ctrl+ D” Or go to Select <

Deselect in Menu bar.


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Step.9

Go to Layer Panel and create a new layer.

Name this layer as “My color 01”.

Arrange this layer “My colors” below your drawing

outline layer “Storyboard 01”.

Fig. Create New LayerStep10.

Select the layer “My color 01”. Select a color you want to paint on

your drawing from swatches library.

Select the Brush Tool. Set its Size and Hardness from Brush

Presets. Now start painting on your drawing using brush. To get

more controlling and editing smoothness, create a new layer every

time whenever you need to paint with different color.


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Its better if you use different layers to

paint for different parts of your

drawing. For example, you can paint

with different colors on different

layers for different parts like hair,

face, clothes, hands etc. Name each

layer in proper manner to manage the

work.

Fig. Colored drawing with multiple

different color


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Step.11

If you need to change any color you

have painted already.

Select that layer which has the color

you want to change.

Go to Image < Adjustments

< Hue/Saturation

OR

Use keyboard shortcut “Ctrl+ U”Fig. Hue/ Saturation window


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Step.12

Once you have completed coloring. Save

your file. Go to File> Save as

Fig. Save as the frame

Summary

In this chapter, you have learned about relationship between

light and colour and importance of lighting, Further you have

also learned the process of colouring a storyboard.

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Project Coordinator : Dr. Dipak D. Shudhalwar

Assistance

Mr. Abhinaw Kumar Dwivedi

Joint Director

PSS Central Institute of Vocational Education

Shyamla Hills, Bhopal – 462013 , Madhya Pradesh, India

__________________________________________________________________________E-mail: [email protected]

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