Microsoft KB Archive/149207

How to Apply Color in Toonz InkNPaint w/Multi-Rectangular-Fill

PSS ID Number: Q149207 Article last modified on 04-19-1996

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= SUMMARY =

To color a sequence of images, begin by coloring all small areas and finish by using the Multi-Rectangular-Fill option in Paint. This technique can be especially useful if the last color to be applied is a large area divided within its parameters by many smaller areas. The more small areas that divide the larger area from within, the more effective this technique is.

= MORE INFORMATION =

This technique involves the application of all colors but one. The remaining color is then applied using the Multi-Rectangular-Fill option in Paint in the InkNPaint module of Toonz.

Complete the following steps to use this technique:


 * 1) Plan the coloring sequence in advance by determining the area within the sequence that requires the most work to color. Organize the work so that this area is the final area to be colored.
 * 2) Proceed with normal coloration until all areas have been colored except the area designated as the final area to be colored.
 * 3) Save the work.
 * 4) To protect the colors that have been applied so far, activate Selective in Paint in the InkNPaint module.
 * 5) Click the Multifill button to activate the Multi-Rectangular-Fill option in Paint in the InkNPaint module.
 * 6) Click the film strip to go to the first drawing in the sequence.
 * 7) In the first drawing in the sequence, use the mouse to draw a rectangle large enough to include the entire area to be colored.
 * 8) Go to the final drawing in the sequence.
 * 9) In the final drawing in the sequence, use the mouse to draw a second rectangle large enough to include the entire area to be colored. Toonz now automatically color fills the closed areas within the rectangle from the first drawing through to the last drawing in the sequence without altering the colors that have been applied so far.
 * 10) Clean up any areas that Toonz may have closed inadvertently in the drawings.

= REFERENCES =

Refer to the Softimage Toonz Tutorial for the example that paints the spots on a cow’s back if you would like to practice this technique.

NOTE: Softimage Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation.

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