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April 21, 2020
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How to colour in this Mercedes sketch using Adobe Illustrator

  • April 21, 2020
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Hi Everyone and thank you in advance for your help.

 

Mercedes Benz have offered a sketch book in PDF to colour in their cars. 

 

If i wanted to fill in the colours myself using Illustrator, how do i do it?

Thanks

 

 

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    Correct answer Ton Frederiks

    It is an image. To color in Illustrator you need to trace it, but you will lose some detail.

    To color it in Photoshop:

    In Photoshop, open the page as image.

    To get rid of the white:

    Unlock the background layer.

    Create a new transparent layer below it.

    Select the  car layer.

    From the Layers panel choose Blending Options…

    Move the right slider of This Layer a little to the left (254 or 253).

    Click OK.

    Choose Merge Down

    Set the Car layer to Multiply.

    Create a layer below it to add the color (and maybe another layer below that filled with white).

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    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    April 22, 2020

    It is an image. To color in Illustrator you need to trace it, but you will lose some detail.

    To color it in Photoshop:

    In Photoshop, open the page as image.

    To get rid of the white:

    Unlock the background layer.

    Create a new transparent layer below it.

    Select the  car layer.

    From the Layers panel choose Blending Options…

    Move the right slider of This Layer a little to the left (254 or 253).

    Click OK.

    Choose Merge Down

    Set the Car layer to Multiply.

    Create a layer below it to add the color (and maybe another layer below that filled with white).

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    HsalimAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    April 22, 2020

    thank you Tom

    Doug A Roberts
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    Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
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    April 22, 2020

    I would:

     

    1. Lock the Mercedes layer.

    2. Create a new layer beneath it.

    3. Draw shapes to match the colour areas you want.

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    HsalimAuthor
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    April 22, 2020

    Thank you Doug. Question - would that be too time consuming as there are plenty of shapes to do?

    Doug A Roberts
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    Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
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    April 22, 2020

    It's not a suitable image for shortcuts like Live Paint as you would spend as much time closing gaps as you would creating shapes from scratch.

     

    Whether it would be too time consuming is really up to you.

      Monika Gause
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      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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      April 21, 2020

      Is it a vector drawing?

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      HsalimAuthor
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      April 21, 2020

      it's a pdf copy.

      Monika Gause
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      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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      April 21, 2020

      PDFs can contain both vector and pixel artwork. Which is it?

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