I would like to fill different colors in selected areas in different layers. help please!

[default30lahs9hx463]

Hello everyone. I hope you are well.

I would like to color different selected areas in different layers of a certain image. My current method is to select all the needed areas with quick selection/lasso tools in layer 1, and then adding the colors manually using the pencil tool because the fill color options colors of them together.

Ideally, I would like that a selected area that is chosen in a certain layer would be fille separately, instead of the Fill option coloring every selected area no matter on which layer it is.\

I tried filling the color in using Solid Color in the layer menu, but this deselects the selected areas which is problematic is a need a Black background behind the colored areas of the image.

Any help or method would be greatly appriciated. Thanks for your time!

[Ged_Traynor]

Hi

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but once you have a selection made just hit Ctrl + J to copy the selection to it's own layer, repeat for the other selections, then you can fill each layer with it's own colour

[default30lahs9hx463]

Hello and thank you for your reply.

This is a great option, but the new layer is filled and de-selected, which makes it a problem to fill in the background of the image in black. The final product is merging all the layers, and creating an image with a black background and the different selected areas with their respective colors.

[Ged_Traynor]

Not sure I fully understand what it is you want to achieve, can you post a screenshot of the image in question

[default30lahs9hx463]

This is an example of a final mask of an image

  

[default30lahs9hx463]

This can all be done manually, using the pencil tool. This is inconsistent and would like to fill each area with its appropriate color.

[KShinabery212]

Can you show an example of what you want to achieve this way we can better understand the issue.

For me... I select an area with a selection tool, then create a new layer and work in that selected area.

But without knowing what your end goal is, there might be other steps. 

Example: If you are recoloring parts of a black and white photo.  Then I might adjust the layer in different ways to preserve the look of the elements below. 

So it is important to know what you want to do, so we can give a better idea of how to go about it.

[default30lahs9hx463]

Hello,

Thank you for your reply. I attached an image as an example of an end product.

Thanks again.