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vancauwenbergel16720860
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Bonjour,

Je fais de la bande dessinée et je colorie via Photoshop.

Je dois créer un document pour monter ma planche et je me gratte la tête quand aux réglages du dit document.

Jusqu'ici je fais ça:

A4

1000 pix/pouces

16bits

CMJN

et ne pas appliquer la gestion des couleurs.

Je me questionne par exemple sur l'utilité du 16 bits.

Lio

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    Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

    And for the 1000ppi,what you mean is that the only downside of working on that resolution is the biggest size of the file on the HD?

    Aside from the file-size applying Filters, saving etc. take longer.

    But if it’s not a noticeable nuisance you should stick with the higher resolution, in my opinion, for the benefit of having a little buffer for larger outputs.

    Yes it's old school ligne claire..I sample handmade watercolor and put them as layer on my black and white drawing in Photoshop.

    Is the line drawing pure black (0%C, 0%M, 0%Y, 100%K)?

    That can be useful in case the registration is not very exact in printing to avoid color fringes along the lines.

    It's working pretty well for me so I'd like to know why is Photoshop not so good for comic creators,i'll do a search:)

    Type and graphical elements like lines (both for the speech balloons and the panel frames) would benefit from vector output but Photoshop’s capabilities are somewhat limited in that regard.

    And while combining, transforming and re-arranging individual elements and frames can be done lossless-ly with Smart Objects that may not always feel very convenient.

    what you mean is that if I work in CMYK I should apply color management?

    Always embed the profile when saving CMYK images so that one can later one be sure for which standard print condition they were intended.

    Only in very special cases would an unprofled CMYK image make sense in my opinion – for example if the only colors are 100% black and primary or secondary colors like a 0/100/100/0 red.

    (Naturally one should also always embed the profile in RGB files, otherwise others with different RGB Working Spaces may see the image displayed and printed very differently.)

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    c.pfaffenbichler
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    May 30, 2019

    Hello

    I make comics and I color through Photoshop.

    I have to create a document to mount my Board and I scratch my head when the settings of the said document.

    So far I'm doing this:

    A4

    1000 PIX/inch

    16bits

    Cmyk

    and do not apply color management.

    For example, I question the usefulness of 16 bits.

    Lio

    First off: From what I hear from other comic-creators Photoshop is not a good choice for coloring and lettering comics.

    Depending on the volume and nature of your comic work you may want to look into alternatives.

    CLIP STUDIO PAINT : The artist's software for drawing and painting

    What is your colouring style? Similar to old-time ligne-claire or painterly or …?

    The 16bit would mainly offer benefits with soft gradients (to avoid banding).

    Working in CMYK is another difficult decision (but turning off Color Management should never be considered a serious option).

    It may be beneficial if black linework or large grey areas are involved that are supposed to print in CMYK-black.

    Working at 1000ppi seems like another ambiguous choice – in printing the page the additional resolution of the composite CMYK images does not improve the print quality, intricate linework will still get screened.

    But if it does not deteriorate performance unacceptably it may be very useful in case details of the pages (or whole pages) may later on need to be printed considerably larger for promotional material for example.

    vancauwenbergel16720860
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    May 30, 2019

    Hi,thanx!

    Yes it's old school ligne claire..I sample handmade watercolor and put them as layer on my black and white drawing in Photoshop.

    It's working pretty well for me so I'd like to know why is Photoshop not so good for comic creators,i'll do a search:)

    For the CMYK I don't work with large grey area or in b/w, it's pretty simple colors so maybe I'll go back to RGB...what you mean is that if I work in CMYK I should apply color management?

    And for the 1000ppi,what you mean is that the only downside of working on that resolution is the biggest size of the file on the HD?

    Thanx!

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    May 30, 2019

    And for the 1000ppi,what you mean is that the only downside of working on that resolution is the biggest size of the file on the HD?

    Aside from the file-size applying Filters, saving etc. take longer.

    But if it’s not a noticeable nuisance you should stick with the higher resolution, in my opinion, for the benefit of having a little buffer for larger outputs.

    Yes it's old school ligne claire..I sample handmade watercolor and put them as layer on my black and white drawing in Photoshop.

    Is the line drawing pure black (0%C, 0%M, 0%Y, 100%K)?

    That can be useful in case the registration is not very exact in printing to avoid color fringes along the lines.

    It's working pretty well for me so I'd like to know why is Photoshop not so good for comic creators,i'll do a search:)

    Type and graphical elements like lines (both for the speech balloons and the panel frames) would benefit from vector output but Photoshop’s capabilities are somewhat limited in that regard.

    And while combining, transforming and re-arranging individual elements and frames can be done lossless-ly with Smart Objects that may not always feel very convenient.

    what you mean is that if I work in CMYK I should apply color management?

    Always embed the profile when saving CMYK images so that one can later one be sure for which standard print condition they were intended.

    Only in very special cases would an unprofled CMYK image make sense in my opinion – for example if the only colors are 100% black and primary or secondary colors like a 0/100/100/0 red.

    (Naturally one should also always embed the profile in RGB files, otherwise others with different RGB Working Spaces may see the image displayed and printed very differently.)