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263CHAPTER 11 • Artistic Effects
Colorizing Line Art
Colorizing line art is really very simple: Start out by switching to RGB color mode, create selections inside your line art, and then
colorize the selections on layers. Sounds easy enough, so let’s get started.
STEP ONE: Scan your line art image into
Photoshop Elements in RGB mode if
possible, because your image has to be
in a color mode if you’re going to add
color to it. If your line art image is already
in Grayscale mode, you can simply go
under the Image menu, under Mode, and
choose RGB Color.
STEP TWO: Your scanned image will
appear on the Background layer, but we
need to conv