Why Can't I Color Raster Images?

[Brian Lucas]

Hi,

I have scanned a sequence of drawings and when I put it on a level, I doesn't allow me to paint. What am I doing wrong?

What can I do to paint raster since I don't want to convert it to vectors.

Thanks

Brian

[Rodney]

Hi Brian,

We need some more information.

It should be working for you... we just have to find out why it is not.

The first thing I would do would be to make sure the shape you are working with is closed... so that fill colors will work.

If you aren't using the paint bucket/fill tool and can't paint with a brush... perhaps you are actually painting but using the same color as the background so it doesn't look like you are drawing/painting.

To remedy that, make sure you select a Style that has a different color.

Too many variables at this point so please let us know more about what you are experiencing.

If you can capture your video (using a program like OBS Studio... screencast o matic... etc.) that will tell the tale.

[Brian Lucas]

Hi Rodney,

Thank you for answering. This is the window that pops up when I grab the paint bucket. I scanned the images at 300dpi and saved them as png.

OT doesn't let me use any paint tool.

I checked this tutorial where this guy imported a scanned image and I see that he can paint it. Why can't I? Do I need a special scanner or do I need to save it in a special format?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiPLdH1rQVw&t=65s

Thanks

Brian

[TurtleTooth]

The paint bucket doesn't work on raster levels.  You can convert your png to a toonz raster level and then you can paint it. 

[Brian Lucas]

Hi TurtleTooth,

How can I convert a png to toonz raster level?

Thanks

Brian

[Brian Lucas]

Never mind. I found out how to convert png to Ink and Paint Level.

And for those who are going through the same pain, it's easy:

In Browser, select the png's ---right click  --- convert --- File Format ---tlv

Check : Apply Autoclose.

That's it. DONE.

Thanks

Brian