EDIT: Deviantart managed to frag many of the downloads a few months ago, and I have to find what CD I backed it up on and re-upload it.

This is a slightly more complicated version, by =norli: [link]
This is also a slightly more complicated version by ~miraikazuya: [link]
This one's pretty close to my version, from =JimmyHapa: [link]

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In the past week, I've told three different people here on DA my method for taking scanned line art and putting it on a layer that contains nothing but black and transparency in Photoshop, so I figured it would be easier to just work up a tutorial and post the link to it in the future.

Many people color their line art by putting it on a separate layer and converting that layer to Multiply, which makes everything but black transparent, showing the colors on the layers below. There are some limitations to this method; for example if you apply layer effects to the colored layers, it can create some bizarre results. Also, what if you wanted to tint your line art a color? You can't do that with Multiply without the color interacting with the layers below.

With this method, however, the result is the line art on a separate layer all by itself, with no white or fuzzy grey areas around the lines to mess up your coloring.

Feel free to download and use it. If you do anything using it, send me the link; I'd like tos ee.

Click on the arrow above to download the file. Unzip it, then use a Web browser to read the tutorial. The file is over 1.5 megabytes, so be aware it'll take a while to download if you're on a slow modem.