Using Clipping Masks in Sketchbook (Lock Transparency)

[@etherealgirl394]

omg I was driving myself out of my mind trying to figure a way to make this, thank you for the tutorial, Fabio, I subscribe! :)

[@fabio_gioffre]

lol I am glad I could help. there is also a way to do this by using the selection tool if you want to try that one out as well. Thanks for subscribing:)

[@etherealgirl394]

@@fabio_gioffre ohh cool, I'll try that too, thanks again ❤️

[@HBProductions.]

To add the highlight you can just create an empty 3rd layer and set the layer mode to overlay or even just eliminate the white aspect of the layer, making it transparent, then just color in the high light you want and you should see the layers beneath as well. It's all about setting your layer modes.

[@fabio_gioffre]

oh thanks for the tip, that is super helpful!

[@kingdavidthefirst]

Thanks for the tutorial I have a problem using sketchbook When I paint a color let's say light blue, when my brush pases over that color again, the blue's opacity increases, and when I pass my brush over it again, it's opacity still increases till it reaches it's max, what settings did I do wrong, Please help me out

[@fabio_gioffre]

Hmm ya that sounds like its has to do with the brush you are using. Each brush has different settings. Try and play around with the HARDNESS/SIZE & OPACITY settings. Go to Window>brush Palettes and then choose the little slider Icon to bring them up. Some brushes have advanced settings as well so you can play with those. You can also just try a different brush with more opacity and hardness.

[@kingdavidthefirst]

@@fabio_gioffre great. Thank you, this has help me alot

[@fabio_gioffre]

@@kingdavidthefirst no problem! glad I could help

[@lindersi]

huh? not sure if i fully get what you doing. i suggest you use layer-blending modes on top of your layer set-up. So, darken for shadows, lighten for light areas and a base for the shape. BUT ACTUALLY you could just put the shape layer on top and set that one to color, so now you can really separate darks, lights AND control which color(temperature fi) they have.

[@fabio_gioffre]

Ya these are great tips thanks for sharing

[@poistah]

Thankyou so much! It was short sweet and really helpful!

[@fabio_gioffre]

your welcome, I am working on a video for a different way to do this. it may be alittle easier

[@xavi9933]

Thank you for sharing this tuto about Sketchbook, I use Sketchbook as I don't have Procreate, but Sketchbook on mobile is limited than the desktop version too,

[@fabio_gioffre]

no problem! ya I haven't really used it since they made you pay for the desktop app. I'm sure there are some good features but I feel they never really improved the program.

[@ni3kyYT]

BRO, thank you so much... this changes everthing

[@fabio_gioffre]

haha no problem! you can also use the lasso tool and creat e a selection and then paint in that

[@talkercat791]

Thank you. You open my world😂😂

[@fabio_gioffre]

Haha anytime! What do u like to use sketchbook for?

[@pixotica]

use the lasso select area, paint in that area, much faster, for a whole shape use the magic wand. , no more erase or lock layer needed.

[@fabio_gioffre]

Hi ya thanks for the tip! I raelized that after I made this video haha

[@pixotica]

still one of my fave programs, just the most comfortable interface with ease of use, as close to paper as it gets.@@fabio_gioffre

[@rewguy8373]

Some very nice tricks, thanks.

[@fabio_gioffre]

thanks, glad u found them useful

[@meepbeep2464]

Thank you dude, was trying to learn this since forever

[@fabio_gioffre]

your welcome! there is also another way to do it with the magic wand selection, which gives you a little more freedom

[@chewbacca16]

YOU ARE A LIFESAVER! 🙌

[@fabio_gioffre]

in glad i could help

[@farahgeek]

Thank you so much for this short helpful video! ✨😀

[@fabio_gioffre]

your welcome! anything else u want to see covered?

[@Dubst3pgirly]

Been using sketchbook for the last 3 years and never knew this 😭. I've been shading manually all this time and erasing around edges

[@fabio_gioffre]

Haha ya there are alot of ways to do the same thing. Just need to find whatever is comfortable for u

[@kiio5]

a perfect video!

[@fabio_gioffre]

thank you I am glad that u found it useful

[@Kalash74]

thx, im trying to improve on my digital art and this helps since i use sketchbook

[@fabio_gioffre]

nice! do u use the desktop version or the app version?

[@Kalash74]

@@fabio_gioffre desktop!

[@fabio_gioffre]

@@Kalash74 ah cool! ya I like that one better. Let me know if you have any more questions

[@crunchyb0nes]

VERY helpful tutorial!!! thank you so much :)

[@fabio_gioffre]

your welcome! have you been using sketchbook for a long time?

[@crunchyb0nes]

@@fabio_gioffre I've been using it for a few years!! thanks again!

[@fabio_gioffre]

@@crunchyb0nes nice! and your welcome good luck with everything!

[@humansponge5130]

I don’t understand - how does locking the layer transparency not let the colour out of the lines? Or did I miss something important?

[@fabio_gioffre]

honestly not too sure about the specifics but as long as the lock icon is pressed on the layer, you can only colour in any painted areas. And you can't erase. is it not working for you?

[@irenelalouve2679]

Basically we see the transparency as a white canvas-in reality it is not*that is why, this clipping mask effect will ONLY work if you shade first the area you want to apply the clipping mask on, otherwise this trick will not work. Of course you can shade it white ( in this example apply with the bucket the white colour inside the circle shape) and then lock the transparency which means you can only work on what is created from you. What it basically does, it doesn't let you modify the transparency (the initial background).If you have painted anything on it though, and lock the transparency what you do affects what you draw, colour etc, and nothing else.That is why it works as a clipping mask, but it isn't really. If before doing this, you had the background already coloured, it will not work, it will mess up the backround as well what you have drawn (meaning there will be no clipping mask effect).

[@ct2042]

I just got a surface laptop studio 2 and really want to use it for drawing. I have an iPad pro as well and been using procreate for years... the lack of clipping masks, free hand lasso tool, and color fill options are my biggest setbacks on my surface. Is there an app, outside of Adobe products, that you can recommend that has those 3 features I just mentioned? Even if it's paid, I'll get it. I tried the concepts app and it was such a letdown. I am using sketchbook, and it's the closest thing to procreate I have found thus far but still missing that clipping mask and free hand lasso tool that procreate has. Your input would be greatly appreciated

[@fabio_gioffre]

Hi! and hmm I don't have too much experience with drawing software outside of procreate, but have you tried clipstudio paint? I feel that is a pretty robust program that should have some of those tools

[@stetsoncrappa9811]

Thanks man this has helped a lot

[@fabio_gioffre]

No problem! Thanks for watching. How long have u been using sketchbook for?

[@stetsoncrappa9811]

About a good month, so digital drawing is very new to me.

[@fabio_gioffre]

@@stetsoncrappa9811 nice, we'll let me know if there is anything else you want to see covered

[@stetsoncrappa9811]

Alright thanks

[@noorzawawi8204]

you helped me with this! thank you! 💗💗

[@fabio_gioffre]

your welcome! it's a good way to colour in your line art as well

[@antoniocapo996]

Thank you man!

[@fabio_gioffre]

no problem! how long have you been using sketchbook for?

[@antoniocapo996]

@@fabio_gioffre I've had it since it was originally just a $5 app from back in 2012 and I used to just have a crummy ASUS tab with a not so great stylus. What made it interesting to me back then, was the ability to zoom in and clean up areas to much higher resolutions that I could on real media with a needle sharp pencil. When it got revamped to the Pro version, I realized that it had stepped up its game significantly- but back then I had work tools such as Bluebeam Revu Extreme that I used instead (not per its intended use but it worked great). Then when I finally got a real drawing tool Cintiq 16, I finally began to take it a bit more seriously. And that brought me to finally ask a lot more questions- about what works and what doesn't really... This feature helped a lot!!

[@sukograffiti5174]

This was amazing 😭😭😭😭thank you

[@fabio_gioffre]

your welcome! I also have an updated version of this video with a slightly better way to do it:)

[@tika-stayclassic1766]

Thanks a lot!

[@fabio_gioffre]

No problem! Glad it helped

[@jihanazzahra3427]

Thank you for this video 🤩

[@fabio_gioffre]

your welcome:)

[@hickyxnicky411]

Thank you so much for this!

[@fabio_gioffre]

your welcome! are u new to sketchbook?

[@hickyxnicky411]

@@fabio_gioffre No I have been using it for a while now, it is just so nice to have sketchbook tutorial content. I love your channel and had to subscribe, keep up the good work!

[@fabio_gioffre]

ah very cool! well thanks alot I appreciate that:)

[@alfie7490]

Great tutorial, thanks!

[@fabio_gioffre]

Thanks. I just figured out another way to do this so I will try and upload another video about it soon.

[@alfie7490]

@@fabio_gioffre YES!

[@frankfurterr]

I still cannot get this to work! It doesn't allow me to color on it when its locked

[@fabio_gioffre]

@@frankfurterr ru on a tablet?

[@frankfurterr]

@@fabio_gioffre yes :0

[@fabio_gioffre]

@@frankfurterr try this link help.sketchbook.com/en_US/layer-editor/locking-transparency

[@meowriarty]

Hi I'm wondering if this feature applies to regular sketchbook ? Because the pro version is not available anymore on my device 🥲

[@fabio_gioffre]

Hi! And I think it does. Are u working on a desktop or mobile?

[@meowriarty]

@@fabio_gioffre i'm working from a tablet, so I guess mobile version?

[@fabio_gioffre]

@@meowriarty ah ok so I think it may be alittle different then. I just downloaded the mobile version do I am still getting used to how everything works, but I'll make some tutorials focusing on that pretty soon

[@meowriarty]

@@fabio_gioffre thanks a loot 🥺 that'd help us mobile ver users~ good luck and I'll be waiting for the video!

[@fabio_gioffre]

@@meowriarty no worries:) ya I had no idea how different the mobile version is!

[@anouilhdraws3747]

thanks man btw i also subbed

[@fabio_gioffre]

lol thank you! I appreciate that. any other topics you want to see covered, let me know!

[@Shabazza84]

Or.... you don't try to paint that way in Sketchbook and use it for what it can do best. Usually, I would like to paint on different layers, but this is not Photoshop or CSP. So I just create base layers with locked transparency to separate certain parts of the drawing and then do she coloring on the same layer for each part. Bc as soon as you decide to change your base color on the original base layer, you are screwed and the workflow for this workaound gets messy really quick. Still like the video tho. I just say: Don't use the wrong tool for the job. It's hard enough even with the right tool. :)

[@fabio_gioffre]

very good point, having the right tools for the right job is huge!

[@harveylimpopo3042]

Why do you wear your hood up OVER your hat INDOORS in YOUR OWN HOME?

[@fabio_gioffre]

lol my house is cold

[@aslanmustdie]

Me di cuenta de que no funcionaba porque la forma no se unia completamente 👺🔫 soy una pendejaa