What version of adobe photoshop do i use to colour in scanned stuff?

Question

I got adobe photo shop version 3.0, i thought it could color in my illustrations... but i couldn't! which one can i use?

Answer 1

Are you sure you have "Photoshop 3.0" 3.0 is over 15 years old and I doubt even runs on modern computers. Are you using a watered down version of Photoshop? Are you sure it -IS- photoshop? Is it the full version of Photoshop? What is the full entire title?

To answer your question, yes Photoshop can color in scans.

Answer 2

My first version of Photoshop was Photshop LE, which was a limited version of the program that came, included with scanners, printers and early digital cameras. It was a watered down version of Photoshop 3, which whas the first one that included the "layers" feature. If it is just to color in scanned black and white line drawings, even the Windows Paint application, that comes, included, with most Windows running systems can do this with the paint bucket feature. Same with Mac Paint.

I have to say that, even the LE version was able to color in scanned black and white and greyscale images with no problem, so, your version 3 should, also, be able to do it.

Look in the edit menu for "mode," and make sure you select one that allows you to work in color. In other words, not in "bitmapped" or "greyscale." You can work in RGB, CMYK or other gamut.

Take your scanned image and make a new layer. Then, somewhere along your top menu, with your brush tool selected, you should find a drop down menu that allows you to select a color mode. If you are coloring a black and white line drawing, the normal mode should work. (just make sure you are working on the new layer. (in case you make a mistake, you can trash the new layer and create a new one, without disturbing the original, scanned image.

If you are trying to color in a greyscale image, such as a black and white photograph, select the color mode labled "hue." This should allow you to add color to everything but the pure black and the brightest whites. In other words, you can add color without covering up the shadows and highlights.

Like I said, even my LE version could do this, and later, when taking classes, we used version 3 and the controls worked EXACTLY the same. In fact, the process is VERY similar with all of the latest CE versions of Photoshop.

By the way, on this forum, I've been saying, for almost two years, that the Photoshop Elements application, being sold, now for about $100, is very similar in features and functionality to the version 3.

Answer 3

http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html

I don't know what your finances look like, but go to this site. They're selling a painting program for about 40 bucks (U.S.)! Even some pros use this, and I'm sure it's better than your version of Photoshop.