Photoshop: Back Painting

Photoshop. Its never ending series of buttons of mystery. As i continue to use the programme I'm planning to document any handy ideas I come acorss, and today that is 'back painting'. This involves taking the inital skecth after its been scanned into photoshop, and dragging its layer to the "new layer" icon at the bottom.

After this, a layer called "Layer 1 copy" appears. Selecting the layer type, you choose the "multiply" option, which allows you to use the paint tool to colour the image faster on the original layer, while maintaining a clear, uncoloured image in the copied layer.

This method provides a faster means of colouring in accurately, plus by highlighting a certain section of the drawing, it means any shading will not go over the lines, which is often a problem for me.