Greyscale Switch v.1 [OUTDATED]

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Hassle-Free, Basic Auto-action: Greyscale Switch. Perfect for your Value checking needs!

THIS IS THE OLD/OUTDATED VERSION. PLEASE SEE VERSION.2!

(https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1792241) or check my uploads list below.

I only kept this page up as an instruction reference for the version.2 asset.

If you want to download this asset, then do download the version.2

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Greyscale Switch Auto-action converts your colour artwork to greyscale without messing with your layers; this is great for value-checking your artwork's colours!

COLOUR (original)

Meet one of my OCs: Elijah! (he's running from his demons again. "run eli run")

Imagine this illustration isn't flat yet, meaning all the layers are still there.

So basically this is what the auto-action does, it creates a correction layer that gives you a greyscale preview of the coloured drawing.Sample seen below.

GREYSCALE (new correction layer)

Greyscale Switch will NOT flatten all your layers, it will NOT change any of your layers and effects. It will only create a correction layer to show the greyscale version.

AUTOACTION BREAKDOWN

You can actually do this manually. You just do the steps below...

go to menu tab > LAYER > New Correction Layer > Hue/Saturation/Luminosity
slide down the Saturation level to "-100"
click ok

You'll notice that the Hue and Luminosity aren't changed (all remain 0), which means this Greyscale Switch is loyal to your coloured art.

Another alternative (that is not included in the auto-action) is using blending modes: Hue or Color

go to menu tab> LAYER > New Layer > Fill
pick the blackest of the black or hex#000000 (using pure black is the best colour to pick to create a greyscale preview)
set the blending mode to either Hue or Color
keep this fill layer on the top of all your layers always
voíla!

SETS INCLUDED

[ MASK LAYER: OFF ] : the correction layer does not have the mask layer. so that when you use this autoaction, the Greyscale Switch will show everything grey!
[ MASK LAYER: ON ] : the mask layer created when making a correction layer is retained. So that you can edit out the what part of the art will look grey.

Normally (if you didn't change your mask settings), the mask layer will show itself like that when you erase the greyscale preview's mask.

But you can always toggle mask settings in the Layer Window, so that you won't see the enabled mask (whatever colour of your mask is, cuz mine is kinda customised).

Note: When you have a selection active on a layer and then you play [ MASK: OFF ], this will not create a mask. But if you use Greyscale Switch [MASK : ON ] the selection will become the mask (that will show the greyscale preview).

IMPORTANT

Both sets of the Greyscale Switch will automatically put the correction layer (the thing that's creating the greyscale preview) at the TOP of all your layers. I'm mentioning this in case you don't need your other layers to be greyscale.
You can export/save as your artwork while the Greyscale Switch is on. If you ever need it. Just export as (into your prefered image format) or save as.
The Greyscale Switch sets are originally in english. So to change the name of Greyscale Switch layer, do the steps below...

go to the auto-action window
open Greyscale Switch (and turn "off" the button mode if you have it "on")
click the arrow pointing to the set name, and dinffind the "Change Layer Name" command
click the square box, and that's it!

Now every time you activate/play the auto-ction set, the greyscale switch will ask you to rename it. But because that automatic renaming is such a hassle, I made the correction layer of both action sets to have layer palette colours (hex#595959) so that if you get lazy to rename the correction layer, then you can easily identify it with the layer colour (and the layer order: always on top)!

(If this will ever happen to you) If you select a layer already on top of all the other layers, and then you activate Greyscale Switch, and then an error window will appear asking you that the layer can not be put to the top: just click OK to continue. This means that you have already selected the top order of all the layers, and that the auto-action is just being redundant.

GUARANTEE

Greyscale Switch auto-action creates an instant Greyscale preview of your coloured artwork.

You can use Greyscale Switch on your .clip files or any flat images (PNG, JPG, TIFF, etc.).

This greyscale preview is best used to check the values on your artwork. Use it whenever you feel like it!

Greyscale Switch is not permanent! It does not merge all your layers, change or distort your layers, disable effects on your layers, etc.!

Greyscale Switch is basically a correction layer, which you can turn the layer visibility on or off. Which means you can have the Greyscal Switch (preview) "on"/visible while editing your layers.

CONCLUSION

Thanks for reading all that and for downloading Greyscale Switch! I hope this is helpful to those who need it. If there's any errors when you're using Greyscale Switch, contact me in twitter (see my profile).

The idea to create this auto-action came from a help channel in discord, where they ask if they can have a greyscale preview of their work while painting it in colour. From my knowledge, this can't be done; the new window doesn't work with this. So I shared them the trick I use to value-check my art. Thus Greyscale Switch is born!

I highly appreciate the people that actually read all the directions of my uploaded assets. Because I write a lot and I love sharing what I've learnt from my experiences using clip studio paint.

Alright, until next time folks! ( o w < )Vm