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Lau
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Does anyone know a quick and simple way to make an ink drawing transparent, like this:

rather than this:

If I scan in a pen and ink drawing, I can use Multiply to then colour it underneath, but this still leaves the file as non-transparent.
I'm basically looking for something a bit like "Ignore all white" in Illustrator is there a way to say "Make all white transparent" in Photoshop, leaving the black lines intact?
They're complex drawings so manually selecting parts is impractical, and wand selection tends to bugger up the edges of the drawing.
Any tips or suggestions appreciated, thanks.

rather than this:

If I scan in a pen and ink drawing, I can use Multiply to then colour it underneath, but this still leaves the file as non-transparent.
I'm basically looking for something a bit like "Ignore all white" in Illustrator is there a way to say "Make all white transparent" in Photoshop, leaving the black lines intact?
They're complex drawings so manually selecting parts is impractical, and wand selection tends to bugger up the edges of the drawing.
Any tips or suggestions appreciated, thanks.