Pages you can colorize
Colorize is for black-and-white pages you hold the rights to yourself. You can send PNG, JPG or WebP images of up to 20MB each, up to 10 at a time. Manga drawn by other people and scans of commercially published manga are not eligible.
The AI infers colors from the linework and shading. Because of this, pages with many small, densely drawn panels or complex compositions may not be colored faithfully to the original art. Pages with adult elements may also be impossible to colorize under the AI model's terms. Coins for pages stopped by the safety check are refunded.
Link your pages to a work and episode
On the Colorize screen, you can link the images you upload to a work and an episode. If you do, the colored version you adopt is imported automatically as a page of that episode, so you do not have to reorder anything when you publish later.
When you create a new episode and choose the "Colorize and translate finished artwork" workflow, you can go from the episode screen to the Colorize screen with "Upload artwork and colorize". If you have not registered the work yet, create it first.
Pass "Color reference images" to keep colors consistent
The AI colors each page separately, so without any guidance the same character's hair or clothes may change color from page to page. Color reference images prevent this. Pass up to three color pictures that show hair, eye and outfit colors, and they are shared across every page you send in that run.
If you have color character sheets or a color cover illustration, using them as references is the most reliable choice. If the cast is large, pick a picture where the main characters appear together.
Recolor pages you do not like with extra instructions
Each colorize run is kept in the history as a version. For pages you do not like, use "Retry" to recolor them by adding instructions, changing the reference images or switching the AI model. Each retry uses coins. Recoloring does not delete earlier versions, so you can go back at any time with "Use this version" in the history.
You can choose from several AI models. Each model colors with its own tendencies, so the least wasteful approach is to try one page to find the model that suits the mood of your work, then color the remaining pages together.
Restore broken speech bubble text from the original (free)
The part most likely to break in colorization is the text inside speech bubbles. The AI redraws the lettering as part of the picture, so lines blur or letters change shape.
When this happens, use "Merge from original (text repair)". It cuts out the area you specify from the black-and-white original and pastes it back at the same position on the colored version. It does not use AI and costs no coins. You can specify up to 10 areas per page, and if the art has shifted slightly during colorization, you can align the area to import on the original.
To redo something other than text, such as recoloring just one part, use "AI partial repaint". Write the area and what to fix, and the AI redraws only that part. This uses coins.
Publish the colored version
The colored version you adopt is imported as a page of the episode and can be published to the crom manga app in the same way as any other episode. Episodes that include colorized pages are reviewed by the team before going live. Once they pass review, they are published.
You can also download the colored images. If you are not on a monthly plan, downloaded images include a watermark.
