Widgey

Hi all: Hopefully I can explain this okay. In photoshop if I have three layers, one being background (white) next up from that being a red circle and finally the top layer being an entire yellow fill (with opacity set to 80). Now I would just about see the circle coming through the yellow, but also the white of background would be yellowish too. Going back to photoshop there is a way, holding alt (pc) or command (mac) and left click between the layers on the layer palette just to make the objects on them two layers to merge (getting rid of the unwanted excess on yellow layer), therefore leaving my background white and the shape of the circle covered by the yellow layer. Is there anyway to do this in paint.net? without using the wand? Sorry if I have confused you but I hope someone will be able to help. regards Widgey

Hi all: Got two requests and didn't know where to put them, so thought "questions and general discussions" was the best place. Right first question. I am looking at creating a hair like texture similar to this: I had an attempt by adding a yellow and light brown square onto a dark brown background, adding noise and then motion blur..... however this is what it looks like: I don't think it's bad for a first attempt, but on the first one, the strands are much more defined. and the colors seem better mixed on the first version. Any ideas on how to get this affect? Second question is that I am wanting to create an eye that looks as close to this as possible: I have already looked at this tutorial, but it's not really the effect I am after. http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2604 The veins on the actual eyeball and reflection, I am not having a problem with, but just the iris. Thanks to all who reply and can help in some way and as I said I don't know if this is in the right section, so feel free to move if needed Widgey

I really like it!

What font did you use for that? by the way your attempt is brilliant.

fantastic.... thanks for that!!

Hi all: New to PDN and have to say I am loving it. I am currently unemployed due to a disability and have never had the chance of having enough money to pay for things like Photoshop and Paintshop Pro. So to have a resource that is free and has this type of flexibility is fantastic. Big thank you. Now all that out the way, time for my problem. I want to create something like this, but the glow alone doesn't seem to do the job. Has anyone got any suggestions on how to achieve it? Thanks in advance