TheTh0mas Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 (edited) This is a very easy effect, I'm new this is my first post, I'm sorry if this is too simple of a tutorial. I'm sorry if this has already been posted 1. Start By Choosing an image I did a Google search and found this flower and since i like flowers and they are easy to test on i choose it. Sorry of the large size. 2. Choose the Magic wand tool 3. I usually turn the tolerance down a bit, 50% Will select too much on most images (I used 27% for the flower) 4. Select all of the area of the image that you want to stay color 5. Copy that area and paste it into a new layer called color layer 6. Deselect the selection with Ctrl+D 7. now choose the background layer 8. Then Go to Adjustments and click black and white 9. You will now notice only the color layer has color(obvious) 10. Now merge the two layers. 11. I usually use the curves tool and edit the luminosity after merging the images to make the image seem more realistic. I usually also add glow to add vibrance to the image. 12. You should be done and should have a result like mine Hope you all like this tutorial. Edited April 23, 2018 by toe_head2001 Fixed broken images. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Use emoticons to help the tutorial. Here are a few: :ColorPicker: Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFly Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Before: After: Such a simple tutorial with such a great effect. I've seen this around but I never though to do it. It was right under my nose this whole time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRavioli Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 how did u get the entire flower in one magic wand? Quote The coolest Indian on Paint.NET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starrynite Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Thanks guys, here is what I got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTh0mas Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Thanks guys, here is what I got wow, that looks great! Did you add anything or do anything different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 I made this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wutangsteeler Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 somebody please tell me how to use the stupid magical wand tool. and how do you pick which part you want to color and which one you dont. yes i am a new user. im just trying to learn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 http://getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/MagicWand.html http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/search.php Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wutangsteeler Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 still doesnt help there bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 The Magic Wand select an area related to the color of the pixel (the "point") on which you click. Imagine you've a panoramic view with sky, grass, like the default windows wallpaper (named bliss). If you want to select the grass for example you click somewhere in it and the magic wand say to itself: "So the point is some green, i will select all the adjacent green" and all your grass (green in fact) will be selected. If not you can rise or low the tolerance to select more or less "green" pixels. Better? Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp3ctum Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 I hate cropping. The images here are almost perfect for it, but some are very tricky. They might require pixel to pixel cropping and some feathering. Ugh. Good tutorial though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyDwarf Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 This is what I made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Alien Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Need glow. And BLOOOOOD!!! Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enormator Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 You could do all this with conditional hue/saturation plugin. Just select the colors of th unwanted objects and set saturation to 0 and tada ready with one step 2 Quote :Link: website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 We know, but we don't want to hurt his feelings. But I guess we can say that now because he hasn't posted again Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTh0mas Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 ok, please delete this thread then. It's useless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Woah! Hold up! One thing that you can't really do(in one step) with the Conditional Hue/Saturation plugin is handle very similarly colored sections of a picture differently. This tutorial is very helpful for people needing such a solution. The only Problem I see here is that some of the elitists on this forum need to know when to lay off with the harshness... 1 Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enormator Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 In some cases, this tut is still useful (look above) and I just mentioned the possibility to do all this in one step if it's not a special case. I see no reason to delete this thread or nail Th0mas to a cross. I just thought it should be mentioned here. And now everyone calm down and think about it again. OK? Quote :Link: website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xCensored Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I used white line/curve to outline the object I wanted colored. I tried to feather it but made little effect, even if I did it more than 5x. Suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineappleQc Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 hmm, I'm not a pro myself but maybe duplicate the part you want feathered and then gaussian blur the bottom layer? Then maybe feather the top one... might give better effect. Quote "Ah, i love it when huge pineapples try to take over the world, it makes me sentimental :')" -Stephan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaRenee Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Hi. Uhm. "5. Copy that area and paste it into a new layer called color layer" I CAN'T DO IT!! Help me. ♫♪ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jud@s Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 AngelaRenee, your avatar is way, way too big... 100px max width. http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=3446 read that please, especially rule 12. Quote 100% PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaRenee Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Thanks, mom. =] But no one's helped me yet. ♫♪ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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