john256 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I've been following this simple but pretty effective "Turn your photo into a coloring page" guide: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Coloring-Book/?ALLSTEPS It uses the online pixlr.com editor and I'd rather use Paint.net. But I'm having trouble getting the same results, on two steps in particular: Paint.net's Gaussian Blur seems to function slightly differently, I am not getting quite as well-defined edges I have no idea how to map Paint.net's Levels tool with pixlr's I'm very much not an artist, I dabble a bit, so can anyone help me out? I did notice Paint.net has a pencil sketch tool but I'm not sure if this would be more effective or not until I can understand levels - trying to push out patterns to get a nice clear, black outline. Thanks for any help. I've got about 40 photos to convert as a gift and realising I don't really have time to find someone to do it now, but need to plough on myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john256 Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 BTW I'm running v3.5.10. If there are newer features I'm missing out and/or additional plugins that would make this much simpler, please share! Any good method on how to achieve this goal in Paint.net is welcome, it doesn't have to follow that guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 You really should upgrade to the latest version of Paint.NET. We cannot offer support for older versions on this forum. Check out the forum rules, please. :-) Thank you! Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Just try this: 1) Load your image 2) Use Effects > Artistic > Ink Sketch - Move Coloring slider all the way to the left - Adjust your Ink Outline slider to taste Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Have you already looked over the documentation for the levels adjustment?http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/Levels.html Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Any method that removes the color before edge detection is tossing out useful information. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john256 Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 Thanks; I've upgraded to the latest stable version now (didn't realise I'd missed any updates, I turned auto-update on now) but none of the functionality I'm looking at appears to have changed. I've looked at the Levels documentation and think the Input sliders are equivalent to the ones used in pixlr, I can get something similar but it's not quite right. The Ink sketch doesn't seem to do what I need - pencil is closer. I'll play a bit more comparing the blur method with pencil sketch, unless anyone's any more specific tips? I'll have a quick look at not desaturating it so early as well, it makes sense that information is being lost here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I've been experimenting with methods intended to turn photos into sketches, which I believe is approximately along the lines of what may be useful to your needs. I should have already set up a tutorial on the topic but haven't found the time yet. However, if you give me an example picture on which you're working and an idea of what you want, I think I may probably help you. By the way, MJW is correct on the color removal thing. My techniques turn the whole thing into black and white only by the end of the conversion process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa B Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 On 12/18/2015 at 0:06 PM, BoltBait said: Just try this: 1) Load your image 2) Use Effects > Artistic > Ink Sketch - Move Coloring slider all the way to the left - Adjust your Ink Outline slider to taste This advice worked great and for my picture I added: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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