Simon Brown Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Does the eraser tool do the same thing...? :? AFAIK you cannot *undo* the eraser. Also, IMO that question would be more appropriate for my AMB plugin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lionhearted Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Sorry, I mean with the whole "only messing with alpha" thing. :? Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 If I Invert the mask the transparency has an alpha value of 1 instead of 0.... Quote - My Gallery | My Deviant - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~L1ke 20 N1njas~ Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I thanks you muches!! I have needed one of these for a while, but I was too lazy to look for one. Quote Click my signature to go to my deviantART. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Start Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 If I Invert the mask the transparency has an alpha value of 1 instead of 0.... this and, if I use a total white(255 255 255) mask, it still give the picture transparency alpha 254 Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blooper Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 So that's why all my renders were mucked... Meh, I'll live. Quote http://synthastic.deviantart.com http://soundcloud.com/siderealenterprise Lockerz invites are available, PM me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2lucky Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 It wont work for me. When I try to use it it says rendering except then nothing happens. Then I get this error message File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\AlphaMask.dll Effect Name: PaintDotNet.Effects.PhotoFloodFillEffect Full error message: PaintDotNet.WorkerThreadException: Worker thread threw an exception ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: frozen mask at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement) at PaintDotNet.Effects.PhotoFloodFillEffectConfigToken.GetImage(String aFileName) at PaintDotNet.Effects.PhotoFloodFillEffect.Render(EffectConfigToken parameters, RenderArgs dstArgs, RenderArgs srcArgs, Rectangle[] rois, Int32 startIndex, Int32 length) at PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.ThreadFunction() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.Join() at PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.Abort() at PaintDotNet.Menus.EffectMenuBase.DoEffect(Effect effect, EffectConfigToken token, PdnRegion selectedRegion, PdnRegion regionToRender, Surface originalSurface, Exception& exception) can someone help me? Quote Music Brings color to the world Photobucket Sucks! My Gallery|Frozen Text|Snowy Font|MSNBC Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyroTechniques Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Would it be possible to add a couple of x and y sliders to the interface for displacement? Might be useful. I'm not a coder, though, so I don't know how hard this would be. Quote Photobucket Sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalSarn Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I am having trouble with results from using Alpha Mask. I keep getting a transparency # of 9 for the background. I need complete transparency or I get a haze. I am using this to make plant textures. Can this be done? Or am i an idiot and doing something wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemaru Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Have you checked the Mix Alpha-checkbox? That might be the problem. Quote Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. |fb(page)|portfolio|blog| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalSarn Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I am an idiot Relized i wasn't using true 0,0,0 black. [shakes blonde head] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabou Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Alpha-Mask. Works great. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 Updated to 2.0 -- Clipboard functionality. Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 This plugin allows you to import an image from a file or the clipboard and make it an alpha mask. If the image has color, it will be converted to greyscale. This is awesome! Now I can store my mask inside of the PDN itself! No more lost files! This has always been my biggest complaint with Alpha Mask Import plugin... the fact that I had to save an external file to use it. Thanks for fixing that! Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, switch layers, run plugin. Nice and easy. Best.Idea.Evar!!! Clipboard idea courtesy BoltBait. Oh, yeah... You're welcome. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 ^Many thanks! ... Except it's not done yet. License revoked! Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 Sorry bout that.. file's there now. Had essays to write. Still have essays to write. Hooray for midterm period. Also, a word to the wise, if you get stuck looking for the bug, just send a message in all caps to someone random. It helps me all the time. Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Great stuff guys! One thing though. When drawing, I tended to use this plugin to isolate black lines drawn on a white canvas. Before, the default action of the plugin was to use a gray-scaled rendition of the current image as the alpha mask. Now, I have to copy my canvas and then enter the plugin to get the same functionality. I really miss the simplicity of my previous method. I know it's just one extra step, but there are times when I am working with hundreds of lines and repeat this process for each! That, and I don't think that adding it back would negatively effect any workflow where other mask selection methods are ultimately used... Please add that back, or make the old version available for download so I can use both versions (I lost mine when upgrading to win7). Thanks so much! Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planetidiot Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Just wanted to echo that this is really awesome. Thanks! I was trying to get the explosions generated from this program to be transparent, and your plugin was exactly what I needed. I dropped it in the C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects folder, loaded up the program, loaded an explosion image, copied it to the clipboard, ran your plugin and BLAMMO! Instant alpha. Beautiful. Thanks again, this saved me a lot of time and headache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeachesWithPDN Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 One of the most useful plug ins EVAH!!! I use it for cutting out images accurately... Just one suggested improvement/request - is it possible to get it to use a selected layer in the current drawing as the Mask? (although having the ability to use the clipboard is an awesome improvement and will probably do what I am asking anyhow) Quote [img]http://www.geocities.com/gerry_satrapa/PDNsig.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 One of the most useful plug ins EVAH!!! I use it for cutting out images accurately...Just one suggested improvement/request - is it possible to get it to use a selected layer in the current drawing as the Mask? (although having the ability to use the clipboard is an awesome improvement and will probably do what I am asking anyhow) No, effects can not access other layers in your file. This is a limitation of the Paint.NET effect system. This is why I asked Illnab1024 to add the clipboard functionality. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 My biggest qualm with the new version it that it doesn't want to mask the image while there is no image loaded and after you previously had used the Paste from Clipboard functionality, even without it ticked. A restart of Paint.NET is required, and it can be extremely frustrating. Then again, I am sure I am one of the very few people who uses this plugin without a mask loaded most of the time. :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 barkbark00, So far as I can tell, the Alpha-Displacement plugin effect is at default setting an Alpha Mask effect using the working layer as its own mask. It should give you the functionality that you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayliedanielle Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I am trying to put a texture on top of a photo and smudge away part of the texture (but NOT the color of the texture) on poeple's faces. Some one suggested I use an Alpha Mask. I downloaded it but cannot find it on any of the tabs at the top of pdn. Does anyone know of a tutorial that is helpful? I tried searching but all the link were either broken or expired. Thanks in advance!! Btw, I attached a picture of what I am trying to accomplish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 kayliedanielle, Alpha Mask is in Effects. In the top menu: Effects > Alpha Mask. ========================================== There is more than on way to prepare a mask, this is one. Make a new transparent layer above your background image. Use the Paintbucket tool with a right-click, to fill the new layer with white. In the Layers window click the bottom right icon, and set the Blend mode to Multiply. Press Enter. The white will have turned clear. Working on the now-clear layer, use the PaintBrush tool to cover the people's faces with black. If you make a mistake and paint some black outside the area you want, just switch to the right mouse button and use it as if it was an eraser. Once everything to be left untextured is covered by black, position a texture layer below the mask layer. Duplicate the texture layer and apply Gaussian blur to the top texture layer until all detail is gone. (The blurred color will remain.) In the top menu: Effects > Blurs > Gaussian Blur In the Layers window click the mask layer. Now hold down the Ctrl key and press A, C, D This will copy the mask to the clipboard. In the Layers window click the blurred layer. Apply the Alpha Mask effect with the Invert Alpha box checked. Merge what remains of the blurred texture layer down onto the unblurred texture layer below it. Apply the edited texture layer to your background layer. The Paint.NET Help file is available to help you figure out various aspects of the basic program. http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/E ... sMenu.html It can be accessed from Paint.NET by pressing the F1 key. =============================================== This example was made, with Alpha Mask, using roughly the above described method. http://www.LupiUpload.de/images/2010/02 ... b42181.png If you don't like the result (aside from the lizard skin texture used) then please explain what needs to be different. If you feel that you must use Smudge, then in Smudge use a very large soft brush, slide the Tolerance up to 90-100%. Go mouse-down and jiggle the brush in place, mouse-button-up, change position and repeat. All that you will be doing is blurring things somewhat inefficiently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayliedanielle Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Sarkut, That is very similar to the look I want! The only thing is that I would like to fade the texture a bit more and instead of her entire body and clothes being texture free, I would like only her face to be completely texture free, and her clothes and other skin (arms, hands, etc.) to be mostly texture free. Did you notice on the original how her arms still had a tiny bit of texture on the edges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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