[Recolor tool logic]

Hi again,

 

Yes don't worry about this, probably it's easier to create a simple plugin like "Solid Color Replacemente" or similar.

 

Thanks,

Guillermo

[Recolor tool logic]

Hi again, sorry for the late answer

 

Here's a sample png. You can see three black (0,0,0) rectangles, each with a different alpha. I then used recolor selecting a pure red color (255,0,0). You'll notice that on each rectangle this red color is slightly changed (on the middel rect the red is (206,0,0)). I want to replace black with red, maintaining the RGB values and only affecting the alpha value, but I can't find a combination of settings on the recolor option that allows that (as it worked on v3)

 

Regards,

Guillermo

[Recolor tool logic]

Hi,

 

I've been using the recolor tool extensively in Paint.Net v3, but now in v4 its logic seems to have changed, let me explain what I used to do:

 

- I have many images (PNGs) drawn in black, with antialiased borders over a transparent background. If I wanted to make a colorized version of one of them, I'll pick the recolor tool and select black as the color to replace, and then the new color I wanted (e.g. Red). If I set the tolerance to 0 and disabled anti-alias, it will replace all the black pixels with red, regardless of their alpha value (but maintaining it). That was very useful because now I have a picture colored in red, included the anti-aliased pixels which keep their aplha value.

 

- I cannot do this any more in v4, even though I tried several combinatios of settings: if there are pixels with alpha values, they don't get colored unless I increase the tolerance, and when they do, the replacement color is not the one I originally selected but a modified version of it (e.g. a darker red, but still with the alpha value).

 

I'm not sure if this behaviour is by design, or if there's a bug on the recolor logic. Anyway, let me know if you need further explanations or some sample images to test.

 

Regards,

Guillermo