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    Is it possible to blend just one small area?

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    HiReZ and welshblue
    Thank you both!!! As I'm sure you can tell, I'm rather new to Paint.net :) I'm learning!! And overall my design is looking great, except for her "floating feet" lol. 
    I'll grab that plugin, HiReZ... thanks so much!!! And try your suggestion too, welshblue, I think both the shadow effect is needed and the sand needs to look like someone is standing on it :) 
    I appreciate your quick answers! 

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    Is it possible to blend just one small area?

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    6 hours ago, welshblue said:

    If I read it correctly you want the lady in question to seem like she's levitating above the sand ?

     

    I'd do it this way ... Cut the figure out  >>> move it up the canvas on a new layer >>> use this plugin to replace the cutout part Content Aware Fill (possibly combined with the Clone Stamp Tool) >>> then some semblance of shadow on the sand to help give the illusion of floating.

     

    Not an easy project ... especially if there's a lot of sand compared to sky/ backdrop

     

    As MJW says, the image could be useful to give better directions

     

    Actually she does look like she floating... I don't want her to float, I want it to appear that she's actually standing on the sand 

    Is it possible to blend just one small area?

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    16 hours ago, MJW said:

    I'm not sure what you mean by "blend around her feet." Blend what? You're more likely to get useful advice if you explain in more detail what you're trying to do. Posting the photo would be helpful, though I realize you may not be comfortable posting a private photograph.

    I have one layer of a dead tree in the desert with reddish sand. 
    I have another layer with a girl... the area around the girl is transparent so only the girl shows. 
    I put the layer with the girl on top of the layer with the sandy desert. 
    It appears as if she's floating above the sand. 
    If I try to smudge the sand, it still appears as if shes floating above it because she's superimposed on top of that layer. 
    So my assumption is that I need to merge those two layers, then somehow fiddle with the area around her feet to make it appear that she's standing in the sand, not floating above it like a little angel :) 
    What is the best tool or tools to use to just affect the area around her feet rather than the whole picture? 
    I'll try to attach the picture... I lowered the quality of the jpg to make it a smaller file but you can see her feet and the floating effect... 

    "Flip Horizontal" keeps affecting all layers,, instead of the one I'm working on

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    Egads, I'm about to pull my hair out! :) 
    I have 4 layers in my project. 
    I unchecked all but one. 
    I made sure that ONE is highlighted. None of the others are highlighted or checked. 
    I have not merged any layers. 
    Only the one is showing on the screen.
    I need to flip the picture horizontally. It's a girl and she's facing the wrong way. 
    But when I pick "flip Horizontally" it affects ALL the layers and everything on the other layers is also flipped horizontally. 
    What am I doing wrong? 
     

    Wacky problem with layers

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    left out the @ sign :)

    17 hours ago, Pixey said:

    Thanks, @Pixey! 
    By background, I'm referring to the layer that my background color is on. And what they said above was correct, I didn't realize I had to look for a highlighted layer, lol. Just thought when you unchecked a layer, it was out of the equation for the time being. :) 
    Does this video have sound? I can't hear anything. 
    Maybe I can slow it down so I can follow the bouncing cursor, lol. 

    Hello @Meenie50 I'm not sure if you mean the Background of the text layer, or the Background of the layers windows.  In case it's the former, it may be you are not 'selecting' the text correctly.  Also, you don't really need the Re-color Tool for the Glow.  Here is a quick video of how you can do it another way.

     

     

     

     

    Wacky problem with layers

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    22 hours ago, SodiumEnglish said:

    BINGO!! I didn't know to look for a highlight! I thought the checkmark was what designated the layer that was being worked on. THANK you!!! :) 

    You may be confused as to the active layer and what the checkbox means. The checkboxes will turn rendered layers on and off and does not affect whether you can draw in them or not. The currently selected layer (highlighted in blue) is the layer that you are currently interacting with, draw on, etc. regardless of whether the check is selected or not.

     

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    Wacky problem with layers

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    I'm fairly new to Paint.net, so that may be part of the problem, lol. But here's what's happening: 
    I'm trying to create an ebook cover. I have several layers. 
    I want to put a glow around my text. And this is where I''m running into trouble. 
    I unselected all the layers except two with text. I'm trying to re-color using the recolor tool. 
    But everytime I drag the circle over the text, it affects the background layer by drawing a path of that color on it. 
    The background layer is NOT CHECKED. i.e. not selected. But it's drawing on it as if it is. 
    How can I make it stop? 
    I'm assuming there's some function I'm missing but I sure can't find it. 
    Thanks for helping, If you can. :unimpressed:

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