Cowbrain

Thanks for all the help! A lot of nice folks here on this forum! I managed to achieve the effect but passed on the transparency thing. Had trouble selecting the shape with the magic wand cos of the flowery colours. But I worked around it by matching the background colour of the shape with the final background I was going to place it on. Sorry I have no knowledge to share/give back to this forum cos I am really not a graphically inclined person, just helping a friend do some artwork. Have a nice day everyone!

Wow tried it, works like a charm....simpler than I thought Thanks Ash! Oh btw, now I have a slight problem :? . After I get that A shape filled with garden colours with a white background, I would like to now make the background transparent as I want to place the A shape onto some other background colour/pattern which I haven't decided. I read that only GIF supports transparency, is that correct? So do I proceed to save that picture as a GIF file(when I try doing that it gives me a lot of options like alpha etc which I don't understand), and then how do I make the white background transparent? I will go browse through the tutorials to find out more about transparency in the meantime (not that I normally understand them :wink: ) Thanks for any help

Hi guys, Ok I am a complete newbie in photo software, sorry I don't know how to name this thread because I don't know what it's called. :shock: Let's say i have a picture of a garden, and I also have a huge letter "A" in black font and white background. I want to put the "A" on top of the garden picture, such the garden will only show through the shape of the "A", and the rest of it is covered up by the "background" of the "A" (which is white). How do I achieve that in Paint.net? I know it is probably child's play for you experts here, but pls be patient with me. I don't even know how to "select" stuff in Paint.net :shock: Could anyone be so kind to run through it step by step for me? I guess I have to somehow convert the "A" font into a "shape"? ANd then make it transparent while leaving the background opaque? I tried to search for tutorials online but it's hard to find because I don't even know what this effect is called although I've seen it so many times... Thanks for your time