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@ pdnnoob , about your question yes absolutely you can use the Magic Wand to cut the text, but it is all about getting rid of the Aliasing ( rough edges) and thank you LFC4EVER for giving the correct and exact answer, actually the tutorial was in 18 steps and images most of them were on how to get clean smooth edges for the engraved text using the Magic Wand and some other plug-ins because truly I didn't want to involve in the Alpha Masking technique to keep the tutorial easy for every level but the procedure didn't work properly with some other Fonts especially the thin ones.And you can also use the Motion Blur plug-in instead of the Drop Shadow plug-in after duplicating the face layer, name it shadow , darken it almost to black and move it under the face layer, but make sure to put the Angle on -90 ( minus ninety) ,uncheck the Centered option and use a Distance between 5 to 10 in the Motion Blur window then duplicate the shadow layer for darker shadow to get best result.

@Boude, You are right Rotate/Zoom its not a Plug-in and been corrected, sorry about that and thank you for alerting. @oma, again its my language problem, I depended on your note and changed the phrase, I hope its more clear now ,thanks for your help.

---------------------------------------------------------------------- This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it //////////3D-Engraved Text\\\\\\\\\\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In this tutorial we will learn how to create a 3D Engraved Text image like this: Plug-ins needed for this tutorial are: ______________________________ 1-Alpha Mask ( Effects > Alpha Mask) 2-Drop Shadow (Effects > Stylize > Drop Shadow) Other effects needed: ___________________ -Rotate / Zoom (Layers > Rotate/Zoom) 1- -Open a new white color file with size of 1200 width by 600 height pixels -Add a new layer and name it face then color it with a style you want ( I used Gradient tool from Tools list with white and gray colors and repeated it twice) -Add another layer and name it text mask then type your word using large size black color fonts ( I used Steelfish Outline font style with size of 192) -Align the text in the center You will end up with something like this: 2- -Apply Rotate / Zoom Effect on both face and text mask layers with the amounts you like to add some 3D-Effect to the work( I used 0.80x for the Zoom, 90.00 for Twist Angle and 60.00 for Twist Radius) as shown below in red arrows: 3- In this step we will create an Alpha Mask for the text mask layer to use it as a pattern on the face layer to cut the text, If you are not familiar with the alpha masking technique then just follow these steps exactly: - It is preferred using black and white colors for alpha mask procedure that's why we are using here a black text on a white background as we will see -Turn off the face layer -Flatten the image (the other two layers, the text mask and the Background ),Save the flattened image as PNG file type and name it mask , save it on the Desktop(or any folder in your computer you can remember it) leave the saving settings configurations on default, . Look at the Image below and do the things shown in red: 4- after saving the image: -Undo the flatten ,turn on the face layer and delete the text mask layer -Select the face layer and apply the Alpha Mask plug-in on it, in the Alpha Mask window click on Browse button and open the mask file that we saved it in the previous step 3 -In the same Alpha Mask window, Remove the check from the box of Invert Mask option and check the box of Mix Alpha option, see the image below for help, seek the red arrows 5- -Select face layer and open the Drop Shadow plug-in and apply the effect you like for the shadow (I used 0 for Offset X, 5 for Offset Y, 0 for Widening Radius, 5 for Blur Radius and black for Shadow Color) see the red arrows in the image below: 6- -Repeat the Drop Shadow plug-in effect once again or twice as you like to get a darker shadow -That's all, you will end up with this image below: 7- You can add your own Effects to the image and a good background, I made some additions and got this Image: Thank you for visit ,I hope you will enjoy it and be easy and helpful for you. ________________________________________ Below are some other images created basically using the tutorial above SILVER GOLD

What size of paper you are using?Anyways open a new empty file in Paint.net with the same size of the paper you are using in the printer then copy your picture and paste it on the new empty file and drag it close to the center(leave some space from each edge)then print the result. example: if your picture lets say 3 by 3 inches and you want to print it on a paper size 8.5 by 11 inches(plain paper size).the open a new file with size 8.5 by 11 inches then go to your picture which is already re-sized to 3 by 3 inches copy it and return to the new file that you open it and paste it there then drag it far from the edges , print the new image,then cut the picture.

I wanna push my hand in my PC screen and grab some of those coins oma they are very realistic , I feel that there is a thin layer of water covered the coins ,isn't it ?Or may be they dropped it in a stream of a very clean water, great work.And I like your new sig its simple and nice.

Goonfella..the Globules is really amazing I love it, and I tried to change the light green and the purple of the background to dark blue and dark red but I failed , but still great the one you made. oma.. wow guys I am seeing a lot of things here make me love Paint.Net more and more,the one you talked about spring is awesome I like every thing in it and say its complete drawing.And the one with gold and brown is amazing the texture is gorgeous.

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it -I made a long search in the forum before posting this tutorial so: -If this tutorial has been submitted before please admin just neglect it and lock it. -Friends, please If there is any misspellings or grammar mistakes inform me to correct it. In this tutorial we will learn how to create a 3D Curved Text like this: Primary plug-ins for this tut are: 1-Shape 3D (Effects > Render > Shape 3D) 2-Transparency (Adjustments > Transparency) 3-Zoom blur (Effects > Blurs > Zoom Blur...) Secondary plug-ins are: 1-Multi Color Gradient (Effects > Renders > Multi Color Gradients) 2-Outline Selection (Effects > Selection > Outline Selection) 1- -Open new file with size 2000 x 2000 px -Using Paint Bucket fill it with black color -Add new transparent layer and name it Fonts -Write your words on the Fonts layer with the text and color you like leaving some space from the left and right edges of the canvas(try to make the fonts large enough, In this tutorial I used Gradient and Multi Color Gradient to color the word PaintDotNet) -Try to align the words in the center of the Image You will get something like this Image: 2- -Use the Shape 3D plug-in with the amounts and effects shown in red numbers below: 3- -Duplicate the Fonts layer and name the new layer Rays -Put the Fonts layer on top then Rays then Background To get something like this: 4- -Select the Rays layer and apply the Zoom Blur on it with the amount you like as shown below(I slide it to 90) to add rays to the fonts To get like this image: 5- -Select Rays layer to add some Opaque Using the Transparency plug-in( I slide it to 35) To get this image: 6- -Select the Fonts layer and with using the Rectangle Select tool form Tools list, select only the words letters in this layer, like this: 7- This is the most important and detailed step in this tutorial so make it so exact -Using Move Selected Pixels tool form Tools list try to enlarge the selected area by stretching it form corners and cover the wide end of the rays in the Rays layer to get this image below: I made this short Animated GIF file to show you how to stretch the selected fonts in the Fonts layer I hope it will be helpful: 8- -Add some effects as you like to the image , I added white edges to the letters using Outline Selection plug-in and got this final image below: I hope this tutorial will be helpful and clear to you , thank you for visiting and a big thank you to PAINT DOT NET creators.

Goonfella.. The CD Player is really nice a like the digital screen in it , You made it such a way that makes me feel it is been photographed from a real one. EscapistAngel... I like what you posting you are really talented, about Snappy he is so cute, I never thought that some crocodiles could be cute but this one yes, and the best thing he is vegetarian. About the tennis ball, colors and shadows are very good, but from the view I can tell that the ball is very close to the floor therefore the white lines are small or thin, I think they should be wider to correct the proportions of the perspective.

EscapistAngel.....Thanks ,of course the 3D flowers are 100% PDN and created by me ,the original size is 2000x1000 pix. By the way the sonata thing you posted is awesome I love the lighting and shadow ,they done perfectly .

Have you guys experienced a 3D-image?With a Cross-Eye technique ?If yes then enjoy the image bellow ,if never heard about that then read the way on how to do that: The image is(3D flowers): left image---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- right image To see it in 3D: 1- Open the image on your screen and try to make the size about 12 by 6 inches 2- Look at the image from a distance of 16 to 18 inches(from the face to the screen) in a Cross-Eye way( let your left eye see the right half of the image and your right eye see the left half of the image) follow the image below for more help: -After few tries I am sure you can succeed. -All the drawings made by PDN. -Sorry no tutorial for these images because its too hard to explain. -For those who want to use the Stereoscope device , print the original drawing (for clear sharp copy ) cut and switch the images left and right.

Thank you oma and janettsue.

again 100% PDN: Goldfever:

MadJik the Blue Orange is Fantastic I would give you 10/10 but the background of it stopped me on 8/10 . Malazar your Firestorm is beautiful , but the effect of the Twist plug-in is so normal , try to make images make us say: woow how did you do that and what plug-ins did you use :wink: .

MadJik the Blue Orange is Fantastic I would give you 10/10 but the background of it stopped me on 8/10 . Malazar your Firestorm is beautiful , but the effect of the Twist plug-in is so normal , try to make images make us say: woow how did you do that and what plug-ins did you use :wink: .

Yes AmadeusX nice CD and very clean no scratch on its face , not like my CDs all scratched .but were is the center hole? I think it can be shown. Goonfella and oma thanks for your nice comments about the sig, oma this time is not 100% PDN this is just a sig, especially the reflection , I did it with help of another application.

Yes AmadeusX nice CD and very clean no scratch on its face , not like my CDs all scratched .but were is the center hole? I think it can be shown. Goonfella and oma thanks for your nice comments about the sig, oma this time is not 100% PDN this is just a sig, especially the reflection , I did it with help of another application.

Malazar , don"t say that please you are not ignored , me and I think every one here I am sure had seen your work but we are still try to find some thing special, but let me tell you a trick or lets call it a secret. Do you know that the connection between the viewer and the image which is before his/her eyes can be made much stronger? How ? :idea: The time, yes the time , more time that the viewer spent looking at an image means the viewer has found something special, so he/she will keep looking on that thing to discover what is the reason that he/she reacted to it, so at this point he/she will find a lot of things to say and try to transfer them to others and the first one of those others is the owner of the piece. :idea: :idea: The relationship between the time been spent from a viewer is a direct relationship with the time that a drawer been spent on his/her drawing. As a myself example sometimes I change a one inch simple line about 10 to 20 times not just because I don't like it but because I respect the viewers eyes and brain ...! :idea: :idea: :idea: And one more small meantime important thing, the title of the drawing, try to find names to your images, viewers want to know how the brain things and how it gives order to hands and eyes. I hope that what I said is correct with my little English and apologize if there is any mistakes. Thanked GOD we have PDN in between our hands to make life easier.

Malazar , don"t say that please you are not ignored , me and I think every one here I am sure had seen your work but we are still try to find some thing special, but let me tell you a trick or lets call it a secret. Do you know that the connection between the viewer and the image which is before his/her eyes can be made much stronger? How ? :idea: The time, yes the time , more time that the viewer spent looking at an image means the viewer has found something special, so he/she will keep looking on that thing to discover what is the reason that he/she reacted to it, so at this point he/she will find a lot of things to say and try to transfer them to others and the first one of those others is the owner of the piece. :idea: :idea: The relationship between the time been spent from a viewer is a direct relationship with the time that a drawer been spent on his/her drawing. As a myself example sometimes I change a one inch simple line about 10 to 20 times not just because I don't like it but because I respect the viewers eyes and brain ...! :idea: :idea: :idea: And one more small meantime important thing, the title of the drawing, try to find names to your images, viewers want to know how the brain things and how it gives order to hands and eyes. I hope that what I said is correct with my little English and apologize if there is any mistakes. Thanked GOD we have PDN in between our hands to make life easier.

very good job ÷lcey÷ I love it.It is so hot, :idea: to get more realistic images you have to know how to play with the lighting and shadowing ,correct the reflection of the vase on the tables surface ,it should be mirrored %100 to the down no left or right angle, :idea: the vase body and leaves have sharp edges but the flowers not if you could make the flowers sharper will add some depth to the drawing with the blur background you already did. :shock: but anyways its great piece,thanks

very good job ÷lcey÷ I love it.It is so hot, :idea: to get more realistic images you have to know how to play with the lighting and shadowing ,correct the reflection of the vase on the tables surface ,it should be mirrored %100 to the down no left or right angle, :idea: the vase body and leaves have sharp edges but the flowers not if you could make the flowers sharper will add some depth to the drawing with the blur background you already did. :shock: but anyways its great piece,thanks

Thank you AmadeusX , it is a globe as you mentioned , and it is a soap bubble , but listen there is one free out there can you see it

Thank you AmadeusX , it is a globe as you mentioned , and it is a soap bubble , but listen there is one free out there can you see it

corekelley and oma and all here thank you for your comments,this is a simple tutorial on how to make the vase that's in daisy , its same method for all vases and similar shapes, I hope it will be easy and clear: 1-The skins texture of the vase: 2-How to render the basic body of the vase using the "Shape3D" plug-in: 3-The additions and the completions: :arrow: And you welcome I am glad to share my ideas with you. :arrow: Sorry this tut should be somewhere else but not here, I will try to move it in another location soon to keep the forum in good shape.

corekelley and oma and all here thank you for your comments,this is a simple tutorial on how to make the vase that's in daisy , its same method for all vases and similar shapes, I hope it will be easy and clear: 1-The skins texture of the vase: 2-How to render the basic body of the vase using the "Shape3D" plug-in: 3-The additions and the completions: :arrow: And you welcome I am glad to share my ideas with you. :arrow: Sorry this tut should be somewhere else but not here, I will try to move it in another location soon to keep the forum in good shape.

Hi again I really love PDN and all people in it, this is my try for an abstract drawing: Lovers