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Equivalent for MS paint 'black and white mode'


wad67

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What it says on the tin.

 

Is this possible in paint.net? 

I'm guessing I could use some plugins, and setup some custom brushes for the various gradients.

I have attempted the google search but only erroneous results.

 

Has anyone attempted this before?

At the moment I'm stuck with MS paint - win98.  Input would be appreciated. 

 

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I cannot recommend PaintDNet highly enough. Once you have it installed - the basic features should accomplish your task easily. Its when you add the plug-ins that you will be truly amazed and WOW˝d at what can be done.

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Of course it is possible, but I'm afraid that your archaic Windows version is a serious problem. Windows 7 SP1 is the minimum requirement.

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22 minutes ago, AndrewDavid said:

I cannot recommend PaintDNet highly enough. Once you have it installed - the basic features should accomplish your task easily. Its when you add the plug-ins that you will be truly amazed and WOW˝d at what can be done.

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Thanks, but I already have it installed.

 

18 minutes ago, IRON67 said:

Of course it is possible, but I'm afraid that your archaic Windows version is a serious problem. Windows 7 SP1 is the minimum requirement.

 

I'm running the windows 98 version of paint, not windows 98...

 

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Perhaps you could explain what MS Paint "black and white mode" is, and what you want to use it for. I'm probably not the only one who hasn't used MS Paint for ages, and has no idea what feature you're requesting.

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5 minutes ago, wad67 said:

I'm running the windows 98 version of paint, not windows 98...

 

Strange! Why?

 

I don't know the "Black-and-White-Mode" of MS Paint, but there are some Plugins to reduce colors or make a black-white image.

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1 minute ago, MJW said:

From the image, it loos like it has some sort of bulit-in dithering mode. I can pretty much say that PDN will never have a native drawing mode like that. There are, however, plugins that will convert images to dithered two-color versions.

 

I'm not after a converter, so I guess I'll have to draw every image in paint. Then copy paste them into paint.net for use with layering which is a pain. But not a lot else I can do.

 

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11 minutes ago, Eli said:

You can change the Fill and draw with the tools.

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Thanks, this is what I was looking for.

Bit of a shame there is no freeform polygon tool natively available but I'll have to make do. 

I have found this but it does not compare.

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Hows this - after the black and white and after I saw your target

 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, wad67 said:

Still getting better functionality in terms of what I'm after out of ms paint. 

 

For the most part, I'll be using ms paint for drawing, and paint.net for layering.

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Maybe I'm daft, but please explain what's the point????

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I think @BoltBait's got the solution for you: it's a plugin called Floyd-Steinberg Dithering. Find it in his plugin pack: BoltBait's Pack 

 

Demo:

 

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3 minutes ago, Ego Eram Reputo said:

it's a plugin called Floyd-Steinberg Dithering.

If the image has already been dithered - can it be reversed?

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Very doubtful. Save a copy of the original!

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