A couple elementary newbie type questions.

[drogo]

I want to paint over a photo but still see the photo behind it. Isn't there a way to set the percentage of the paintbrush from say 0 being invisible to 100 completely covering the photo? 

 

Also: Are there default gold/ bronze colors/ silver colors?  

 

[toe_head2001]

2 minutes ago, drogo said:

I want to paint over a photo but still see the photo behind it. Isn't there a way to set the percentage of the paintbrush from say 0 being invisible to 100 completely covering the photo? 

Yes, just change the Opacity in the Colors window.

 

2 minutes ago, drogo said:

Also: Are there default gold/ bronze colors/ silver colors?  

Those are not colors, per se. You get a metallic look because of how light reflects off these materials.... Therefore, they can't be represented by solid colors.

[BoltBait]

Add a new layer and paint on that layer... then you can adjust the opacity of that layer.

[drogo]

Thanx y'all. The opacity should be easy/ simple enough. Even 4 me. But is there a hex for gold, silver, or bronze say? I get silver might be tricky because it comes somewhere between black and white with shine. 

Edited October 21, 2017 by drogo

[xod]

For shine you need Gradient tool.

 

 

[LionsDragon]

@welshblue just put these in a palette, actually:

Oh, and just in case:

 

 

Then you can adjust the brightness/contrast, hue/saturation, or run plugins like Gradient Mapping or Metallize as you see fit.

[Pixey]

Hello @drogo.  Also, here is a thread from @ReMake where you can find a palette for Golden colors:

 

 

[Pixey]

26 minutes ago, welshblue said:

 

I'd love to extol the powers of Gradient Mapping ... but it doesn't like me; as all the crash logs in my folder testify to

 

 

@welshblue - I remember you saying this before.  I too used to have a problem with Gradient Mapping which made PDN crash a lot.  The solution for me was to thin out as many of my Plugins as possible until I found that it was caused by my Imgur Uploader Plugin and I had to remove it to stop GM'ing from crashing. 

 

Since then, and a few PDN updates, I was able to use Imgur Uploader again and the problem went away.  I think, then, that one of your Plugins is causing this and the only way to find out which one it is, is to skin down your Plugins and re-introduce them one-by-one.  Just a thought

[drogo]

Thanx to all for your responses. 

[drogo]

How do I save a palette? 

[Pixey]

We have an excellent Search option for things like this, in this thread:https://www.getpaint.net/search.html 

 

You can type in "Palette' and - viola - up comes:https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/WorkingWithPalettes.html

 

 

 

[Scooter]

On ‎10‎/‎21‎/‎2017 at 9:49 AM, welshblue said:

 

TBH I've thinned them out drastically this week and not tried GM since then so will have a play later.

The last time it crashed I was sooo close to the perfect copper that I kicked a kitchen chair.  Not recommended when you're barefoot ... wasn't worth the pain or the ear-ache 

 

Just to show why i got frustrated

 

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I can see why you got a bit miffed at the  computer for failing to do what you want.    But it will all get sorted , I'm sure