Nite Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 (edited) Hi, I'm pretty much a complete beginner. I have a paper model template which I'd like to color. This is a sample of it : And this is the result I'd like to achieve : Basically my goal is to fill the whole sections with a somewhat transparent (??) color (just in light gray basically), in order to preserve the lines and information written inside the shapes. Also it would be great if it was possible to fill the shapes with some sort of an edge on the outside, as in the sample result picture I attached. Is this doable ? How should I proceed ? Thanks ! Edited September 6, 2018 by Nite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Hi @Nite and welcome to the forum. I'm going to make the assumption that you have at least rudimentary skills in PDN. Open your image in PDN. Select 'Magic Wand' at a tolerance of about 40%. Click on white background (not one of your shapes). Hit 'Cut' to erase all white background. Use 'Eraser' to remove any border coloring. Add a New Transparent Layer above your image. Fill New Layer with a gray color (about 96,96,96). Set 'Blend Mode' on the new layer to 'Multiply' and play with 'Opacity' slider to get the transparency you want. Use (1) 'AA's Assistant' (Effects-->Object) on top layer. Merge layer down. Use another 'AA's Assistant'. Use 'Outline Object' (Effects-->Object) set at whatever thickness you desire your outline to be. Voila, done! 1 Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nite Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 @lynxster4 Thanks a lot ! I managed to make it work ! The only thing I had to do different was to apply the "AA's Assistant" two or three times after the layers merge down, otherwise the "Outline Object" would just fill the whole image. I assume the AA's Assistant was the plugin found in the "dpyplugins8.1" and the Outline Object the one in the "BoltBaitPack47", I used both with the default settings. I also struggled with the Outline Object because I couldn't understand how to make the outline thicker.. then I figured you could just apply it a second time to make it bigger ? Thanks again ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Glad it worked for you @Nite TIP: the first slider control on 'Outline Object' controls the thickness of the line. Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nite Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 @lynxster4 Yes, I got that, but I wanted it to be thicker than the maximum the slider allowed, so I just applied the plugin twice. Thanks again ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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