samzeman Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Hiya! I'm sorry if this is a frequent thread, but I run a facebook page that mainly revolves around editing minecraft elements, usually backgrounds, into real world photos. It passes the time lol My problem is that I want feathering on the foreground elements that I cut out and keep, so that they don't look all jagged, like is kind of visible here. This is what happens when I use the default magic wand, and yeah I realise it doesn't do alpha. Although that one was done by drawing lines around the internal perimeter in another layer and magic wand-ing them (and deleting in the layer below). My alternative method is to fill a layer underneath the image with red or blue or something that there is not much of in the photo, and then use the eraser on 75% softness to erase the background manually, gradually. This is more versatile but takes longer, and I have a key issue: once I've erased around the foreground, then I use the magic wand (contiguously on a high percentage) to select all of the remaining background, like this (It's messy, don't judge me): However, when I delete, there's a little rim left around the line of erased stuff. Like so (grey square with magnification added for clarity): This doubles my workload as I have to go over the exact same route I did before. It seems petty but I like being efficient. Does anyone know a way around? Also, if I used the paintbrush in a new layer and then AlphaMask to delete the background instead, it would have the same effect; it would give me the semi-transparent foreground inside-perimeter (sorry I'm not good at being concise) but then it would also give me a rim of unwanted pixels around the paintbrush, since fill isn't able to completely fill the inside of a paintbrushed line without leaving these same types of semi-transparent pixels. Quote The page on which I post most of my stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 59 minutes ago, samzeman said: I want feathering on the foreground elements that I cut out and keep, so that they don't look all jagged, Grab either of @BoltBait's Feather plugins or AA's Assistant from this pack https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/16643-dpys-plugin-pack-2014-05-04/ Run the plugin over the bits you're keeping after removing the rest of the image. These plugins are designed to soften the edge so they blend more smoothly with a new background. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewDavid Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Hi @samzeman 5 hours ago, samzeman said: 75% softness From what I can see I believe this is why you are getting the leftovers. Here is my method; Rather than erase at 75% softness, I prefer to add a new layer above the source pic and paint black over areas I want to keep. Then select this black with the magic wand move to the pic layer, copy then paste into a new layer above the black layer and take it from there. I always keep anti-aliasing off so I don:t get into any feathering issues. We all have our own routines and without experimenting with new ones we never learn anything new. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samzeman Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 15 hours ago, Ego Eram Reputo said: Grab either of @BoltBait's Feather plugins or AA's Assistant from this pack https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/16643-dpys-plugin-pack-2014-05-04/ Run the plugin over the bits you're keeping after removing the rest of the image. These plugins are designed to soften the edge so they blend more smoothly with a new background. Oh boy, this looks to be exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks! Quote The page on which I post most of my stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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