pdn Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Hi, Does the option antialiased selection quality also apply to the Magic Wand? Or is there any way to smoothen/feather the selection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 You can control the amount of a selection with the Magic Wand using the tolerance bar, but you will need to use a Plugin to feather/smooth with Plugins i.e. : https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/32048-boltbaits-plugin-pack-for-pdn-v406-updated-aug-16-2017/ and AA's Assistant https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/16643-dpys-plugin-pack-2014-05-04/ Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Unfortunately, currently pixel selection by the Magic Wand is all or none: no antialiasing. Rick Brewster explained why in a 2017 comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdn Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Is it possible to make that calculation into a separate step (a progress dialog pops up), even with expensive performance degrade, if the user really wants to? My current work around is to make such selection, then rotate/scale a very small amount, so that the whole selection is deviated, but the result looks better than nothing. I wonder if we can use this approach, or extend it further, (e.g. translate half pixel instead of integral)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Only Rick Brewster can answer your first question. I don't really understand your workaround. Perhaps if you explain in greater detail what you're trying to accomplish, someone can offer a suggestion that will produce results more to your liking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdn Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 (edited) If I was to remove/extract some part using the magic wand, I would rotate/scale the selection a little bit so the pixelated boundaries are offset by half. This can at least give me an antialiased result. Currently the selection can only be translated by integral pixels (if I haven't missed anything), otherwise I could also translate by half pixel without rotating/scaling. Edited July 21, 2019 by pdn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 What I generally do in that situation is do the Magic Wand selection and erasure, then run the AA's_Assistant plugin to smooth the edge. When I do the selection, I usually keep the tolerance a bit low, since AA's_Assistant expands the erasure a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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