JH1 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 How do I feather a selection? I want to select part of an image which may need levels adjustment, but I want to be able to blend the change into the rest of the image as you can do in Photoshop. Thanks in advance for any solutions. I am using Paint.Net to teach children about image manipulation in my school. If anyone has any advice / resources on what I could / should include when teaching with Paint.Net I would be very happy to look at them; thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 You are in luck BoltBait just released Feather Selection yesterday. viewtopic.php?f=16&t=26238 Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH1 Posted August 27, 2008 Author Share Posted August 27, 2008 Thanks for the suggestions . . I have downloaded Boltbaits plugins, and tried to follow this advice in the posting. However under my effects menu I can only find Artistic, Distort, Blurs, Noise, Photo, Render and Stylise. I cannot find Effects - Object - Feather ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Feather selection and feather are different, that's why you have both. Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Object > Feather uses transparency to determine where to feather. Selection > Feather uses the "marching ants" selection to determine where to feather. Both are useful in different situations. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zam Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I think this is exactly the plug-in I was searching for in order to help fade one area into another while making photo edits, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH1 Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 Sorry guys to repeat my request. I have downloaded v3.36 and Boltbaits plug in (saved to Programs, Paint.NET, Effects and extracted: do I have to do anything else?). I have opened the program and I cannot see Feathering. I do not have it on my Effects menu, and I do not have a selections menu. I am really struggling; any help much appreciated. Thanks I cannot see any reference to feathering in the help section either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Where did you extract it to? Is the DLL in your effects folder, or only the ZIP? Quote  The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH1 Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 I have just worked it out and it was as David suggested; I had extracted all of the dlls into a folder inside the Effects folder. I now have full acess to all plug ins, having moved the dlls back into the Effects folder. Thanks for your patience and help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH1 Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 I am using the feathering effect, but cannot use it to the same effect as in PhotoShop. I cannot get the subtlety in the feathering that I need: the transition across the feathering is very harsh and there is no soft, progressive change. Any help appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldnewser Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Did you try using the "True Feather" option? I find that option to be quite useful :wink: Assuming that you're using the Object-->Feather and not the Selection-->Feather, right? Quote  deviantART Space and the Relative---Space Art Basics Tut (BETA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zam Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I am using the feathering effect, but cannot use it to the same effect as in PhotoShop. I cannot get the subtlety in the feathering that I need: the transition across the feathering is very harsh and there is no soft, progressive change.Any help appreciated. I've downloaded the 3.36 and boltbaits new plug-ins and am having the same problems with the harsh edges,having said that I'm still quite the half-tard with all this and i'm probably just using it incorrectly. If I have a photo where the sky is washed out and I want to add more contrast whats steps should I be using ? TIA I've tried both feathering options. Edit : O.k I gave it another try... opened my file made a duplcate background (renamed sky ) on the sky background I drew a circle with the lasso tool effects-selection-feather selection set at 10 adjustments-levels slid the input slider up a little to darken sky,pressed o.k ctrl D select with the new background toggled on and original background toggled off, I can see the checkerboard area around the darkened sky. when I toggle on the original background as well I see how it shows thru from underneath and is in fact not as harsh a division as 1st thought but is not really a seamless blend. I'm not complaining, just trying to figure whether I am in fact using the plug-in properly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 using feather in conjunction with soft brushes would help out the harsh edges check out this tutorial for details: http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=22096&st=0&sk=t&sd=a#p131669 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH1 Posted September 1, 2008 Author Share Posted September 1, 2008 Sorry guys, but I cant get as far as Zam; I cannot see the chequer board on the duplicate layer . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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