_Hunter_ Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) Hello, I was wondering - can something like this be done with Paint.net? And if yes - how I mean, not pixel-by-pixel... I was looking for a plugin, but found nothing suitable so far. Thanks! Edited February 18, 2023 by _Hunter_ added explanation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Welcome @_Hunter_ to the forum Yes it can. But you need to learn how to use paint.net first. Here is a tutorial which should help you: 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...
Twig Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 What an amazing tutorial chalked full of so many how to's all in one video! Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Hunter_ Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) Thank you, @Pixey This (learning Paint.net) would be the ultimate solution, true. However, even this tutorial you linked requires plugins not part of the vanilla Paint.net program. I think this is exactly the hard part - knowing what plugins exist and where to find them... and of course how to combine them... Other than this - yes - awesome video, way above my (current) level of using the tool. Edited February 18, 2023 by _Hunter_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 You can learn how to install Plugins here A simple way to do what you want, is to find which font you need. Then find the texture you want. 1. Select the text with the magic wand - set to Global 2. Click on the concrete layer and use Ctrl + I to invert the selection and then click delete. 3. Uncheck the text layer. 4. Finally, with your first color on black, use an Outline selection to outline the text. If you are just starting out using Plugins, I suggest you download @BoltBait's pack found here: https://www.boltbait.com/pdn/ Also, to find things, we have a great SEARCH on here, which should help you. 1 1 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...
_Hunter_ Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 Thanks, @Pixey. The steps above are easy even for me, however there is more into my target style, which I cannot replicate, that's why I asked here. What I still cannot really do is: 1) The letters are actually 3D with perspective... I see now this is not very well represented on the example I gave, I butchered it while cutting it out But actually the black is the depth of the letters and is also kinda reflective. 2) The thin outline is not one color (easy, as in your steps above), but is actually a gradient, which the Outline plugin cannot do (I think?). I can mimic this partially by outlining with 2 pixels and filling with gradient in another layer, but the result looks suboptimal. 3) The curvature is again rather "stretched" only from below, otherwise I could use the Gravity plugin to follow a predefined elliptic path. So yeah, I am reading and searching, but somehow not finding what I need... that's why asking... I was hoping for such kind of 3D text there is already a plugin I am not finding yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, _Hunter_ said: I was hoping for such kind of 3D text there is already a plugin I am not finding yet... We do have this one: 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...
_Hunter_ Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 This looks awesome! Thanks! Will definitely cover the 3D effect and I can try to mitigate somehow the gradient outline. Any idea about the stretched curvature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, _Hunter_ said: Any idea about the stretched curvature? You could try Shape 3D 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...
_Hunter_ Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 Thanks again! This looks very powerful, have to invest more time to experiment with it... or watch a tutorial if I find some. However, while experimenting, I found Grid Warp by pyrochild, which I think would do the job with the right image positioning. Would be great if it would be possible to reposition the grid... but it is also pretty awesome as it is!! (image below... ofc very early stage). Thanks a lot for your support, much appreciated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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