HankP Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 So, short question on line drawings. I need a way to "thin" the lines on line drawings. I am working on a project where I have been drawing purely-binary lines (one-color black, one-color blue, etc). When I started the project, I started a line-width that was too wide (e.g. 10 pixels). As I have moved forward, I have realized that all my lines should be no more than two pixels in width, for a variety of reasons. I do NOT want to spend several days re-drawing all those lines. Is an easier way to do this? If the lines were not binary, I have some success doing a MagicWand selection of the line and then altering the Tolerance of the selection. This does a "decent" job of narrowing lines by discarding the "fuzzy" edges. But it does not produce a uniform width. To be clear, I cannot just select the drawing and resize it. The total dimensions of the entire image (call it 1000x2000) must remain the same. It is just the width of the lines WITHIN the image that I need to change. Any ideas? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleBox Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 There's a tool on here that I don't remember where I got it from, but it's called AA's Assistant and it basically is an anti aliasing tool. It can delete a line of pixels and you can use it a few times to shorten the lines, in theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 AA's Assistant and not overlooking @BoltBait's excellent Feather (Object/Selection/Old) 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...
lynxster4 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 @HankP Both above replies are the answer provided your 'lines' are on a separate transparent layer. 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...
Tactilis Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 @HankP Although it is clear what you want to do, could you post a representative region of your image please, plus a reduced size copy of your entire image, so that people can give you advice on how best to go about it? Does your image have separate layers, or is it a single composite image? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 19 hours ago, HankP said: So, short question on line drawings. I need a way to "thin" the lines on line drawings. I am working on a project where I have been drawing purely-binary lines (one-color black, one-color blue, etc). When I started the project, I started a line-width that was too wide (e.g. 10 pixels). As I have moved forward, I have realized that all my lines should be no more than two pixels in width, for a variety of reasons. I do NOT want to spend several days re-drawing all those lines. Is an easier way to do this? If the lines were not binary, I have some success doing a MagicWand selection of the line and then altering the Tolerance of the selection. This does a "decent" job of narrowing lines by discarding the "fuzzy" edges. But it does not produce a uniform width. To be clear, I cannot just select the drawing and resize it. The total dimensions of the entire image (call it 1000x2000) must remain the same. It is just the width of the lines WITHIN the image that I need to change. Any ideas? Thanks. Another option is to change from antialiasing to aliased line on the toolbar. https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/Toolbar.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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