HenryH Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Let's say i have a Crossword Grid... (containing Lines, Numbers, and Blocks) I want to paint all the Blocks Blue --- or make them meshed (to conserve Toner). Is there a way to Select just the BLOCKS -- (or to change them in such a way) (without changing Lines of thickness (e.g.) less than 10) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 You could use @BoltBait's grid lines. 1. New layer. 2. Draw the grid lines. 3. Align the lines/increase the lines size. 4. Select on Global to select all of the boxes. 2 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...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 6 hours ago, HenryH said: Let's say i have a Crossword Grid... (containing Lines, Numbers, and Blocks) I want to paint all the Blocks Blue --- or make them meshed (to conserve Toner). By now you'll have learned to put your image elements on different layers. If you have done this, changing the color of one set of elements would be as simple as activating the layer and using the Paint Bucket tool with the new color. Layer structure recoloring visible cells Recoloring unused cells 2 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...
HenryH Posted December 24, 2023 Author Share Posted December 24, 2023 Do you have some special method for separating the Numbers, Black Blocks, and the Grid into different layers??? (That may take me more than 1 hour to do that cleanly.) For Black Blocks, What i'd do is... Duplicate Layer. Then 1. select Rectangular region, 2 delete (repeat 1,2) Selecting just right would take me a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 49 minutes ago, HenryH said: Do you have some special method for separating the Numbers, Black Blocks, and the Grid into different layers??? When creating the image, use a new layer for each different type of element. ONLY put that type of element on the layer e.g. grid goes on it's own layer. The image above took a few minutes to assemble this way. 51 minutes ago, HenryH said: For Black Blocks, What i'd do is... Duplicate Layer. Then 1. select Rectangular region, 2 delete (repeat 1,2) Mercy! You're doing it hard Activate the Grid layer. Activate the Magic Wand tool Hold down Ctrl & click in as many cells as you want to color. This selects only the cells you click in. Click on the Black Blocks layer to Highlight it Press Backspace (not delete) to fill the selected regions with the primary color (default to black). Want a different set of black blocks? Activate the Black block layer Ctrl + A Delete repeat steps 2-5 from above 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...
HenryH Posted December 25, 2023 Author Share Posted December 25, 2023 Thank you (Pixey) for the comment! i'll try that.... it seems (for that purpose), it's useful to have a grid of lines (width=0). and it seems that there is no [smart MagicWand] that selects only the big blocks (or regions). (the Crossword grid (in the OP) was from NYTimes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 18 hours ago, HenryH said: and it seems that there is no [smart MagicWand] that selects only the big blocks (or regions). You could always try the Rectangle Select tool: 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...
HenryH Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) Thank you... i just realized that by setting Tolerance at 4%, the (vanilla) magic wand does something like what i wanted. But later, when i tried with another (clearer, crisper) image (of a crossword puzzle grid), even with Tolerance at 0%, the magic-wand click got (leaked out) to all the thin lines. Edited December 29, 2023 by HenryH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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