ghope Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Apologies if this question has been answered or is naive. I am attempting to fill against a curve using two colors and am following these steps, all on a single layer. Draw curve using color A (top color), antialiasing turned on. Fill below curve using color B (bottom color), tolerance 84%. Fill above curve using color A, tolerance 84%. The result is still a bit more ragged than I'm hoping for. Am I going about this in the wrong way? Should I be working at a much higher resolution? The intended output is an 8.5 x 11 poster. Many thanks for any guidance or gentle criticism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Yellow Cheddar Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Hello, I think you are using aliased rendering when drawing your line. You must change it at the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Pixey Posted April 10 Solution Share Posted April 10 You could also: 1. Draw your curve and fill the first color. 2. Gaussian Blur. 3. Fill the second half. 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...
Tactilis Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 43 minutes ago, Welsh Yellow Cheddar said: I think you are using aliased rendering when drawing your line. I don't think so. 1. @ghope said they had antialiasing turned on 2. The high tolerance when they do: "Fill below curve using color B (bottom color), tolerance 84%" will be selecting the antialias transition pixels and will fill them all with solid colour; hence the jagged appearance. @Pixey has the best solution - but make sure you don't set the tolerance too high when you fill the second half. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghope Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Thank you, Pixey! That looks much better. Is there a way for me to achieve a sharp transition between the two colors? 20 minutes ago, Pixey said: You could also: 1. Draw your curve and fill the first color. 2. Gaussian Blur. 3. Fill the second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1 hour ago, ghope said: Is there a way for me to achieve a sharp transition between the two colors? Not on one layer. Here is an example using a couple of Plugins. 1. draw the line in its own layer. 2. Select the bottom of the line 3. Make a new layer and fill the blue. 4. Go back to the line and select, make a new layer and fill with 2nd color. 5 Uncheck the line layer. 6. On both colors use the Plugin Blur Blend set at about 27. 7. Use AA's Assistant on both layers until you see a sharper edge on both. 8.Then go to "outline' and change the color accordingly on both layers until it fills up. 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...
Pixey Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Here's how on one layer. 1. draw the line at #10. 2. Select the bottom and fill. Duplicate and merge a few times. 3. AA's Assistant. 4. Select the top and fill. 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...
BoltBait Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Use 2 layers: 1 3 Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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