Toddster Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Hello. My eclipse tool has jagged edges. I want to make things look "shiny" but when I go to lighten the selected area, it has really bad edges. Here is what I mean: Look at where I have brightened it. See how it has jagged edges...it just isn't nice and smooth. How do I fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Try using Feather. You`ll find it in Effects>Object>Feather. Or Gaussian Blur at about 2px.Make sure your it is done on a new layer though or you will affect the whole picture. :wink: Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Turn on Antialiasing: :AntiAliasingOff: -> :AntiAliasingOn: Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddster Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 My Anti-antilising is on and this is what I get when I zoom in on my circle: No wonder it's got jagged edges...but why is it just mine doing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Paint.NET does not support soft selections. If you are just making a highlight and need the edges soft, use the Ellipse tool ( ), not the ellipse selection tool ( ). Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Rulez Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Try using Feather. You`ll find it in Effects>Object>Feather.Or Gaussian Blur at about 2px.Make sure your it is done on a new layer though or you will affect the whole picture. :wink: I don't have the "Feather", Do I need to download a plugin to get that? Quote The post above probably has crappy art.. Just look past that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I don't have the "Feather", Do I need to download a plugin to get that? Feather is a plugin from BoltBait's plugin pack. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Nab Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Yes, it's part of BoltBait's plugin pack in the Plugins section. Here's a link I'm all over the place! Quote "pyrochild, you're my favorite person ever. We should go snowboarding some time."~ 007 Nab. Ish. PDN Gallery | I Made a Deviant Art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Rulez Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Yes, it's part of BoltBait's plugin pack in the Plugins section.Here's a link I'm all over the place! Haha, Okay, And you are FAST! Dang lol Quote The post above probably has crappy art.. Just look past that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Nab Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Heh, glad to help. I've got some spare time. Quote "pyrochild, you're my favorite person ever. We should go snowboarding some time."~ 007 Nab. Ish. PDN Gallery | I Made a Deviant Art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHATslash Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Instead of using the selection tool then filling.. just use the eclipse tool in the first place. Use "Draw with filled shape" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Sorry - forgot to give the link to Feather earlier. Thanks 007 Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddster Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Alright...here is what I do now. I use Ellipse with filled shape and have the colour set to WHITE. Then I make a new layer over the background and draw my circle. Then set transparency to what ever looks good. Thanks for it all guys. Now I can finally make better graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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