Hellfire010 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Ok... I'm kind of new with the more "advanced" features of paint.net. Two terms I'm constantly hearing are Antialiasing and Alpha Blending. I have absolutely no idea what these are... Can anyone explain them a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picc84 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 ok to give you a rough idea of what Antialiasing is, is it helps with edges, if you see CMD's tut. on Orb's you will notice the diffrence... (CMD will probally give you a better explination to both of these...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnie Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 You can go here for an explanation for Antialiasing and Alpha Blending: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Help\en\Tools.html Antialiasing helps you draw things with better and more smoother edges. Alpha Blending controls the transparency of the image, I'm guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entY8 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Don' just guess Anti-Aliasing is the smoothing of lines, which would normally have "stairs", because they are not going in horizontal or vertical direction. I think this picture from the german wikipedia explains it quite well: (may take some seconds to load in america :wink:) (left one without antialiasing, right one with) Alpha Blending is an option of Paint .NET which, if activated allows half (or at least not completely) transparent drawing over the picture without removing the existing colors, just modifying the alpha value. Bah, I can't explain that one very well :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Alpha Blending is an option of Paint .NET which, if activated allows half (or at least not completely) transparent drawing over the picture without removing the existing colors, just modifying the alpha value.Bah, I can't explain that one very well :wink: Why not just quote the help file http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/doc/2 ... Tools.html When you choose a color, you may specify an Alpha component. This part of the color determines how to blend it in with the pixels that are already on the layer when you draw. An alpha value of 0 means completely transparent, whereas an alpha value of 255 means completely opaque. Antialiasing also uses alpha blending for the edges of shapes and brushes.However, there are times when you do not want to blend a color in to the existing pixels, and instead want to replace the color on the canvas with exactly the color and alpha values you have specified. It's not the easiest one to understand, but not having it would be an enormous loss of functionality, trust me I use it a lot, especially when doing per-pixel editing. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnie Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Don' just guess Oops. I didn't really exactly know what Alpha Blending is, I just know that it's something about transparency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire010 Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 Nah thats fine, i understand it now Thanks a bunch of all ur help =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aatwo Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 rick brewster has a gigantumonguous brain that is definitly hung like a horse. He knows almost everything about everything so his post I would regard as bible law. Mr brewster thanks very much for allowing me to use paint.net it has been a honour matched only by the honour of being able to use paint.net (which can be found at http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewt ... highlight=" Quote Deviant Art Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crlawnguy Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 But how do you use the alpha blending to fade one image into another? Say I have upload a new image and then I put a white rectangle along the border so that it blends. Isn't this what I would use alpha blending for? I guess I don't know how to do it. Does each of the images have to be on a seperate layer to work? Any guidance would be helpful. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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