Simon Brown Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 Since the image links are broken in Tendercrisp's tutorial and he hasn't visited the forum for a while, i've created a new one using the same method. Click here to view. Keywords (to make searching easier): cut cutting out image images feather photo photos isolate isolation object object seperate seperation crop cropping 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 (dupe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale08 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Nice, and of course afterwards you could always cut out those little bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minoeman Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Just a tip, when using the line tool, make sure :AntiAliasingOff: is checked. Makes it easier to cut out. Quote We should all be... Alive... ......................................... ......................................... |Lightning|My Dome|Pokemon sig tut| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WANAKO-GRAFFIKO Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I was in a hurry during my lunch and clicked the wrong button LOL Well here goes again... terrible! I'm a newbie myself but I would never use any other method to chop a pic other then the pen tool. Learn it it's worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 terrible! I'm a newbie myself but I would never use any other method to chop a pic other then the pen tool. Learn it it's worth it. Well, this tutorial uses a similar method only with the paint brush, so I guess someone could easily use the pen instead if they wanted to. I used a thick brush to make it easy to see. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangever Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I'm having a really hard time with this. Can somebody PLEASE help me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 What's your problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangever Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 nevermind! lol. I finally got it, it was really being a pain in the butt! now on to layering my images.. lol, i think its just this one picture that wants fight with me. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 terrible! I'm a newbie myself but I would never use any other method to chop a pic other then the pen tool. Learn it it's worth it.Two things: 1) Paint.NET doesn't include a pen tool; 2) if by 'pen tool' you mean 'paintbrush' or 'pencil', then the Line / Curve tool used in this tutorial by Simon, and originally illustrated by Tendercrisp, is far superior. Learn it, it's worth it. Aside from that, I'm pinning this tutorial in the stead of Tendercrisp's. I understand how fond we all are of his tutorial, but without images and written instructions, it's not only useless, it's also breaking tutorial guidelines . Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xizor Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Wow, its amazing how spamming is immature -.-. Just as much as answering to it is. ~Myrddin. Quote I just owned you.. :O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 I've just realised that all of this tutorial's images are 100s of kb PNGs. I'm not sure how I got away with that. Anyway, the opaque ones are now JPEGs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colangelo1981 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Why is it that when I finish the steps above that I still have a checkered background. I save it and pull it up on my computer and its a white background but when I pull it up again in paint.net, its checkered again? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Why is it that when I finish the steps above that I still have a checkered background. I save it and pull it up on my computer and its a white background but when I pull it up again in paint.net, its checkered again? What file type are you saving it as? If it's jpg, or bmp, that's your problem, as those file types don't save transparency. If it's gif, then you'll need to adjust the transparency threshold higher. If it's tga, you'll need to save as 32-bit. Just make it easy on yourself and save it as png instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colangelo1981 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Before visiting this web site, I never new what a PNG file was. All my photo files are saved as a JGP. Before trying to work with the photo, I resaved it as a PNG. When its in my folders, it shows as being a white background but when I pull it back up in Paint.NET, its checkered .....?? Also, it still has the black outline showing from when I was cutting it. How do I get rid of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Before visiting this web site, I never new what a PNG file was. All my photo files are saved as a JGP. Before trying to work with the photo, I resaved it as a PNG. When its in my folders, it shows as being a white background but when I pull it back up in Paint.NET, its checkered .....?? The chequerboard is just a representation of transparency - as is the white background. Also, it still has the black outline showing from when I was cutting it. How do I get rid of that? If you still have the PDN file, delete that layer - if not, use feather in true mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagykalAnna Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I like this tut.. :3 I took me a long time (kinda) and this is what i got. Quote “Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.” ~Click on my siggy to see my deviantART~ -Haiku I made- A gray sleek creature Jumping from water to air Barly touching sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Added video tutorial version - it's a bit jerky, but I hope it'll still be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Roadkill Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Simon thank you so much for posting this tut. I had found the original tut that you mentioned and was so disappointed when I realized that all of the instructions were contained in the deleted images. I read through page after page picking up what I could and had an idea of what to do, but this makes it all so clear. Thanks again! Quote My Gallery SAC, WOTW and Photo Manip Competition Host To visit the Comps click HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHM Taff Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 how do yo put them another image that your doing?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 Just select all and copy/paste it into a new layer in your other image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pophiri Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Just a suggestion. If you set your mask layer to transparency 80, you can use the brush and eraser tools to refine your selection, while still viewing all of the image underneath. Layer transparency does not adversly affect the magic wand selection, so you can still get a crisp selection at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinkfish Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I'm not getting a very clear selection with the magic wand, and I'm not sure why. Does anyone know why this might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slamjunk Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Like Spinkfish, I don't get a clear selection when using the magic wand. It tends to select randomly around areas that have created shadows. Can any one kindly advise why this might be please. Slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Are you using it on the new layer on which you drew the outline> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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