joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 I downloaded paint.net but haven't really had a chance to use it. I will mostly be using to take photos and edit them of my candles. Here is my first attempt at photographing my candle. Of course I will turn the date off next time. I am trying to get the background as bright white as I can. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I downloaded paint.net but haven't really had a chance to use it. I will mostly be using to take photos and edit them of my candles. Here is my first attempt at photographing my candle. Of course I will turn the date off next time. I am trying to get the background as bright white as I can. Any ideas?[attachment=0]JamaicaMeCrazy.jpg[/attachment] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Do a search in the plugins forum for "conditional hue saturation". That particular plugin would help do what you want (make the pink stuff white), and would work on pinkish parts of things other than the background (like the seal on the jar and highlights in the stones). Also, better lighting or a whiter sheet would be a good plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Do a search in the plugins forum for "conditional hue saturation". That particular plugin would help do what you want (make the pink stuff white), and would work on pinkish parts of things other than the background (like the seal on the jar and highlights in the stones). Also, better lighting or a whiter sheet would be a good plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Yeah I do need better lighting. I made my own light box but I was using a desk lamp on each side and I need to get some better lights. I will download that plug in. Is there a tutorial on it that you know of?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Yeah I do need better lighting. I made my own light box but I was using a desk lamp on each side and I need to get some better lights. I will download that plug in. Is there a tutorial on it that you know of?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 I tried to download that plug in and I am having trouble. It's giving me error messages. Is it just supposed to open with paint.net? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 I tried to download that plug in and I am having trouble. It's giving me error messages. Is it just supposed to open with paint.net? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 There are instructions lots of places on how to install plugins. Short version: unzip the file (if it's a zip), copy .dll files to c:\program files\paint.net\effects, restart paint.net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 There are instructions lots of places on how to install plugins. Short version: unzip the file (if it's a zip), copy .dll files to c:\program files\paint.net\effects, restart paint.net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Ok, I did find the info and installed the plug in, but now I don't know how to use it. Is there a tutorial on how to use this feature properly? Sorry I am so new at this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Ok, I did find the info and installed the plug in, but now I don't know how to use it. Is there a tutorial on how to use this feature properly? Sorry I am so new at this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 There are hints in the post the plugin is found in, but basically, it works like this: on the right side of the plugin window is a color wheel. Use the mouse (left button for the counter-clockwise edge, right button for the clockwise edge) to pick a range of color that you want to alter. Then use the sliders to limit it to more or less saturated colors (you should be looking for low-saturated red...there should be a line around the pink part of the color wheel). Then, on the left, adjust the hue (color), saturation (intensity of color), or brightness. You'll want to be adjusting the saturation down to nothing. Just keep playing with it until you're satisfied. It can work on a whole image or a selected area (if you have part of the picture selected). Remember that you can always undo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 There are hints in the post the plugin is found in, but basically, it works like this: on the right side of the plugin window is a color wheel. Use the mouse (left button for the counter-clockwise edge, right button for the clockwise edge) to pick a range of color that you want to alter. Then use the sliders to limit it to more or less saturated colors (you should be looking for low-saturated red...there should be a line around the pink part of the color wheel). Then, on the left, adjust the hue (color), saturation (intensity of color), or brightness. You'll want to be adjusting the saturation down to nothing. Just keep playing with it until you're satisfied. It can work on a whole image or a selected area (if you have part of the picture selected). Remember that you can always undo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 There are hints in the post the plugin is found in, but basically, it works like this: on the right side of the plugin window is a color wheel. Use the mouse (left button for the counter-clockwise edge, right button for the clockwise edge) to pick a range of color that you want to alter. Then use the sliders to limit it to more or less saturated colors (you should be looking for low-saturated red...there should be a line around the pink part of the color wheel). Then, on the left, adjust the hue (color), saturation (intensity of color), or brightness. You'll want to be adjusting the saturation down to nothing. Just keep playing with it until you're satisfied. It can work on a whole image or a selected area (if you have part of the picture selected). Remember that you can always undo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 There are hints in the post the plugin is found in, but basically, it works like this: on the right side of the plugin window is a color wheel. Use the mouse (left button for the counter-clockwise edge, right button for the clockwise edge) to pick a range of color that you want to alter. Then use the sliders to limit it to more or less saturated colors (you should be looking for low-saturated red...there should be a line around the pink part of the color wheel). Then, on the left, adjust the hue (color), saturation (intensity of color), or brightness. You'll want to be adjusting the saturation down to nothing. Just keep playing with it until you're satisfied. It can work on a whole image or a selected area (if you have part of the picture selected). Remember that you can always undo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 thanks you! I will give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 thanks you! I will give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 thanks you! I will give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 thanks you! I will give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 This is what I got to. Still hard to get rid of some of the shadows. Need to keep working on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 This is what I got to. Still hard to get rid of some of the shadows. Need to keep working on this.[attachment=0]JamaicaMeCrazyedit.jpg[/attachment] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 This is what I got to. Still hard to get rid of some of the shadows. Need to keep working on this.[attachment=0]JamaicaMeCrazyedit.jpg[/attachment] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanncat18 Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 This is what I got to. Still hard to get rid of some of the shadows. Need to keep working on this.[attachment=0]JamaicaMeCrazyedit.jpg[/attachment] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Not bad...much less pink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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