honeyrose Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) Hi everyone, I am new here so please be gentle with me. What I want to do is to take an image I have cut out from its background using paint (so hopefully with a transparent background) and paste it onto another background (in this case a cliff) and then render the whole thing to look like a drawing or painting. Then add some wording in the sky. Any suggestions? Honeyrose Edited April 6, 2010 by honeyrose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) I think he means he wants to remove a background from an image so that he can paste the desired object somewhere else. You got the paste somewhere else part. Here's the remove background part. So...if you had an image like this: there are two ways you can cut out the bird. Both are tutorials on this forum. and When you're done... Edited April 6, 2010 by pdnnoob Quote No, Paint.NET is not spyware...but, installing it is an IQ test. ~BoltBait Blend modes are like the filling in your sandwich. It's the filling that can change your experience of the sandwich. ~Ego Eram Reputo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyrose Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 Phew a lot to take in especially for someone struggling to get their head around layer handling. Still I"ll give it a go and report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 The Tutorials+ forum is for publishing tutorials only, as the title suggests. I realize this is a new forum for you (it is for all of us), but please make sure to read the rules before you post. Quote  The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyrose Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) sorry have i been posting in the wrong place? i just followed the links as advised when the tutorial i selected turned out to be a dead link. this is general discussions isn\'t it? did my query start out somewhere else and get moved here? Edited April 6, 2010 by pyrochild STOP SHOUTING! READ THE RULES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyrose Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 I hope this is the right place to post this - apologies if it is not. I only still a newbie at this. I was advised in an earlier posting to "Removing Tricky Backgrounds" for a technique on removing tricky backgrounds and superimposing images. I went to the link given which starts with instructions to duplicate the image I want to superimpse and then says to uncheck the original background so it is not longer visible. The instructions then display a table called Layers which shows three layers, called Theshold, BG Delete and Background, with the first two ticked. How do I find and manipulate this table for layers? I cannot find any option on my version of Paint.Net except one which displays only the properties of the current layer? Do I need to load the advanced version of Paint.Net or install a Plug in? If so can someone point me towards it. Thanks Honeyrose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Just press F7. This will toggle the visibility of the layers window. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APShredder Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) I think you may have just hidden the Layers window. Just press F7 or go to Window --> Layers. Edit: Beaten. Edited April 6, 2010 by APShredder Quote BlendModes Plus | Dissolve | Extract Color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyrose Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 I think he means he wants to remove a background from an image so that he can paste the desired object somewhere else. You got the paste somewhere else part. Here's the remove background part. So...if you had an image like this: there are two ways you can cut out the bird. Both are tutorials on this forum. http://forums.getpai...ing-out-images/ and http://forums.getpai...ky-backgrounds/ When you're done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyrose Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) sorry i updated this above but my pc crashed while I was doing it and I thought it had failed and posted question again here. Have now deleted it. Edited April 6, 2010 by honeyrose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyrose Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 sorry have i been posting in the wrong place? i just followed the links as advised when the tutorial i selected turned out to be a dead link. this is general discussions isn\'t it? did my query start out somewhere else and get moved here? Pyrochild: what did i do am I being shouted at. I am only a newbie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Yes, it was originally in the Tutorials forum. I moved it. Quote  The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 All right, you only need one thread. I'm merging them. Quote  The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyrose Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 Back again./ Thanks for the tip on using F7 to expose the layers pull down panel. I have another related question, I have been following a video tutorial on cutting and pasting images onto another background. The tutorial demonstrates using icons in a tool bar along the bottom of the screen - for example an icon which is two small squares, one above the other linked by a +. I don't have any of these icons on my screen. Do I need to tweek my version of paint.net to get more of these icons visible. I just downloaded the main recommended option of paint.Net. The Removing Tricky Backgrounds tut recommends using the Threshold plug in. Where would I find this? Honeyrose J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 (edited) honeyrose, That sounds like the Add New Layer icon. Bottom-left in the Layers window. If the tutorial was made using an earlier version of Paint.NET, the icons may look slightly different. Layers Window Threshold is part of Ed Harvey's plugin pack, which is pinned on the first page of the Plugins - Publishing Only forum. Once installed, it will show up in Paint.NET here: Effects > Color > Threshold ================================================ Any time you have a question relating to a specific tutorial its best to include a link to the tutorial. That will help people to give the best advice/suggestions. Edited April 7, 2010 by Sarkut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 The Removing Tricky Backgrounds tut recommends using the Threshold plug in. Where would I find this? Quote No, Paint.NET is not spyware...but, installing it is an IQ test. ~BoltBait Blend modes are like the filling in your sandwich. It's the filling that can change your experience of the sandwich. ~Ego Eram Reputo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyrose Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 Struggling a bit with drawing round a curve (my cut out object has several curves). I am using the line/curve tool but can't seem to quite get the hang of creating and manipulating points on a stretch of line to make it into a curve. Instead I am getting a series of small steps. Is there another tool or technique I should be using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 No, you're doing it the right way. If you want, you could zoom in and try using the brush tool. It gives you more control over exactly where you want to draw, but is a little more difficult to use. Quote No, Paint.NET is not spyware...but, installing it is an IQ test. ~BoltBait Blend modes are like the filling in your sandwich. It's the filling that can change your experience of the sandwich. ~Ego Eram Reputo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone93 Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Try using the line tool then right-click and drag the handles. It'll then become a bezier curve which is much, much easier to handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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