Simon1988 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Hi all! I have a question about the picture below, which is a cycling stage profile: As you can see, the 3D background colour reflects slope. Steeper parts are a darker kind of grey than the flat parts. I would like to create profiles of my own in the same style, with the slope of a portion reflected in its colour, so I was wondering if there is a feature in paint.net that allows me to change the colour of a line according to its slope. Is it possible to draw a line for the mountains etc. in a single colour, and then use some kind of effect or plugin to make the rising sections darkers and the flat parts lighter? All help is greatly appreciated! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) Starting with a solid gray sloped object. Duplicate twice. Use Adjustments > Brightness / Contrast to lighten the middle layer and to darken the bottom layer. Apply Gaussian blur, radius 2, to the two lower layers. Use the Move Selected Pixels tool with the keyboard arrow keys to move the lighter layer up 3 pixels, and the darker layer to the left 3 pixels. Merge the two lower layers and apply the Trail plugin effect. http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6821/slopegradient04.png ======================================= Settings for blur and layer displacement will vary according to image size. Edited February 9, 2011 by Sarkut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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