StarDebut Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) I have an image that I want to limit the image to certain areas. I know Frank Miller draws his images by hand but is there a plug in to give a simular stencil effect? Thanks Edited March 5, 2011 by StarDebut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred in bed Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I'm not sure about limiting the image to certain areas... but to make something look sketchy, go to Effects > Artistic > Pencil sketch and that should work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarDebut Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 I'm not sure about limiting the image to certain areas... but to make something look sketchy, go to Effects > Artistic > Pencil sketch and that should work fine. No not at all. I am specifically trying to get this certain effect and not the pencil sketch. I want to create a stencil like image with two tones, black and white, to give a Frank Miller style to my work. Thanks. Anybody know of any plug ins that can help? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 (edited) This might work: Or alternately, posterize at a low setting, half-tone, blur, Threshold. ============================================= Threshold, Half Tone Edited March 5, 2011 by Sarkut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarDebut Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 (edited) Thanks. I have no Half Tone or Threshold. But this paint.net I have been running for the past year has no plug-ins. Also no color option, is this option located in Effects? I went to your link and thus to the other link and do you recommend downloading Ed Harvey Effects v3.5 plugin? Edited March 5, 2011 by StarDebut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarDebut Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 (edited) Is color an option under effects for Ed Harvey Effects v3.5 (Forgive me its one of those days, i've just bungled up my posting) Edited March 5, 2011 by StarDebut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 do you recommend downloading Ed Harvey Effects v3.5 plugin? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Yes, for Threshold. Effects > Color > Threshold Effects > Stylize > Half Tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarDebut Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 (edited) Okay I have used this plug-in and I am impressed with Half Tone and notably Threshold. Unfortunately there seems no instant answer, for seperating the colours for a stencil effect. It leaves a good effect, but not a pure hard cut stencil which is what I was hoping for... I managed to create this image (well actually several but I won't post em all) *maybe later* I noticed in order to get the hard cut stencil look, which seems to be evident in this picture with your advice, I did have to make the image smaller. Which in future might be a pain. Original Image... What I would have liked is something cross between my work above and This image I am not faulting your advice, it was good Yet I hope you can see the last image ^ in order to get the hard cut stencil has to be made smaller. Which in my opinion is the long way around. I would have liked to have seen someone answer "Yeah there is a cutout plugin!!" Lol. mm Edited March 5, 2011 by StarDebut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Yeah there is a cutout plugin!! Cutout Effect ...however I'm not sure it does what you wish. But there IS one Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarDebut Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) Yeah you were right, the cutout plugin isnt what I am after. But Thanks. (That cutout plugin works v.simular to posterize) Okay so this is what I did Open Image Black and White Gaussian Blur Curves Threshold and this is what I got. I found curves important, and although I thought blur would ruin the work even just 1 unit of blur is a difference. And the next image is what I created in Photoshop, just to give a comparison. I dealt with lighting differently. But you can see what I mean about making Paint.net images smaller. Otherwise once you make them smaller there is not much difference to the naked eye. Finally an image (done using Photoshop) with a brush on top. Just posting for interest. Edited March 6, 2011 by StarDebut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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