Lobalobo 0 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 An image of a tree with fine branches in winter against a sky I want to darken. My goal is to create a duplicate layer of the image to darken but where the tree is transparent so I can put the darkened layer on top of the orignal image with an undarkened tree. Before my computer crashed, I used a plugin for this called, I thought, Alpha Mask. In this example, by selecting a spot on the tree I could make either everything the color of the tree or everything not disappear into transparency. But I can't seem to find the plugin now. I did look at the index of plugins and found some listings under Alpha, but none are described as the tool I need here (best I can tell). Thanks in advance for any help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pdnnoob 263 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say, but I can explain what alpha mask does... Basically, alpha mask takes the value, or brightness, of each pixel in the sample image (the one you are using as a mask) and sets the transparency of the corresponding image based on that value. Simply put, dark means more transparent and bright means more opaque (or vice-versa if you check a box) Quote what I do all summer Emote Cursor Pack 'noob gallery 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 post Share on other sites
yellowman 276 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 As you describing, I think is Color to Alpha? http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=7767 Quote My GalleryMy YouTube Channel "PDN Tutorials" Link to post Share on other sites
pdnnoob 263 Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 As you describing, I think is Color to Alpha? http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=7767 Nice <downloads> Quote what I do all summer Emote Cursor Pack 'noob gallery 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 post Share on other sites
Lobalobo 0 Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 As you describing, I think is Color to Alpha? http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=7767 Exactly. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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