yankee1950 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hi Guys - new to PaintNet. I have a Hex Grid PNG file where the Hex outlines are in a shade of grey. I want to "recolor: the grey lines black. Thought the RECOLOR tool would do that but I can't seem to get it to work. Could someone please help. The Hex grid PNG is attached to this post. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankee1950 Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 Welshblue - Thanks for your quick response - will try that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hi Yankee1950, I don't have Recolour so I cannot say why that is not working. However you can try this with a very good result. When you save the file, ensure that you also save it as a .png or .jpg. Mine saved it as a .png by default. I duplicated the layer 3 times & set all the top 3 layer blend modes to Mulitply. Double clicking the layer will open the layer properties (as well as F4). Then merge all the layers down or press CTRL+SHIFT+F to flatten all the layers. Ninja'd by Welshy 1 Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankee1950 Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 barbieq25 - Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I would say great minds but mines cabbaged Who says mine is any better?? Yankee you are welcomed. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I don't have Recolour so I cannot say why that is not working Luckily, it's built in 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...
barbieq25 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 See Welshy! What did I tell you?! Cabbaged - great mind do think alike...or don't work properly I'm sure that quite often people must wonder if we are not the same person Now I will have to read the eBook again. Thank goodness pdnnoob is here to keep us in line Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Yankee, please take a look at the forum rules. I've edited your thread title to comply with 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...
midora Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) Here is how to use Recolor: a) Select the Recolor tool. Select your final color (here black) as primary color. c) Control Right click a source color (here a gray line). This sets the secondary color. d) Increase the brush width to 10 e) Choose a tolerance depending on which source color you selected (i.e. 20%) Now if you are painting on top of the gray lines they will change their color Disadvantage of recolor is that the result on antialiased lines may not be as expected. Here are two other possibilities 1) Use Adjustments->Curves in Lumiosity mode. Move the control point in the left bottom corner to the right bottom. 2) Use Adjustments->Levels. Move the marke in the middle of the output slider to the bottom, If you like to keep the numbers gray then first use magic wand with a proper tolerance to select the lines. Edited January 26, 2014 by midora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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