Jo659 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Hi! Sorry about the newbie question, but I just can’t figure this one out. I tried tips from related tutorials, but 3 days down the line I’m still stuck! What I’m trying to do is superimpose this public domain Wiki Commons portrait on the sample background, but avoid the straight lines and the harsh cut&paste contrast (i.e. so that it’d look more like a “memory”, rather than just a picture on the wall). The effect I was aiming for was to have the portrait surrounded by some sort of round-edged-rectangular or oval “frame” that would be more transparent, blurred and bright / glowing. Is this possible and if so, can you please give me a dummies’ guide to how it’s done? I tried selecting an area that overlaps both background and edge of portrait and experimented with Gaussian Blur, gradients, layer transparency etc but I must be using them wrong because no matter what I do, it still looks like a straight-edged painting on the wall. Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Would this plugin be of help? 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...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 To soften the image before creating the border, try this little plugin Dream by @BoltBait. 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...
Jo659 Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 It's working like a charm, you wonderful people! Thanks, and I hope you're as happy as you made me today!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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