TSKgrind Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Ok so I have a set back and i need to put lettering on set background and have it fade from a certain color(blue) to a dark or black at the bottom. Ive try using the gradient function but it wipes out my background and turns it white. Ive also tried adding a new layer and using gradient and does the same thing. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDale Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 On your new text layer - Use magic wand and shift / click your text to select it, then select your gradient, it will then cover only your chosen text. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSKgrind Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 On your new text layer - Use magic wand and shift / click your text to select it, then select your gradient, it will then cover only your chosen text. When I do this it then clears the cololrs on the lettering(font). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 When I want to select font, I often select the outside of it (and the wholes for letters like O and A) then I go up to menu bar > Edit > invert selection (shortcut keys for invert selection are ctrl + i.) For recoloring the font, I will then add a new layer, (keeping the selection though) and do the recoloring on the separate layer. As I recolor, I will play with the layer's opacity and blend modes, which can be accessed from layer properties. Once I have my font recolored, I will run some edge smoothing plugins in case the edges of the coloring are choppy. Or if I'm in paint.net 4.0 I sometimes manually erase since paint.net 4.0 has a soft eraser. The plugins I like for smoothing edges are : Basic Antialias : http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=7644 Feather : http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=2140 AA's Assistant, which is part of this pack : http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=16643 1 Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 When I do this it then clears the cololrs on the lettering(font). You will need to pick your colours before you do your gradient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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