mavinster Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Hi, I'm new to Paint - and new to image editing, really. I have been fiddling with images found online with various image editors, but would like to use my own stuff. I have scanned a sketch of mine (using pen and pencil) onto my computer, and the quality is not terribly good. I have seen others who have hand-drawn stuff online and theirs looks rather nice - good thick lines, and nice shading. I would like to do the same. This is my sketch (it is a very first draft, by the way!) How can I make this into a better image? I need the outlining to be sharp (the gaps are deliberate) but I also need the shading within the border to be visible. I have tried a few things I found via this forum (and elsewhere) - I tried: 1. Adjustments>Black and White 2. Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast with Brightness at Max and Contrast at Min 3. Effects>Artistic>Oil Painting I got this series of instructions from the forum. It resulted in a blank, greyish image. I also tried working with Curves...but it didn't seem to do anything when I moved the points around. As you can see I know next to nothing about image editing! Could anyone give me a hand? Thanks! (On another note: I downloaded a plugin pack from the forum and my antivirus has just removed every single .dll as being not safe...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Hi Mavinster - welcome to the forum! Let's try to help you with that image. Something fairly simple to start with to thicken/darken the lines... 1. Open the image 2. In the Layers window click on the Duplicate layer icon :DuplicateLayer: 3. Double Click the top layer in the Layers Window to open it's Properties dialog. 4. Set the Blend Mode to Multiply. This can be repeated a number of times if you like the effect. When finished, you can flatten the image with Ctrl + Shift + F. Which plugin pack did you download and which anti-virus package do you have installed? I'm guessing Norton. It's famous for reporting false-positives 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...
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