rlg Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 The truth is that I found a picture to use for a cover but I had to download it to a .doc instead of to my pictures file. From there I somehow finally got it pasted into pdn but it is really washed out in colors. I tried to make the contrast do the trick but it didn't. I also tried to lessen the brightness but that too failed. I just wondered what to use to "cure" the faded colors. They weren't faded in the original. Is there some opacity enters into it? Thank you for any help you can give me. Scott makes things so easy; hopefully he will answer. Or anyone else. Renee That's paste not past! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 The issue is that you saved it as a document, not an image. Try this: find your image again on the internet. Right click on it and select Copy Image. Open paint.net and press Ctrl + V to paste the image directly into the canvas. 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...
Katzenfreund Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 As above. It’s not where you download it to that matters but in what format. Anyway and for the record, there is a single-click Auto-Level adjustment under Adjustments that may bring improvement in some cases (or deterioration in others), but of course it’s much better if the image is good to start with. If the colors are flat, you might try increasing color saturation as well as contrast. Quote All things are difficult before they are easy. (Thomas Fuller) My signature was really annoying, so BoltBait deleted it. I should probably read rule #13 of the forum rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlg Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 Thank you both. I'd already tried hue/saturation but I went back and really slid those pointers around and to my eyes it does seem clearer. As for the Auto-level adjustment, it doesn't exist under my really early version of PDN. I'm either going to let it stand, or find another picture! Renee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 If you have not found a solution yet, try to saturate the colors using the Saturation RGB effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Maybe your picture has some sort of transparency to it? Try this :1) Copy the picture2) Add a new layer in paint.net and paste the picture onto that layer 3) Duplicate that layer several times and see if the picture improves. Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlg Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Thank you both. I'll try the saturation RGB, AND the multiple layers repeat and see if it improves. I appreciate your help. Renee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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