hamwizard Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) Hello, I love the magic wand - I'm a graphical newbie - but I'd like to be able to "cordon off" where it goes. Is there a an easy way to do this? As a (complete!) idiot, I could just split the image up each time, take out the section I want into a new image and then put it back. NOTE: the tool is working correctly and useful - but I'm trying to strip elements out of a screenshot of a film and I am AWFUL at using hand guided cut / selection tools (which would make things much easier) Example: https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4108/5186319615_4078436655.jpg The way they've stripped the background of this imagehttp://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/robocop/images/d/d2/Clarence_boddicker.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100729203832 is pure magic to my skills Any tips on running the magic wand more carefully? Edited October 20, 2015 by hamwizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) You need to remove the background by hand and then you can use the adjustment effect : TwoToneThreshold... Edited October 20, 2015 by Eli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamwizard Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 What's the easiest way to pull the background out by hand? I'm taking pics and turning them into prints on t-shirts, so I can have one of a kind ones. I've found the magic wand is an amazing piece of code though for isolating a "section" - I love the draggable slider on how aggressive it is. The problem is, occassionally it gets exactly what I want BUT then bleeds in somehow and highlights someones cheek or something, you know? So I'd like to apply magic wand, WITHIN another selection somehow - perhaps I can segment my image off into layers? Does this make sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 There are six selection modes in the tool bar. Five of these allow you to combine consecutive selections in different ways (add, subtract, invert, intersect, xor). See http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/ShapeSelectionTools.html for examples on how each mode works and http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/MagicWand.html for an example of selection building using the magic wand. Tip: you can use the magic wand and the shape selection tools in combination to create complex selections. 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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