peterthomas6 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Hello! I'm new, so I apologize if this is in the wrong area, but I'm working in Paint.Net and I'm trying to do something new that I'm having a hard time with. I have two layers: layer one is text, and layer two is a background. What I want to do is have the background that I've created "color" the font, but nothing else. This is basically allowing me to create cool textures and such that I can apply to the text itself. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Quote My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 (edited) Using the Alpha Mask effect will give you transparency around the text. To use it: 1. type your text as in layer 2 and copy it to the clipboard 2. Go to the layer containing the background and use Alpha Mask effect with the following settings: Edited November 18, 2015 by Eli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 There may be better ways, but you could create the text on a transparent background, copy it to the clipboard, then use BoltBait's Effects>Object>Paste Alpha plugin to copy the alpha values into the background layer. Select "Clipboard alpha" as the Alpha Source. (Or, perhaps, create the text as white text on a black background, and select "Clipboard shades of gray" as the Alpha Source.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 To add to the great suggestions above, here are two videos which may be of help. Although done in an earlier version of Paint.net, the basics still apply. One and two Good luck. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 The Alpha Mask effect is actually a plugin. You can get the plugin here : http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/1854-alpha-mask-import-plugin-20/ Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilynx Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 To add to the great suggestions above, here are two videos which may be of help. Although done in an earlier version of Paint.net, the basics still apply. One and two Good luck. Is there a tutorial on either of these videos? I find them fascinating, but hard to do, stopping the video, popping back to PDN, and then restarting the video.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) Forgive me for once again plugging my own plugin, but for effects similar to the second video, and for many other text effects, the Texture Shader can be useful. Here is a (quickly done) version of the the reflecting "a": (Annoyingly, the light on the "a" is coming from the wrong direction. As I almost always do, I used an upper-left light. Then when I went to add the drop shadow, I noticed the video had the shadow up and to the left. If I get a chance, I'll fix it later.) Edited November 19, 2015 by MJW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Wow, your "a" is so beautiful! Please, share your plugins and samples on what you can do with them as much as you won't. I love seeing what your plugins are capable of. Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Thank you very much, Cc4FuzzyHuggles. I try not to seem too self-promotional. I am sort of hoping people will experiment with the Texture Shader plugin. The large number of controls may be a bit intimidating, but I think it can produce lots of interesting results. (Perhaps that's because parents always believe their children are beautiful.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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