Xix13 Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I have read through the FAQs and searched the forums as best I could but have been unable to find a solution to my problem. So I hope you folks can either tell me what to do or point me to a thread or tutorial that will solve my problem. I have black and white pictures (jpg) that I am colorizing, virtually pixel by pixel, and utilizing the magic wand. If I complete the picture in one sitting and save it, when I reload it, all the pixels are the same colors as I had them. However, if I only get partway through a picture and save it, when I reload it, many of the pixels have been changed to some kind of blended color, particularly around the edges of areas on which I've worked, but often even original areas have had the colors adjusted. What I would like to be able to do is save work I've done and return to it at a later time to continue colorizing, without the pixels having changed. I've been through the tutorial on blending, hoping that this may have provided some way to turn off the feature, if that is indeed what is happening, but so far I have had no success. There's probably something simple that I'm just completely missing, but I'm at a loss as to where to find it. If you can, please let me know how to stop the pixel color adjustments, or point me to a thread I must have missed in my search. Thank you in advance. -- Xix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 What file format are you saving in? Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Save as PNG Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Yep, Ash has it right... Jpeg files are also commonly referred to as lossy files, meaining they lose detail, because it doesn't save every single pixel. .png files are great and won't lose any detail also targa files and bitmap (.tga and .bmp) work as well. It all depends on what you intend to use them for, as some file types are larger than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 If your file has multiple layers, you should use .PDN so that the layers are preserved. If your file does not have multiple layers... why not? :wink: Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xix13 Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 Ah ha! OK, thanx much for the information! I will save as the more detailed file format from now on! -- Xix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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