Transparency effect with Paint.NET

Question

Hello,

I would like to create this kind of transparency with Paint.NET as explained on the following website:

http://declic-video-fx.com/fr/Pinnacle-Studio/Tips-Tricks/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/671/Incorporer-dans-une-photo-fixe-une-video-qui-se-fond-dans-le-decor.aspx

The method is shown in step 3.

I believe this is possible with Paint.NET. The site uses Photoshop.
I have been trying for days without success. If anyone has an idea, it would be welcome.

Thank you all and have a good evening.
Tino

Configuration: Windows Vista Firefox 3.0.10

Baz · Accepted Answer

Old topic but a simple and effective answer that is hard to find easily, so here it is:
- click on the magic wand (in the default tools window on the left; if it doesn't appear, click on Window/Tools in the menu)
- click on the area you want to make transparent
- if the edges of the selected area are not satisfactory, adjust with the tolerance % (toolbar in the top center) then click again on the area to be made transparent, and so on until you find the right balance
- in the Colors window (if it doesn't display, click on Window/Colors in the menu), click on More>> and set the Transparency-Alpha (at the very bottom right of the window) to 0.
- click on Edit/Fill Selection in the menu
- save in a format that supports transparency, such as png format

Tino88 · Answer

Hello everyone,  If someone can give me some information, I would be grateful.  Also, I have the GIMP software which might be better suited for this manipulation.  Thanks in advance.  Tino

Ploum14 · Answer

Hello,

it's probably a bit late for me to reply, but I had the same need (in fact, a speed effect) and I pushed through. It's entirely possible to do the same thing in paint.net as in the tutorial you linked.
1) The principle with layers is the same: you have a background image to which you overlay other images or texts or drawings or background patterns... If you have never worked with office layers, imagine that you have a notebook of transparent sheets like at school: instead of drawing everything on one sheet, you use one sheet per type of drawing (the sky on one layer, the landscape on another layer, a house on a third layer, a person on a fourth layer, comments on a fifth layer) and the final result is the superposition of all of them. It's when you want to save your final work that the software will combine all the layers into one.
2) An "image" in paint.net is a superposition of layers (by default, one layer only).
3) TRANSPARENCY: If you want to place a person's photo on a new background, you will first need to erase everything around that person. There is an automatic outline function, but I don't know how to use it, so I'll tell you how to do it "manually": everything around the person is a kind of paint for paint.net, and it needs to be erased; for that you need to use the eraser (in the tools); to work more or less finely, you can either zoom in on the photo or enlarge or refine the size of the eraser (brush width) => a checkerboard appears, which means it’s transparent. To go faster on safe areas, you can make a selection with the tools (rectangle, circle, lasso...) and then cut (scissors).
4) WARNING: if you are working in several sessions, you can save images separately to later paste each into a layer of the same image. In this case, be very careful with the saving format: for example, you have done the outline of your character, the rest of the image is transparent; if you save it as jpeg and reopen the image the next day to continue working, the background will be white again instead of transparent and you'll have to start all over again! Save it in png format, for example.
5) When your different images are ready to be assembled, choose one of them, the background (for example) (don't worry about the order of the layers, you can easily change that at any time). Then display the layers of the image (window tab "Windows" then "Layers"). A small window will then open, showing you only one layer that paint has named by default.
Add a layer by clicking on "+" in this small window or in the "Layers" tab then "Add Layer". A second empty layer will appear. It's possible that the new layer is not transparent but white: when you select it later, "edit" "select all" then "cut", and the background will become transparent.
6) To show or hide different layers, toggle them on or off.
The stacking order of the layers is the display order of these layers in the small window.
The layer you are working on is not the highest but the one you selected last with the mouse by clicking on the line (the line turns blue). You can then change its stacking order by clicking on the up/down arrows.
You can work on the layers exactly the same way as on the images, but be careful if you need to save.
7) To copy the second image and paste it into the second layer of the first image, simply copy/paste:
Open the second image, then "edit" "select all" then "edit" "copy", then go to the first image, select the second layer and "edit" "paste".
8) The act of merging the different layers is the "flatten" function, which the software will definitely ask you to perform when saving your final work.

I was a bit lengthy, but with this, you should be able to manage.
I don't know the software very well and what I've written is the result of my fumbling, I think that more knowledgeable people can simplify the work with functions or settings that I don’t know.
Good luck.

Rob · Answer

I recommend you check out the tutorials on this site: http://www.lautre-monde.fr/paintnet/ You should find what you're looking for.

Transparency effect with Paint.NET

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