Question Remove thin white line with Paint.NET

[Pyromaniac605]

I was wondering if anyone could help me out here.
I'm working on my Sailor Moon XR2 skins, I get the picture and cut out whoever it may be, and when I paste them in, I get this thin white line around them, it's very time consuming to get paint over them (And the main reason why I've only finished two so far), is there any quick and easy way to get rid of this line?

 

[dbeachy1]

It sounds like it may be antialiasing the pasted image by default, which would try to feather the colors around the edge of the image. I only use Photoshop so I haven't used Paint.NET, but see if you can find an antialiasing setting for pasted images or layers.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

I don't think so, as the line is part of the selection when I erase the white background. :shrug:
I'll take a look but I don't think that's the case.

---------- Post added at 05:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:15 PM ----------

This is what I'm talking about.

On my other skins I just used the pencil tool and went over every single pixel that was too bright, but it took an hour or so.
Maybe there is someway to shrink the selection area by 1 pixel when I select it?

 

[dbeachy1]

Is there a way to set the "hardness" of the erase tool? It sounds like it's feathering the edge, which is leaving the white/gray line. On Photoshop it would be set by the erase tool type ("Pencil", "Brush", or "Block") and the 'hardness' setting (0-100) -- the "Brush" setting would feather the erase, leaving a white line, whereas the "Pencil" setting would be a hard brush edge. I assume Paint.NET has something similar?? Maybe one of the Paint.NET gurus can chime in.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

Is there a way to set the "hardness" of the erase tool? It sounds like it's feathering the edge, which is leaving the white/gray line. On Photoshop it would be set by the erase tool type ("Pencil", "Brush", or "Block") and the 'hardness' setting (0-100) -- the "Brush" setting would feather the erase, leaving a white line, whereas the "Pencil" setting would be a hard brush edge. I assume Paint.NET has something similar?? Maybe one of the Paint.NET gurus can chime in.

I don't think the problem is with the erase tool, it's with the selection (ie. alt-clicking the background to remove the white from the selection) as that doesn't pick up the line around the image, then when erasing it's only erasing what's selected.

---------- Post added at 08:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:03 PM ----------

I should add, that it isn't actual white, but rather bright colours that are around the image to make it look better on the white background. (Anti-aliasing perhaps?)

 

[Ripley]

...I should add, that it isn't actual white, but rather bright colours that are around the image to make it look better on the white background. (Anti-aliasing perhaps?)

Maybe you should first convert your original white background into a transparent layer, and copy your image after that ?

 

[dgatsoulis]

From what i understand you first select the backround and then inverse that selection in order to get the part of the image you want. Is this correct?

I haven't used Paint.Net but in Photoshop there is an option to expand or reduce your selection by as many pixels as you want. Usually one or two pixels get rid of those remaining backround edges.

Is this something that can be done in Paint.net?

 

[Pyromaniac605]

I haven't used Paint.Net but in Photoshop there is an option to expand or reduce your selection by as many pixels as you want. Usually one or two pixels get rid of those remaining backround edges.

That's exactly what I need to do!:thumbup:
But I'm not too sure if that's an option in Paint.Net...

 

[dgatsoulis]

I think that this is what you are looking for.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

I think that this is what you are looking for.

Yay!
Thanks for the help! :thumbup:

I'll try that with the next skin.

---------- Post added at 09:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:17 PM ----------

Well, the selection trick didn't work, and the feather plug-in only made it worse.

 

[dgatsoulis]

Well, the selection trick didn't work, and the feather plug-in only made it worse.

Sorry to hear about that, like i said i haven't used Paint.Net, so i don't know how you can expand or reduce selections. I have some free time in my hands today, if you want, you can send me (or tell me where to get), the pic you want cleaned up and i'll see what i can do with it.

 

[jangofett287]

There's a button on the Paint.Net toolbar that controls all the antialiasing in the ENTIRE program. Its here:

have a go with Antialiasing turned off, and see if it makes a difference.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

There's a button on the Paint.Net toolbar that controls all the antialiasing in the ENTIRE program. Its here:
View attachment 8137
have a go with Antialiasing turned off, and see if it makes a difference.

I already know the problem isn't to do with AA, it's because they are actually bright colours and not white so it doesn't pick them up, yet when I make it more sensitive it selects more than it should.

 

[dgatsoulis]

Here is the "clean" pic.

Let me know if it's ok.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

Thanks, dgatsoulis, that's great.
Did you use the expand/reduce selection functionality in Photoshop?

 

[dgatsoulis]

Yes, but just by itself, it doesn't completely erase all the white pixels. You still have to go once around the edges and erase some of them by hand.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

Yes, but just by itself, it doesn't completely erase all the white pixels. You still have to go once around the edges and erase some of them by hand.

Okay, do you have time now to do another one?

 

[dgatsoulis]

NP, send me the links to the images that you want cleaned and i'll try and prepare them for you.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

NP, send me the links to the images that you want cleaned and i'll try and prepare them for you.

Thanks, I'll PM you soon.

 

[dgatsoulis]

I'm attaching the "clean" pics here. The resolution to start with, was less than great, so there is a certain degree of pixelization. Also the first pic is missing half the left foot. (From the original).
I could reconstruct it, but it would be a somewhat lengthy process for a low/medium res pic. If you're not happy with the result, or if you can find an original that is in greater resolution, let me know.