Paint how to fill it with the same color. How to make a transparent background in Paint? How to remove or change the background in Paint? Drawing lines in Paint

Regarding Edward's question elementary lessons by Paint Net. I’ll start by telling you here only about the simple functionality that I use to process and mark up screenshots.

What is Paint.Net

I also use Paint Net to reduce the weight of images so that site pages load faster. This is what we'll talk about.

About the program: Paint.net is distributed free of charge and for this sincerity, huge respect to the developers! Based on its capabilities, the program can easily replace some of the functions of the famous Photoshop. The most interesting lessons paint net you will find the Russian-language version of the program on the official website. And you can download it there.

Lessons Paint.net

For those who have never used graphic editors, I think there are many such users on the rapidly developing Internet. Installed, selected a screenshot, right-click open with, select our program.

First, let's decide on the choice of color with which we will work. The color changes with one click of the left mouse button. If the provided colors are not enough, click the More button

Color selection in paint net

Here we can select the color both in hexadecimal and RGB, or simply by moving the corresponding sliders

Shape tool in paint net

How to make perfectly even ovals: everything is simple, click on the corresponding icon in the right menu (when you hover the cursor over the icons, a hint pops up) and draw an oval with a predetermined color in the right place.

Eraser tool in paint net

If you want to hide some inscription in the picture, then select the eraser on the right and carefully erase the desired area.

Lasso tool in paint net

Lasso will be a convenient tool for you; it can be used to highlight a wide variety of places with different shapes

Eyedropper tool in paint net

For example: we need to fill some place with the color that is already in the picture. We take the eyedropper and click it on the desired area, all the color is copied

Fill tool in paint net

Now select a fill from the menu and click it on the selected area.

Sometimes the fill covers a little more space than you would like. This happens in cases where the boundaries of the area being poured are not so clearly defined. In this case, simply reduce the sensitivity with the slider at the top.

How to Write Texts on Screenshots in Paint Net

Click on the T icon on the right, point the cursor at the right place and write what you want. If you missed the mark a little, it doesn’t matter, grab the cross (just below the written text) and move the entire inscription wherever we want. The size, font, etc. can be adjusted at the top, a standard editor like in Word.

What is shown above is a little thing that anyone can learn on their own, the real lessons are on the off site, link at the top.

How to reduce the weight of a picture

But webmasters will certainly be interested in another necessary tool for reducing the weight of images for inserting images into the site. Even if you are not going to edit anything in the picture, just put a dot somewhere in the corner with the same color as the image itself.

Now in the main menu, select the file - save as . We write a name for the image to be saved, now a window with image quality settings opens. This example uses a PNG file and what would reduce the weight of the picture set the minimum color depth and everything else, to reduce weight jpg pictures use the slider. We click ok and are surprised: instead of 100 kb, the image now weighs only 12 kb and the difference in quality is almost unnoticeable.

For JPEG files, there will be only one slider in the settings, here we are already looking at the optimal ratio of weight and quality. For screenshots with similar and different texts square designs Of course, the best option would be png, since the weight can be reduced by more than 10 times. For drawings with gradients, a lot of handwritten text and everything round, the png format will be too heavy, in this case it is better to use Jpeg

Many owners of personal computers have often encountered software such as Paint. This software is the main application that comes with the operating system Windows family. This application is a simple graphic editor with which you can edit various pictures with simple tools and much more.

Many beginners who are just getting acquainted with this program ask many different questions about certain actions in this program. This time a common question is - how to make a fill in Paint. This is actually a very simple question. But for beginners this action is still unknown.

So, before you fill, you need to create new leaf or just open graphics editor. If you want to paint the entire sheet, for example, blue, then you need to first select this color and only then select a special tool called fill and click on the sheet with this tool. As a result, the leaf will turn completely blue.

In the end, you should get it exactly as shown in the picture. We completed a simple task. Now, let's try to go to the next level and draw a square of red light. To do this, you need to select a special tool – a rectangle. But before that, let's select the red color and draw this square on the work area.

If you get it as shown in the picture, then you did everything right. Now if you want to paint over inner part this square with a different color, for example, green, then you need to perform the same actions as in the first picture, only on the area of ​​the square. In the end, it should look like this:

Now you have mastered the fill tutorial. This tool has the property of replacing only selected colors. Unfortunately, it won’t be able to fill in the shades. This only applies to photographs and other pictures where there are a lot of flowers. To edit such pictures, you need a more powerful tool that can offer more flexible options for filling and working with colors - Adobe Photoshop. Using this software you can make not only colorful images, but also various beautiful abstractions. But first, since you are a novice user of a personal computer, you need to master working with Paint first.

To watch the video tutorial, click on the miniature screen.

You will learn:

• That you can fill it not only with color, but also with texture.
• How to use Define Pattern to create a pattern fill.
• How Content Aware fill works in CS5.
• How to add clouds to a photo with a broken sky.
• How to use the Gradient Editor window.
• How to add sunset colors to the sky and create your own gradients.
• How to create patterns using a gradient.
• How to add a rainbow to an image using a gradient.

Tool Paint Bucket(Fill) fills an image or selection with color foreground or texture. Shortcut key – G.

Fill(Fill)- There are two types: Foreground(Foreground Color/Main Color) - the main color and Pattern(Sample/pattern/regular)- pattern, texture. For some reason, in Russian CS4 and CS5 were translated as regular.When selecting this parameter, the image will be filled with a pattern, which you can select from the list or load new sets by clicking on the arrow in the upper right corner.

Mode(Blend Mode)- pixels change depending on the selected mode. The textbook has five lessons that talk about each mode in great detail. Opacity(Opacity)- fill opacity;

Tolerance– from 0 to 255. At 0, only pixels that exactly match in color will be painted over, at 255 - the entire image.

Anti- aliased(Smoothing)- softening the unevenness and roughness of the edges of the fill;

Contiguous(Adjacent)– If you check this box, only pixels adjacent in color will be filled. If you uncheck the box, the pixels in the entire image will be filled in.

If you don't want to fill the transparent areas of the layer, click on it in the Layers palette.

Create your own pattern.

To create your own pattern, select a rectangular area in the image, select the Edit command - Define Pattern, enter a name and click OK. Deselect the area. The created pattern can be found at the very end of the list in the pattern selection panel.

Fill Content Aware.

This tool can be considered one of the main achievements of the version developers C.S.5 . It replaces in one motion several steps that previously had to be performed to remove unnecessary areas in the image. In most cases, the background is restored as if nothing was blocking it.

Draw a lasso tool around the object you want to remove from the image. For best results, the selection should cover the background area slightly.

Menu Edit(Editing) – Fill(Perform Fill). In the appeared
window, select . Replacement occurs using the method random selection. Therefore, if you are not satisfied with the result, cancel the fill Ctrl + Z and repeat it again. Or after filling according to the content, deselect Ctrl + D and circle the new area that the program filled in incorrectly.

Compare, in the middle picture the person was removed using the tool Patch(Patch), and in the picture on the right using a content-based fill:

It often happens that when panoramas are stitched together, white and black edges remain. Select them with the Magic wand tool. Then fill based on the content. The program itself will fill in the missing pieces.

The possibilities for a new fill are not limitless. For example, you won't be able to remove a radiator from a photo if you just select it and use the Content Aware fill tool.

You will have to additionally protect the person with a mask. You can learn in detail how to work with masks in the lessons on masks. In my textbook, three lessons are devoted to this topic. Now I'll just briefly tell you how to do this: Create a copy of the background layer. For convenience, turn off the visibility of the background by clicking on the eye icon. Click on the mask thumbnail in the Layers palette. Select the black Brush tool. Paint the lower body and arms. Switch to the layer thumbnail. Go to the menu Edit – Fill. In the window that opens, select Content Aware and click OK. Turn on the visibility of the bottom layer and flatten the layers.

The scope of application of this tool is very wide. This is both the creation of shadow and adding sunset colors to the sky, and creating a smooth transition from one design to another using a gradient mask, etc. etc. A smooth transition of colors is created automatically; you need to set the extreme colors. These colors are set as Foreground (Front color plan) And Backround(Background color). You can find this tool in conjunction with Paint Bucket.

Let's look at the options panel:

Gradient- creates a fill with a smooth transition between several colors.

There are five types of gradients:

Mode - pixels change depending on the selected mode. Lessons 16 through 20 cover each in great detail.

Opacity - gradient opacity;

Dither (Color dilution) - imitate large quantity colors;

Reverse - geometrically flip the gradient;

Transparency - use transparency.

Many good and different gradients

Click the arrow in the upper right corner. A list will open in which
additional sets of gradients are located. Choose any of them.
A window will appear in which you need to click Add(Add), if you want to load new gradients, leaving the old ones in place, or click OK and then the new ones will load instead of the old ones.

Also in this list there is an opportunity to download additional gradients (for example, downloaded from the Internet to the Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS….\Presets\ Gradient folder).

Gradient Editor Window

To open this window, double-click on the gradient sample in the tool options menu.

In this window you can configure a gradient fill or select from the list Presets. Clicking the button Load… (Load…), you can load gradient sets (file extension .grd) or use the Save.. button to save your own gradient set. In order for the gradient you created to appear in the Presets window, give it a name in the Name field and click the New button.

Name– this field indicates the name of the selected gradient. If you change the settings, the name will change to Custom and can be changed for later saving;

Gradient Type – You can choose from two options: Solid and Noise.

Solid – creates a smooth transition between colors;

Noise – the gradient will appear as a random combination of lines of any colors. Clicking the other option button will load the next random variation of colored noise. Transitions between colors are noisy and the lower part of the window changes:

You can adjust the Smoothness. At zero, the gradient becomes smooth. At 50% you get blurriness and at 100% you are guaranteed stripes of all the colors of the rainbow. There are other settings as well. You can adjust colors by channel in different
color models (RGB, HSB and LAB). You can limit colors and enable transparency.

– sets the degree of smoothness of the gradient.
The lower this value, the sharper the transitions between colors;

Color– sets the color of the selected color limiter;

Location – To numerically set the position of the slider. Color limiter location (0 to 100%). You can set the exact middle by setting the slider to 50

At the top of the color bar are the gradient transparency sliders. To add a new marker, move the mouse cursor to the top of the strip and click the mouse in the desired place. You can change the opacity of the gradient at this point by decreasing the corresponding item in the Stops section. To delete a marker, you need to mark it with the cursor and click on the Delete button. How to determine whether the desired marker is selected for editing? Very simple! The tip of the selected marker turns black.

In the same way, we add sliders at the bottom of the color bar, where the transition sliders between colors are located. Once you add a slider to a color bar, it becomes active and you can assign a different color to it by clicking the Color box. Midpoint indicators (small diamonds) are also located here. They indicate the place where adjacent colors are mixed in equal proportions. Both sliders and pointers can be moved. You can use any number of sliders. Depending on the color choice, the slider will look different. If the gradient color is fixed/custom, then the slider is painted in this color.

When dragging while holding down Alt key The slider is duplicated, and a new color transition appears on the strip.

To create a horizontal, 90-degree, or 45-degree gradient, hold down the key as you move the cursor Shift pressed. Release the mouse button at the point where you want to end the gradient transition.

Let's draw a rainbow

Create a new layer. Choose a rainbow-like gradient. Move the sliders to the right. Click OK.

Draw a small segment with the linear gradient tool at a 45 degree angle.

Select Edit – Transform – Warp from the menu. Or press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + T and in the tool options menu, click on the icon. A mesh will appear that can be transformed by moving the corner points and tangents of the vector.

To exit transformation mode, press Enter or click the icon in the tool options menu.

Reduce the opacity of the rainbow layer and change the blending mode to SoftLight(Soft light).

Questions:

(you can find out the correct answer from the quiz at the end of the video lesson):

1. What option should be checked for the Paint Bucket tool so that the selected area is painted over with a pattern?

– Mode (Overlay mode) – Overlay (Overlap).

– In the Fill window, select Pattern.

– Set Tolerance to zero.

– Edit – Define Pattern.

– Layers – New fill layer – Pattern.

3. How to protect transparent areas of a layer from being filled with color or pattern?

– Mode (Overlay mode) – Exclusion (Exception).

– Check the Contiguous checkbox.

– Reduce the Opacity item in the Tool Options menu to zero.

– Click Lock transparent pixels in the layers palette.

– Opacity (Opacity) in the layers palette is reduced to zero.

4. How to open the Gradient Editor Window?

– Menu Edit – Fill – Gradient.

– Right-click context menu – Define Pattern.

– Click on the gradient swatch in the tool options menu.

– Double-click on any of the five types of gradient.

5. How to make a black-red-white gradient from a black-and-white gradient?

– In the Gradient Editor, add a red slider on top of the color bar.

– In the Gradient Editor, add a red slider at the bottom of the color bar.

– In the Gradient Editor, look for a ready-made gradient.

– In the Gradient Editor, select Noise, and 50% Smoothness.

Homework

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With a brush
and color in Paint

Brush and color, when working in Paint, are interconnected.
And that's why I combined the job description
with these tools on one page.

how to work with a brush in Paint

How to work with a brush in Paint

Brush tool in Paint,
allows you to draw lines various types and textures.

It is possible to use different artistic brushes.

Using different brushes, can be depicted
arbitrary and curved lines of various types.

The Brush tool is indicated in the screenshot
toolbar in Paint with the number 17.

To open the entire set of brushes, click the arrow at the bottom of the Brush tool. And the entire set of brushes available in the Paint program will open.

To select, simply click on the desired art brush.
And then click the arrow under the "Thickness" section and select
size that determines the thickness of the brush stroke.

Then in the “Colors” group, click “Color 1” (foreground color), select a color and use your mouse pointer to paint the desired area.

To paint an area with Color 2 (the background color), right-click
mouse button and hold it down while moving the pointer.

How to work with color in Paint

Working with color in Paint

The “Colors” section is responsible for color in Paint.

On the left in this block:

"Color 1" is the foreground color.

"Color 2" is the background color.

In the central block there is a color palette.

The top two rows in the palette with cells filled with color.
Bottom row with empty cells.

You can get acquainted with the color choice.

On the right side of the block is the “Changing colors” section.

How to change color in the Paint palette

How to change color in the Paint palette

If you have not selected the color you need in the available one in Paint
color palette - you can choose the color you need yourself.

To do this, click on the “Change Palette” tool,
which is located above the inscription “Change colors”.

A new tab will open to change the palette.

In this tab, you first select a color in the palette, using the arrow located to the right of the vertical scale to help you adjust the color.

For clarity, the color you select will be reflected below the palette
in the “Color|Fill” cell. When the color you need is selected, click
At the bottom right is the “Add to Set” button. And the color you selected will appear
in a free cell, under the inscription “Additional colors”.

Now you can click “OK” at the bottom left of the tab and select your
the color will occupy one of the empty cells in the palette on the Paint toolbar.

Probably every user of a personal computer from time to time has to deal with the need to work with photographs or pictures. Of course, the PC of advanced users probably has the famous Photoshop, in which you can do any manipulation with the image. But what should those who do not have this program or who do not know how to use it do? The easiest way out of this situation is to use standard Paint. In some cases, it can successfully replace more professional and complex programs. In this article you will find answers to questions about whether to remove it from Paint or change it to something else.

An easy way to change the background

We will describe how to change the background in Paint using the greenscreening method (that is, the “green screen” method). Regardless of whether you need to remove the background of the image or replace it with a solid fill (pattern), you can do this using the above method. Please note that this describes changing the background not in standard Paint, but in Paint.NET, which does not come with standard applications and must be downloaded and installed separately.

Beginning of work

Before you change the transparent background in Paint Windows 7, you should open the image that you will be adjusting. This is done by right-clicking on the file and selecting the appropriate item in the drop-down menu (Open with - Paint). Please note that compatible formats include BMP, JPFG and GIF; others will not work.

If the image is larger, you need to go to the lower left corner and make an 800% increase by clicking on the magnifying glass located on the toolbar and selecting the number 8.

Selecting a color palette and drawing the outline of the image

On the color palette, you should make a choice of yellow-green (also called lime) color. This is usually chosen because a color contrasting with the rest of the picture is needed, and the selected tone is quite rare in images.

After this, using the Line tool, select the object that will be cut out. If the image is placed on a white background, you can use the “Pencil” to fill in the missing pixels. This will cause a wide green line to appear around the image.

Next, you need to right-click on the lime color and use the Select tool to outline the rectangular areas of the background color. This should be done carefully, trying not to enter the object. There is no need to worry too much about the extra triangles remaining around; they are removed later using the Eraser tool. After activating it, you need to select the smallest possible square in the menu that appears.

After all the manipulations, you get an object with a green screen around it. If you are interested in how to change the background in Paint, then you need to zoom out to 100 percent (1 in the zoom menu) and click on the paint bucket in the panel (Color Fill tool). Then select the desired color in the palette and click anywhere on the green background. After this, the background will become different.

Move an image to a new background

In order to move an image to a different background, you need to select White color and use the Fill tool to paint over the entire lime background. After this, press the key combination “Ctrl+A” - and the second (lower) button on the one that pops up is activated. After making sure that the new background has opened in another program window, you need to copy the image (key combination Ctrl+C) and paste it into this second window (key combination Ctrl+V). The work is ready! All that remains is to save it.

A few nuances

When editing detailed images, it will be much easier to work if you zoom in on the image. This can be done by selecting the “Scale” sub-item in the “View” menu or simply clicking the “Zoom in” button located on the ribbon.

It should be taken into account that big sizes images will require more time to trace. To reduce the size of the picture, press “Ctrl+A” and drag the marker located at the bottom left up. It is important to maintain proportions so that the image does not turn out distorted.

During the work, errors will inevitably occur, and therefore you will have to edit the line. In order to be able to quickly undo previous actions, it is recommended to constantly keep your fingers on the “Ctrl+Z” key combination.

If the image has a curved border, it is advisable to use the Curve tool. To do this, click the corresponding button on the toolbar, draw a straight line from the beginning to the end of the border section, which then needs to be pulled to the left or right, describing a curve.

In order for the greenscreening method to work, in Paint Winwows 7 a transparent background must be set in the settings for inserts. If you do not set this setting, the background will be added from the original image. The Insertion Settings control panel will appear on the left side of the image you are editing, below the main panel, when one of the selection tools is used.

Removing the background

If there is a need to transfer an object to another background, then you inevitably have to face the question of how to remove the background in Paint. This is done quite simply:

• using the “Magic Wand” tool, the background is selected;
• The selected part is deleted using the Delete button or the “Clear Selection” command from the “Edit” menu, as a result of which a background appears in the form of “ chessboard", conditionally showing transparency;
• The resulting image is saved (preferably in GIF), which can later be used at your discretion.

Step-by-step instructions in Paint: how to make a transparent background

Step one. In the “File” menu, select “Open” and click “Browse” to open the desired image.

Step two. Before you paint, you need to select the “Magic Wand” in the toolbar and set its sensitivity to 50 percent. For complex backgrounds, sensitivity should be set at 25-40 percent.

Step three. You need to click " With a magic wand" By white background, which then turns pale blue.

Step four. It is necessary to delete the background selected in this way using the Delete key on the keyboard or through the “Edit” menu - the “Clear selection” item.

As a result, the background will become transparent, although in Paint it will have a checkerboard coloring. However, the work on how to make a transparent background in Paint does not end there.

Step six. The resulting image with a transparent background must be saved by selecting “Save” in the “File” menu and specifying the file name, and selecting the required format (PNG or GIF) in the drop-down list.

Conclusion

We looked at how to make a transparent background in Paint if you don't have Photoshop at hand. Despite the apparent complexity, even inexperienced users can cope with this. With due attention and accuracy, the result will be in no way inferior to work done in Photoshop.