[Adjustment Layer and Background Erase Tool]

17 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

Once you have your pixel selection made (using the duplicated layer and its adjustment layers) turn off the duplicates and adjsutments (uncheck in the layers panel). Now you have a plain pixel layer ( again maybe use a duplicated layer so as to preserve the original) and a pixel selection which can be used on that layer. The pixel selections are independent of any particular layer.

Thanks Old Bruce. Actually this worked quite well (please see photo) and I'll explain what I did.

So, as you said with two bits of advice (First the pixel comment and Second the duplicate layers).

So I duplicated the layer. And then merged the Threshold with one of the photo layers. From the new Merged layer I Marqueed a rectangle around this section and then subtracted out the white and grey with the wand (contiguous setting off) and then pressed the Duplicate layer and pressed the Delete key. This removed all the white and grey from that area according to the original Threshold.

Probably not as cool as the Refine Edges technique shown above (linked in by Ron) but it's fairly simple and suits my purpose well enough.

Perhaps this method could be improved upon but seems to do the job.

Thanks

Edit: Whoops I got this the wrong way round, you have to subtract the Black layer from the Threshold (Merged) and then switch to duplicate and press Delete. (Otherwise you would be removing the bit you want)

 

[Adjustment Layer and Background Erase Tool]

10 minutes ago, Ron P. said:

Welcome to the forums @PixelHead,

Removing the background from hair or fur is challenging enough when there's high contrast between them. When there's not much contrast it is really tough to get a good clean selection. There's numerous techniques, some easier than others, which requires multiple steps.

I've tried using a more complex technique requiring intentionally creating a layer(s) in grey-scale or black/white. Then using a curves or levels adjustment to really magnify the contrast as much as possible. From that, I use the selection brush to make one or the other (black or white) selections. Then hide or delete the layer(s) used for getting the contrast. Then ensuring my color main image is visible, open the Refine Selection, and proceed from there. Does not always work on one attempt.

It takes patient, and time, experimentation to find out what works best for you and your project. I'm providing a link to the search results I done on YouTube. You'll see there's plenty to choose from. Make some time to few at least a few of them to get a taste of the way you want to proceed.

Remove Background, Image with Hair

Okay, let me see the vids. Thanks

[Adjustment Layer and Background Erase Tool]

Thanks Ron. I just did an edit on the post suggesting the Threshold adjustment layer. For me I think this contrast will be sufficient for the purpose. I'm still a bit confused though what method I would do to basically say 'erase the white from my adjustment layer which also erases this part from the main photo'. Do I have to merge something or use duplicates?

So, as I say, I think using this Threshold is okay for me, but I'm missing that logical step which says 'Okay, here is the Adjustment Layer, I want to remove this part of the adjustment layer from the photo layer below'. Does that make sense?

Thanks

[Adjustment Layer and Background Erase Tool]

Hi - Firstly, sorry if this is not the right area for this post, please feel free to move,

So question is fairly simple. I have a whiteish hair/fur falling over a whiteish background. If I put an Adjustment Layer (Threshold) I can make the hair stand out from the whiteish background.

What I want to do is use the Background Erase Tool (or suggested other method?) to erase the background out from the new contrasted adjustment layer. But of course if I select the original photo layer and use Background Erase Tool then this won't 'see' the Adjustment Layer, and if I choose the Adjustment Layer and use the Background Erase Tool then this won't erase from the actual photo layer.

As you can see from the photo it should work (at least in my mind) to use the Background Erase Tool remove the white from behind the now pure black hair.

I'm sure this is a fairly standard question - I'm not expert just helping my mum out with some photo editing. The question is, of course, 'How do I erase the bottom layer following the 'rules' of the adjustment layer?' Perhaps I need to learn about a different layer system - or perhaps I am doing it all wrong. I'll Google anyway.

Thanks.

Chris

 

[Vector brush tool smoothing – Affinity Designer – I want it off.]

Hi - Once again late to the party, but I don't think I can use Affinity Designer for artwork for my games because when I go to do a vector line, of basically any shape, just drawing a leaf, the end result is actually worse than my free-hand drawing, like the stem goes all wonky, Am I doing something wrong? Thanks

[Live sketching-- is there a way to turn off smoothing?]

Hi - bit late to the party here, and not even sure if I am talking about the same thing.

I just got my first graphic tablet, a Gaomon,

I am drawing in Affinity Designer but when I release, the lines are automatically smoothed, and it's not quite right for me,

If I move over to the Pixel mode then it works fine I guess, but that's not like vector style? Here the erase button works on my pen also,

Is there a solution where I can get the really nice vector style (e.g. to easily move and stuff and change shape) without the smoothing effect, but also with an eraser?

Thanks

[Download EXE version after MAC purchase]

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[How to Scale Up and Export Good Quality Pixel Art]

52 minutes ago, Medical Officer Bones said:

Scale up your art by a decimal factor and use nearest neighbour as the resampling algorithm.

Great yes. The Nearest Neighbour was the key. You answered it before I got there!

[How to Scale Up and Export Good Quality Pixel Art]

Okay. So I think I've found the easiest way. If I set 'Nearest Neighbour' for png on export it seems to be able to work perfectly at any size. 1) Png normal 2) png8 Dither 3) Nearest Neighbour

[How to Scale Up and Export Good Quality Pixel Art]

1 minute ago, John Rostron said:

I just created a small (150px by 100px) logo in Designer, then exported it as a .png, entering 1500px and 1000px in the size boxes.

Is this sharp enough for you?

John

Hi John, Thanks for your reply. I'm wondering if this is the same scenario - I have actually done a pixel 1px brush graphic, when exporting at larger PNG it doesn't seem to give me a sharp result.. I'm wondering if what you've got here operates differently when exporting at larger size. I will try the above and see if they work. Thanks

[How to Scale Up and Export Good Quality Pixel Art]

Hi - It seems it is a duplicate, I think there was a problem when logging in - or with the CAPTCHA

I can try and delete that one. 

Can anybody help with my question in any case?

[How to Scale Up and Export Good Quality Pixel Art]

Hi - When I make a small pixel art piece (120 px x 100 px) for example I can make a nice piece that looks quite clear on full screen in Affinity Designer. (This is supposedly because I am using a vector application). Anyway, when I export out at this dimension the piece is very small.. Understandably so! It is only 120 x 100. If I display this in HTML at say, 300 width, then understandably the image becomes blurry.

However, if I look back at Affinity Designer and see that the art is very clear full screen, then I wonder how I can export a larger version that is still crystal clear (i.e. I want to save time making a smaller pixel piece rather than a bigger one*). I tried Document Setup and Rescale option (with larger dimensions) but this didn't seem to get the desired results on the exported file.

* Admittedly I could make a 1200 x 1000 document and use 10 px brush instead of a 1px brush, and adjust the grids (somehow) to a minimum size of 10px squares. 

Anyway, can anybody tell me how I can export a crystal clear 120 px x 100 px Pixel Art at a larger image size (e.g. 600 x 500 px) and then see crystal clear results just like the vector art I am looking at in Affinity?

Thanks

[How to Scale Up and Export Good Quality Pixel Art]

Hi - When I make a small pixel art piece (120 px x 100 px) for example I can make a nice piece that looks quite clear on full screen in Affinity Designer. (This is supposedly because I am using a vector application). Anyway, when I export out at this dimension the piece is very small.. Understandably so! It is only 120 x 100. If I display this in HTML at say, 300 width, then understandably the image becomes blurry.

However, if I look back at Affinity Designer and see that the art is very clear full screen, then I wonder how I can export a larger version that is still crystal clear (i.e. I want to save time making a smaller pixel piece rather than a bigger one*). I tried Document Setup and Rescale option (with larger dimensions) but this didn't seem to get the desired results on the exported file.

* Admittedly I could make a 1200 x 1000 document and use 10 px brush instead of a 1px brush, and adjust the grids (somehow) to a minimum size of 10px squares. 

Anyway, can anybody tell me how I can export a crystal clear 120 px x 100 px Pixel Art at a larger image size (e.g. 600 x 500 px) and then see crystal clear results just like the vector art I am looking at in Affinity?

Thanks