coloring in two colors - beneath a line ...

[sayhello]

hello dear friends  - good day 


 i have a new  image - and i want to color the field

a. above the line with blue and the area 
b. below the line with magenta (e.g. the color that is shown in the heard of the smilies


  line_coloring_12.xcf (Size: 19.84 KB / Downloads: 208)

see here 
   

well - how to start  here - how to achieve that

[sayhello]

hi there


well the attached image is not visible. i will add an image tomorrow

sorry

greetings

[rich2005]

(12-07-2023, 01:40 PM)sayhello Wrote:  i have a new  image - and i want to color the field
a. above the line with blue and the area 
b. below the line with magenta (e.g. the color that is shown in the heard of the smilies  

Most important bit - colour in a layer under the white line.

   

Several ways to do that, If it was me I would just (carefully) paint in the areas.

However, you can use selections, the fuzzy select works with transparent areas.
1) Make a selection on the white line (top) layer
2) Grow the selection by a few pixels to overlap the white line.
3) Select the bottom layer and fill the selection.

Repeat the process for the other area.

60 second animation of that https://i.imgur.com/veKvJkq.mp4

[sayhello]

hi there - dear Rich2005

many thanks for the quick reply. Your so great.

I am lucky - you have shown me a outstanding way.



thank you so much!!

[sayhello]

Hello again ,

while trying out the steps i think  i got stuck somehwere

Quote:However, you can use selections, the fuzzy select works with transparent areas.
1) Make a selection on the white line (top) layer
2) Grow the selection by a few pixels to overlap the white line.

well i have added a new layer 
made the selection and third
3. i tried to grow the selection - but believe it or not - i turned it to max  - 70  pixel - but there is now growing visible

see here 

   


well i guess that i did something wrong here 

any ideas -where i missed the path?

[rich2005]

I can not really make it any easier for you.

   

(12-08-2023, 12:13 PM)sayhello Wrote: well i have added a new layer 

Yes, but move the new layer (schrift) to under the line layer (Eingefugte Ebene).  (1)

Quote:made the selection and third
3. i tried to grow the selection - but believe it or not - i turned it to max  - 70  pixel - but there is now growing visible

(2) I suspect you are on the wrong layer making the selection. You need to be on the line layer (Eingefugte Ebene) to make the selection. There is a marching-ants boundary indication.
(3) Growing the selection a small amount 4 or 5 pixels makes a better joint between line and colour.

(4) now move to the new layer (schift) and use the bucket fill tool to fill the area.

Click in the FG/BG icon to change colour using the RGB sliders.

Quote:..well i guess that i did something wrong here n nany ideas -where i missed the path?

Just keep trying and experimenting, it is better than any tutorial.

[sayhello]

hello . yees now it works 

i was a bit confused  since i 

a. had turned the border (enlarge ) to 79 and then to 1200 pixel - and nothing shoewd up 


but - duhh - finally it worked - even for me. 

many thanks for the great thread and for all you do - for the encouraging
and all the awesome steps and outstanding turorials 

   

by the way - see the enormous amount of 1200 pixel - why on earth we do not see them in the preview..


i am so happy to be part of this great forum 

have a great day... 

greetings 

[rich2005]

Not there yet

The idea is the Eingefugte Ebene layer is on the top. Use this layer to make the selection

The new layer is on the bottom and is used for filling with colour. 

   

This method is used so many times for making a new background it is worth learning.

[sayhello]

(12-08-2023, 07:56 PM)hello dear Rich, many many thanks for the reply. rich2005 Wrote: Not there yet

The idea is the Eingefugte Ebene layer is on the top. Use this layer to make the selection

The new layer is on the bottom and is used for filling with colour. 

This method is used so many times for making a new background it is worth learning.

i wll dig deeper into all that. many thanks fpr all you do.

Have a great day