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Brick color - sl60 - 02-19-2020
I'd like to experiment with fill in the color of a line drawing of a brick wall, let's say to a red color. Is there a way to do this without having to color in each brick one at a time? How about changing from one color to another, say red to tan?
RE: Brick color - Ofnuts - 02-19-2020
- Replace the current color with transparency (Color>Color to alpha, after possibly adding an alpha-channel)
- Add a layer below the layer with the bricks
- Bucket -fill it with any color you want to try.
RE: Brick color - sl60 - 02-19-2020
Thanks for that but it didn't work!
RE: Brick color - Ofnuts - 02-20-2020
(02-19-2020, 09:10 PM)sl60 Wrote: Thanks for that but it didn't work!
Care to post (an extract of) the picture and tell why it didn't work?
RE: Brick color - rich2005 - 02-20-2020
It would certainly help if the purpose is known. Is it fill in a: Line drawing with perspective / Flat (normal viewpoint) surfaces perhaps for model construction / Modifing an actual photography ?
As previous a transparent pattern and a colour layer under is the way to go.
However a beginner sometimes needs a pointer to a better workflow. I would suggest the usual, use as many layers as required but in addition use layer groups to isolate various aspects of an image. Even better is using layer masks, one-thing -at -a time.
Something like this: coloured layer under the brick pattern. Different colours depending on layer visibility. Note the alpha lock to confine the coloured area.
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and to play with, the Gimp file attached.