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Post by hackbarth on May 29, 2013 3:47:49 GMT -9
This is a problem that I've seem in some miniatures, even some from good designers: inside the black border a white "aura" around the character. It kind of defeats the purpose of having a black border at all.
But the problem is of easy solution. I'll show how I deal with it in the GIMP:
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Post by hackbarth on May 29, 2013 3:48:52 GMT -9
First open the figure in the GIMP. Here is a figure with a well pronounced white border inside the black border. Attachments:
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Post by hackbarth on May 29, 2013 3:55:57 GMT -9
The challenge is to erase the black border without damaging the figure lines, and without much effort. We'll work only in the border ares, so use the Magic Wand to select the black border. If the white border didn't fall in the selected area, grow the selection until all the white border is inside the selection. Attachments:
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Post by hackbarth on May 29, 2013 3:58:40 GMT -9
Now we get to erase the white border: go to Layer > Transparency > Color to Alpha and turn the white inside the selection into transparency. Attachments:
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Post by hackbarth on May 29, 2013 4:01:13 GMT -9
Create a new layer behind the image layer. In this new layer, paint black the area of the miniature. (you can selec the miniature in the upper layer, and then select the bottom layer to paint all the selected layer black on the bottom only) Attachments:
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Post by hackbarth on May 29, 2013 4:03:41 GMT -9
In this example the white border didn't got all erased, it was compounded with a little beige border. No problem! Just repeat the Color to Alpha changing the color to be erased to the color of the remaining border. Here's the result: Attachments:
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Post by taltali on May 29, 2013 13:45:59 GMT -9
Ooops, and I that spent a lot of time putting that "aura"... actually I used it first to separate the black parts of the minis (for example boots or trousers) from the black contour, then I put it as standard, but I admit that it may look weird with the other parts in different colours of the minis. I don't know, perhaps it may be useful only for the blacks of the minis... Anyway I avoid it in my last post of griffins :-)
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Post by hackbarth on May 29, 2013 14:52:43 GMT -9
After I made the tutorial I saw that in some minis your white border really served a purpose. The Blue Meanie would lose much detail in his contours, and his hat, if not for the white border.
So there's a lesson children: Sometimes the white border serve a purpose, after all.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2013 18:44:43 GMT -9
Very good and usefull tips/tutorial! Sometimes the white border serve a purpose, after all. Yep, in some cases - sample attached: But in overall - unneeded white border should be in most cases recognized just as... unneeded
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