virtually painting a room with The Gimp
Steve Canfield
digital photo and virtually paint the walls to try out different
colors. Any pointers on how I would do this?
-steve
~john
Select the walls using magic wand (shift click to make multiple
selections)
Press Ctrl T to get rid of the marching ants around the selection
Open the Hue-Saturation Dialog .... Image->Colors->Hue-Saturation
Twiddle the Hue slider back and forth to see the walls change colour
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John
Tsu Dho Nimh
I did it by selecting the wall (magic selector tool), making a
mask of about 50% transparency and filling it with the chosen
color. that way I kept the shadows
Also, remember that paint on the walls is not going to be close
to paint on a CRT. However, it can give you a rough idea if it's
a disaster or a good idea.
Tsu
--
To doubt everything or to believe everything
are two equally convenient solutions; both
dispense with the necessity of reflection.
- Jules Henri Poincaré
Steve Canfield
> stevec...@yahoo.com (Steve Canfield) wrote:
>
> >I'm thinking about repainting a room in my house. I'd like to take a
> >digital photo and virtually paint the walls to try out different
> >colors. Any pointers on how I would do this?
>
> I did it by selecting the wall (magic selector tool), making a
> mask of about 50% transparency and filling it with the chosen
> color. that way I kept the shadows
transparency? To fill it with the chosen color, do I use the bucket
fill tool?
-steve
Tsu Dho Nimh
>Tsu Dho Nimh <tsudh...@lumbercartel.com> wrote in message news:<6ra5kv06i8bj9llns...@4ax.com>...
>> stevec...@yahoo.com (Steve Canfield) wrote:
>>
>> >I'm thinking about repainting a room in my house. I'd like to take a
>> >digital photo and virtually paint the walls to try out different
>> >colors. Any pointers on how I would do this?
>>
>> I did it by selecting the wall (magic selector tool), making a
>> mask of about 50% transparency and filling it with the chosen
>> color. that way I kept the shadows
>
>Forgive my stupid question, but how do I make the mask of 50%
>transparency?
You set the maks fill to a medium grey instead of black or white.
>To fill it with the chosen color, do I use the bucket
>fill tool?
I do.
Phil Harper
what colour are the walls at the moment? you could use threshold to
get a clean selection from your walls if they're lighter than the
surrounds, and then use that in a mask.