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[astridv]

Any of you who know your way around Photoshop/Paint Shop Pro... if I want to take drawing A and overlay it over background B, what do I have to do to get rid of that annoying thin white line around the silhouette? Short of retouching ever single pixel, I mean.

I varied the tolerance when I cut it out of the white background, but I cannot get rid of the damned line. Any ideas? (I've done _very_ little previous work with these kind of programmes. As you may have guessed. Ahem.)

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[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

I've had the same problem in the past. I believe Rahira's right about the anti-aliasing. I don't know why I've never used it -- stubborn, maybe. And lazy. And I have a good dose of Luddite fear. :) I've usually gone the pixel-by-pixel route, which really doesn't yield very good results anyway.

That dumb white line turned one of my recent fan projects into a real pain. I'll have to check out a-a next time I'm in PS.

[astridv.livejournal.com]

luddite... hah, learned a new word today. Yeah, goes for me double, but my inherent laziness and lack of patience definitely overwhelms in this case. The mere thought of correcting every little pixel gives me hives ;o). I'll try that thing Barb suggested.

It's really incredibly time consuming to work with graphic programs if you've used them as little as I have, but I figure that this will pay off in the long run. Once I figure out how to make it work. So I shall tackle the problem some more. *rolls up sleeves*.

Gah, forgot to say -- great pic!

Thanks. I'm mostly pleased with it myself, though I think it doesn't work as well as I'd hoped in a small format... I'd though I'd be able to use it as some kind of icon/banner/cover-thingy or something, to link to the comic. Look here, here's a detail in a larger size...


Spike is really damned difficult to get just right, for someone with such distinctive features. For a smaller format, I think I'll have to simplify the features more. Tricky. But then, I like a challenge. :)

[astridv.livejournal.com]

That's weird... oh, typo. Here we go again...