PHWinfo - Afficher un message - Fill tool

21/02/2008, 15h37

"Roy G" <roy.gibson1@virgin.net> found these unused words:

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>"Nash" <lontche@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:b0eb11e0-1dbf-4759-a087-e723053b095d@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi all,
>> In my work I use scanned maps that I often need to put together to
>> create a larger map. For this I use MapInfo, which has the ability to
>> convert one of the colors in an image to transparent, which is quite
>> handy for eliminating white spaces on overlapping adjacent map
>> boundaries.
>> So, i used a polygonal lasso tool to very precisely select the image
>> area, inverted the selection to select its rim and tried applying the
>> fill tool to fill the rim area with white (RGB: 255, 255, 255).
>> Blending mode Normal, Opacity 100%. The image is displayed on the
>> Background layer, with Opacity and Fill both at 100%. According to
>> , various books and tutorials that should fill every pixel of the
>> selected area with the selected color, right?
>> Well, apparently not. A small number of pixels retained some color,
>> simply going lighter. Even after several subsequent uses of the fill
>> tool, I can still see them like ghosts on the white background, and
>> Info tool gives me their RGB values as e.g. 254, 253, 254.
>> I tried using the Eraser tool on the selected area (needless to say
>> the background color is white), to no avail.
>> Tried creating a new layer, copying the selection to it, setting again
>> the layer opacity and fill to 100%, filling it with white - no go. The
>> ghosts are still there, the histogram of the selected area showing
>> them clearly.
>> The image is an RGB JPEG. When I do the same thing on some BMP files
>> that are in Indexed color mode everything is OK, of course, I guess
>> because of the simpler color scheme.
>> So, my question is: how do I fill *every* #$% pixel of the selected
>> area with *exactly* the same color, and am I doing something wrong ?
>>
>> TIA
>> Nash
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>On your original selection, before inverting, did you have "Feather" set to
>Zero??
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>Roy G
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....and 'anti-alias' OFF ???

21/02/2008, 15h37	#5
Sir F. A. Rien Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: Fill tool - what am I doing wrong? "Roy G" <roy.gibson1@virgin.net> found these unused words: > >"Nash" <lontche@yahoo.com> wrote in message >news:b0eb11e0-1dbf-4759-a087-e723053b095d@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com... >> Hi all, >> In my work I use scanned maps that I often need to put together to >> create a larger map. For this I use MapInfo, which has the ability to >> convert one of the colors in an image to transparent, which is quite >> handy for eliminating white spaces on overlapping adjacent map >> boundaries. >> So, i used a polygonal lasso tool to very precisely select the image >> area, inverted the selection to select its rim and tried applying the >> fill tool to fill the rim area with white (RGB: 255, 255, 255). >> Blending mode Normal, Opacity 100%. The image is displayed on the >> Background layer, with Opacity and Fill both at 100%. According to >> , various books and tutorials that should fill every pixel of the >> selected area with the selected color, right? >> Well, apparently not. A small number of pixels retained some color, >> simply going lighter. Even after several subsequent uses of the fill >> tool, I can still see them like ghosts on the white background, and >> Info tool gives me their RGB values as e.g. 254, 253, 254. >> I tried using the Eraser tool on the selected area (needless to say >> the background color is white), to no avail. >> Tried creating a new layer, copying the selection to it, setting again >> the layer opacity and fill to 100%, filling it with white - no go. The >> ghosts are still there, the histogram of the selected area showing >> them clearly. >> The image is an RGB JPEG. When I do the same thing on some BMP files >> that are in Indexed color mode everything is OK, of course, I guess >> because of the simpler color scheme. >> So, my question is: how do I fill every #$% pixel of the selected >> area with exactly the same color, and am I doing something wrong ? >> >> TIA >> Nash > > >On your original selection, before inverting, did you have "Feather" set to >Zero?? > >Roy G > ....and 'anti-alias' OFF ???