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Opaque?
#1
Is there any way to make a bucket fill color appear more opaque? I'm trying to make a section of painted steel look more realistic.

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#2
The bucket-fill color is 100% opaque is you set the opacity of the tool to 100%, and of course the opacity of the painted layer to 100%. Otherwise can you post a screenshot exhibiting  the problem (with Layers and Tool options showing)?
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#3
(05-25-2023, 07:53 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: The bucket-fill color is 100% opaque is you set the opacity of the tool to 100%, and of course the opacity of the painted layer to 100%. Otherwise can you post a screenshot exhibiting  the problem (with Layers and Tool options showing)?

I know it's opaque but I just want to know if there's a way to make it look a bit more realistic than just flat color.
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#4
(05-25-2023, 10:31 PM)sl60 Wrote: I know it's opaque but I just want to know if there's a way to make it look a bit more realistic than just flat color.

Try using the pattern option in the bucket fill. You would need to create a pattern first. If you use the copy command, what you copy becomes an option that you can use in the bucket fill if you select the pattern option.
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#5
Usually by using a gradient and curves will make your steel look more realistic if it's a metal. Depends what you are looking to do. Do you have a picture of the kind of effect you are trying to create?

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#6
Another way to make things look more realistic is to introduce shadow and light on your flat color

The less flat a drawing looks, the more real it looks.
Step 1: Draw a Smooth Base Layer. ...
Step 2: Add Darker Values. ...
Step 3: Blend with Base Colors. ...
Step 4: Continue to Darken Values. ...
Step 5: Blending Layer. ...
Step 6: Keep Layering and Blending Until the Drawing is Finished.

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