DIGIT-ARC read-only archive · snapshot: July 23, 2026

A paint trick

45 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/a-paint-trick.63583/

pritish_kul2
pritish_kul2 Original post #1
Jul 22, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Sorry if has been posted previously.

1>Open Paint
2>Select Air brush. Fill two three colours in a small area
3>Select free form select and select the area whjere you have put the colours from air brush
4>Press shift, and move ur mouse keeping shift pressed
See the effect

Source : My own discovery
anniyan
anniyan #2
Jul 22, 2007 at 1:26 PM
this is great man, nice find :)
mikeon
mikeon #3
Jul 22, 2007 at 1:39 PM
hmmm nice one. looks cool....
prasad_den
Jul 22, 2007 at 1:54 PM
Very nice effect.. :)
pritish_kul2
Jul 22, 2007 at 2:19 PM
thank you everyone
xbonez
xbonez #7
Jul 22, 2007 at 3:40 PM
doesn't seem to wotk for me. whats supposed to happen?
xbonez
xbonez #9
Jul 22, 2007 at 4:42 PM
ok, got it. cool
karnivore
karnivore #10
Jul 22, 2007 at 5:55 PM
cool find, dude.
M
Jul 22, 2007 at 6:09 PM
Very good buddy.Liked it
koolbluez
koolbluez #12
Jul 22, 2007 at 6:36 PM
knew it.... works for any brush.. any selection... one of the MSPaint cookies...
_______
_______ #13
Jul 22, 2007 at 7:34 PM
very good trick ..
mak1012
mak1012 #14
Jul 22, 2007 at 8:08 PM
nice one
~Phenom~
~Phenom~ #15
Jul 22, 2007 at 8:23 PM
but what exactly happens ??
satyamy
satyamy #16
Jul 22, 2007 at 9:16 PM
nice one
blueshift
blueshift #17
Jul 22, 2007 at 11:34 PM
Very cool. Might be useful for abstract work. Thanks
~Phenom~
~Phenom~ #18
Jul 23, 2007 at 12:13 AM
some one please explain what exactly happens ???
RCuber
RCuber #19
Jul 23, 2007 at 12:22 AM
*img504.imageshack.us/img504/782/coolma1.jpg
~Phenom~
~Phenom~ #20
Jul 23, 2007 at 1:10 AM
^^is this what happens ????
RCuber
RCuber #21
Jul 23, 2007 at 1:11 AM
yep its just one effect that you can get using shift.. it just makes trails...
~Phenom~
~Phenom~ #22
Jul 23, 2007 at 1:53 AM
i donno why , but i m not getting this effect here.
RCuber
RCuber #23
Jul 23, 2007 at 2:05 AM
Select a part of a image using the select tool, then press SHIFT and drag using the mouse.

Check this

*img46.imageshack.us/img46/61/selectsx1.th.jpg
munchy
munchy #25
Jul 25, 2007 at 4:25 PM
nice trick man..
S
sivarap #26
Jul 25, 2007 at 4:28 PM
Its been around since windows 3.1..... lol.....
~Phenom~
~Phenom~ #27
Jul 26, 2007 at 6:50 AM
charangk said:
Select a part of a image using the select tool, then press SHIFT and drag using the mouse.

Check this

*img46.imageshack.us/img46/61/selectsx1.th.jpg
finally got it , thanx yaar. it was not occuring because i selecting the entire area , now i selected a part of it and bingo.
RCuber
RCuber #28
Jul 26, 2007 at 9:54 AM
^^ No problemo. :D

sivarap said:
Its been around since windows 3.1..... lol.....
Yea even I knew about this :p , I wonder how many here have used 3.11 :D
mandeep444
Jul 31, 2007 at 1:19 AM
its working .......:)
Quiz_Master
Jul 31, 2007 at 2:35 AM
Allready knew this...I found this trick when I was using Windows 98, 4 years ago.
cooldip10
cooldip10 #32
Jul 31, 2007 at 5:09 PM
nice trick... :D
S
Jul 8, 2008 at 3:09 AM
kewl !!!!!!!
enticer86
enticer86 #34
Jul 8, 2008 at 7:03 AM
Its a very old trick. And this works on any kind of "select" used. I used this to create my Name Stamps to be printed and pasted in books :)
s_arka_r
s_arka_r #35
Jul 8, 2008 at 9:23 AM
coooooooollllllllllll man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sumeet_naik
Jul 8, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Worth wasting some time on..
thewisecrab
Jul 8, 2008 at 12:54 PM
old thread bumped
cool nevertheless
hell_024
hell_024 #39
Jul 8, 2008 at 10:21 PM
cool one ! :)
T
The Conqueror #40
Jul 8, 2008 at 10:35 PM
WOW EXCELLENT !
Very nice find . :p
Gigacore
Gigacore #41
Jul 8, 2008 at 11:19 PM
I never knew this :)) thanks for tut and for the guy who bumped the thread :p
Kenshin
Kenshin #42
Jul 10, 2008 at 3:18 PM
I knew this, and knew this from this thread itself , didn't replied back then.
So heres my reply

Heyyy cool trick :D
DigitDonz
DigitDonz #44
Jul 13, 2008 at 9:12 AM
Nice Trick Man... Loved it...
phreak0ut
phreak0ut #45
Jul 14, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Good one. Thanks :)