Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

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1. How do I get Paint.NET portable? 1 2

   By physicalhalluc, January 5, 2016
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   • Rick Brewster
   • February 10, 2023

2. TIF file: only first page of multi-page doc visible

   By hedles, May 23, 2008
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   • tmeg
   • January 27, 2009

3. How to select all pixels of a color?

   By M_Lyons4, February 1, 2008
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   • Ego Eram Reputo
   • February 21, 2020

4. Free Form Select Tool?

   By Lainee, July 8, 2010
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   • Goonfella
   • July 8, 2010

5. crop button greyed out.

   By alanball12, August 31, 2011
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   • alanball12
   • August 31, 2011

6. Text not showing up

   By tiffanie50, October 21, 2009
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   • Ego Eram Reputo
   • February 16, 2012

7. Making smooth, rather than jagged lines using the paintbrush

   By mark88, January 4, 2016
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   • mark88
   • January 5, 2016

8. remove transparent (checker / checkered /chequered) background

   By rcly123, September 22, 2010
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   • rcly123
   • September 24, 2010

9. Scale layer and retain aspect ratio

   By illgble, June 14, 2010
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   • illgble
   • June 14, 2010

10. How to Resize an Image to an Exact Size?

    By Carver, December 6, 2012
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    • Ego Eram Reputo
    • December 7, 2012

11. Lighten or darken images

    By joe_pool_is, August 25, 2006
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    • joe_pool_is
    • August 25, 2006

12. convert images to grayscale

    By Crazy Man Dan, October 24, 2005
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    • Rick Brewster
    • October 24, 2005

13. How do i make outlined dots and make lines?

    By Repton, October 16, 2015
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    • Eli
    • October 17, 2015

14. How to dump a bucket of "transparent" on my image?

    By John1in2, September 3, 2010
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    • pdnnoob
    • September 3, 2010

15. How can I shrink pictures down to icon size without them going blurry?

    By Jemcrystal, April 27, 2013
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    • ajfudge
    • June 10, 2013

16. Color Palette

    By Dalene, June 12, 2010
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    • BoltBait
    • March 27, 2017

17. Free transform?

    By tL0z, November 10, 2006
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    • EgorovAlex
    • October 24, 2008

18. How to remove white border?

    By ed29, March 25, 2010
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    • MJW
    • November 17, 2016

19. How do I convert .pdn files into .jpeg, .png, etc.?

    By CanceldCzech, June 12, 2006
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    • BoltBait
    • December 12, 2015

20. Using Paint.NET to create Normal Maps?

    By Xzerizon, October 25, 2013
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    • Xzerizon
    • October 27, 2013

21. How Do You Squeeze A Rectangular Photo Into A Square Canvas?

    By Son of Spam, December 1, 2008
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    • Son of Spam
    • December 1, 2008

22. Paint.NET v3.5.5 Beta build 3762 1 2

    By Rick Brewster, April 21, 2010
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    • Rick Brewster
    • April 25, 2010

23. Batch resize possible?

    By ricardo, August 28, 2006
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    • DrewDale
    • November 21, 2012

24. smear/smudge tool

    By pslane, June 22, 2014
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    • david.atwell
    • June 22, 2014

25. Format .eps

    By Virgilij, June 4, 2010
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    • Virgilij
    • June 4, 2010