silvercn1 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Hello - I just joined and this is my first post. Actually I have not even downloaded the Paint.net program yet - have to wait till I get home from the office. Thought I would ask if the program is pretty user friendly for creating wallpapers, and if there is a "template" for it. I will want to create some "wide-screen" format wallpapers, so wondering what dimensions those usually are - should I assume that is determined by the actual dimensions of my monitor??? Free -floating questions from a newbie..!!! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercn1 Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 Very user friendly Check out your monitor size here http://www.screenresolution.org/ and you can create a new canvas to whatever size. If by template you mean a tutorial ? This is a good starting point http://forums.getpai...ect-by-request/ and Madjik put together something here http://forums.getpai...post__p__352995 Look through the galleries and I'm sure people will willingly answer questions to how to's Have fun by template I really meant a pre-made format for a wallpaper - into which we place our own elements and then save....maybe thats asking too much or making it too easy...Hey thanks for those links - will check out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Paint.net isn't provided with any picture but each picture you have could be used as a background (or front image) for the wallpaper you're thinking of! Up to you to resize and/or crop the canvas to the needed size. For my widescreen I usually choose as size of 1600x900 (16/9 screen) so you really need to know the ratio of your own screen... As a basic start you could create some background using effects in the texture menu. For this you need my pack of plugins Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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