entozoon Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hey everyone, I've been using paint.net for years now and there's one thing I often think I'd love to see. Pasting a semi-transparent image from photoshop and retaining the semi-transparency. For some reason it always comes out as a flat white backgrounded image, which is strange because pasting within photoshop doesn't have the same problem, so it must have the alpha data in the clipboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hi there . If you can get the image in a PSD format you can upload it in Paint.net. I believe v4 comes with the PSD file plugin, if not here it is. All you do is open Paint.net and then search for the PSD file and then open it. Hope this is what you wanted Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entozoon Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Hey Pixey, thanks for your reply. I can see what you mean, opening the psd file in paint.net does make sense to an extent, but I generally like to cut up my images in photoshop before transferring to paint.net .. I generally deal with complex photoshop psds which aren't easy to work with in paint.net - i.e. they have groups of layers, which aren't atall handled by paint.net. Edited September 1, 2014 by entozoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoRobbo Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Copy to Clipboard and paste are two intermediate steps. Try two different intermediate steps. Save your Photoshop image temp to a png and load using Menu:Layer ->Import From File... Not as elegant but it gets you there quickly. Quote Go out there and be amazing. Have Fun, TRSome Pretty Pictures Some Cool Plugins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entozoon Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Yeah, I know I can save the layer as a png and open that png in PDN. That's the way I currently do things, but it's a pain in the neck. I'm asking why it's not possible to simply cut and paste. Why paint.net removes the alpha information from the image in the clipboard. Edited September 2, 2014 by entozoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoRobbo Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 If your looking for an explanation/discussion, try this thread http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/28872-alpha-value-clipboard-bug/?p=412076 The format in PDN was chosen for the way PDN works internally. There are multiple formats that a clipboard image can have. Photoshop doesn't "copy" as a format that PDN can "paste". PDN does copy as a format Photoshop can paste. Maybe Photoshop should give the user a choice? Quote Go out there and be amazing. Have Fun, TRSome Pretty Pictures Some Cool Plugins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entozoon Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hmm, so it just doesn't cope with the photoshop clipboard image format in terms of alpha values and has no plans to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoRobbo Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Sorry, I post edited: Maybe Photoshop should give the user a choice? After all, you are paying them a lot of money to use it. Quote Go out there and be amazing. Have Fun, TRSome Pretty Pictures Some Cool Plugins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entozoon Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 Haha yeah. Dear Adobe, please create a customisable clipboard data feature so that I can more easily use an cheaper, better, alternative product. kthx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoRobbo Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Perfect! Quote Go out there and be amazing. Have Fun, TRSome Pretty Pictures Some Cool Plugins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Clipboard items are more complex to handle than most users expect. Search the forum and you fill find several threads about it. Even in Paint.NET in 4 Rick had to adjust the handling because the import from Excel no longer worker after he priorized PNG against DIB. The first thing you should do is to use a tool like DADRoots to check which formats are on the clipboard. If it is just a simple 32bit DIB then you lost. If it is a DIB V5 there maybe a chance that something can be done. But at the end Rick has to decide what he implements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Not sure if this plugin will help you at all, but I've always enjoyed it : http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/13005-that-other-app-v22/ You might have to work a little backwards with TOA, as in you open your images in paint.net first, then use TOA to open the image, or a layer of the image, in your other image editor. Once you are in the other image editor, make your changes to the image/layer, then save it, then return to paint.net, and click ok. Edited September 1, 2014 by Cc4FuzzyHuggles Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riddley Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Save it as a PNG in photoshop and then load it in PDN, it will retain transparency, it's just a little more work than using the clipboard. Quote Check out my gallery/archive: here Just keep on keeping on. ✌ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entozoon Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 Save it as a PNG in photoshop and then load it in PDN, it will retain transparency, it's just a little more work than using the clipboard. ^ Refer to my previous reply @Cc4FuzzyHuggles - That's very interesting. Quite a complicated idea, probably not as useful as I like to imagine it will be, but interesting nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Actually, it's not very complicated at all once you learn it/get used to it.For example, it's not too bad to open the image in paint.net, duplicate the image, then run TOA on the duplicated layer, then in the other image editor you could cut out the background, save your progress, then return to paint.net and click ok. However, I recommend using TOA when paint.net is going to be the main editor for a project, as I'm not sure it would be a great idea to do large scale edits with another image editor through TOA. It's not copying/pasting, but it is a bit of an alternative that skips copying and pasting all together. Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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