Image and Photo Touch-ups

Obviously, the best way to have a good photo is to take a good photo, but some improvements can be made in Paint.NET. Here are tutorials that describe how to improve the look and correct many common errors in photographs.

Tutorials featuring a :star: have a downloadable PDF.

49 topics in this forum

  1. The process of Antiquing

    By Helio,
    • 166 replies
    • 70,846 views

  2. LEGO Photo

    By xmario,
    • 8 replies
    • 6,712 views

  3. The Absolute Best Way to Sharpen a Blurry Photograph

    By BoltBait,
    • 21 replies
    • 17,404 views

  4. Cropping Photographs - The Rule of Thirds

    By cjmcguinness,
    • 29 replies
    • 42,376 views

  5. Extreme HDR tutorial

    By ssaamm,
    • 31 replies
    • 51,478 views

  6. How To Restore Damaged, Old Picture

    By Nai,
    • 7 replies
    • 4,155 views

  7. Performing A Sky Swap

    By happierhannah,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,722 views

  8. Color and Black and White - The Pleasantville Effect

    By TheTh0mas,
    • 288 replies
    • 143,034 views

  9. Photo Manipulation tutorial

    By youlakou,
    • 4 replies
    • 5,268 views

  10. Photo + Contrast Mask

    By Nai,
    • 6 replies
    • 4,398 views

  11. How To Do A Smart Sharpening With Layering Technique

    By Nai,
    • 4 replies
    • 5,302 views

  12. Bubbles - Making lots of them

    By TechnoRobbo,
    • 15 replies
    • 3,060 views

  13. Soft, Romantic, Dreamy Pictures With Coloured Aura

    By Nai,
    • 7 replies
    • 5,188 views

  14. Spliced frames

    By Iwonder_who,
    • 14 replies
    • 22,300 views

  15. Remove Tricky Backgrounds

    By Tabou,
    • 19 replies
    • 65,258 views

  16. Matted Gold Photo Frames

    By Tabou,
    • 12 replies
    • 19,068 views

  17. The Subterranean Copy/Paste Blues

    By Sarkut,
    • 13 replies
    • 23,990 views

  18. How to Airbrush like a Professional (let's try this again)

    By lindsaykorsen,
    • 144 replies
    • 125,403 views

  19. How to make the colors more intense

    By xmario,
    • 5 replies
    • 12,127 views

  20. Change dat hair and eye colour (color)!

    By CrazyPainterz,
    • 1 reply
    • 9,892 views

  21. Make your photo vibrant!

    By happierhannah,
    • 10 replies
    • 13,583 views

  22. Exposure bracketing

    By Romur,
    • 1 reply
    • 6,686 views

  23. A Great Way to Airbrush [Image heavy]

    By epic epiphany,
    • 7 replies
    • 35,332 views

  24. dbz

    By zion3x,
    • 1 reply
    • 3,133 views

  25. Photo Manipulation: Lomography

    By Code_Ember,
    • 23 replies
    • 38,263 views