Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

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1. 📢⚠⚠⚠ REMINDER: Please upgrade to Win10. Microsoft ended Win7 support January 2020!

   By Rick Brewster, May 16, 2019
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   • Rick Brewster
   • July 9

2. paint.net 4.2.16 is now available!

   By Rick Brewster, April 21
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   • Red ochre
   • May 14

3. Color Palettes go here 1 2 3

   By usedHONDA, February 8, 2007
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   • Ego Eram Reputo
   • March 10

4. paint.net is now available on the Windows Store! 1 2 3 4

   By Rick Brewster, September 30, 2017
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   • Pixey
   • February 6

5. Popular Feature Requests

   By Rick Brewster, February 7, 2007
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   • Rick Brewster
   • August 29, 2020

6. Megalo = VIRUS! 1 2 3

   By Ego Eram Reputo, April 23, 2014
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   • toe_head2001
   • October 25, 2019

7. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

   By Rick Brewster, November 5, 2005
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   • Rick Brewster
   • June 20, 2014

8. Gradient

   By munleyj, yesterday at 11:47 PM
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   • ardneh
   • 1 hour ago

9. recolor: unable to swap color to transparent (recolor works with any other color)

   By ianfinlay, yesterday at 10:52 PM
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   • ardneh
   • 22 hours ago

10. feature request: Is it possible to have an option to PIN tools to a certain part of the applications current location on screen

    By ianfinlay, yesterday at 06:37 AM
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    • Rick Brewster
    • Yesterday at 05:09 PM

11. feature request:  Defaulting picture size on openning paint.net to size of image in clipboard (if it exists)

    By ianfinlay, yesterday at 06:34 AM
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    • Rick Brewster
    • Yesterday at 03:32 PM

12. feature request:  Can the followup tool for color picker be configureable - currently sets tool to pen, i always use color fill after color picker

    By ianfinlay, yesterday at 06:40 AM
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    • ardneh
    • Yesterday at 11:55 AM

13. How to remove white distortions from background of sine waves

    By IoNoTialI, Friday at 02:21 PM
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    • ardneh
    • Friday at 04:35 PM

14. New User needs help with lost windows

    By Sam21, Wednesday at 09:23 AM
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    • Sam21
    • Friday at 01:12 PM

15. Any way to prevent borders around pixels when zoomed in?

    By MagicSponge123, July 23
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    • MagicSponge123
    • Wednesday at 04:25 PM

16. Paintnet Color Fade Shades

    By munleyj, Wednesday at 01:36 PM
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    • ardneh
    • Wednesday at 02:59 PM

17. Apply "vanishing" blur effect

    By DenMarC, July 24
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    • IHaveNoName
    • July 25

18. Position object by specifying coordinates of midpoint

    By guocuozuoduo, November 28, 2020
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    • AndrewDavid
    • July 24

19. ReMake deserves our thanks

    By Ego Eram Reputo, July 23
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    • lynxster4
    • July 23

20. Guide lines request

    By Ph4ntom99, July 22
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    • Red ochre
    • July 22

21. Saving image with transparency as PNG, but losing the transparency

    By AMeador1, July 20
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    • AMeador1
    • July 22

22. Can i add downloaded fonts from say "dafont.com" to Paint.net?

    By Alpha2beta, July 22
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    • Djisves
    • July 22

23. JPG image into a SVG file

    By Jenny, November 2, 2020
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    • WaqasHull
    • July 21

24. Text editing in Paint.NET as in MS Word

    By m2022, July 14
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    • WaqasHull
    • July 21

25. Curved Gradient?

    By Hodor, July 16
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    • Ego Eram Reputo
    • July 18