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This plugin is a remake of the ImageInText plugin. You need the OptionBasedLibrary v0.7.9 dll and dlc to be in the paint.net folder. Location: Effects > Text Formations submenu. The UI: TextMask.zip

I don't know if it's a bug, but should not always show the arrow cursor regardless of the choosen tool?

For OCR there is ABBYY FineReader software that is extremely good. I have been using it for a long time and I am very pleased with it. Then, you can use a web service to translate the text.

I think in paint.net 4.1.3 some changes have been made because now in VS I have this warning: 'PropertyBasedEffect.PropertyBasedEffect(string, Image, string, EffectFlags)' is obsolete: 'This constructor is deprecated. Use an overload that takes an EffectOptions instance.'

Posted the new version 2.0.1.0. At Welshblue's request, now there are two sliders in the Options tab to control the thickness of the circles.

Yes, I'll do that in the next few days. But there is a problem with the distance of the circles to the text that depends on the font characteristics. The circles were originally designed for guidance only. I think creating these circles (if necessary) in their own layers is more useful.

@Pixey, I reloaded the zip file in the first post. New version was made with OptionBasedLibrary. Please read the Readme file. I don't know what is wrong with your download, may be you need to manually delete the old file from the Effects folder.

First of all, thank you very much for your work. Secondly, about AngleChooser, sometimes it's useful to set a zero-trigonometric value to +90 degrees. This could be added as an option in the Style drop-down list. Default: trigonometric zeros Custom: zeros to +90 degree I don't know how much work this option requires and that's why I don't want to insist. Anyway, I can live without it. ?

On Windows7 the plugin crashes if we select fonts that do not contain Regular style (for example, Aharoni or Vivaldi). Windows10 treats fonts differently and the plugin works although it reacts very slowly.

Amazing plugin. Brilliant! Thank you very much @null54. How could I miss such a good plugin?

I reloaded the video.

Replaced with v1.3. UI has no ColorWheel anymore. Because my English is pretty poor I will quote EgoEramReputo to describe the new feature: "Creates text mask using the source layer as the text fill, alternatively creates transparent text within the source layer". Thanks again to toe-head2001 for his TextWindow plugin code. And a very simple way to use this plugin: