MikeRobe

Hi regevdl! Welcome to the forums! As I understand, you want to print a pixelated photo? To do this in PDN, you can go to Effects > Distort > Pixelate. There you should be able to change the level of pixelation to your desire. Then just print out the image at the size you want. Let me know if I've misunderstood!

For the left one, I used Dents, Cross Processing and used TR's SelfEez to get my face as a source. For the right one, I used a photo of a LED flashlight, used dents and difference blend mode. Simple but effective.

You could also try rendering some noise with high saturation, and then apply the crystallize effect!

Try setting one of your colours to a transparent one, that way if you use the gradient there will be your main colour which fades out to nothing. Is that what you're looking for? Alternatively, you could put the gradient on a new layer and change the transparency of the whole layer.

Haha, so that's where the inspiration came from! Nice work TR!

Ooh! That looks interesting! By the way, what software do you use to record your PDN?

I made a couple of images which are now in my gallery, here they are: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/236475228/oil.png https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/236475228/what%20%281%29.png

I also need some ideas as to something I can do for an Art Exhibition that's coming up. What would you buy and hang on a wall?

I've made some abstract images! Let me know what you think!

Oooh, it's neck and neck!

You sure you're not running too many things in the background?

Layers in Paint.NET work a lot like a stack of paper, as you'd expect. As you've said though, you want to know how to. So to begin with, make sure your layer window is open. You'll see a little square with a + on the bottom bar of that window. Click it and hooray, you've got a new layer. Now you can click between them using the window, and whatever changes you make on that layer will only affect that layer. Suppose you want to overlay a picture of a plate onto a table. Create a new canvas, make a new layer. Go to your first layer (the bottom one) and then paste in your image of the tabletop. Go to the top layer and paste in your plate image. You can move this plate around however much you want and it won't affect the table. If it has a background on it, you could use the magic wand tool to remove it. Note that in the layers window there is an image of a nametag and pencil where you can change the opacity and blend mode of the layer to the layer/s below. Hope this crash course helped!

Thanks Helen and drydareelin! I've added a poster for a minigame that Dyl and I have made. It's super addictive (as friends and family say and me)

Gratz to everyone!

Two new things added! Volcano and Cube images. Both photo-manipulations. Let me know what you think!

Here's another one, I made Rangitoto (NZ volcano) erupt. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/236475228/ranga.png

Wow, I like it - adds a new depth to the image. Lomography is a good plugin, is it not? This is my first photo-manipulation, I don't know what I'm doing, haha. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/236475228/yikes.png

If I'm included in the 'angry posts', nah, I'm not really angry. I meant it in a nice way!

The point is not to sell it, it's free software. If you want such features, get photoshop. Also, am I correct in saying that 'we' represents a group of people you know who use PDN? I wasn't sure if you were Queen Victoria... As for 5) You can simply use the Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y buttons. Problem solved. 11) Go to the Layer tab - you can flip just the layer there. If you only want to flip a small portion, cut the bit you want to flip and paste it on a new layer. Flip that layer, and merge down. Also, a lot of things can be done by getting the various free plugins available for download here on the forums.

I like that a lot! I for one, love the colour green. It is a very creative colour, no? That's why I made this...thing.

Haha, soccer. "How are Twilight and Soccer the same?" "They all run around for hours and nobody scores"

Also, if you do still get jagged edges, I'd recommend the Feather Plugin. http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/2140-feather-plugin-now-with-source/ For help on how to install the plugin, go here: https://boltbait.com/pdn/InstallingEffects.php Use the plugin to smooth the edges. There may be something better you can do without the plugins, but I'm not sure.

Good job everyone! A nice outcome for a slow starting SOTW! Congrats to Seerose, Pixey and DrewDale!

Here's my entry. As you can tell, I love green.