[Suggestion: Add a highlight button]

I do understand the adding a layer, set to "multiply" and paintbrush method. It takes a few steps and longer time to do it. Anyway it just a friendly suggestion to add an additional highlight tool function. The snipping tool in Windows have a highlight button so I actually thought that an advanced software like paint.net should have a highlight button.

 

I use paint.net mainly for annotation of screenshots. I usually do these things: add text, draw lines/arrows, rectangle, highlight and blank out details.

[Suggestion: Add a highlight button]

I would like to suggest adding a Highlight function and Highlight button in paint.net. Thanks

 

I guess the freeform shape button which is seldom used can be changed to a highlight button. Or maybe just add an additional highlight button in the Tools.

 

[How to set default color for colors]

Thanks EER.

 

BTW what does "vote this post up" (little up arrow at bottom right corner of post) do?

[How to set default color for colors]

I don't recall that the default Primary and Secondary colors can be reset.

You know you can click on the palette in the Color Window to quickly select a color?

 

I understand that I can click on the palette to select a color. I just thought maybe there are some ways to set some defaults, for example I am using it for text annotation so I always use red text/lines.

 

Could the default font size and thickness of lines be changed?

 

Where that I can look at defaults that could be changed?

[How to set default color for colors]

The top menu Window>Colors bring out a Colors window. It always default with black color

 

I want to set default to red color. Is it possible?

 

I usually use red color for lines/text that I want to add to the pictures.

 

Thanks

[How to highlight?]

Is there a highlight button in paint? How do I highlight text/images

[How to remove added text/lines/paintbrush back to original screenshot]

How do I know if the text/shapes are on their own layer?

 

How do I know if I applied to the base layer or flattened the image down to a single layer?

 

Thanks.

[How to remove added text/lines/paintbrush back to original screenshot]

I made a screenshot. then In paint.net software, I click File>Open and selected the file to open. I added some lines using the paintbrush and rounded rectangle. I then click save. Now the screenshot looks like this example: http://www.screencast.com/t/xlY5bUOlA9

 

Q1) Is it possible to remove the lines, and get back the original screenshot?

 

Q2) How to highlight? I searched but do not seem to find a highlight button.

 

Thanks