[Questions for line tool, zoom, short-cuts and color picking]

16 hours ago, NoName91 said:

3) Does Paint.net allow us to reconfigure short-cut keys? I doubt it but would like to ask for confirmation.

 

4) This is more of a "feature" question and is related to q.3. Is there anyway to bind a particular color to a specific key or combination? If not, would such a feature be a good suggestion for future updates? As someone who enjoys making pixel art and pixel shading, something like this would massively improve workflows imo. ALSO: Would anyone know if some other program would have this feature? I've tried looking around but have found a feature like this to be non-existent. Additionally, if someone has suggestions to improve workflows with pixel shading, particularly with respect to selecting colors, I'd like to hear it.

 

Take a look at AutoHotKeys at https://autohotkey.com/ - it's a very powerful keyboard scripting tool which should allow you to do both these things. It's fairly easy to learn and has great documentation and a live help forum via IRC. Good luck!

['Save As...' Keyboard shortcut broken]

SOLVED  

 

I had foolishly assigned a macro to the Ctrl-Shift-S key combination in AutoHotKey. 

 

Boy, do I feel dumb.

 

 

For some reason, the documented keyboard shortcut for 'Save As...', Ctrl-Shift-S, doesn't work for me. When I press that key combination, several items on the toolbar flash as they're accessed and the tool changes to the Text tool. Is there a way to restore the proper shortcut function? I have the latest update. I'm wondering if it's in one of the add-ons? I'm including diagnostics in case that's helpful.

 

Thanks for any assistance anyone can provide.

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[Sudden color change]

I've created an image with two layers. The bottom layer contains a solid background color; the top layer contains a block of text on a transparent background. The value for the background color is 9BFFA8, the text is FF0000:

 

 

 

 

When I make both layers visible, the text color changes:

 

 

I've tried any number of fixes, all to no avail. I finally deleted the text layer and re-created it, and now it works:

 

 

I'm baffled as to what I did wrong the first time. Any clues?

 

Thanks!