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I don't know if this belongs on this forum (in which case you can delete it). But just FYI the below came to my inbox, though it didn't say how much it costs. Anyway, I thought maybe graphic artists would find it of interest. On July 31, 2023, China DASUNG Tech, the inventor and leader of E-ink Monitor, made a groundbreaking debut on Indiegogo with their revolutionary product—Paperlike Color, the world's first 25.3-inch color E-ink computer monitor. DASUNG Paperlike Color signifies a momentous leap in E-ink technology, ushering in a new era of captivating color E-ink displays. From this day forth, global consumers will have the unparalleled opportunity to revel in vibrant, colorful visuals akin to traditional LCD screens, yet reminiscent of enchanting color printing paper, as if by magic. etc. etc. etc.

I composed the below rhyming song-tutorial for Clone-Stamp, but because I've never done a YouTube video in my life, someone with expertise in composing video's may wish to turn this Song-Tutorial into a Video-Tutorial. Likewise, elsewhere on getpaint-forums, I once posted a crude pictorial tutorial for "Layers" which someone with expertise may wish to turn into a Video-Tutorial. CLONE-STAMP TOOL SONG To the tune of: Yankee Doodle went to town To anyone motivated to turn this song into a video-tutorial, its strongly advised that you sing it with slower emphasis on the parts which require emphasis for "teaching" purposes (male voice) You got a pimple on your face - yankee doodle went to town .....................You gotta cover it u-up - riding on a pony (female voice) OK i'll get my cover-stick - stuck a feather in his hat .......................And hope you then shut u-up - and called it macaroni (male voice) ...You got a dirty shoe that's botching - yankee doodle keep it up .......................up your pretty snapshot - yankee doodle dandy (female voice) OK i'll click my Clone-Stamp tool - mind the music etc. etc. .......................and show you i'm a hotshot! - etc. etc. (remainder is female voice) I left-click on my Clone-Stamp tool and - repeat tune: yankee doodle went to town then i choose my Brush Size - riding on a pony Then move my mouse to a cleaner section - stuck a feather in his hat Where I grab a bite-size - and called it macaroni Here's how i grab my sectional-snapshot - yankee doodle keep it up Press & hold Control key - yankee doodle dandy (EMPHASIS ON HOW YOU PRESS/HOLD CONTROL-KEY) While I Left-Click on my mouse - mind the music etc. etc. (EMPHASIS ON HOW YOU LEFT-CLICK MOUSE) (Cuz I don't have a monkey!) - etc. etc. I next release my sweaty buttons (Emphasis on how you RELEASE the YUCKY-SWEATY buttons) And grab my mouse once mo-ore, I slide my mouse to the dirty shoe That shoe that I don't care for As final step I Left-Click my mouse (Emphasis on how you LEFT-CLICK mouse) to cover that ugly object I keep on clicking Left-Click Left-Click till i'm done with the project! AS A FINAL TOUCH-UP OF CLONE-STAMP SONG TACK ON THIS NARRATED DEMO: To really enhance the section that you just clone-stamped: Lasso the entire area you clone-stamped, then click Effects to choose Gaussian Blur of your choice.

Thanks again Rick, great job! 🙂

Due to circumstances, maybe in another lifetime. As long as I conveyed it, even if with non-pretty props, in case someone else out there endures months of confusion, all because of mistakenly thinking the white background is 2 layers (one white and one transparent) rather than only One-PaintedOver-layer. It's that which I don't think has ever been made clear to beginners in a quick non-sophisticated way. I sometimes wonder if I'm a small minority with the inability to learn well thru sophisticated methods. P.S. Pixey, yes, I saw it and had responded.

HyReZ, the thing is, unfortunately, many sophisticated video's consume a lot of time, and often don't help me (rather my nerves get high strung). By comparison, if you see my PURPLE TEXT re: side-by-side comparison on the following thread, that's IMO the way to instantly clarify the key concept of layers: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/118989-sent-pm-to-moderator/#comment-589202 P.S. It's true that the PIXLR video in my above OP did finally help me (after my plowing thru tons of video's), but for some reason, that's now gone from YouTube.

Actually the 2nd post of that thread: http://powerpics.tripod.com/paint/paint_layers_dummies.html (note the vid. linked in the OP of that thread seems not to be on YouTube anymore. And as i'd stated above (to anyone curious), what I'd really wanted, was for my tutorial to be findable for anyone who fits either of the below categories. Because i'm not equipped to make it more visually presentable (i.e. pretty). Not with the tools i have. And I've too much else going on in my life. However FYI, I did apply intense brain-power, to try to make my explanations clear and to-the-point in a sorta-funny way. Again, here's the categories i was referring, to whom it should be findable: Those who can handle a simple, sorta-funny, bare-bones tutorial. Or for anyone inclined (and in the mood) to make it more artsy and visually presentable. The best way to improve on it, would be a web designer, who can clarify the following parallels, by: placing my pic. of my white-painted Saran-wrap Side-By-Side (double-arrows) with my screenshot of paint.net's "Main White-Painted Canvass". placing my pic. of my pinkish-squiggle that's atop the wrinkled overlay Side-By-Side (double-arrows) with a paint.net screenshot of a pinkish-squiggle on a transparent 2nd-Layer.

Nope, Edition Windows 10 Home Version 21H1 Installed on ‎12/‎8/‎2020 OS build 19043.1348 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3920.0 (but still was on paint.net 4.3.2. So sorry, didn't have time to update yet). ash73, Rick, BoltBait - ditto ditto! 🤗

FYI, the same happened to me today, for the first time ever (I've been saving paint.net pics for years onto my desktop, but the pdn thing never happened to me before. Refresh resolved it for me as well. I seem to recall that by mistake I clicked PNG in the dropdown, instead of JPG. So i then clicked JPG to correct my typo. But that's a far-fetched cause, so i guess it's one of life's mysteries.

I just now sent a PM to moderator Pixey, because otherwise, this can be considered double-posting. I'm not sure she always see's PM's which is why i'm hoping she might see this alert. For anyone curious, see, I had written an HTML demo (not video, rather just webpage with pics). I linked it within a thread I posted long-ago (on getpaint). It was about a clear way to convey the topic of layers to those with my way of thinking. I wrote it because long ago I'd wasted months of time thinking the main canvass is BOTH: (1) a clear layer and (2) a white layer. That's because I have a different way of learning. The tutorial could be useful for: Those who can handle a simple, sorta-funny, bare-bones tutorial. Or for anyone inclined (and in the mood) to make it more artsy and visually presentable. Anyway, at the time, it was moved by moderator from the tutorials section to this section. Then for years i got busy w/distractions. I just happened to stop by again, due to a program glitch, so I was reminded yet again of my past effort in futility. I figured i'd give it another shot, since i'm practically sure it's needed for those with my way of thinking.

Wow, you answered so quickly, that you quoted a quote which i'd decided to delete! As i said, i'm not professional enough to crank out anything which would make the grade. Believe it or not, i've never created a video in my life! (rather just old-fashioned HTML websites long ago). I also don't own pretty props, rather just the dreary corkboard & pushpins & white-paint depicted on my link. ...But I figured if anyone's desperate enough to try to grasp the layering concept, they just might find my 2 demo's in the tutorials section. Except you removed this thread from there. ...btw, i actually found the paint.net eNotification while housecleaning my Gmail-boxes, since i'm scrambling to bail out of Yahoomail (since they've been taken over by Verizon/Oath & planning to share peoples' emails with their "associates"). ...So i'm busy with that now, anyway, but i took the time out to respond to this thread.

???? Please clarify if there are any paint.net tutorials which explain layers in the way that the pixlr-video and [beta] powerpics link explain it above? Unlike the latter, as far as i can tell, the one posted by HyReZ doesn't clearly explain that the PICTURE part and the CHECKERED part do NOT constitute TWO-LAYERS, but are actually ONE-PAINTEDover-LAYER. Granted, at one point the narrator fades the pic. so you can see grey-checks beneath it, but the concept still remains confusing. I'm practically sure i'd seen that vid. as a beginner, and was utterly confused by it. It was only after tediously sifting thru many video's it was ONLY that pixlr video which to me, was similar to Helen Keller's realization at the water pump. Put it this way - you guys can understand that Clone-Stamp & ReColor are a learning curve? If so, then FYI - grasping layers was to me as much a learning-curve because i didn't find that pixlr video right away. And it's that which inspired me to create the rough powerpics tutorial, so others should avoid that frustration. But now i see that my effort was for nothing. Trust me, as primitive as my URL is, it was WAY harder for me (as an amateur) to crank that out, than for the expert paint.net artists to crank out their professional tutorials. hmm... why did i bother? 😩🙄

P.P.S. I had previously posted my primitive version of the above, since i wasn't able to find the above video. (I had posted it under my Judy login but subsequently forgot that login info, so i'm posting my rough tutorial again here. Then maybe a wiz-kid can combine the above YouTube-concept, with my below rough-concept, to better clarify Layers to newbs: http://powerpics.tripod.com/paint/paint_layers_dummies.html

This just might help some newbs. For months i had been confused by the entire concept of layering, and none of the pics. or vid's i'd viewed resolved my confusion. Finally, by a miracle, i happened to find the below obscure youtube video (other than paint.net) which had finally resolved my confusion, due to the method in which he presented it. The reason this particular video cleared my confusion, is because it finally offered me the AHA! moment, to realize that the blue shape he superimposed on the grey-speckled background was actually ONE layer, forming the BOTTOM layer. Prior to that, i had been confusedly thinking that the grey-speckling is supposed to be one layer, and the coloring on top of that should "logically" be another layer. But because this video didn't COMPLETELY color the grey-speckling and because he labelled the COMBO as "one layer" which he named "bottom", that's how it finally dawned on me ..."Eureka! So THAT's what everyone meant by all their gibberish!" So if anyone with talent can create a paint.net version of the below video, it may prove helpful to newbs. Just sayin'... P.S. I.M.O. it would also be helpful to offer a clearer diction! But wow - if not for that - i think he'd be a dynamite teacher for newbies and he deserves credit for clarity, even if not diction. Advanced graphic-artists may underestimate the importance of making things clear to beginners in the most absolutely bare-basics way, in order not to discourage them. And so that's why i decided to post this, as soon as i rediscovered it during overhauling years-worth of email accumulation.