[Can you break up a design?]

wondering how to break up a design/picture using paint.net? it would like its tore up, puzzle pieces, etc. but close enough you could tell what the design is. almost similar to a distressed look. thanks

[creating reptile scales]

i think so is there a plug in for that or effects etc. i saw a youtube vid once but couldnt figure it out. looking for something that could be easily printed on items like shirts. thanks just need a pattern without bigger dark areas. ie like lizard from spiderman cartoons/comics or Vastra from Dr who

[creating reptile scales]

would like to know if there is a way to create reptile type scales within an outline of person,face, animal, etc? something similar to effects like maze or is there an effect and i just have not found it. thanks

[trail effect or similar]

wanting to make rows or columns using trail effect or any other similar effect. i have gotten it to work in lower size canvases and lower image size. is there a reason why it wont work with bigger images or bigger canvases. when i use bigger it just does a trail not the whole image repeated like i did before. any suggestions? thanks

[how to rescale/resize designs?]

i am curious is there a way to resize designs without maintaining aspect ratio and also without distorting the design. lets say going from 2400 by 3200 pixels to 4500 by 5400 pixels 300 ppi. what zoom level would be best to test out how bad distortion/pixelation is so i know if it would work or should it be somewhat same over all zoom levels. i also notice resizing program on the net but would like to stick with the program that i designed them with.

[text options around a circle]

i found a plugin that allows variation of text around a circle or spiral(not sure what the spiral does) i was wondering how to get the text to go counter clockwise. lets say i want text underneath a circle image, but i do not want it upside down. is there a render effect i could use beside the text format. thanks

[how to use render effects?]

ok thanks i used wand and union selection. it worked on some but not others. some effects affected the outside of the text and some affected inside of text which is what i was going for. others did a square cover but i was able to move selected letters with effect and cut out the leftovers. thanks for your responses    one of the mistakes i made was not switching colors prior to effects so i could see what  was going on lol.

[how to use render effects?]

does anyone know how to render effects into shapes or text. thanks. like i want to make a word and put rays, mazes, or spirals.

 

thanks a lot hope you can all help either with tutorials or youtube.