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Thank you @MadJik

I would prefer using https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/26533-stray-pixel-remover/ select the dominant color and delete to create transparency that will allow the plugin to do its job. Paint bucket fill the transparency and voila. Mission accomplished.

Hi @mixmedia Have you tried Layers/Rotate Zoom? There is a button to click after zooming out to get the tiled effect. Hope this helps If not - post a pic of what you want to do.

Well done @lynxster4. Thank you for the tut I got some practice using @MJW's height map plug ins. It's not just for text anymore

Here's my attempt. Keep in mind @dipstick made his in Gimp. But we have the technology ..........................................

@lynxster4 and @Seerose Thank you for your comments and inspiration. Some new things I learned lately from a very old post. Hope you enjoy. Too bad the original photo was taken in B&W. She's a model for Guess jeans printed on their shopping bags. Reminds me of Sophia Loren

Excellent tut on coloring skin I learned quite a bit from this exercise. Here's my outcome

Inspired listening to Queen

Hi @keora Welcome to the forum. Have you tried hooking a mouse up?

@MadJik One of the limitations of shapemaker - Canvas size 500X500 only. Not a lot of room for details. Something I color again and again so I took the time to make a shape out of it. Who draws anymore? We have plugins to make our canvas. (tracing) . Your colors and textures was what I was referring to. I'm constantly trying different methods to get the best rendition possible. I won't ask what you used. The learning is trying many different things.

Most excellent @MadJik Now you're showing me how much I still have to learn. You did my shape justice. Something I am constantly practicing.Thank you for the modifications. I see things I still don't know how to do - but maybe after 5 years of exploring................

Great Job @MadJik I kept it simple

When applied while the plugin is running no change to the canvas can be seen Once the clouds are rendered - changing the blend mode of the layer provides the correct blend mode effect Click on thumbnail for larger pic. Color of layer does not change when negation is selected while in Clouds. It does change color by changing layer blend mode after hitting OK in Clouds. This is what I am seeing.

Blend mode for the built in version of clouds seems to me not working. Any simple test will do.

Same here @AllMyRenderings on a WIN10 up to date computer. Works like its supposed to. The obvious question is if you are up to date with all the updates.

Interesting sequence of events after installing the new update @Rick Brewster Keeping Paint.Net up to date helps to keep WIn10 up to date. Installation triggered the completion of an update Microsoft Security Center was reporting being done on the 5th of Jan. Upon reboot after the installation of Paint.Net 4.20, it triggered the actual installation of Microsoft's latest update. Probably nothing - Just worthy of note. I found it interesting. When I selected reboot it said nothing about doing an update. The most up to date PC on the planet

@Ego Eram Reputo I got used to hitting the save button after editing a post. Now I am seeing Edit Topic instead. No save button. It does save the changes but the button graphic disappears from the preview. Don't know if this helps or not.

@Eli Have you tried 1 Create your maze 2 copy to clipboard 3 select your shape 4 Use Paste from clipboard to resize accordingly? Saves you from repeated patterns

Hi @sureshnrao77 Worthy of note is the fact that this only occurs on initial startup after cold start or reboot Closing the app and reopening without rebooting significantly reduces startup time. I too have WIN10 and over 500 plugins. I'm a hoarder and never know what I'll use next.

Hi @Chip Welcome to the forum. Posting a pic always helps see what you are trying to accomplish . Here's an example of what I think you want to do. http://www.simscustomshop.com/metal-flake-fender-telecaster If I am correct look for a tutorial that will give you that kind of effect or something close. The first one that comes to mind is This will lead you in the right direction. Your question about the drop down fill menu is used for creating patterns that can be textured in so many ways. I don't think it would help you in this matter. The tut should show you what I mean. Noise (another plugin) is I think best suited to the effect you are looking for.

Hey @Ego Eram Reputo Progress was made. Newest virus update as of today 1.259.1085.0 (Old one was 1.259.1051.0) Before I had to turn off virus protection to get it to install Now it just gives the warning and after clicking More Info it lets me install per normal. Also before it was hiding the file after unzipping. Not any more! You are still rated as an unknown publisher

Hello again @mixmedia Hopefully a picture is worth a thousand words. Flattened and saved as a JPG

Hi @Marilynx Welcome to the forum It would take quite a long time to explain the benefits of Win10 through a forum. We are here to discuss Paint.Net. Having said that the best platform to run Paint.Net is on Win10 . Having been around since the days of 8088's, I have seen the industry grow leaps and bounds. After years of staying with XP - when I finally upgraded my computer 18 months ago, it too came with WIN10. New hardware requires new software - especially at the operating system level. WiFi I believe is the driving force behind the hardware improvements (of which I never use). Many features of WIN10 can be turned off which results in the absence of these pop up messages I heard about earlier in the forum. Think of it as "keeping up with the Jones". New hardware breeds new software that breeds new hardware. The vicious cycle of the IT industry. Thankfully Paint.Net provides an excellent platform for graphics manipulations as well as an excellent support resource here in the forum that even Microsoft can't come close to for supporting Win10. Memory - graphics - disk space are the benefits of the new computer to mention a few. For me there is no other operating system than Windows due to my collection of windows based software. Your computer should always be based on the software you use most. If it is Windows based - Win10 is the way to go. Think of Paint.Net in the beginning and look how far it has progressed. Now Paint.Net is even in the Windows store. The future is all Windows. Well that's my $.02 cents worth.