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    Paint.net Broken?

    in Troubleshooting & Bug Reports

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    12 hours ago, Ego Eram Reputo said:

    1. Make sure you have no selection active by pressing Ctrl + D to deselect.

    2. Try setting the Font Metric to Fixed (96 DPI). This is a new setting - find it in the tool bar beside the font size

     

    fontsizemetric.png

     

    If you have this set on Points, the font size will scale with the image size. Fixed (96 DPI) was the font sizing system prior to 4.1 (https://www.getpaint.net/roadmap.html).

     

     

    Thanks, Ego... I think I've found the issue... it was a particular photo from the internet that I was going to generate

     

    a meme from- a .jpg. The issue, whatever it is, was the problem, something in the photo.

     

    The Paint.net program works fine with everything else... I went into the program, copied all the plugins I had installed

     

    in the 'Effects' file to Desktop, uninstalled Paint.net, installed a fresh install, and pasted the 'Effects' folder into the 

     

    fresh install. All seems well now.

     

    Thank you!

     

    Timbo 

    Paint.net Broken?

    in Troubleshooting & Bug Reports

    Posted

    Hi-

     

    UGH!.... Paint.net updated last week and all was fine, until now... If I go to use the text tool and click on the field where cursor is, it just leaves a little

     

    blinking dot. Changing Text size changes nothing. The problem: Can't type text- nothing happens.

     

    I've a few plugin's installed, can't remember which packages and really don't want to re-install.

     

    Is there a procedure to repair Paint.net, without an uninstall?

     

    Any and all help would be greatly appreciated... Thank you!

     

    Timbo

    Setting Up For Vinyl Cutting

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted

    Hmmm... will the final black guide outline show up on the graphic, and what to do

     

    about back/ drop shadowing?... do I just put the cutting guide outline on another 

     

    layer and not flatten?... is there a tutorial here for vinyl cutting setup?...

     

    I'm thinking I could use the white illustrated above as a temp layer and throw it

     

    out after establishing cut line.

     

    Thanks for your patience and help.

    Setting Up For Vinyl Cutting

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted

    Hi-

    Hoping I can get some help/ direction with prepping Paint.net generated vinyl graphics for cutting.

     

    We had some simple graphics made and should have specified they be printed to transparent matte

     

    vinyl laminating stock. Instead, the print source put them on white and they are too small and detailed

     

    to cut out with an Xacto knife.

     

    I need some guidance on setting up a cut line path, on a separate layer, for these graphics we're playing with.

     

    If more details required, please inform.

     

    Appreciate any input- Thanks!

     

    Tim

    CheeHyd 1st Prt - Copy.png

    Printing To Vinyl Issue

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted

    23 hours ago, Ego Eram Reputo said:

     

    Paint.net works in the RGB colorspace. The colors are not going to  be 100% accurate when printed, but you'll struggle to detect the differences.

     

    If you really want to have 100% accurate colors, then an image editor that exports CYMK would be your best bet. Unfortunately that's not paint.net.

     

    Thank you, we're aware that Pint.net works in RGB colorspace... it seems to be most affected at fairly extreme ends of the spectrum.

    We've found a bit of a workaround exporting RGB to Adobe Acrobat Pro and managing colors and converting to CMYK there.

     

    We're going to have a meeting with the printing source tomorrow and he's going to explain all of this to me, along with current trends in the

    printing industry. He's already told me I'm thinking about it too much.

    Can't hardly ask for a color sample on a $30 job... so we'll learn a $30 lesson.

     

    The issue I am having is the 'neon' green in the text is washing to a softer hue... we've just got some learning to do and we look forward to it.

     

    Again, thanks.

    Printing To Vinyl Issue

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted

    2 hours ago, toe_head2001 said:

    Printers use CMYK inks, and your image(s) use RGB.

     

     

     

    Thanks, 'toe'... yeah, we had told them about that CMYK vs. RGB concern.

    To print that single sheet, unlaminated, was only $30. The guy responded

    that the clarity and sharpness at 300 DPI would be very good- said the file 

    provided excellent clarity.

    So, as you mentioned regarding the 1:1 aspect, is there anything I can do to

    provide the print shop with anything better?...I guess it's fair to assume the

    RGB, HSV, Opacity, and Hex values would be worthless to them.

    I'm looking for suggestions for improvement, do you have any?...

    That attachment above doesn't illustrate how well the package turned out,

    IMO.

    Thanks

    CheeHyd 1st Prt.png

    Printing To Vinyl Issue

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted

    Hi-

     

    We designed a sheet of individual graphics for printing to vinyl stock with pigmented latex inks.

    I saved as PNG and converted to PDF and emailed file to print source a long way off.

    Today, I get a reply back from the source saying they'll print fine 'but if you want us to adjust the

    image to hit a certain color this file type will be difficult to work with' was their response.

    I've no idea what they are talking about.

    Furthermore, our plan is to use a straight edge and circle templates to cut the individual images

    out.

    I'm hoping someone here can help me along with this...any direction and/or advice is greatly 

    appreciated.

     

    Thanks.

     

     

    CheeHyd 1st Prt - Copy.png

    HD Vinyl Graphics Design

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted

    Thanks for the help...much appreciated.

    There's been enough of the image modified, removed and added to where copyrighting is a non factor.

    Been down that road before... good looking out, though.

    On 3/12/2018 at 6:10 PM, toe_head2001 said:

    Yes.

     

    https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/17049-dpi-and-you-understanding-resolution-for-print-and-web/

     

    Thanks, 'toe'... yes, played around in the prog and figured out how to manage all of that in 'Resize Image'.

    Trouble Cropping Ellipse from Photo

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted · Edited by Timbo128
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    Thanks for all the input... much appreciated!... we've resolved the issue.

     

    I don't know if I have to start a new thread, or not, but we have another question-

    Same project- 

    We have the cat's head background ellipsed correctly and fine tuned.... created a new layer,

    made another ellipse with a degree of transparency using 'draw filled shape with outline' from

    shapes menu>ellipse... now my question is how do I make the layer with with ellipse larger,

    maintaining aspect ratio, without the background layer changing, too?... in other words, I want

    the two layers to have the same aspect ratio but different sized ellipses... can I expand just the

    one layer to suit?...

     

    Muchas Gracias!

     

    Timbo

    Resize Issue.png

    Trouble Cropping Ellipse from Photo

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, MJW said:

    I'm not sure if this is pertinent, but if you want to select the opaque elliptical region, first select the transparent region with the Magic Wand, then invert the selection.

     

    (BTW, I like that image.)

     

    Yeah, clearly the guy that did that 'JRX Hydros' graphic's a very skilled dude... he works for some big

    corporation and knows his way around the Adobe Creative Suites very well.

    Yes, I had tried as you suggested before we even started this thread.

    Thank's for participating!

    Trouble Cropping Ellipse from Photo

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Ego Eram Reputo said:

    The reason this works; the elliptical bit that remains is known as an "object". These are groups of pixels which border transparent pixels. BoltBait's plugin finds the transition from opaque to transparent and applies the effect at the edge.

     

    B) cool eh?

     

    Yeah, thanks... if you look at the first attachments we included, 2nd elliptical image with checkered transparent background,

    I want to make that a layer other than 'background'...then I can bring the true background in and manipulate the layer with

    cat's head to suit... it seems that there would be a plugin tool to do such, making it very easy. I've no issue doing that with

    multiple layers, as illustrated above in '45' image, flattening them to one image and saving as PNG. I haven't had any printed

    to vinyl yet, but hope they come out good with the PNG file extension at 300 dpi... this one below the guy did with Illustrator

    and he claims he had 4 hrs. into...printed to vinyl with stunning clarity at 300 dpi and latex inks.

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    Trouble Cropping Ellipse from Photo

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted · Edited by Timbo128

    22 minutes ago, toe_head2001 said:

    Wait... when you say "outline", do you really mean "select"?

     

    My ultimate objective is to have an elliptical background

    of that cheetah's head with a black outline (border)

    around it with a given weight (thkns) to that border.

    I've been messing with this for 2 hrs., Googling every query

    before coming here, because I know we rookies are a bore

    to you experts. I've just run into issues with this ellipse deal.

    I've made some graphics already here- seems to be a use and 

    learn prog... most of the guys I know use Illustrator and Photoshop

    for these vinyl graphics, and charge an arm n' a leg... these are

    just r/c boats I'm dealing with... below's an example.

    Thanks!

    Cheetah 1A_2.png

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