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Thanks for the replies! Mr. Bolt Bait - the master behind the coolest Plugin Pack on the planet says it can't be done; it can't be done! Mr. Otuncelli - that's one cool looking piece of program. I'll try that for sure. Do you think it would be able to help the example below? About an hour of work. Amazing if it would be a click to fix! Below is an actual example of what I fool around with. The previous example in the original post was actually a 100% complete redraw of a terrible original.

Good day; I scan and cleanup vintage owners manuals and electronic schematics. During the cleanup process I use the Paintbrush Tool to "white-out" background junk. As I am cruising along, painting out like crazy, I make a mistake and white-out something that needs to remain. I try to remind myself to let up off of the mouse button even couple of seconds and restart the painting function so when I make the mistake I can Undo the last mistake and save most of the whiting-out work I've performed. But I get carried away. Question: Can you smart people write an add-in tool with a user settable timer that would automatically cycle the mouse button on, off and right back on again - repeat? I have already thought of the name for the tool: Stutter Mouse Clicker. I see this thing set for around five seconds when working on large cleanup areas and down to one second when performing detailed cleanup. Make sense? Thanks for reading. Attached is a cleaned up example of the stuff I fool around with. Capstan Motor Schematic - Transistor Speed Select PDF.pdf

Hello Reptillian; I can't tell if the shadows are pixels as they are only showing in the PDF. I see no shadowy pixels in the PNG. I will check out the programs you have suggested. I haven't looked yet, but are they free? I did try something different that worked OK. It required the use of MS Visio. When I opened the Paint.Net PNG in Visio the shadows were gone! Lines were just a wee bit fuzzy (same as the PNG); but no dang shadows. I purchased Visio thru a MS HUP. I am fortunate that I grabbed this for $9.95 vs. $250. Ouch! So I'm good now that I know to use Visio in the future. This does not help our other Paint.Net users that only have access to free programs like the ones I was using and not having any luck with. Hello Ego Eram Reputo; I believe I have uploaded the files that are pertinent. The .PNG is great as you will see. Crisp black and white. The PDF conversion, once you zoom in very close, have the shadows as I can them "hugging" the line work. I can't provide the Visio image as it is not supported as downloadable. All; I have exceeded the upload limit otherwise I would have included the final product which is the Visio file converted to PDF and is looking good. So to recap the process that works if you have access to Visio is: Scan image as .PNG in 300x300 dpi Open in Paint.Net (the best!) Zoom in and spend much time clearing and cleaning up everything Use the Adjustments as follows: Black and White – YES Brightness/Contrast – Default (0/0) or what ever setting creates a shadow-free black and white image Auto-Level – Yes Save work a PNG Open PNG in Visio Add all the circles and text Select "Save as PDF" (after first saving as a .vsdx file!) And there you go. Good line work thanks to Paint.Net and nice vector graphics and text thanks to Visio So I guess my final question is why would Visio make a very good, shadow free image from a Paint.Net PNG, but the PDF printer programs make shadowy ones? Thanks all for the reply! Converted to PDF using PDF995.pdf

Hello all; Members; please advise if I am performing this task incorrectly. I am trying to convert scanned drawings and electrical schematics and having a ghosting problem in the final step. 1. Scan image as .PNG in 300x300 dpi 2. Open in Paint.Net (the best!) 3. Zoom in and spend much time clearing and cleaning up everything 4. Use the Adjustments as follows: · Black and White – YES · Brightness/Contrast – Default (0/0) and also tried -100/+100 and +100/+100 · Auto-Level – YES The image presented on the screen is excellent, even at 3200%. There is no shadowing; just perfect black and white. Zero issues at this point. During the cleanup process I strip the .PNG of all bit-mapped text and circular images. My intent is to add all of these attributes back when I open the image in PDF format. Adobe Reader (or Foxit) can create perfect text and circles and shapes as it is vector graphics (I think that what you all call it) so I end up with a gorgeous drawing or schematic created with the best of both worlds; Paint.Net for the line work / PDF for the shapes and text. Now comes the part that creates an issue for me. When I select “Print” the PNG image I use a PDF printer; PDF995 @ 300x300 dpi for example. When the image is created the black and white lines always have shadows. They are very slight but they are there. I also have tried Windows XPS Document Writer and then PDF print, PaperPort, and finally Microsoft Print to PDF. All suffer the same malady. Resolution adjustments do not help. Any suggestions beside the ones that are already posted on the excellent forum? I have tried everything and maybe this is just the way it is. Thanks for your time.