mdrejhon

Hello, I have a workflow that requires me to convert screenshots into R,G,B layers (Blend: Additive). I simply clone into 3 layers and convert each one by one to R/G/B via curves, and use Blend: Additive. It works. (There are times where I need to shift a specific color channel by a pixel left or right, for a special compensation purpose, which is why I am doing things in Paint.net, since it has a great live preview) Normally, I use Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+Shift+M to bring the Curves up, go RGB, and quickly deselect one and clamp the rest down. But if I've edited Layer Properties and dismissed it, and now I need to change curves, Ctrl+Shift+M doesn't work after I dismissed the Layer Properties window by hitting Enter (type new layer name, tab, tab, hit "A" for Additive, then hit Enter to dismiss Layer Properties). So I am forced to click on the image, often while I have a specific part of the image selected (for pixel shifting only part of an image for only one color channel) But when I click the next layer in Layers, I can no longer Ctrl+Shift+M until I click on the window (which sometimes causes me to accidentally click something or move the image a few pixels around, if I'm rushing through the steps). Question/Suggestion: --> Is there a hotkey that instantly refocuses keyboard back to the image, rather than the Layers window? (So that I can hit Ctrl+Shift+M afterwards) --> Or can the software be fixed to passthrough unrecognized keypresses (e.g. Ctrl+Shift+M is not used by Layers window) back to the main window? (Or simply refocus the main window after dismissing Layer Properties) Since I am whipping through dozens of images, eliminating accident-prone clicks (especially if I have something selected), is favourable and would speed up my workflow by about 25% since I have found hotkeys to go most of everything -- except this non-responsive Ctrl+Shift+M step right after dismissing Layer Properties window by hitting Enter.

Firstly, excellent program! I do have a #1 nitpick, however. When I click on the font size (which I do thousands of times a year, editing lots of images) -- and then move my hands off the mouse to type a new font size (edit the number) -- the focus gets unexpectedly lost. I finally figured out why; 1. I click on font size 2. When I release the mouse to move my hands to the keyboard to type a font size number, I often accidentally move the mouse pointer towards the thumbnails. The "mouseover" event of the thumbnails (even without a click) steals focus away from the fontsize textbox Steps to reproduce Click the font size number Move the mouse pointer around You'll notice that mouseover on all buttons and menus won't interfere (still able to type a new font size number) You'll notice that mouseover on the thumbnails will cause the focus to get lost (unable to type a new font size number) This is all done without clicking --> My mouse sensitivity is cranked very high (intentionally, because I prefer that). So often when I move my hands from the mouse to the keyboard, the mouse cursor gets bumped briefly (in the direction opposite the motion of my hand moving towards keyboard -- aka a slight mouse push-away when I release the mouse -- coincidentially the direction towards the thumbnails - "for every action there's an opposite reaction"). --> Which means I end up hundreds of times -- seemingly randomly -- being unexpectedly unable to edit the font size some of the time -- I didn't know why that happened randomly, until I finally figured it out. Until then, I just kept trying over and over till it worked (sometimes needed a 3rd try). So here's my bug report --> You know those everyday mysterious "Why did my computer just do that..." moments that keeps happening hundreds of times for years? Same thing -- this is one of them for me, specific to paint.net .... Hope this is a simple fix. Good software, and keep it up! Cheers, Mark Rejhon