JackHalland

I googled how to open cr2 files in paint.net and came here. The files are extracted into the FileTypes folder. When trying to open a cr2 file it says "This plugin is not compatible with this version of paint.net." My version of paint.net is 5.0.13. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for the tips. I see I already have the Gradient Mapping plugin so I will read the tutorial and play around with it.

Thank you for replying, but I realize now that my explanation and the image was faulty. I know how it works when drawing a linear gradient. Problem occurs when drawing a circular gradient and I want a short transition at the edges or corners. I could use the brush tool, but I use a mouse and I'm not super steady with my hand. It would have been nice if there would pop up one or two points to drag to adjust the width of the transition, once you have drawn the gradient. Is there a way to do that?

I searched for answers, but English is not my native language and I don't really know what words to use. I found several tutorials on how to use the gradient tool, but none of them explains a way to adjust the transition width, if you know what I mean. I'd like narrow the transition between the two colors, or when going from transparency to a color. Is there a way to do this? If there is I just can't find it.

Thank you! One problem I see with that method is that it's somewhat time consuming taking multiple screenshots and pasting them together, but I'll try that next time.

When I will be sending something, I pay for shipping and get a pdf document with a waybill emailed to me. Usually there is text in the document, in addition to the waybill, and I don't want to print that, it's just a waste of ink. So I take a screenshot of the document using the the print screen button on the keyboard, paste it in paint.net and delete the text. In the pdf the text is sharp, no matter how much I zoom in, but when the screenshot is pasted into paint.net the text loses its sharpness. Also, there is a barcode in the document and the lines become slightly wider. Due to this there have been problems a few times reading the barcode on the printed waybill. See image below for comparison. Earlier today I found out how to take snapshots in Acrobat Reader and how to set the snapshot resolution. I set it to 300 pixels/inch, but the resolution is still degraded when pasting into paint.net, not as much as when using print screen though. Is there somewhere in Windows where it's possible to set the screenshot resolution? Or is something happening to the resolution when pasting the image in paint.net?