Rick Brewster

I recommend updating to 3.0 Beta 1

That Corona better come with a lime.

This has nothing to do with 3.0, my stress level, lack or abundance of free/vacation time, or which console I like the best. I do not want pictures posted that have homophobic, racist, or other types of negative or derogatory connotation. This is just like when I've removed pictures of women that are relatively provocative, nothing more nothing less. This is a clean forum open to anyone, and I shouldn't have to defend that. I let you all post pretty much anything you want, but sometimes I have to draw a line somewhere. If you disagree, then that's unfortunate but I'm ok with it. Now, stop telling me I need to "chill," and get back on topic. This side-conversation is officially closed. The next post had better be a new picture or some other relevant comment.

The German translation is not complete. That is why. It will be finished by February.

No, this won't ever be implemented. That would end up being a LOT of code, not to mention an enormous and complete rewrite of everything. Paint.NET was never designed to be a coders aid. It's a cool idea they're working on though.

Nope. I said I don't want it in the forum.

No I don't want you posting derogatory homophobic bloody potato in here.

Please use search. Better yet, scan the form post titles quickly. There's a similar post just down the page in this forum. Locked

Let's not post stuff like that on this forum.

ok?

Paint.NET doesn't come with any fonts. Whatever you have installed for Windows is what Paint.NET will use, just like any other program.

Yeah everything is fine on your end. A lot of code has changed in version 3.0 so I wouldn't be surprised if rendering performance is randomly up or down by a few percent.

Paint.NET is not GIMP nor Photoshop. It simply does not have this capability right now.

The code for selection union and exclusion is just brute-force and slow. We know of a more sophisticated algorithm which makes this enormously faster, but the implementation is extremely complicated and difficult which is why I haven't yet finished or integrated it. Hopefully someday.

Yes. Hence why I said version 3.0 is required.

You need to have version 3.0 of Paint.NET installed. None of the tools are ever hidden from view.

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download the PDF The goal of this tutorial is to recreate the Classic Camaro image that is on the front page of http://www.getpaint.net . The idea came about to have a classic Camaro and mix in some simple, modern imaging effects so that the image fades from a "classic" look on the left, to an exaggerated modern look on the right. So we'll be taking this: and turning it in to this: Step 1. Download http://www.getpaint.net/images/Camaro800x600.jpg to get started. (No I will not provide the original 7 megapixel version of the image, however a 1920x1200 version of the edited image which is suitable for desktop wallpaper use is available here: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/43974184/ ) Step 2. Open it in Paint.NET v3.0 Step 3. Duplicate the background layer (Layers -> Duplicate) and then apply the Sepia adjustment to this new layer (Adjustments -> Sepia) Step 4. Apply a blur to this layer (Effects -> Blurs -> Gaussian Blur). I used a 2 pixel radius for this. Step 5. Switch to the Gradient tool, and make sure it is set to: Linear gradient, Transparency Mode, and Normal Blending. These options are in the toolbar right below the buttons for quick actions like New, Open, Save, and Print. Next, draw a gradient from the rear window of the car to somewhere closer to the front of the car. Because this image is small and the nubs are very difficult to see, I have drawn a green line to indicate where I have placed the two nubs of the gradient tool. In practice, drawing with the gradient tool is in fact much like drawing a line except that you don't get to see the line: Well that looks cool. To get a better feel for what you have done, you can turn off the bottom layer to see what the top layer looks like: As you can see, this tutorial's effect works by removing portions of the top layer in order to let the bottom layer show through. I suppose it is also possible to reverse the roles of the layers (sepia on bottom, normal on top) and achieve this same effect if you drew the gradient in the opposite direction. You should re-enable the checkbox/visibility for the bottom layer at this point, if you haven't done so already. Step 6. Now we want to oversaturate the original part of the image. To do this, click on the bottom layer and then duplicate it. Next, set this layer's properties to: Glow blend mode, 118 opacity. Technically you can set it to whatever opacity gives you your desired effect -- I just happened to use 118 for this example. Voila. Or, as we sometimes say, Q.E.D.! There are other things you can experiment with, such as adding low-saturated noise to the sepia layer (Effects -> Add Noise) that can further refine the "classic" or noire look of that portion of the image.

I've asked Tom to write up a tutorial on it (he's the other developer on Paint.NET). When he's got some time he will.

This also serves as a good quick tutorial, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5CBWpX08lk

Use the gradient tool.

This is not a bug, nor troubleshooting related. Moved to General Discussion Answer: Install 3.0.

I have not been able to reproduce this. I will need to good, exact, step-by-step instructions that reproduce the problem.

Moved to Bugs & Troubleshooting

The translation isn't complete, simple as that. This is not a bug.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q.E.D. It basically means, "I just proved beyond doubt that I'm right." Us college educated nerds use it as slang to replace such things as "I win!," or "Voila!", or other various phrases expressing confidence of awesomeness.