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    Help with Rotate/Zoom

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

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    It sounds like you're also assuming that the black region in the picture above maps correctly back to a perfect rectangle if it is "un" rotate/zoomed. If your source is a photograph or a painting (as opposed to a 3D rendering from Maya or 3DS Max), this will almost certainly not be the case.

    I would recommend using Rotate/Zoom to fit it to an area that is slightly larger than that black area, and then cutting off the parts that don't fit.

    Key shortcuts for left-handers

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

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    Nice workaround, but I rather see the bug fixed. But how do I merge the temporary layer back into the background?

    I was wrong before, the Undo works fine, only the delete is bugged.

    It's actually not a bug, it's working just fine. What's happening is that when you press Delete, the Move tool is deactivated so that the Erase Selection command can perform its action. Deactivating the Move tool causes it to "drop" (or "commit") whatever pixels it was working with on to the current layer.

    But in thinking about it I don't believe it'd be too hard to change the behavior. Basically the Move tool would have to get a first-chance to handle the delete key. From a UI perspective this might mean changing the text in the Edit menu to "Discard selected area" or something, while the Move Selected Pixels is active with a "lifted" selection.

    Same goes for Paint.Net, it now is a Photoshop Lite, and I hoped it to be a Paint Plus.

    Being called "Photoshop Lite" is something I see as a good thing, as is it closer to what we're aiming for nowadays.

    For example, for selections Paint.Net has 3 modes compared to Paint's single mode. I understand the advantages of the new selection modes, but I think a few small changes can make it much easier. Like after making a selection rectangle, automatically change to 'Move Selection' mode, if you drag/click from inside the selection rectangle, change to 'Move Selected Pixels' mode. To get back 'Move Selection' mode, use either the toolbox button or click Top-Right Anchor. To start another selection rectangle make one outside the existing area (or use the button).

    Like Bob said, this would defeat the ability to augment selections. In addition, I think it would be confusing to the user to have the active tool changed "under their nose." We have deliberately chosen a more Photoshop-style interface here because it enables much more sophisticated editing. Also, we cannot have the selection tools do double-duty as "Move Selected Pixels" tools (e.g. when you have the mouse "inside" the selection) for many reasons.

    Also don't forget to add a context sensitive popup menu under the right mouse button, but then you have an extension instead of a functional replacement, old Paint users probably won't even notice the difference at first, but all new stuff is still there.

    I'm pretty sure we'll be able to get in some right-click menus in some key areas for our next big release. We've just never had the time to get a good foundation for this in place.

    Don't get me wrong about my reaction, I think the features in Paint.Net are good, but the user interface can be improved,and in this, I think that in some areas crappy old Paint does a better job.

    Well I disagree that Paint does a better job. And of course the UI can be improved, although I'd hardly hold Paint up on a pedestal in this area. But when comparing to the likes of GIMP, Digital Image Suite, and Paintshop Pro, Paint.NET comes out ahead in terms of a simplicity:power ratio. And Paint.NET may not be as simple as Paint, but it is much more powerful.

    Key shortcuts for left-handers

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

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    Where Paintnet goes wrong with undoing or deleting, is when you paste a selection into an image. When you delete that selection it also deletes the area beneath the selection.

    So paste it on to a new layer. Ctrl+Shift+V.

    But I don't understand Rick's position about the left-handed Copy/Paste shortcuts.

    I don't have a position on them. I didn't even know they existed until "Bill" started telling me to "take another look at Paint."

    How do i do this?

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

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    Haven't we gone over this before ...............

    1) Use a meaningful title in your post. I'm getting really tired of threads that have the title "How do I do this?"

    2) I'm sure there's something in the Tutorials forum that goes into detail on masking and/or background extraction. Please go do some research before posting.

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