Rick Brewster

No, we're not doing "text layers" until after 2.2.

It's implemented -- you're guaranteed to see it in v2.2, in other words.

Paint.NET isn't an animation program, sorry.

I looked into this awhile ago and it would take months of work to make Paint.NET even have a chance of being compatible with PSD files. Same goes for Photoshop filter plugins and RAW files: they would've been enormous work items that would've taken one person months to complete. So all these features were quickly axed, and will not be in Paint.NET for the forseeable future.

... So stop asking for it Tom just figured out how to coax GDI+ into saving GIF images with transparency. We're going to have a save configuration dialog that lets you set the transparency threshold ("if alpha value is less than or equal to X, make it a transparent pixel in the GIF"), along with the preview image showing how the image will look. He is also looking in to adding other quantization methods.

If you just want to start out with a transparent background in Paint.NET do this: 1. Select All (Ctrl+A) 2. Clear Selection (Delete) However, Paint.NET isn't an icon editor so you won't be able to open or save .ICO files.

Can you post a screenshot?

For v2.2 we are upgrading the text editing facilities, although we had not planned on allowing multiple fonts within the same "string" of text. But now that you mention it, it could probably be quite useful, and could be a cool challenge to implement. I'll look into it when I start work in that area, but no promises of course.

Hmm. Well, it worked fine to copy-paste straight out of Powerpoint for me. I don't know what to tell you.

If there is a version 3.0 of Paint.NET (right now we are committing to v2.2 and keeping quiet regarding versions after that), it will probably involve a substantial feature upgrade that would entail a rewrite of that Layer box. We would definitely consider this at that point.

Yup, we hear you. As for your first request, two things we're doing to really help this out are: 1. While drawing a selection, you may hold down the other mouse button and this will allow you to move the 'origin' of what you drew. It's hard to describe but makes a lot of sense in practice, and is very convenient. 2. Free transform (scaling/rotation/moving) of selections after-the-fact. For example, you can select an area and then after that you can move, scale, or rotate just the selection outline without affecting any pixels in the image. Then if you switch to the "Move" tool, you can do the same thing but while also transforming the pixels you've selected. We're not doing anything with grids or snapping for v2.2.

We're doing free transform -- at least for scaling and rotation. Arbitrary transform is a whole other bag of worms that we're not doing for v2.2 (we'll see about future versions). So far I have scaling implemented in rough draft form. Guild lines and snapping are not in our feature list and roadmap.

It sounds like you're running in to trouble when trying to upload a picture to a web server. In that case, Paint.NET has nothing to do with the error you're seeing ... although that website (or websites) may only be set up to accept JPG or GIF files, so maybe if you try one of those file formats it will work for you.

CMYK won't be implemented. It would require a rewrite of, well, everything. Pica won't be implemented. We are adding inches and centimeters, however, and you can set the DPI of an image such that 1 pixel = 1 pica.

Did you not notice the tool box on the top-left corner of the main window with tools such as the pencil, paintbrush, eraser, line, rectangle, ellipse, freeform shape, text tool ... ? What about layers? These are all used extensively in image "creation." An application like Paint.NET serves roles for both image creation and manipulation. To ignore either role would be counterproductive and limiting.

The size it is reporting is the amount of memory it will consume. To find out how much disk space it will consume, you have to actually save the file. When you save a JPEG, it gives a preview window that lets you adjust the quality of the image and it tells you the file size at that time. This is by design, and not a bug.

Version 2.1b does fix this. You are running a very old, pre-release version of Paint.NET.

We dont' support '.ai' files. I've never heard of those.

Sorry, I got the names backwards. Look at what I wrote for Mat, and vice versa.

Mat -- The WIA DLL may not have been registered, or has become unregistered somehow. In a command prompt window, change directory to where Paint.NET is installed and then type "regsvr32 wiaaut.dll" and see if that works. steami -- We do have an explanation. It is on our FAQ page. http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/faq.htm

Glad you like it!

Try using the Magic Wand tool.

The sentinel menu item doesn't do anything. Its sole purpose is to make sure we receive a notification when the user wants to open the menu. If a menu contains no sub menu-items then it's empty and Windows won't ever try to expand it.

Paint.NET doesn't do any color correction.

1. We are doing this. I've been working on it a lot lately, it's very complicated to solve in the general case. 2. I have no idea what you're asking here. Magic Wand, perhaps?