BoltBait

Here is one way to add a halo to text: http://boltbait.googlepages.com/halo It works best if you don't anti-alias your text.

Give us an example of what you want to do...

Maybe some of the fonts you loaded are "bad".

As you wish...

Try following the instructions here: http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewt ... c&start=26

Use "radial side" only AFTER you select the size you want the fade to be (using the selection tool). I usually use the circle selection tool and hold the shift key to constrain to a true circle.

How about "radial"?

Well, do the same thing, but when it says to use the "square", choose "radial" instead. As you can see, the Gradient plugin can do many shapes: http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2294

Like this: http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2298

Rainshadow, your avatar is so blurry it makes my eyes water to look at it.

The best suggestion I saw was to have the effects menu mimic the directory tree under the effects directory. You would store the effect dll's in directories under the effect directory of paint.net and paint.net would build the menu tree for you. Dll files in the effects root would be placed either in the effects root menu or where the developer specified in their code. CMD suggested it on this thread: http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2687

Picc84, I looked up "Irony" in the dictionary... it had a link to your post.

... says the guy who draws "Super Jesus Extreme"

OK, that fixed the bug. However, I can not say than nothing else was broken by the code change as I only spent 1 minute playing with everything else.

"Two Thumbs WAY UP!" ~God.

You should be able to download the dll by simply right clicking on the following link and choose "Save Target As..." GridMaker.dll When the "Save As" dialog box comes up, select your Paint.net effects folder and store the dll there. After it is finished downloading, you should then, right click on the file using explorer and choose "Properties" from the menu. Click the "Unblock" button, then click OK. Run Paint.net and you should see the gridmaker plugin in the effects menu.

Wo0t!!! Being a developer myself, one of my favorite phrases to say to the validation department is... "works on my machine." Anyway, I'm glad you can reproduce.

I just ran the same steps on my other laptop and it works fine--i.e. can not reproduce the bug. 1024x768, XP Pro, Std taskbar 1Unit high at bottom of screen. PdN maximized. Hope this helps. But, like I said above, on my widescreen laptop it fails every time.

Hmmm... I thought I had. Anyway, here is a page on my site that shows how to do it: http://www.boltbait.com/paint/delprimary.html

I'm running XP Pro with the standard blue task bar at the bottom of the screen, one unit high. From my first post: My screen resolution is 1280x800 (widescreen laptop) and PdN was maximized. I'm running 3.0 Beta 3. I'm not sure what else to tell you other than it happens every time. EDIT: I edited a picture by right-clicking on it (it has the same dimentions) and changed the zoom to 100% and it worked just fine. In this case, the default 800x600 canvas is never created. I'm thinking it may have to do with the fact that the 800x600 original blank sheet fits just fine at 100% for "Window" and when I create a new document something fails to be initialized so the UI still thinks that 100% is Window.

This was by design. In other words, this is not a bug. Having a right-click on the color wells was a very nice thing Rick implemented and he explained the limitation when he presented it to us.

Steps to reproduce: Start > Run Paint.net File > New Change image size to 2560x1920 and click OK. Select square drawing tool and draw a couple of squares (so that you can see if the resolution changes). Change the zoom drop down from "Window" to "100%" and notice that the view didn't change.

I was working with a 2560x1920 pixel image today and the zoom dropdown was set at "Window". I then selected 100% in the dropdown and nothing happened. The dropdown still said "Window" and the zoom level didn't change. I then selected 200% and again nothing changed! I tried 300% and it worked fine. I then selected 200% and, surprise, it worked! Finally, I selected 100% and it also worked this time. Going back to "Window" also worked. My screen resolution is 1280x800 (widescreen laptop) and PdN was maximized. I'm running 3.0 Beta 3.

...that still doesn't do HSV gradients. (Not that anyone has ever used one)

That is correct. It works fine in that direction. However, I wanted to merge the inset picture with its shadow and leave the background graphic alone. I think I will need to make my drop shadows differently, that is all. Maybe I'll use that drop shadow plugin.