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BoltBait's post in Help copying and paste images without transparent backgrounds was marked as the answer
Ctrl-A to select all.
Ctrl-C to copy the guy.
Switch to your desired image.
Ctrl-Shift-V to paste into the new image with layer.
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BoltBait's post in VirusTotal Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.5142 was marked as the answer
It is a "false positive" report.
Please feel free to submit the latest package to VirusTotal so they can fix their detector.
And then stop using Virus Total.
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BoltBait's post in I need help turning Gradient Noise off. This seems to be a feature that cannot be disabled. was marked as the answer
Make sure when saving to .png that you choose "auto" on the configuration screen to maintain exact colors.
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BoltBait's post in Incorrect labeling HSV values in colour picker tools. (Rounding Error) was marked as the answer
There is not an exact translation between RGB and HSV. Rick provides both as a convenance, but just understand that it isn't an exact translation.
Much work has been done in this area to get the numbers as consistent and accurate as possible. But, sometimes it just isn't possible.
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BoltBait's post in Adding background problem was marked as the answer
Select the areas to cut out and press the DEL key instead of the BACKSPACE key.
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BoltBait's post in Paint.net crashes with no crash log when I use a tool from the adjustments tab (like brightness/contrast) was marked as the answer
Here's what I see:
Please make sure all of your Windows updates are applied, reboot, and try again.
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BoltBait's post in Error in OptionBasedLibrary v0.6.dll was marked as the answer
English only, please!
Make sure the OptionBasedLibrary dll files are located in the c:\Program Files\paint.net\Effects folder instead of directly in the c:\Program Files\paint.net folder.
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BoltBait's post in Select a Near-Coloured Area with Magic Wand, then create a 3 Pixel Border within that Selection - Is it Possible was marked as the answer
If you have my plugin pack installed, yes.
Make your selection, then run Effects > Selection > Outline Selection
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BoltBait's post in cannot install paint.net was marked as the answer
Sounds like you have an existing paint.net installation that has become broken. Please use this utility to remove the broken installation:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17588/fix-problems-that-block-programs-from-being-installed-or-removed
Afterwards, you should be able to install paint.net anew.
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BoltBait's post in How can I shrink the entire canvas size (Not image scaling) to fit the object? was marked as the answer
Use the magic wand with tolerance set to 0.
Click the transparent area.
Press Ctrl+I to invert the selection
Press the crop button:
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BoltBait's post in How do I center to a specific area? was marked as the answer
Click the text tool
Click the Center Text icon on the toolbar
Click where you want the text to be centered.
Type your text.
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BoltBait's post in Distortion Dent's Effect Bug was marked as the answer
This has been reported here:
https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/118746-paintnet-update-changed-the-way-the-dents-distortion-filter-works-causing-unwanted-artifactsglitches-was-this-an-intended-change/
Wherein Rick stated that he has a fix for this and it will be included in the next release.