sfchains
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Thank you for looking at my problem.
When I do HELP/ABOUT it displays Version 2.5.
I have solved the issue but I am not sure if I have found a bug in Paint.net or if it is a Windows'ism!
If you start by opening Paint.net comared to opening the first file, when you save your 'merged' picture to a new file the thumbnail is correct.
If you start by opening the first file you are going to use (which is what I was doing), when you save the 'merged' picture to a new file, the thumnail is that of the first file.
If you then right click the new file name and select Refresh Thumbnail then everything is correct.
I assumed a thumbnail was 'refreshed' anytime a file was written/updated and that is not the case in the second method above.
Again, thank you for looking at my posting.
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I have been using Paint.net for a few weeks now and can not stop telling all my friends they need to start to use it.
I have been doing fairly basic things up to now and this evening I was 'superimposing' some friends face pictures into various scenery shots by using 2 layers.
I got the results I wanted in the new file, but at a later time when I displayed all of the files I have using Windows Explorer, the 'merged picture' file has a thumbnail of one of the originals that I used rather than being a thumbnail of itself.
When I open the file it correctly displays the 'merged picture'
This only happens if I save the files as a .jpg.
If I save it as a .pdn, the thumbail is correct.
I have tried reversing the order I bring the 2 files in and I have the "Do Not Cache Thumbnails" turned on.
Any advice or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Separate Tolerances For Magic Wand And Paint Bucket
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Is there a way to maintain your tolerance levels for the Magic Wand and the Paint Bucket separate?
Example - I use the Magic Wand and a low tolerance to grab a particular area and then when I want to fill
that area with my chosen color, I select Paint Bucket and a high tolerance (I want to completely fill the selected area)
When I am done with that area of the picture, I want to select a different area and when I select the Magic Wand
the tolerance displayed is from my last Paint Bucket, meaning I have to go back up to the Tolerance and reduce it.
And of course, when I am ready to fill this next area with color and I select Paint Bucket, the Tolerance shown is from the Magic wand...........
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions