Mr Frojo

Right click the image and choose open with. Then go down to select program. Find paint.net (C:/program files/paint.net), and make sure that the checkbox that says "always open this type of file with this program" is checked. Hit ok, and from now on, the filetype you did that with will open with paint.net. Do this for all the filetypes you want (.png, .jpg, .bmp, .gif, etc) and they will all open with paint.net

Nice Madjik! This gives a ton more control over what you want then the original. It should definatly replace the original.

Well ill still try to get one up. Not just a picture either, but ive been meaning to create and actual boot screen + logon screen for a while. And do the entries have to be made completly in PdN? I know its ok to use stock images, but if we do an OS, Ill probobly use blender for the icons.

@Helio What about the boot screen? We arnt adding that to the OS pack anymore?

So I was downloading something from download.com and on the right side of the page, they have this section called "More to try" which are other highly rated programs on the site. Right there on the second to top was Paint.NET. So I went to look on how paint.net was getting rated and stuff, and its still at a 4.5 from the users and also has a 5.0 from the Cnet people. Also, theres just over 1 million downloads. Right now the total is 1,051,237 downloads. The latest verion of the GIMP, added just 6 days after paint.net has 879,245 downloads and a rating of 4.0 from both users and the Cnet people.

Heres a tutorial that describes what each of the filetypes are and what they can/cannot do. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=6440&start=0

Nice. This might be really usefull. Ive been using OptiPNG for a while now, and its great to see it integrated into Pdn.

Or just browse the tutorial section. Theres tons of stuff in there that help you learn the basics of the program.

Heres some quick examples of what the curves built into paint.net can do. http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/Curves.html Curves+ can do the same, and it has support for a lot of other features. Its kinda advance though, and takes some time to learn. If you want to see some stuff it can do, look for the hdr image blending tutorial in the tutorial section (I think its stickied)

Have you read this? Try the thing mentioned in the second post there. The install cleanup program.

Read the rules. Mostly number 6 Also, maybe be a little more specific on what you want. What do you want to make/edit?

Select it with either the magic wand tool or one of the other select tools (rectangle, elipce, lasso) and go to effect/blurs/gaussion blur

On the layers window (bottom right window) click the icon on the bottom right of that. A window called "layer properties" should come up. Next to where it says blending, click the dropdown box and select which one you want.

Look for it in the paint.net folder. (Go to my computer, click on the C:\, program files, paint.NET

I'd say thats really good swistak. Nice smooth edges, 3D look, realistic shading. I see nothing wrong with it.

Anything but a website will be fine with me. Perferably winamp because ill be working on one soon due to the release of winamp 5.5, but an OS pack would be great as well.

Browse the tutorial section. Heres a tutorial for creating nice and sharp glass buttons. Theres lots of other stuff in that section on how to create nice and glossy things.

Nice Oma! It looks amazing. The one problem I have with it is the big seam on the background texture around the top right

Ill definatly be using this a ton. Great job again.

I remember you mentioning it a long time ago... Anyways, we should really do winamp now to celebrate the upcoming release of winamp 5.5

Can't you "reinstall" Paint.NET and select "Set it as my default "X" editor?" using the Advanced option in the installer? You can do that for 2 or 3 of the filetypes. I forget which ones, but I dont think jpg is one of them. You can rightclick a jpg file though, go down to open with, click choose program, find paint.net (its located in c:/program files/paint.net), select it, and make sure you have the box that says something like "Always open this kind of file with this program" checked, and hit ok.

Blender or anim8or would be the most realistic way to do it, but it might be easier in pdn or GIMP depending on the complexity. For simple stuff, you could do it in pdn or GIMP, but if you are working on a big file and you want realism, I suggest rendering it. I agree with you that blender would make it even easier and such. I only gave gimp after watching the video, since I see the guy use lots of brushes for that image. Those videos are about people doing stuff in a program that isnt meant for it, or stuff that would be really hard. Kinda like all those ms paint videos on those people making all that cool stuff. In order to do realistic shading in a 2D editor, you need to visualize the image as 3D, and have the lighting effects affect the image based on your view of the 2D image. There is no 2D editor that can get shading easily, and thats why people make videos on them doing it. To show off their skills. Its just like how ms paint isnt made for anything but the most basic of all basic graphics, yet people show off and make videos of them doing amazing stuff in it.

Yea, I suggest starting with tom jacksons tutorial on making fire. Its stickied in the tutorial section. Theres lots of other tutorials out there also, but this is a great one to start on. Also, you spelled effect wrong.

Blender or anim8or would be the most realistic way to do it, but it might be easier in pdn or GIMP depending on the complexity. For simple stuff, you could do it in pdn or GIMP, but if you are working on a big file and you want realism, I suggest rendering it.

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