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With so many updates, might I suggest the date of the latest update placed in the topic title? It eases user consumption. Would that be okay? Everything else looks in tip-top order, well done, jxp.

Given your apparent RAM requirements, I hold-heartedly recommend your laptop over the desktop. (Funnily enough.) You shouldn't notice any deformation of the image quality by simply transferring images to-and-fro laptop and desktop, as long as you use a lossless format where possible - I cannot stress that enough. I wish you luck, and, please, do report back with your results. Of course, other members may be able to offer some advice, so keep checking back.

Hello Bob Hawkins. May I call you Bob? I will try to be clear, and in order: 1) with a message like that, there are very few causes aside from memory requirements. So, more than likely, yes. May I enquire toward how much RAM you do possess? 2) Yes. 3) Only if you save in a lossy format. This is a term to denote a file format that loses data when saved (each pixel are data that composes the image). JPEG is one such format, with which you may notice 'artefacts' such as blotches. PNG, BMP and TIFF are not such a format ('lossless'), thus are usually better regarding quality. 4) Yes. It is a lossless format, so the image will look the same as the original quality after save, after save, after save. This may prove advantageous when printing. Be warned that PNG, as it loses no data, can produce bloated file sizes in comparison to JPG. There is a PNG optimiser in the Plugins section of this Forum. --- In order to lighten the load on memory, you could try a lower resolution. Or install more RAM - it can be considerably cheap depending where you purchase it from, and it will be good for your computing activities as a whole. Does any of this help you, Bob?

mkmy2425: good luck! I'm going to tattoo 'Printer+' to my hand, because it's the one plugin I seem to always forget about.

You could print in MS Paint - it has a greater degree of control over printing than the interface employed by Paint.NET (which is Windows' built-in wizard). In so doing, you will have to save your project as a PNG (preferred as it is a lossless format).

Or either of the anti-alias plugins: viewtopic.php?t=6567 viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22082 These suggestions will only go so far, however, when scaling, especially when scaling upwards.

Witchprincess21, your title breaks [rule=6]Rule 6[/rule], which explains that topic titles must be descriptive. This in order for a clean and organised Forum; imagine if the Forum was littered with 'help!' and 'request!!!!', it would be manic to locate past problems so to help others. In this case, I've amended it to something more akin to what the Rules ask for. Watch out next time, please.

Onemorelevel, be a little more helpful next time, or don't bother responding at all. Time should have no bearing on whether you assist or not. shamun: 1) it is designed to open your default e-mail application. Failing that, you can simply post here like you have done, or e-mail manually - as in, without the help of Help > Send Feedback. It might well be handy for it to automatically enter in login details, but what happens if you aren't connected to the Internet, or you aren't a member at the time of feedback? Onemorelevel was correct in one regard, it doesn't take too much time to login to the Forum. 2) File > New; decide how large you want your canvas; select all (Ctrl + A) and hit the delete button on your keyboard. You can also use the Edit menu for the same commands. Admittedly, it's not as quick as having a transparent option in the New dialog, but it takes little time to work around that. Or, you could create a new layer, then delete the 'Background' layer, as all new levels are default transparent. Does this help you somewhat?

- With the Text tool, type some text, but only that: do not finalise the text with the Esc key or whatever; - on the Colors window, click anywhere on the colour wheel; - you will notice the colour of your text change the colour you selected. You can refine your colour choice as shown by the link Curmudgeon posted.

Nope, all is good regarding Rule abiding. As long as this remains your only gallery, all will be fine. Keep it up, Musical Maniac.

Try Microsoft Paint, it has many options that can fine-tune your print. If you wish to use similar controls, you can try out Simon Brown's Printer+: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=27968 See if they solve your problematic printing.

Vista as well for that matter.

Whilst the text is still active (the text cursor will still be flashing) you can change the colour live, meaning you can change on-the-fly to see what colour will appear best without having to decide hard-heartedly beforehand or begin again.

Please consult the Plugin Troubleshooting Thread next time: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2023 Are you the administrator of the computer? You need the relevant access to modify the folder (as in, to move files, delete files and so on). If not, there are ways to amend the permissions for certain folders; here, for the Paint.NET system folder or Program Files as a whole. I've had to do that myself a time or three despite being the sole user of my computer, thus administrator.

If you are yearning to publish your methods but are hesitant with concerns of whether it will stand up to the Tutorial section's guidelines, I would suggest you create your own personal Pictorium gallery and post the finished product there, along side the steps to creating it. You could even post it in one the Image Unbrellas if you wish, although your post may be at risk of being buried, whereas your gallery has a little more longevity with it being personally identifiable.

I see that you have no Pictorium Gallery, correct? As there has been no mass interest in your request, you could always start your own galley, post your egg as an entry along with a couple of steps toward producing it. You could even post it in one of the Image Umbrellas, such as Realistic Images. You would still be publishing your technique to the community without creating a tutorial that may or may not be locked, or may or may not see the visitors you would hope for.

In the future, can you please use either/both the search engines that are available: http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/search.php http://searchpaint.net/ Thank you, dancetonite.

Hello blueidbill. Forgive me if this does not help. From what I have gathered from your description, you will need to: - draw your rectangle with the Shape tool ( / ) (on a new layer may be best, but not yet essential); - on a new layer (whether one was created before or not), type your text in your desired font, size and colour with the Text tool ( ) -- hit the 'Esc' key on your keyboard to finalise the text; - flatten all the layers once you are happy with the result; - save in the desired format: JPG is good for file size (less loading time, less bandwidth demand, et cetera) but not so good with quality; PNG is the reverse of JPG, where it is excellent with quality but not so with file size. --- If you are wanting to copy and paste the one rectangle onto other images, it will be best to draw this on a new layer first. There you can highlight the rectangle with any of the Selection tools and copy and paste that wherever you like (the Edit menu will have the necessary commands). You can also move selected objects with the Move Pixels tool ( ) Does this help you?

Yes, I contemplated writing either 'x86 and x64 system' or '32-bit and 64-bit system', ultimately coming out with both it seems. I've been out of the technological loop for a while, so all these numbers look alike and mean nothing to me any more. My geek has been focused on other subjects for a while now. My apologies to tom9999 for any confusion, but I may hazard at a guess that my fumblings would not have done so to you. The fact remains that Paint.NET is 64-bit operable and has been for many years.

Hello tom9999. There already is: It is part of the same download from the Download page; the EXE will handle the necessary installments for whether you are on 64-bit or 86-bit system.

Failing the plugin, it is usual practice to have your text on a new layer, therefore, if the need calls for it, you can easily enough delete that layer (or just the text thereon) and restart.

Quite correct:

Have you not tried keyboard shortcuts? They can be extremely quickening once you've learned them, expediting many common tasks; albeit only for built-in functions. You see, whilst your plight can be sympathised with, such a move would unnecessarily clutter the Tools window, even if only one or two frequently-used effects were to be displayed. As well, the Tools window is for tools - in the sense of the Paintbrush or Shape tools, like the real-world equivalents of a brush and shaped stamp, respectively - not for effects. One of the aims of Paint.NET is to be easily accessible for a wide variety of ability levels, therefore having two locations for effects (the menu and the Tools window) would have Paint.NET act in a confusing manner. Even the option to enable/disable this feature would set against previous nay-saying for a preferences dialog: Saying that, that very blog post postulates the need for one, but it was intended for versions past, and we still don't have one - Rick is now concentrating moreso on PdN 3.5/4.0. On similar lines, I'm not Rick, therefore I cannot predict what features or dialogs will appear, so, who knows? Maybe your suggestion could be around the corner, but I wouldn't hold your breath too long.

Hold your horses, lubicdj! You must re-read my post: (You can also import an image via Layers > Import From File.)That will solve both problems you are having. It is important that you have your pizza (or whatever object) on a new layer for any of the suggestions posted here to work. You can also try BoltBait's other Feather plugin (my personal preference) that has results more akin to iPhoto: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2498 When on a new layer, adjusting the transparency of the pizza layer will only adjust the transparency of that, not the whole image. What's more, BoltBait's Feather plugin works better on its own layer. Lastly, the 'squares' will not appear outside of Paint.NET (instead replaced by however opacity is handled by the viewing program), they are there to indicate transparent pixels, nothing more. --- I hope we can resolve your problems, dispelling these harrowing accusations you have read on other forums.

So are you requiring that this custom signature is to display your gaming statistics live? If so, I will have to confess that I would not know how to do such a task, but what I can tell you is that there is no native way to do so in Paint.NET. Only the graphic portion of the project could be completed in Paint.NET, and the coding done by yourself externally (I have seen similar signatures perform novel tasks using PHP, such as cycling through a series of images with every reload of the Webpage, though how to do that is where my knowledge lacks). Concerning the design of the signature, by all means ask whatever you like, as there are ample opportunities and resources available to you. Furthermore, if you are requiring coding help, beware that you are exiting the realms of Paint.NET support, so do not be surprised if this topic is shot down in its prime. Do understand the nature of this forum.