toe_head2001

Discord injects itself into Direct2D graphics stack, which Paint.NET utilizes. Because of this, Discord can even cause Paint.NET to crash in some cases. You ought to report this behavior to Discord; there's really nothing to Paint.NET can do about it.

There's a clipboard manager built into Windows 10. https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-new-clipboard-windows-10-october-2018-update

Please verify you have Windows 10 Version 1607 or newer installed. If not, you need to run Windows Update.

Please clear your %temp% directory, and see if the issue persists. https://www.intowindows.com/how-to-safely-delete-temporary-files-in-windows-10/ Let us know how it goes.

https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/InstallPlugins.html#4

This is a very old forum topic. Locking. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/2932-read-first-the-rules-yes-you-read-this-2013-12-21/#11 More recent information about an updated Brush system can be found here: https://blog.getpaint.net/2018/12/26/whats-next-for-paint-net-in-2019/ If that doesn't address your concern, feel free to open a new topic.

Either your files are corrupt, or they are in another format and have the wrong file extension. Is there an example file you are willing to share, so we can inspect it?

No. You need to update Paint.NET.

https://www.thepcinsider.com/how-to-enable-disable-system-restore-windows-10/

I think you need to run Windows Update, that's fairly old version for this DLL on Windows 7.

Yes! Feel free to submit a pull request(s).

Here's a preview of the Project Templates I've started working on. You can install them with this VSIX package: PaintDotNETPluginTemplates.zip Note: The FileType and FileType<TToken, TWidget> templates are currently unimplemented, and will not show up. Help wanted; especially with the FileType templates. The source code is here: https://github.com/toehead2001/pdn-project-templates-for-vs

I'll put on GitHub when I get it more fleshed out this weekend. A few of the Templates don't actually work as intended yet.

If your current Paint.NET installation is broken, please use this utility to remove it: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17588/windows-fix-problems-that-block-programs-being-installed-or-removed Afterwards, try to install the latest version of Paint.NET again. Let us know how it goes.

In regards to my idea for a VS Extension, I've got a proof-of-concept working: I'll probably work on it some more over the weekend. If anyone wants to contribute or has additional ideas for it, let me know.

Having more up-to-date example solution/project files would be nice for noobies, but you know what would be even better? Visual Studio Project Templates! For any confused people, these are Visual Studio Project Templates: We could have a VSIX package with the following template variations: FileType FileType<TToken, TWidget> PropertyBasedFileType Effect Effect<TToken> PropertyBasedEffect Links for more information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/how-to-create-project-templates https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/shipping-visual-studio-extensions

Mobile versions are not planned.

Well, since Martin is AWOL, I'm sorry to say no further help can be offered. ☹️

Please confirm you don't have Ghostscript v9.27 installed.

Really, you can't read the last few posts right above your own? Please take some more initiative next time. Anyways, this plugins uses the Ghostscript.NET library to interoperate with Ghostscript. Unfortunately, Ghostscript.NET is not fully compatible with the newest release of Ghostscript. You can see the relevant bug report here: https://github.com/jhabjan/Ghostscript.NET/issues/62 As a work-around, simply install Ghostscript v9.26.

No one ever said you have to create a realistic object for this competition. For example, you could create your object in a watercolor style; which I think would still get a lot of votes.

That is a feature of Layer Groups, but Paint.NET doesn't support Layer Groups.

So what happens when you try?

The feature of cropping the image to remove the transparent edges is called Image Trimming. There's no way to do it automatically in Paint.NET. I don't know about the scaling aspect you've mentioned; your example image doesn't even demonstrate that.

The issue should be resolved in Paint.NET v4.2.5: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/115175-full-page-screenshot-color-distortion/