NotArtsy

Thank you for your reply. That is the version copied right off my Help/About. Ok looking at my download it is 3.6 on the file, About has v3.6 Build 3.36.3158.... I had copied the Version 3.3x from the bold part below.. my bad. Program is working now, go figure. Since I downloaded in August I have just fired it up and it works. Same as I did the other day when it didn't work. I have a daily routine I do daily with the images for making patterns for my art work that is the same, I am like a robot so unsure how I could have done something to trigger it not working. I'm thinking the computer was having a few bad days as since I originally posted it hasn't worked, but just now giving it another try, it worked. And as I always do, open PDN, open file (one of the above that didn't work) choose erase.. works, paintbrush, works. Is it possible that opening a file I've never opened that a setting was still in affect from the previous time I used PDN, so each new file would have that setting.. thinking of your suggestion of selections. My computer is always on but thinking that shouldn't make a difference. I'm quite baffled. But happy it is working and I thank you very much for your assistance. NA

Thank you for moving my post to the right spot. ver. is 3.3 Acquired images from Google images Vista 64 bit The images I've gotten last few days have worked great with PDN. The one from yesterday worked fine, but today that one and all my other graphic files, including what I got this morning, I can't use the paint brush or other painting tools, nor the eraser. I can use the magic wand to mark and delete and the various shapes for selecting and then the delete key. Effects work. Successful edit yesterday Got today Hope that is enough information and the links work. I considered uninstalling and installing again but wanted to see if there was a work around or I was missing something somewhere. Thank you very much.

I downloaded some non-copyrighted, free jpg's. It worked yesterday with photo's from the same site. Today the paint brush or the Erase Tool does nothing. I'm new... obvious. It is very difficult and time consuming to use the rectangle and other 2 to delete pixel by pixel in the small areas. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you so much, that was it. I'm using what you have here to try and get a graphic built for a logo. The logo is a circle so this got the square canvas to go away. I want to use your glassing effect as a background to the circular text. Then cut out the middle of the circle to plop in a graphic. Layers but not sure how to attach it all. But a nice project to learn the program. Thank you very much for responding. Part one of my task is done

I am not sure what is happening, maybe something left out everyone knows but me? 1. Start with an 800 x 600 (default) canvas. done 2. Use the Elipse Select tool and (holding the SHIFT key) drag a circle that has a Bounding Rectangle size of 400 x 400 pixels. done, took awhile, but done. 3. IMAGE > Crop to Selection Image>Crop to Selection is grayed out. My History is at New Image Elipse Which is step 1 and step 2 Seems there is something else after step 2 that isn't mentioned. Or another way to start a New file other than choosing New from the File menu?