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You are missing the point. Just because it appears "simple" to you does not mean it is so. Rick puts an enormous amount of effort into testing and refining new features. They don't happen just because someone thinks it "should be easy". Paint.net was more than half a million lines of code way back in 2019. It could easily be double that now.

Do you have the Platform Update installed? It's a requirement for Classic installs under Win 7. See https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/SystemRequirements.html Reminder:

Naah I'm going to give up. <kidding>

I was referring to the palette. Left = install to Primary, Right = install to Secondary. Not so the color wheel (as you pointed out). I wish it did

October & November Update Well, there isn't one. No new plugins have been released into the wild in the last two months. I'll keep setting the traps and let you know if I catch one

That's what the color swatch is for (number 6 below). Left Click on the color to select it as the Primary color. Right clicking selects the color as the Secondary color. The Colors Window is more powerful than you're giving it credit for, and I suspect there are a few tips you've yet to discover (e.g. you can assemble and show your own custom palettes). Check out the documentation on it here https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/ColorsWindow.html

Actually, I meant drag & drop in the image list in PDN. You can seize a little thumbnail and drag the blighter sideways to reorder them. (I've just written myself a note to explain this in the Docs) I'm glad my obscure suggestion gave you a workaround

Are you opening too many images to drag & drop them into order?

If you have suggestions- let's hear them

Hello @kaykaysnowdancer - welcome to the forum Select the Color Picker tool (looks like an eyedropper) and click on the color you want to copy. This will install the color into the Primary Color slot ready for you to use with the next tool you activate.

Try what I suggested.

@MadManDiscoBear sent me this image It looks like there are extra files in your installation directory: .dotnet folder & Native folder. I'm not sure you should have any files starting with api. If I was you, I'd... Uninstall paint.net. Delete the Program files > paint.net folder (if it remains after uninstalling PDN). Reinstall paint.net. Someone else might have a more elegant solution than my brutal suggestion - so wait for more comments before undertaking what I propose.

Why not lower the opacity of the top layer and eyeball it? This took less than a minute....

^ That's what I thought too.

Navigate to your paint.net installation folder take a screenshot (right click + take a screenshot). Paste the image into paint.net and save it. Upload the image to a 3rd-party hosting site. Post the URL here.

It's a long shot - can you show us the contents of your paint.net installation folder?

There are plugins, several in fact. Most operate on an area that is surrounded by transparency, so.... Copy the selection Paste selection into a new layer (Ctrl + Shift + V) Apply one of Feather Object or AA's Assistant to the new layer. BoltBait has a plugin which will fade the selection (it's called, wait for it...Fade Selection) and KrisVDM has a Fade Edge plugin. Fading in-situ will leave a gap between the original and the selection edge.

It might help to turn the overscrolling off (Setttings > User Interface > 5th checkbox). It won't stop the image scrolling, but will limit the damage by stopping at the image edge.

AA's Assistant is a plugin. Use it to smooth the edges of an object (Object = a group of pixels surrounded by transparency).

Grid Warp? If none of these ^ are correct, try typing the keyword WARP into the Plugin Index

Are you sure you're copying a visible layer prior to the paste? Try Ctrl + Shift + C as your copy shortcut (copy all layers aka copy merged) Pasting: Ctrl + Shift + V (paste into new layer)

+1 ^^ You can add the Ctrl key to the square bracket keys for larger size changes (5px per combination press). Unfortunately there is no keyboard chord for Hardness.

+1 Nice. I used Sin Waves (because, lazy). The result wasn't as nice, but passable.

+1. Tip: Press the M key twice

Run the plugin with a Saturation of -75 and increase the Lightness to 15. Then run the Sepia Adjustment & you're half way there! With a little tweaking, https://postimg.cc/hXnL94F4