Ego Eram Reputo

How many images do you have open? What size are they? How many other apps are running? Post the contents of your Settings > Diagnostics screen to give us some more info.

Try the suggestions in posts #3 and #4 from that thread. #3 refers to repairing the .NET framework. #4 refers to repairing paint.net. This thread details a long and complex process , but does eventually arrive at a solution: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/26551-paintnet-setup-front-end-has-encountered-a-problem-and-needs-to-close/page-2

The Layers window (when you get it to show up) contains a list of the layers in an image. One layer will always be highlighted in blue. This is the active layer. All editing operations are restricted to this active layer. To switch the active layer status to a different layer, click on the new layer's name in the window. It will receive the focus & blue highlight.

Hi Vasja - welcome to the forum Read this http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/692-install-update-or-uninstall-trouble-read-this/ Then re-read the second post. The Cleanup Utility is the tool generally recommended to remove troublesome software. Once removed you can reinstall it. Note that some virus software is better disabled for the installation. Good luck.

Hi Lucysivan - welcome to the forum. Buttons to toggle the visibility of the Utility Windows are on the right side of the menu bar. You can also press F5 F6 F7 and F8 to hide/show the windows.

I honestly think Norton should detect and quarantine itself.

My source as promised. Red's code uses GDI+ graphics to draw the lines, mine uses the primary/secondary color and changes the pixels directly. That's why they look quite different. Feel free to ask questions if you don't understand the posted source. /* ================================================================================= */ /* */ /* Photo Marker.cs */ /* (c) 2011 Ego Eram Reputo */ /* */ /* Description: Renders a number of selectable photo alignment markers */ /* */ /* ================================================================================= */ // Name: Photo Alignment Tool // Author: Ego Eram Reputo // Submenu: Photo // URL: http://www.getpaint.net/redirect/plugins.html // Title: Photo Alignment Tool - Ego Eram Reputo #region UICode bool Amount1 = false; // [0,1] Show Center Lines int Amount2 = 0; // [-500,500] Up Adjust Horisontal Down bool Amount3 = true; // [0,1] Draw 'Rule of 1/3rds' byte Amount4 = 1; // [1] . Rule of 1/3 Marker Style | Point Markers | Gridlines | Alternating Solid Fill bool Amount5 = false; // [0,1] Use Secondary Color #endregion void Render(Surface dst, Surface src, Rectangle rect) { Rectangle selection = this.EnvironmentParameters.GetSelection(src.Bounds).GetBoundsInt(); ColorBgra PrimaryColor = (ColorBgra)EnvironmentParameters.PrimaryColor; ColorBgra SecondaryColor = (ColorBgra)EnvironmentParameters.SecondaryColor; ColorBgra UseColor, CurrentPixel; int ThirdOfWidth = ( selection.Right - selection.Left ) / 3; // potential for rounding errors here! int ThirdOfHeight = ( selection.Bottom - selection.Top ) / 3; // and here. int OneThirdX = selection.Left + ThirdOfWidth; int OneThirdY = selection.Top + ThirdOfHeight; int TwoThirdX = selection.Left + ( ThirdOfWidth * 2 ); int TwoThirdY = selection.Top + ( ThirdOfHeight * 2 ); int CentreX = (( selection.Right - selection.Left ) / 2 ) + selection.Left ; // more rounding int CentreY = (( selection.Bottom - selection.Top ) / 2 ) + selection.Top ; if (!Amount5) { UseColor = PrimaryColor; } else { UseColor = SecondaryColor; } for (int y = selection.Top; y < selection.Bottom; y++) { for (int x = selection.Left; x < selection.Right; x++) { CurrentPixel = ColorBgra.FromBgra( 255, 255, 255, 0); // default = fully transparent // draw centre lines, vertical and horisontal +/- adjustment if ( Amount1 && ( y == ( CentreY + Amount2 ) || ( x==CentreX ) ) ) CurrentPixel = UseColor; // Draw rule of thirds as point markers if ( Amount3 ) { switch (Amount4) { case 0: // Point Markers if ( (( x == OneThirdX ) || ( x == TwoThirdX )) && (( y == OneThirdY ) || ( y == TwoThirdY )) ) CurrentPixel = UseColor; break; case 1: // Draw rule of thirds as gridlines if ( ( x == OneThirdX ) || ( x == TwoThirdX ) || ( y == OneThirdY ) || ( y == TwoThirdY ) ) CurrentPixel = UseColor; break; case 2: // Draw rule of thirds as alternating solid fills if ( ( ( ( x/ThirdOfWidth)+( y/ThirdOfHeight) ) % 2 ) == 0 ) CurrentPixel = UseColor; break; default: break; } } dst[x,y] = CurrentPixel; } } }

Thanks for the update gondracorn.

Tried this http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=16197 ? @Midora : Thanks for updating this plugin. I'll make a note to update the Plugin Index & put a link at the start of this thread.

I will dig the code out. Red Ochre took a look at this plugin and developed it much further Composition Tool. How does that compare?

How about an image to demonstrate? Google is my friend How about this plugin pack? Tesselation combo

How about: Because Vista is OLD and Rick didn't want to spend valuable development time regressing neat new features for an OS that wouldn't support them?

It's probably down to the way rounding is done. On an even pixel width image, it's impossible to have an equal number of pixels either side of the dividing line. E.g. a 4 pixel wide image - do you put the crosshairs on pixel column 2 or 3? I guess you have to accept the difference in these plugins, or use an odd width and height (which should make both the same).

Hey PotatoBucket! Welcome to the forum Here's a couple of links to get you started. Both these are geared towards side-by-side images, but you should be able to figure it out (hint: use Height where Width is specified). http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/20764-pictures-side-by-side-before-and-after-images/ http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/18772-side-by-side-pics/ I've also edited this thread title to make it descriptive - that's one of our forum rules - it makes finding information on the forum so much easier! BTW: That's a cool username you have there

Yup. Better because it's "The BEST free image editor".

That will teach me to be more careful!

^ That attachment is broken. I've had a play today and cannot get paint.net 4 to accept a reformatted cursor. I tried 16x16, 32x32 and 48x48 sizes and both *.cur and *.png formats.

Resetting the position of the Utility Windows is a manual job now I told Rick users would miss that feature!

This conversation has been dead six years, in other words "It's dead, Jim". Rather than reviving an old out-of-date conversation please just start a new thread. Thanks. <closed>

oo-er. It reminds me of "The Ring" All that wet hair and glowering..

Politeness noted. Thanks for your patience. Rick is very busy at the moment. Perhaps even more so than usual. When he has sufficient time I'm sure he will let you know if your suggestion will fly.

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There is no support for older versions. Sorry. Try Google. You'll want version 3.5.11.

Are you confusing the Effects > Stylize > Outline effect with one of the Effects > Object > Outline plugins? I think what you're describing is the expected behavior for the Effects > Stylize > Outline effect. From your description, I think you want to place an outline around text characters which are rendered onto a transparent layer. For this you'll want one of the outline plugins in the Effects > Object submenu. BoltBait's Outline Pyrochild's Outline

Why not Image > Resize (Ctrl + R), select "By Percentage" and type in 200%? In this instance, "Cropping" means to cut something off (the original). Having the crop action actually enlarge something is counter-intuitive IMHO. Of course the other option is to make your selection and then activate the Move tool Click and drag the corner nubs to expand/shrink the selection. Hold Shift while dragging to keep the height/width ratio the same.