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As Pyrochild has mentioned, there is a FREE Kindle app for just about every device currently used to access the Internet. Download a Kindle app and install it on you PC, phone, tablet, netbook or whatever else you use. The benefit of this approach is that you'll get the images in color. I have a basic Kindle - so only get grayscale images (it's not as bad as it sounds). Other versions may be made available Jim. I'll send you a PM to explain.

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I guess you're doing something like this? 1. Flatten your image to a single layer. 2. Make a duplicate layer. 3. Use one of these plugins to make a rotation of one degree on the second layer. Rotate Zoom+ or Rotation Bilinear. 4. Duplicate the layer you've just rotated. 5. press Ctrl + F to run the plugin again. 6. Go to step 4 and repeat endlessly (359 times). I bet you get into the 12th loop and decide you don't want single degree rotations, but 6 degree rotations - much faster as there are only 60 rotations The only other suggestion I have is that perhaps IrfanView might be helpful here.

More uses for the middle mouse button or wheel: Click with the middle mouse button (or click with the mouse wheel) to close an image in the Image list. With the Zoom tool active, drag + middle mouse button (or hold wheel down) to pan the canvas.

Keyboard Shortcuts The P key activates the Pencil tool. To activate the Line/Curve tool press the O key.

Great idea Mike. I wonder if the Undo and Redo functions are perhaps potentially too destructive, so I'd be more comfortable with the image swapping idea (much less potential for data loss).

NN79 - Simple. Effective. Bright with great contrast so it is readable from a distance. On the downside I feel it's a bit.. by-the-numbers. I don't mean that as a harsh criticism, I just want to see you explore more subtle effects and perhaps take some steps away from flat 2D work. Your current sig is a favorite of mine and this is the direction I'd like you to explore more. Xzerizon - Great use of a quiet palette. Colors are subtle and go together nicely. I'm not convinced about the sword - which end should be held or does it have two blades? Shame the left hand end is cut off, I'd have made that side the sharp one and use the right as the handle. NN79 - 0 Xzerizon - 1

Great answer 'noob! Rep'd.

Actually the posted thumbnail image works for me = clicking it gives the full-sized image.

The .NET framework is required to run Paint.NET. There is no avoiding this requirement. If your school computer does not have the correct version installed seek out the IT person and make a case for having it installed - along with Paint.NET.

I'm not annoyed Renee. You are asking for help and many of us are trying to answer your questions and help you. If you read through the (long) post I linked to above it does not tell you how to upload a screenshot. That was the previous post I made in that thread. The post I linked to explained in detail how to copy from one image to another OR from one layer to another. This is what you asked in post number 3 of this thread:

I don't have the skills to code such a plugin - there are others here who do. They may smile on your request if you ask very nicely. JPG's are not lossless. Not even at 100% quality. Have you investigated the WebP format? It's a JPG killer.

Click on the layer name in the Layers Window to activate it. Easy.

I explained exactly how to do this in your previous thread: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/25355-im-still-unable-to-get-it-to-copy/#entry378859

Not so much work. If the image can be changed all we need to do is create something we like. Pyrochild does the hard work uploading the image to the forum host, or something like that.

But you asked for a walk-through of how to upload a screenshot.... I think you should reassess your use of the term screenshot. A screenshot is just that - a shot of a screenful of information. Its a screen capture in image form which will also capture the surround of the application you have open. A screenshot is not the same as a Paint.NET image and I think this is where you're getting mixed messages from. A Paint.NET image is an image that may comprise multiple layers, or be composed of a single layer. In order to do a copy from one image to another, or from one layer to another you need to do this: 1. open the source image so the image is the editing window in Paint.NET. 2. Select the correct layer by clicking on this layers name in the Layers Window. The layer you click on will be highlighted in the Layers Window (this is the layer which has the element that you wish to copy). 3. Press and hold the Ctrl key down. Tap the A key. Release both. This selects all of the active layer (the one you selected in 2). 4. Press and hold the Ctrl key down. Tap the C key. Release both. This combination copies the selected layers contents to the clipboard. 5. Open the destination image so it appears on the Paint.NET canvas/editing window. 6. Select an exisiting layer in the destination image by clicking on it's name in the Layers Window (just like 2 above). Or you could create a new layer to hold the element you're transferring. 7. Once you have the destination layer activated press and hold the Ctrl key down. Tap the V key. Release both. This combination copies the clipboard to the active layer. As to why you weren't getting the image to copy, I suspect you weren't doing step number 3 i.e. telling Paint.NET which region you were intending to copy.

To create a screenshot: 1. Open Paint.NET and the image you want to post. 2. Press the Print Screen button on your keyboard. This copies the current screen to the clipboard. 3. Press the key combination Ctrl + Alt + V. This pastes the screenshot into a new image in Paint.NET 4. Select the Rectange Select tool and highlight the area of interest within the new image. 5. Press Ctrl + Shift + X. This crops the image to the selection you have just made. 6. Save the image as a PNG. To upload it an image to the forum: You need to upload that image to a hosting service and post the link here. Full instructions are posted here: http://forums.getpai...es-and-avatars/

These posts were originally in another thread (http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/25324-how-to-restore-layers/page__p__378524#entry378524) I'm still not sure if it is possible to customize the 'rep' button.

Well, now that I finally got around to splitting off these posts and pasting them into their own thread, the discussion seems to have died

Do you want to reproduce the glowing lines or the rainbow coloration? If you mean the glowing lines, try these two tutorials: and especially

That's a plugin which can be found here: Black and Alpha+ I'd also consider the isolate lineart plugin which does much the same thing - Isolate Lineart

Paint.NET cannot do this. Try Google.

Its wrong - whatever 'it" is.

Layer two might be set to not visible. Check that there is a tick in the checkbox next to the layer name in the Layers Window. The sizing issue is because the two images (source and destination) are of dissimilar size. If you view each at 100% you will see the size discrepancy. From your description the source image is smaller than the canvas you're pasting it onto. Think of it like this: If you own a large garage and have a large car the two probably fit together nicely. If you trade in you big car for a scooter then it looks small when parked in the large space. You're doing the same thing with your images. There is no such thing as a PDN document. To upload a screenshot you need save it as a JPG or PNG image. Then upload that to your image hosting site (e.g. Photobucket) and post the link here. Full instructions are found here: