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I prefer this search option myself: http://www.getpaint.net/search.html :wink:

I've had to overhaul one website created this way, and I don't wish to do it again The result was OK in terms of visual hang-together, but sucked when the owner wanted to shift/replace one item because everything on the page had to be rejigged. It was incredibly large to download each page too. The UK government standards recommend a 40kb limit for homepages (yes 40kb!) and you just won't get near that with this technique. I recommend you avoid the technique. Learn CSS instead and target your images to the important areas only, with text being the main information source.

You are using the line drawing tool aren't you? :LineCurveTool:

there was a discussion on flesh a while back. Let me see if I can find it...,(can't, but will keep looking). We got rocks, stone, grass and lots more in the tutorial+ section (look under Textures). Water can be accomplished with plugins, or there is a spilled water tutorial: viewtopic.php?p=220244#p220244. Another bit of reading to do with water might be this technique: viewtopic.php?p=113407#p113407

Paint.Net is an image editor/enhancement tool, not a website creator. For website templates you'll need to know (X)HTML and CSS and find a tool to edit them (try PSPad - it's free). If you're talking about creating the graphics for websites, the best advice I can give you is to download a free template and then replace all the graphics with your own creations which should be the same size as the image you're replacing.

Trees: Start here..., viewtopic.php?p=49169#p49169 PowerStretch: viewtopic.php?p=142638#p142638 Both were found VERY quickly with the search function. I suggest you make note of this link: http://www.getpaint.net/search.html Better yet, create a shortcut on your desktop or links toolbar :wink:

I use Opera, Safari, Firefox & IE7. None of them work very fast because I live in a rural area where broadband is simply not available 512kb at 4.5kb/s is still a lot of time to be sitting waiting & staring. David is right, the tutorial should be broken into text and images to save on bandwidth.

I'd try rendering clouds over a basic brown background to give the overall "mottled" effect, then try the varicose plugin to get the stretch lines.

I (and there may be others as well) sometimes don't use a value of zero to avoid divide by zero errors. Sometimes it's necessary, sometimes not. Would you ever consider rendering clouds with a scale of zero? Better to have the default set to something meaningful & avoid having to reset the slider every time from a meaningless value. Yes?

Two posts below this one the same question was asked: Eraser Opacity. In the replies, Mike Ryan spake thus: He means that the opacity of the eraser tool is linked to the transparency of the secondary color. Simply lowering the Transparency-Alpha level in the expanded color window has the effect of lowering the erasers severity.

My simple method: Create a new layer :AddNewLayer: Select Text Tool Type in your text (I use grey primary color like #878787) and then.... Hold down the ALT key and type in 0169 (When you release the ALT key the © symbol appears :!: ) Lower the layers opacity (around 50 to 60 looks about right) so that it looks like a watermark Merge the layer down & save Hope this helps!

Apologies. I stand corrected :oops: . David knows what he is talking about having just reorganized the tutorials section.

I like the top and bottom ones. I would be especially impressed if the effect was exactly in between the two results! Mentioning glass types is a good point. Plate glass would shatter differently to safety glass, windscreens or ordinary glass. I vote for a tutorial :!:

Gamer_World14: This is the wrong area for that sort of post. Why didn't you put in in the Tutorial section?

IMHO the cracks are really nice, but too uniform. I would adjust them so that they vary more in length or distance from the bullet hole, and perhaps, fewer of them so they don't surround the entire hole like a complete halo. So some of the cracks should be larger and extend further, and this means you probably need less of the smaller cracks. I would also vary the cracks so that the overall effect is not so circular = more irregular around the hole. BTW it's a really nice effect - I like it enormously :!:

If you have MS Word installed you can cut & paste their word balloons into Paint.Net. You'll find these under Word's Autoshapes where they are called Callouts. Simply create one in a blank word document then cut & paste into a new layer in PDN.

*.jpg files don't support transparency. Try saving the file as a *.gif :wink:

For trees, try MadJiks TreeGen plugin: Generate Trees! For stone and rocks, have a look at this tutorial for a list of texturing techniques: Stone 101

Have a look at this thread (and of course the links that arise): Fading images into each other

Why not make a feature of the fact that they don't quite line up? Frame each image and then overlay the centre image (ie bring it to the front of the other two). The misaligned frames make it obvious that the images are separate, but take of the same scene. Just a thought..,

I had a quick play with a technique you might find helpful. This was based on the "Orton" tutorial which you can find here: Orton Effect Open your image = layer 1 (option 1:) Apply Effects>Artistic>pastel @ size 1 & roughness 130 (or not?) Duplicate the layer = layer 2 Set layer 2 blend mode to screen Duplicate layer 2 = layer 3 Set layer 3 blend mode to multiply, lower the opacity to 180 or so Gaussian blur layer 3 @ 15 (option 2:) uncheck layer 2 visibility (might help the overall effect, might not) Flatten image Of course this won't work with all images equally, but might give you some ideas. Using the pastel step gives a more cartoon effect, while not using that step gives a more realistic image. I played with using both pastel/no pastel (on different layers) and then blended the two using the top layers opacity - with interesting results that allow you to fine tune the realism/cartoon ratio. Hope this helps.

Saving the image in the native *.PDN format will preserve the layers.

You need to edit your thread title to be more specific - quickly! Once you have done that try reading this tutorial: lightsabre

This was also discussed here: scanners

I'm not exactly sure this is what you're after, but this tutorial is an excellent place to start, and will teach you lots about changing photos and images: Tone Mapping