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This will help: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=12185

Not really. This explains:

Oh cool! If you don't mind, could you show me the end product?

Edit: Nevermind.

Maybe it's the wrong type of file. Is it a TrueType font?

Changed.

Yeah, what's the maximum image size?

In this tutorial, you're going to learn how to create text like in my signature. Signature: Plugins Needed: Outline Object Trail Drop Shadow Bevel Selection Before you go on, you must know that the text ends up very aliased if you don't anti-alias it during the process of making it. I'm not going to tell you "Anti-alias here," you have to use your own discretion with that, because each image is different. 1. To start off, open Paint.Net and make a new image that's about triple the size of you ending image (for aliasing reasons.) My image is 1200x1200 (therefore, the ending image will be 400 x 400) 2. Create a new layer, and use the text tool on impact and type your text, make sure it fits the whole image (or else it'll be small when you resize). Put spaces between each letter. The hex code of the color you use should be around F6D702. 3. Effects-object-outline object with 1B3A86. Again, each image is different, so just try to get the same ratio as in my image. 4. Now switch to the magical wand, with the tolerance at 50%, and select the blue parts and paste them on the layer above. 5. Duplicate the layer with the blue outline, select the bottom blue outline layer and then go to adjustments-brightness and contrast. Brightness: -30 Contrast: 0 6. On the bottom outline layer, use trail at these settings: Distance: Use your discretion for your size image, I used 13. Spacing: 1 Direction: 230 Fade out: Unchecked High Quality: Checked Now it should look something like this: 7. Duplicate the top blue outline layer and run drop shadow: Offset X and Y: Discretion! Widening radius: 0 Blur radius: 1 Shadow opacity: 100 Shadow color: Black Keep original image: unchecked 8. Move this layer below the dark outline layer. Go to the top layer (the blue outline layer) and select the outside areas, than take that selection to the shadow layer, and delete it. Your image should now look like this: 9. Now merge all of the layers that have anything to do with the text (AKA anything that isn't the background), and select copy and paste all of you letters in a different layer. 10. Using layers-rotate/zoom, tilt each letter to the side so they look something like this: 11. Duplicate each layer except for the last letter in each word and than run drop shadow at the same settings as before but only run it in the bottom layer in the group of the two same letters. Your layers window should look like this: And the actual image like this: 12. Now by selecting the outline of the letter after the one who's shadow you're working with (I know, it's confusing.), delete the shadow. Pretty much, delete anything on the shadow that is only on the background. It should end up like this: B(onus)1. Now to do the "Story Series" in my signature, draw a rectangle that's filled in that's color is D40028. Select it, than bevel it (Black and white bevel.) so it looks something like this: b2. Than using the roll/rotate tool in layers-rotate/zoom, tilt it so it looks like this: b3. Then add your text in the same color as the text before, and you're done!

How to cut out images: http://www.isimonbrown.co.uk/cutting-out-images/ How to keep the transparency (Pretty much just save as a gif, png or any other filetype that holds transparent parts.): Edit: Darnit, Sarkut.

It's right here: http://sites.google.com/site/boltbait/install

For the text, after you've deselected the text, you can't edit it unless you use this. Next, if you want to edit the square, select it (using the magic wand), and then use to move it, and use the handles on the corners change the size. To "set" it simply deselect it. And to delete the green square use the magic wand to select it delete it, if there is any leftovers, I would use this.

Are you using layers? If not, it's going to be harder. If the green one's on a different layer, than delete that layer. To type, click on the big "T" in the toolbar and click where you want to type in the image. Go here for help. Type your text, and then change the font at the font box at the top, and to change colors, use the color wheel. Size is by the font box. Is that what you mean?

Nobody seems to want to enter, so whatever: 100% PDN except for the dinosaur.

The spirit of the spelling. On-Topic: Entered! I'm proud of what I made, too (usually I don't like what I make)!

Everything is Paint.Net except for the dinosaur. Dinosaur Stock: http://tinyurl.com/25ytokj

Wow! That's really good! Pretty realistic, too! Here's mine:

There are several gold tutorials, to make something from gold to silver, just make it black and white, and to make it silver to gold, do adjustments-sepia, adjustments hue and saturation and do: Hue: 26 Saturation: 200 Lightness: 0 (or something around that.) Gold Tutorials: Or just ask Barbieq . Next time, please use the search.

You could use several layers of this with one of the colors transparent in the top layers.

I would AA it a little bit.

The images don't work for me.

You mean like this? To do that, go to the highlighted box:

You should really be asking these questions in the tutorial section, but anyway: JPGs don't support transparency. For more information on that, go here: No (look at the image, in it, it doesn't). Well, that means there's no more steps. Paste from the clipboard means that instead of browsing for a picture, it just takes the picture in the clipboard. Yes, it's modified to whatever options you've chosen. And if you're making a website, you usually need to save it... I would just leave the threshold at 128 (default).

Awesome! This could be very useful for competitions where the theme is "Use these colors:"