PyroTechniques

Unless there's some specific reason you have to use JPEGs, I would recommend using PNGs instead, both because they have better quality and because they support transparency. Also, if you really want true anti-aliasing on your cutouts, use Alpha Masking instead of the Magic Wand. To get the plugin, search for "alpha mask import" in the plugins section on this forum. To learn how to use it, check out the tutorials by Crazy Man Dan, both accessed from this page.

Also, the Recolor tool can do what you seem to want your "color replace" tool to do. I take it you want to replace a specific color through the entire image? Just set the color to be replaced as your secondary color and the color you want to replace it with as your primary color, set your Recolor brush size really high (like 400 pixels), set your tolerance, and go at it.

I doubt it would be possible to make a "plugin" that creates C4D-type renders, as it is a 3D rendering program. That little "plugin" would be more like an entire program.

Unfortunately, because Paint.NET is not a 3D image editor, it is very difficult to rotate 3D-looking objects after finalization. The best solution would be to re-do the cube and spin it in Shape3D before finalizing it.

Two excellent tutorials by CMD on how to use Alpha Masking can be found on this page, the "Alpha Masking Overview" and "Alpha Masking - Cutouts" tutorials.

He means that v4.0 will come bundled with an image which includes a pony and the Photoshop logo.

If you care to spend a little time on it, you could try Alpha Masking. The plugin can be found here. CMD's excellent tutorials for its use may be found here and here.

Also, if you really want perfect edges, you might want to check out the Alpha Mask plugin. Also check the alpha masking tutorials (this and this) by Crazy Man Dan.

As I believe has been stated before, we're not here to do your work for you. However, you might want to head over to the Pictorium and the Tutorials+ forums and see what you find there. Maybe you'll be inspired.

Mirror over line might be what you're looking for. Alternatively, you could just select whatever you want mirrored, duplicate the layer, and flip the layer horizontally. The flip horizontally might be a BoltBait plugin, I'm not sure.

Or if you want a little more precision, resize it the way you have been, then go to Image -> Resize again and put 1680X1050 in the "Canvas Size" boxes.

I would love to see an effect like this. I think (and many appear to agree with me) that PDN's weakest aspect is its text effects. Not to knock it or anything, but I sometimes end up using different programs for the text.

You may be thinking of the Align Object plugin.

I think you may be looking for the Octagonal Reshape plugin. It can be found in this post: http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=27897&p=233113#p233113

It's a plugin. It probably just got messed up somehow, so you just need to re-download it and put the .dll in your Effects folder (C:/Program Files/Paint.NET/Effects).

The number of layers can be found in the floating 'layers' window, by default located down on the bottom right corner. If there's just one box that looks like a miniature version of your picture, with "Background" as a name, then you don't need to worry about flattening.

You might want to take a look at Wither's tutorial Faking Soft Brushes and the Blur/Dodge/Burn tool. That's as close to spray paint as I can think of off the top of my head. Unless you were talking about something else?

Or Alpha Mask, if you want smooth edges. A tutorial on how to alpha mask can be found here. That's a more advanced technique, however, so if you're just looking for a quick fix use the magic wand.

Also, it really helps if you put your text on a separate layer. Not quite a substitute for an editable "text layer" or some-such, but it's in the Popular Feature Requests and, I believe, is planned for a 4.xx release.

I really like your current sig. Simple concept, but very well done. I especially like the 'sun ray' effect. As a matter of fact, I've been looking for a tutorial on how to create a 'sun ray' from scratch. I know how to enhance one, but from scratch is a different matter. Maybe, possibly, you could post one? And the figures in the sig could do with just a tiny bit more blending. Other than that, though, great job!

Remember that this plugin has to be copied to the 'filetypes' directory, rather than the 'effects' directory.

No problem. Welcome to the forums.

Looks like you might be able to replicate that effect using Outline Object and the Overlay blending mode, or mess with layer transparency.

I recommend that you change your thread title quick, before any of the mods see it. Look at Rule #6 (and the rest of the rules while you're at it) to see what I mean. Also, you probably should have posted this in the Troubleshooting and Bug Reports forum. As for your issue, have you tried re-installing Paint.NET? Also, your issue may (just possibly) be a hardware issue, i.e. one of your memory sticks has burnt out, causing you to lose memory capacity and make Paint.NET non-functional. That's not really very likely, but it is a possibility.

This has been requested a number of times (not sure why it's not in the Popular Feature Requests). I believe that Rick Brewster, the Paint.NET lead developer, has explicitly said "Not gonna happen." Check this thread.