[How do you render ?]

Have you tried the Feather plugin yet?

[layer saving]

You may find this useful.

[need help finding a tutorial]

No problem.

['Not authorised to read this forum'...wait, what?]

Some tutorials were in the Legacy Tutorials section of the forum which recently got removed. This was the announcement made about it:

Cutting the cord!

We're finally phasing out "Legacy Tutorials." I haven't had a request that any tutorial be resurrected from the old forum in a long time, so I think it's time it make its noble egress. So long, it has served us well.

Anyway, the forum is going away, but the data won't be going anywhere for a while. It might be officially and finally deleted sometime, but not anytime soon. So if there's anything pressing you want back, I can get it back for you. As before, just post a request in the Tutorials+ Forum Concerns thread. Thanks!

[need help finding a tutorial]

viewtopic.php?f=31&t=26990 :wink:

[BlendModes Plus v2.3.5 (3/24/10)]

I've actually be trying to get Soft Light to work (along with a bunch of other blending modes), but the result never comes out right. Hopefully I'll have it with a later update.

[A Sig Tutorial.]

Unfortunately, that tutorial got removed because it was in the Legacy Tutorials section of the forum.

Here's the announcement about it:

Cutting the cord!

We're finally phasing out "Legacy Tutorials." I haven't had a request that any tutorial be resurrected from the old forum in a long time, so I think it's time it make its noble egress. So long, it has served us well.

Anyway, the forum is going away, but the data won't be going anywhere for a while. It might be officially and finally deleted sometime, but not anytime soon. So if there's anything pressing you want back, I can get it back for you. As before, just post a request in the Tutorials+ Forum Concerns thread. Thanks!

[Isolate Lineart]

To access HSV colors do something like this:

void Render(Surface dst, Surface src, Rectangle rect)
{
   // Delete any of these lines you don't need
   Rectangle selection = this.EnvironmentParameters.GetSelection(src.Bounds).GetBoundsInt();
   long CenterX = (long)(((selection.Right - selection.Left) / 2)+selection.Left);
   long CenterY = (long)(((selection.Bottom - selection.Top) / 2)+selection.Top);
   ColorBgra PrimaryColor = (ColorBgra)EnvironmentParameters.PrimaryColor;
   ColorBgra SecondaryColor = (ColorBgra)EnvironmentParameters.SecondaryColor;
   int BrushWidth = (int)EnvironmentParameters.BrushWidth;

   ColorBgra CurrentPixel;
   for (int y = rect.Top; y < rect.Bottom; y++)
   {
       for (int x = rect.Left; x < rect.Right; x++)
       {
           CurrentPixel = src[x,y];
           Color col = CurrentPixel.ToColor();     // These are the important lines!
           HsvColor hsv = HsvColor.FromColor(col); //
           dst[x,y] = CurrentPixel;
       }
   }
}

Color col = CurrentPixel.ToColor();                  // These are the important lines!
           HsvColor hsv = HsvColor.FromColor(col); //

[Which effect?]

Actually, I think they would like something more like this: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=26970.

[No pen pressure, and I have Vista :/]

Actually, pressure sensitivity was removed in Paint.NET v3.5 because it was interfering with development. It may return later though...

[Mirror Effect Plug-In]

Have you tried the Mirror/Rotate plugins yet?

[I think this is selective coloring, but am unsure]

You could also use the Extract Color plugin.

[Problem with brush after installing v3.5.1]

Actually pressure sensitivity was removed in Paint.NET 3.5 due to the fact that it was causing too may problems. It may come back later, but for now it's gone.

[What Font Is This?]

Also, may I suggest you try http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont.

[Removing Custom Brushes]

In your documents folder, you'll find a folder called "Paint.NET User Files" which has another folder in it called "Custom Brushes". If you open that up, you'll see all your brushes. Then just delete them like you would any other file.

[how do i insert word art?]

Actually I looked into this and you can just copy and paste Word Art right into Paint.NET.

[how do i insert word art?]

You can't insert Word Art with Paint.NET. Word Art is a feature that is found in Microsoft Office products.

You can however insert regular text by clicking the text tool in the Tools window, clicking where you want the text in your image, and typing your text.

[Noise reduction]

If you go to Effects --> Noise in Paint.NET, there is a noise reduction plugin. :wink:

[Can we have a tutorial on Icons?]

Basically all you need to do to make an icon is to save it in a .ico format, which you can do with the Icon file type plugin. viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1152

[Maintaining size of cut pieces, restoring to Default]

No problem :wink:

[Maintaining size of cut pieces, restoring to Default]

To keep the 2 x 2 image you wanted, select the section you want and then click on the crop to selection button in the upper-left hand corner.

To change the canvas size go to Image --> Canvas Size and you can then change the canvas to whatever size you want

[Moving Selection via keyboard typed input]

Sounds like you want the Panelling plugin.

[Text selection.]

Or you could try the Editable Text plugin.

[Beginner advice requested]

No problem.

[Easy Feature Request?]

And the Delete hotkey is already reserved for deleteing selected pixels.