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  1. 2 hours ago, BoltBait said:

    When this happens, and you save the file... is the glitch in the file?  Or, is this only a glitch on the screen in Paint.NET?

     

    It's in the file.     In both examples above, i copy-pasted the files.

     

    (i'm afraid of posting the huge Diag file here because it might contain personal info about me)

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    Before: kisspng-cute-kitten-american-shorthair-cuteness-puppy-kitten-5ac5bbcec32015.7385282715229081107992.jpg.fe65bda27901aa91e7ddc59708d7ed33.jpg

     

    After:           (Maybe it's more like 10% of the time, but depending on certain types of PNG (?) files....  it seems to happen A LOT )

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  3. it seems to me that...   When i start up PDN  (and maybe do some work) and 

     

    When i do (Adjustments)  [Invert Colors] for the first time,  it fails maybe 70--90% of the time. 

     

    (how it fails is...  there are large rectangular blotches of transparent areas),   So i do Undo and try it again, and the 2nd time is a success 95% of the time.

  4. (i'm pasting a big image into a smaller canvas)

     

    [Expand canvas],   [Keep canvas size] ----- The more obvious Option is --- (What i do 99% of the time)   Shrink it 50% or 25%  or 20% (or 10% ...) -- until it's small enough to fit.

     

    • User-customizable  convention (default) would be nice.  I'd set it to (the above)  and/or  Shrink it so that it's 50% of biggest size that fits inside the canvas.

     

    • Another  possible option is [shrink it just enough to fit the canvas] ---------  but i wouldn't use this even if this was available. ----- this is almost never what i'd want to do.  (Maybe i'd use it... I can just shrink it after it is pasted.)

     

     

    ___________These 2 options confused me SO MUCH that ... for the past 12+ years, i've been doing this:

     

    1.  i try to paste the image,   but the image is too big for the canvas
    2.  So i go back to the [To-be-embedded]  image,  Resize:  shrink it down 50%,  Copy it
    3.  And try to paste again --- but PDN tells me that it's still too big
    4.  So i go back to the [To-be-embedded]  image,  Resize:  shrink it down 25%,  Copy it
    5.  And try to paste again --- but PDN tells me that it's still too big
    6.  Etc.

     

    You wizards may think [Few ppl are that stupid] ---- No, no, no...  i'm Super-computer-savvy compared to...

     

    • many others,  who are using Caps-Lock (for each letter), when they should be using the SHIFT key
    • many others,  who are unaware of [Text-Search] within a Web page...       Google started including the following note:

     

                            >>>  Tip: To quickly find your search term on this page, press Ctrl+F or ⌘-F (Mac) and use the find bar.

     

     

     

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    So...  maybe the default should be (could be)    [UNfrozen,  Top-Left]   --  as shown above.

     

     i'd want to make it smaller and move it to the top of the screen    (usually Top, Left)

    • (usually Top, Left) --- (the reason for this is...) -- i'm opening up an  existing image usually to run an effect on it, and the effect-control-menu opens up on the RHS (right hand side).
  6. (two minor complaints, or Observations)

     

    When PDN opens up an  existing image,   . . . 

     

    (1)  the img is a bit too big on the screen (for my taste),  and i'd want to make it smaller and move it to the top of the screen    (usually Top, Left)

     

    • (usually Top, Left) --- the reason for this must be obvious -- i'm opening up an  existing image usually to run an effect on it, and the effect-control-menu opens up on the RHS (right hand side).

     

    (2) but i can't move it with my Mouse-Wheel  because the image is "frozen"   -- i have to 1st unfreeze it by making it smaller by  (Control +  Mouse-Wheel-rotation).  ---------  (is there another way to unfreeze it?)

     

     

    ---------- So this means that ... There are 10 or so steps i have to do (almost every time i use PDN) -- (Computers were invented so that human don't have to do the same things 20 or 40 times a day)....  early Windows versions were full of these, and today, Windows forces me to do the same 10 or so steps (most noticeably) in two ways:

     

    1.  (e.g.)  When a folder is full of img files,  Windows second-guesses my intent and gives me the Thumb-nail view...  Sometimes i change it back to the Details view that i prefer.  (it's a bit comical, when Windows changes it back to the unwanted Thumb-nail view, only seconds later.)

     

    2. (e.g.)  When  i do a Right-Click on an img file, 99.99% of the time, i want to open it up by PDN -- but Windows annoyingly buries the [Open-with]  option  hidden toward the very bottom.

     

  7. A quirk i noticed was...

     

    With the Rectangle tool,  the boundaries are always crisp, but...

     

    With the Line/Curve tool,  when i draw a horizontal  (or vertical)  line,  i get  a fuzzy  boundary maybe 20% of the time. --  fuzzy as in  [50% transparent],   (as in dithering).

     

    If  Line-Width=4  gives me a fuzzy boundary,  then  width=3 or 5    gets  rid of it.  (i think even Line-Width gives me a fuzzy-boundary sometimes)

     

     

    Also....  For the Line/Curve tool, i use the default   FLAT end most of the time, and the  ROUNDED  end  maybe 20% of the time.

    If   Pointed-end    and   Sharp-Pointed-end   styles were available,  i'd probably use them.

    image.png.77b61ce6b905b3f00a749a371576355b.png

     

  8. When i'm using the [Line/Curve] tool,  ...   and  the Arrow-keys to move the Line/Curve to the desired location ... and i hit ESC to finalize...

     

    But,  SOMETIMES,  When i hit ESC,  instead of getting fixed there ,   PDN   _backs up one_  and then fixes the Line/Curve there.  (So i end up hitting  Ctrl-Z and  redoing it)

     

    This seems to occur maybe 5% of the time....    Have others noticed this?

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    When i try to make a nice picture based on a Pen-sketch (by  hand),  is there a Tool that can help me in this process?

     

    Some kind of Smoothing (or Vectorization-like)  tool ...

     

    When i set Roughness-unit to a small-distance,  the Tool would  try to capture the little bumps and dents.

     

  10. (using Red ochre's   Artistic / Contour   on the above)            Yep!  Rainbow-rings around the Contour was what i wanted!!!

     

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    Right now,  the  Rainbow-Contour  is  pretty thin --- Can i make it twice or 3 times as thick?  (i guess that's the Blur-Radius setting)

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    • 2nd-image -- Can i darken  the outside (contour) in a graduated way?
       
    • Then i used [Neon-Edges] -- (i like it that the Contour (or Eges) are dark -- can i make it darker?)      
       
    • Ok,  (replacing the white spots with black, and)  Average-Color-Blur (with Radius=2)  got me the last image (a bit lame) --- is there a plugin that can give me this (from the "A" that i started with) ???

     

    (open-ended question)   Other ways of filling the inside of an Object (shape) with many colors ???   (wavy lines,  spirals, etc.)

     

     

    Add:      (darkening Contour -- seems to be related to this topic -- i'll look into it!)

     

  12. image.png.3fcb776f940f5e67c6bc66dd4c848f11.png

    I stated from a (green?) object of the above shape, and used [Bevel-Object] (yellow, red lights) to get Rainbow colors (see above).

     

    but currently i can't do this reliably.  (e.g.  Often i can't get Indigo and Violet)     Any tips or suggestions?

     

    Maybe i need a tool similar to   [Hue / Saturation +]     but  which lets me get  all  these precise  colors.

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