[How to highlight text?]

Thank you.

[How to highlight text?]

Hello,

 

What's the right way in 2024 to highlight text?

 

What tool should I use after setting Blend mode = Multiply in the Layer Properties (Layers > Layer Properties, shortcut: F4)?

 

The Paintbrush has a bunch of options, provided it is the right tool for the job.

 

Thank  you.

 

[How to change color of items in PNG?]

Thanks, this worked:

 

So, unlike what I expected, Paint.net itself — there might be a plug-in for that — can not simply change the color of all pixels in one go after 1) selecting primary/seconday colors and 2) selecting the part with the Select tool: Brushing is the only way to do this.

 

Thank you.

 

[How to change color of items in PNG?]

Thanks. I don't understand how to use the Recolor feature.

 

After selecting an area with the Rectangle Select tool, I expected that left-clicking on any black pixel would redraw all the black pixels with the foreground color, but it only does it with the selected pixel.

 

The goal is to change the color of a whole letter in one go.

[How to change color of items in PNG?]

As a work-around, I simply used the keyboard shortcuts for the Rectangle Select (S) and Paint Bucket (F) to apply this to each area, back and forth:

[How to change color of items in PNG?]

Hello,

 

On the following keyboard layout, I need to show some signs in red.

 

Is there a tool in Paint.net that can do this, eg. some kind of "eraser" that would actually change all black pixels using the foreground color selected in the palette?

 

Thank you.

[Replace parts in background color with foreground color?]

Hello,

 

I looked around the menus, googled, and checked the archives but didn't find the answer.

 

Is there an automatic way to tell Paint.net to replace all the bits in the picture that are displayed in the background color with the foreground color?

I vaguely remember that PaintShopPro allowed this, although the user had to use the eraser.

 

Thank you.

[How to highlight?]

This thread is from 2014, so I have to ask: As of 2019, is there a way to highlight text in a clear-cut way à la Microsoft Word, or are we still stuck with paintbrush?

 

Thank you.

 

[Alternative to ShapeMaker to drawing line with more than four control nubs?]

Thanks.

 

Any idea what happened?

1. Unzipped and copied DLL into .\Effects
2. Started Paint.net
3. Pasted background picture
4. Effects > Render > TRSM

File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\TRsSplineMaster.dll
      Name: TRsSplineMaster.EffectPlugin
      Version: 1.4.2.18310
      Author: TechnoRobbo
      Copyright: Copyright 2013 TechnoRobbo
      Website: http://www.technorobbo.com/
      Full error message: System.ArgumentException: Font 'Arial Narrow' does not support style 'Regular'.
   at System.Drawing.Font.CreateNativeFont()
   at System.Drawing.Font.Initialize(FontFamily family, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet, Boolean gdiVerticalFont)
   at System.Drawing.Font.Initialize(String familyName, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet, Boolean gdiVerticalFont)
   at System.Drawing.Font..ctor(String familyName, Single emSize)
   at TRsSplineMaster.EffectPluginConfigDialog.InitializeComponent()
   at TRsSplineMaster.EffectPluginConfigDialog..ctor()
   at TRsSplineMaster.EffectPlugin.CreateConfigDialog()
   at PaintDotNet.Menus.EffectMenuBase.RunEffectImpl(Type effectType) in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Menus\EffectMenuBase.cs:line 873

 

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Edit: Followed this tip, to no avail.

 

I do have c:\windows\fonts\ARIALN.TTF on my Windows7 computer, but it does look like it only supports Bold:

 

[Alternative to ShapeMaker to drawing line with more than four control nubs?]

Hello,

 

As someone suggested, I just checked ShapeMaker to draw a straight line with more than four control nubs, but I find it overly complicated to use.

 

Is there another plug-in I should check just to draw straight lines with arrow ends, that won't require saving a file, restarting Paint, and adding the shape onto the background picture?

 

Thank you.

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Edit: How to remove ShapeMaker? I found no item in Control Panel, and no trace in

"c:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\.." 

"c:\Program Files\Paint.NET\FileTypes\.." 

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Edit: Found it by chance: Hover the mouse over its menu item, and it says ""c:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\DHShapeMaker.dll"

[[4.1.5] Why is the font so small now?]

Thanks!

[[4.1.5] Why is the font so small now?]

Hello,

 

The other day, I used the Ruler and chose to display things in cms instead of pixels, and now, for some reason, fonts are super small even when using a 26 point size.

 

Any idea how to get back to normal?

 

Thank you.

[[SOLVED] How to duplicate horizontal lines?]

Thanks much everyone, problem solved.

[[SOLVED] How to duplicate horizontal lines?]

Thanks. As much as possible, I try to avoid plugins unless totally necessary.

 

After I paste a line in a new layer, is there an easy way to line up and space the lines in the different layers ?

 

View > Pixel Grid displays nothing. I assumed it'd be an easy way to move each line/layer so that it'd be lined vertically/horizontally.

 

 

[[SOLVED] How to duplicate horizontal lines?]

I found the cause, but not the reason for the issue: For some reason, the line consists in three parts:

 

When I clicked without zooming in, the magic wand would select one of the three layers.

 

Why does the line have three parts?

[[SOLVED] How to duplicate horizontal lines?]

On 10/20/2017 at 11:19 PM, AndrewDavid said:

@littlebigman

Your misconception is that the line is selected when you are drawing it with the line tool. It is not. Those nubs are for shaping the line.

Simply finish the line - select it with the magic wand - copy, then paste and move with your cursor the desired distance down. Hope this helps. 

Thanks for the tip.

 

For some reason, after selecting the original line with the magic wand, hitting CTRL+C to copy and CTRL+V to paste it, and using the down arrow to move the new line below, it's thinner than the original:

 

 

[[SOLVED] Cut half of a circle?]

Thank you.

[[SOLVED] How to duplicate horizontal lines?]

Since the original line is pre-selected after I drew it, isn't is possible to simply CTRL+V to paste it and hit the arrow key to move it underneath?

 

Using the Rectangle tool introduces some blank space around the item, which I'd like to avoid if possible.

 

 

[[SOLVED] How to duplicate horizontal lines?]

Thanks. I need to line them up exactly, thusly:

_____________

_____________

_____________

_____________

 

I looked up "line up" in the Search bar, but found nothing.

https://forums.getpaint.net/search/

[[SOLVED] Cut half of a circle?]

Thanks !

[[SOLVED] How to duplicate horizontal lines?]

How?

 

CTRL+C to copy

CTRL+V to paste: Nothing happens.

 

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Edit: Must use Edit > Paste in new layer

?

 

No way to have all the lines in a single layer?

 

Is there a way to line them up vertically, ie.

 

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?

 

[[SOLVED] Cut half of a circle?]

Hello,

 

I need to slice a circle in half and only keep one half. Is there a way to do this in Paint?

 

Thank you.

[[SOLVED] How to duplicate horizontal lines?]

Hello,

 

I need to draw four horizontal lines, with the same length and same tilt (ie. 0° angle).

 

Is there a way to do this in Paint?

 

Thank you.

[[SOLVED] Thumbnails add-on like IrfanView?]

Thumbnail add-on:

1. In IrfanView,  open a picture (using O instead of the standard Windows short-cut CTR+O…)
2. T to display a thumbnail list of all the pictures in the current directory

If Paint doesn't support this nor a way to batch-process, this is a problem for me. I'll keep juggling.

[How to draw angles with Paint?]

Thanks. I expected Paint to provide a tool that would let me draw triangles in one go, or at worst, a tool where the lines would somehow "stick" automatically when getting close to each together.

 

For the last step, I select the whole picture (CTRL+A), and chose Layers > Merge layer down. Likewise, is there no tool to merge the two lines together, instead of merging layers?