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  1. OK, I figured out how to rotate by selecting the 'Move Selected Pixels' tool and right clicking, then rotating. It's not a precise as choosing an exact degree (e.g. 45, 135, etc) but will do for what I need.

    Hold the Shift key down to rotate in 15 degree increments.

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  2. Yes, good point, the Ed Harvey Vignette plugin would need to be done on a white layer.

    That could be used as an alpha mask, as is.

    Or the black-on-white vignette could have the Black and Alpha+ plugin effect applied,

    and could then be colored with the Silhouette Plus plugin.

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    The Stu's Effects Vignette plugin will make the vignette directly on a new alpha layer.

  3. Install the Gradient Mapping plugin from the link at the top of this tutorial.

    Then download and install the XML file from the Hidden Content at the end of the same tutorial.

    Apply the Gradient Mapping effect with that pre-set loaded to the blade layers.

    (Duplicate the blade layers first so that you have a non-colored version available if you want it later.)

    (Don't do the whole tutorial on the blade, just the Gradient Mapping step.)

    (Be sure to put a checkmark at Preserve Alpha)

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  4. Close, then re-open Paint.NET.

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    Look here:

    Utilities > View Plugin Load Errors

    If any error reports are present, pls. post them.

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    Also, open your Paint.NET Effects folder, and make a full screenshot.

    It should show the contents of the folder and the full folder path in the address field.

    Post the Direct Link, or thumbnail.

    http://www.take-a-screenshot.org/

    http://imageshack.us/

  5. Make a circular selection in the size and position that you want,

    using the Ellipse Select tool with the Shift key down.

    http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/ShapeSelectionTools.html

    Edit > Copy

    Edit > Paste in to New Image

    Expand the canvas slightly:

    Image > Canvas Size > By percentage: > 110%

    Edit > Deselect

    Apply Object Feather or AA's Assistant plugin effect.

    Save as PNG

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  6. There is more than one thing that may be causing this.

    After cropping the circular selection, be sure that the gray-and-white checkerboard

    that indicates transparency is showing in the cropped away corner sections.

    Save as PNG, not JPEG or other file types.

    (JPEG won't preserve transparency)

    When pasting on top of another image, paste into a new layer above the image layer.

    Don't paste directly into the image layer.

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