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The keyboard shortcut S toggles the four selection tools. If only rectangles are removed, then perhaps the Rectangle Select tool is active instead of the Magic Wand. ==================================== Also, the Magic Wand tolerance can be adjusted, using the slider in the toolbar. http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/327/magicwandzxc01.png If these suggestions don't solve the problem, then posting a link to the actual image that you are working on may be helpful.

Abstract of the Week Competition # 12 This is the first competition dedicated to Abstract Art created in Paint.Net. Here are the rules.... Theme is Abstract Line Art. Examples May the Muse be with you! Your image may be representational or non-representational. Your image can include text, shapes, colors, textures or anything in between with the exception of stock images and renders . No stock images or renders will be permitted in this comp. This competition is all about Paint.net and the artists who use it to their creative best. Now get out there and think in abstract terms. And as always, use your imagination ! Minimum image size is 800 X 600. There is no maximum image size. Rules for submitting your entry. READ THIS ! DO NOT POST YOUR ENTRY HERE. PM YOUR IMAGE TO ME. DO NOT COPY IT TO ANYONE ELSE. I WILL POST THE IMAGES IN THE COMP AS THEY ARE ENTERED. DO NOT POST YOUR IMAGE IN YOUR IMAGE GALLERY OR IN THE PICTORIUM OR ANYWHERE ON THIS SITE. No images previously submitted will be allowed. This thread is for DISCUSSION only ! If you want to ENTER this comp, please read the above rules. The Entry period for this competition runs through Thursday evening September 30th, 2010 at 8:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving Time. All Entries submitted up to that time will be accepted.

Abstract of the Week Competition # 12 This is the first competition dedicated to Abstract Art created in Paint.Net. Here are the rules.... Theme is "Abstract Line Art" Examples May the Muse be with you! Your image may be representational or non-representational. Your image can include text, shapes, colors, textures or anything in between with the exception of stock images and renders . No stock images or renders will be permitted in this comp. This competition is all about Paint.net and the artists who use it to their creative best. Now get out there and think in abstract terms. And as always, use your imagination ! Minimum image size is 800 X 600. There is no maximum image size. Rules for submitting your entry. READ THIS ! DO NOT POST YOUR ENTRY HERE. PM YOUR IMAGE TO ME. DO NOT COPY IT TO ANYONE ELSE. I WILL POST THE IMAGES IN THE COMP AS THEY ARE ENTERED. DO NOT POST YOUR IMAGE IN YOUR IMAGE GALLERY OR IN THE PICTORIUM OR ANYWHERE ON THIS SITE. No images previously submitted will be allowed. Do not post in this thread. If you want to discuss this comp, please go to the discussion thread. Here The Entry period for this competition runs through Thursday evening September 30th, 2010 at 8:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving Time. All Entries submitted up to that time will be accepted.

Congratulations to our winners ! And thanks to all who entered and all who voted in AOTW #11. I have received the new theme by PM from j.d.melek. AOTW #12 will be posted shortly.

What you have described is exactly the way things are. Simply make it your normal practice to paste into a new layer.

Place your text, arrows, boxes, etc. on their own new (transparent) layers above the white background layer. The white won't be affected if all work is done on the upper layers.

Open a new file in Paint.NET. Bring in whatever image you want as background: Layers > Import From File... Bring in the first fruit graphic: Layers > Import From File... Position it with the Move Selected Pixels tool. Repeat as needed. ====================================== If the graphic comes with an undesired white background, Magic Wand the white and press Delete on the keyboard, then use Feather Object or AA's Assistant to smooth the edges. ====================================== If the gray-and-white checkerboard is visible it is an indication of transparency. It is not a part of the image, and won't show in a viewer or if posted online.

With the new face on it's own layer, use radial gradient in transparency mode with the right mouse button as suggested in this post:

More control.

If I understand correctly, tutorial methods like this don't do what you want. If possible, upload one of these graphics from your friend to: http://imageshack.us/ Post the Direct Link URL here. Explain what you want to do, using the image as an example.

If I were doing one of these I would definitely make use of layers.

Save as PNG filetype. JPEG won't preserve transparency.

They are tracing the outline of the flower closely, at least initially. The cursor for the Lasso Select tool is not registering properly in the video capture, so it is misleading.

Lasso Select. With Selection Mode set to Replace.

My guess is that it is the program. I recall a previous, similar thread where the design software showed alpha as black in one mode, but rendered it correctly in a different mode. The transparency showed properly on the finished web page. Again, just my best guess.

The purple isn't present in the .png gradient. Where does the purple first show up?

Try downloading the zip again using a different browser. Also, read through the posts in the plugin's thread about some of the problems and solutions others have had around this issue.

Those are found in Ed Harvey Effects:

Yes, that is the first of the various selections of the background. Additional overlapping selections are blurred at low radius. If too heavy a blur is applied at one time to a single selection, the border of the selection will be visible. Also, areas of the background that are more distant can be given more blurring than nearer parts of the background. Click on the Lasso Select icon, then in the toolbar, change Selection Mode to Add (union). Zoom in and make a series of smaller overlapping lasso selections.

The video shows the Lasso Select tool being used to make various selections of the background. The selections have blur applied to them. The flower in the foreground remains always unselected, so it never gets blurred.

The crashlog refers to Paint.NET v3.5.1. The current version is 3.5.5. http://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html ============================= Have you tried running the MS Installer Clean Up Utility to eliminate all traces of v3.5.1 before installing the current version?

This may be helpful: http://www.windows7download.com/win7-pos-multiple-image-printing-wizard/qyzypqmi.html

You could do your blurring in PhotoImpact, then remove the white background in Paint.NET. Magic Wand the white, then press Delete.

Unfortunately, Subtle Effect is no longer compatible with the current version of Paint.NET. 1 of 1 -------------- File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\SubtleEffect.dll Effect Name: EffectCaller.EffectPlugin Full error message: This plugin is incompatible with this version of Paint.NET.