[PNG file drops quality when copypasted]

My Firefox is up-to-date, v.85. I don't know where to get v.87.

 

I downloaded the image and pasted it in Paint and PDN. I resized by 300% at default settings for clarity, placed a black background in the PDN copy for comparison. See the results below.

I cannot see any drop in quality. If you can, feel free to repeat the same, only this time resize in PDN using "nearest neighbour".

TBH, I cannot see any drop in quality even in the images posted by the OP.

 

PS.: For anyone wanting to try, the correct link for the image is this

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/0/0c/Launcher_Alex_Texture.png

 

[SOTW#232 - Reptillian's Popcorn Fractal - Winners]

I wish I could find a *blushing* emoticon to post here. This one is the competition I spent the least time on, ever. 

 

Congratulations to all who posted their creations. Almost everyone won! Special congratulations @Reptillian for his 1st place and thanks for the tool that made everyone's images; special congratulations to @lynxster4 too, for her 1st place and thanks for her time and effort in hosting the competition. I like @Reptillian's first entry best, the one in orange that got first place.

 

2 hours ago, Reptillian said:

I was expecting my second entrance to receive the most votes of the three entries I had submitted.

I think your first one is the best and most interesting by far (or is it "by a lot"?) and I'm interested in the settings you used, if you can share.

I did not vote for your second entry because I avoid voting for entries with vertical / portrait orientation. I respect the competition rules but I think vertical images have no place in a signature competition.

 

[How to change color of items in PNG?]

14 hours ago, littlebigman said:

simply change the color of all pixels in one go after 1) selecting primary/seconday colors

 

11 hours ago, Ego Eram Reputo said:

There are many plugins which can do what you wish.

 

Two that I use most often are @Red ochre's Recolour Choice and @silverhammer's Advanced Recoloring, the latter with a simpler UI.

[How to make...uhm...circular loops?]

@Pixey, click on the top-right down arrow to open the drop-down list and then click on "Save current as preset...". It will ask you to name the preset in a new window.

 

 

[Wet Surface filter]

22 hours ago, frer8833 said:

Download link for Wet Floor Reflection plugin (ymd:100725) didn't work

The download link in the first post at the thread I linked to, works fine. I just tested it.

[SOTW#232 - Reptillian's Popcorn Fractal]

[User Interface has intermittent loss of visible components]

7 hours ago, Hatori360 said:

Image List (Tabs):
If I have more than one thumbnail image in the tabs row of the image list, only one of those images is visibly displayed. It may be the fifth image tab, the first one, or the twentieth image in the row. The areas where the tabs exist are blank, but I can click on a blank area where the tabs are usually visible, and an image I created will appear on the canvas.

I have had exactly this happen to me too, perhaps three or four times over the last few months. Unlike @Hatori360, I did not check further to see how the tabs behave, nor did I check to see if there were any problems with the Layers window.

 

Every time, I just restarted PDN and the problem disappeared. I just assumed that it's a memory problem or my ageing computer telling me it's time to retire it and let it rest.

 

['ZIP Archive' FileType Plugin (.ZIP) [Latest v1.4 2021-11-04]]

@AP2020, you do not need a plugin for that.

On the Menu Bar, click on Layers > Import from File... and select as many files as you need. (I've only ever tried it with files within the same folder). 

More here.

 

[OotF#68 - A Piece of Toast. Winners!]

17 hours ago, Pixey said:

I didn't do a melted cheese

I thought this was melted cheese. After a better look, it still looks like melted cheese to me  😁

Whatever it is, I like it.

[Print Wizard]

@Mickynoshoes, do you want to physically print on paper? Your screenshot shows you have selected the option to print to PDF. 

Make sure your printer is connected properly to your computer, the printer drivers are installed and updated and then select your printer to see the options and settings available.

[OotF#68 - A Piece of Toast. Winners!]

Congratulations to @Pixey, @Vagabondi and @MJW. Very good entries. I liked @Pixey's melted cheese and @ardneh's plain toast best.

I'm surprised @ardneh's plain toast only got two votes; I think it's the most realistic toast in the competition. 

[SOTW#232 - Reptillian's Popcorn Fractal]

[Fonts]

You do not add fonts to PDN. Just add the font you need to Windows like you do with any font. You'll be able to use it within PDN.

 

EDIT:

@Pixey was too fast for me  😁

[Simple tiling of an image without distorting it?]

@Azagthoth,

 

Either Fill From File or Fill From Clipboard will suit you.

Both can be found in @BoltBait's plugin pack.

 

[Skew and resize perspective option]

Have a look at this one

 

[How to set background transparency]

@Nodwood, if you work with existing gifs that already have a transparent background, you don't need to do anything. Edit as you like and then save as gif. The transparent background will be preserved.

 

When you create a new image from scratch, first delete the white background colour that comes with the background layer:

1. Select all (Ctrl+A)

2. Hit the "Delete" key on your keyboard

3. Work on the transparent background, create your image, Save As gif.

 

@Pixey, the undisputed animated gif queen of the PDN forums, understandably sometimes forgets that not all gifs need to be animated.

[paint.net 4.2.15 alpha build 7683]

What they  said, plus...

4 hours ago, Rick Brewster said:

Changed: The image close 'X' button can now be clicked for images that are not currently active

Thank you.

[Lines/Grid effect]

Read this: Installing Additional Plugins

[Convert color deviation to alpha variation of a single color]

This is a lot more like I thought it should be. Thank you.

In the examples below I used a black background so the less of the colour selected a pixel contains, the more black shows through. 

 

 

[Convert color deviation to alpha variation of a single color]

Thank you @felix-hilden for sharing.

Reading your description, I thought we would be able to select any of the basic RGB colours to keep. So I'm a bit disappointed that we only have a choice of black or white.

 

The UI for those wondering:

I did some testing to compare with some of the many options available. I used a yellow background to make the details visible at this size: 

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I do like the results!

 

 

[SOTW#231 - Christmas! - Winners!]

Thank you @lynxster4 for hosting and congratulations on your win!

Congratulations to @Vagabondi and @Pixey too and everyone who entered.

[Layer not visible (Solved)]

Check the opacity of the layer.

[Adjustment Presets]

20 hours ago, BoltBait said:

The defaults only come into play the first time you run an adjustment after starting Paint.NET.

Exactly! So Ctrl+*SomeKey* to repeat an adjustment would usefully adopt the settings used last.

[Use of Variables to insert text into image from .txt or .csv file?]

If one is willing to go to all the trouble @Ego Eram Reputo went to in his suggestion above, I would think that adjusting this plugin would make more sense (and be, perhaps, easier):

 

 

[Adjustment Presets]

23 hours ago, BoltBait said:

I suppose I could build you a custom version with whatever defaults for each slider you want.

That would not be necessary if we could "repeat" (Ctrl+whatever) Adjustments, like we do Effects (Ctrl+F).

(It really is not worth the trouble searching for my post but...) I suggested it a few years ago and, if I remember right, even @Rick Brewster agreed it would be helpful.