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@bflmpsvz Thanks for the well crafted question and topic heading. (it makes it easier for users with similar problems to search for solutions.) If you want to do what you are asking using Paint.NET you can download and install the 'Portable Document Format (.PDF) & Adobe Illustrator Artwork (.AI) Alternative File Type Plugin' found here: Make sure that you read and follow the author's install procedure and note! Also make sure that your signature is on a transparent layer and that you save using the settings illustrated below:

I don't understand your question. The default background color for Paint.NET is solid white. A background is ether transparent, translucent, or solid. If your background is transparent or translucent it will save as solid white if you save as a jpeg. If you want to have a different color background use the fill tool to fill the background with that color before starting your drawing. There is no transparency in the background of a jpeg image. If you want to save a png file without transpareny just turn off transpareny before saving. Transparency is the main purpose of layering images.

@Rick Brewster If the image is edited in some way will the resulting image loose any of the EXIF data such as shutter speed, f-stop, camera model, or stuff like that when saved? I guess I should try it see for myself.

Here we are full circle. If you created or edited an image in Paint.NET and did not add/embed a color space profile to the Color Management, then it will saved as sRGB by default. Paint.NET does not provide the option to add/embed color space profiles, it uses the WCS 1.0 default or the profiles installed by the user via Color Management. Why? Because: "When no input color space is specified, by default WCS 1.0 uses the sRGB color space as the input color space for color mapping. When no output profile is specified, but a default device is specified, WCS 1.0 selects a default output profile. If the default device does not have an associated profile, WCS 1.0 uses the sRGB color space as the output profile." https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wcs/srgb--a-standard-color-space I just found an excellent video link on the basics of color space and profiles:

sRGB is the standard color space on Windows 10 The sRGB standard color space was developed jointly in 1996 by Microsoft and HP. It is the default color space, but can be changed by installing other ICC color management profiles https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/about-color-management-2a2ed8fa-cf09-83c5-e55c-d1428519f616 BTW There is a open source freeware called Cyan that allows for the conversion of ICC profiles for images up to 32 bits. I use it to convert RGB to CMYK. Here is the link: https://cyan.fxarena.net/ When you goto Windows Color Management you should see something like what is inserted below after selecting the 'Advanced' tab:

When you select 'Save As...' it will provide a listing of all the formats it can write.

@Ates It is apparent that not only are you a 'newbie' to Paint.NET, but also a novice at using the Windows file system. Everything that you need has been delivered to you, but you lack the experience to unpack it. So this is the breakdown: Within the 'Programs Files' folder are a grouping of programs that are installed on your system The sub folder named 'paint.net' contains the files and folders related to 'paint.net' Within the paint.net sub folder are a nest of sub folders and files needed to run paint.net, one of which is the 'Effects' folder Within the 'Effects' folder, you will load your effects plugins Within the 'FileTypes' folder go plugins related to handling various file types I hope that this is helpful!

If you have MS Office you can use Word to create the text and highlight, copy, and paste into Paint.NET onto a transparent layer example: illimitées On the United States keyboard the é is applied from Windows Character Map by entering Alt+0233

Check this out:

Digital Graphic Design by HyReZ with Paint.NET (Planets created with the Shape3D plugin)

@AndrewDavid That is eactly what I do. I have folders named Watermarks, Tiles, My_Images and Backgrounds just for this puppose. You can add sub-folders as I do within the My_Images folder.

Greetings @Davet and @Pixey It would be a great feature to add to Tool/Shapes! Maybe there is a way to add a data input field that will allow for setting height/width to the xaml code of the various Shapes that will go beyond that of just Arrows that Davet suggests.

@Pixey I downloaded the Craquelure 3D Redfield Plugin and after opening the compressed archive I see a .reg file and a .txt. Is there some type of conversion that is needed to make it an .8bf, .pat or .abr? As it stands now, clicking on the .reg file asks to edit the Windows Registry

Thanks to each of you pedantic 'crack' heads. 💯

Greetings, The effect on an actual painting is known as 'crackle'. https://justpaint.org/defining-the-difference-between-a-crack-and-a-craze/#:~:text=Unintentional cracking or crazing often,are not taken into account. Pixey has linked to some nice brushes for this effect above.

Greetings, Printing software does not print pixels, it uses DPI (Dots Per Inch) Pixels deal with image resolution. Here is an explaination of Pixels vs DPI that I presented in this forum a few years ago: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Here is a link to a true 24 bit color image file: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/16777216colors.png It is 4096 x 4096 pixels. If opened in Paint.NET it is 96 DPI If opened in Krita it is 72 DPI If opened in Windows Paint it is 120 DPI It is the same image, so which is correct? The answer is that it does not matter until you print it to your desired dimensions! Use the printer software that came with your printer then set the printer to print that size image Have the printer software show you a preview of the output size before printing. Check out the entire thread here: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/115483-dpi-file-issue/#comment-564891 More on this topic here:

@Ego Eram Reputo Your success will put another arrow in our quiver. Best Wishes!

I am a digital artist and I do prints for artshows and apparel. I can do what I need without a big investment.

It is obvious that you quys are very proud of your computer system, but all of that is overkill for me. I am not a gamer and my system is not used in business, therefore it is not paying for itself. I will be just fine. A system that is able to run Windows 11, edit video, do my graphic designs and illustrations is enuff or now. Thanks for the advice.

Here is an image of the new system that I will be puting together today after Amazon delivers the VisionTek Radeon 5450 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 ATX Video Card

You could also use the Effects\Align plugin to move each object of each layer to its center and save it before merging it to a jpeg or png

Greetings, If you understand film photography you know that you can print a 35mm negative as a 5x7 print or as 16x20 print. The negative does not change dimentions or resolution. You have to instruct the printer to print to print to a larger or smaller paper. Most printers come with a software utility that will permit you to do just that. Remember jpeg, png, gif, tiff, pcx, bmp, tga files are all raster images and will show some signs of pixellation when magnified or printed to larger paper sizes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_graphics

Greetings, @PlainoldTony It would have been helpful in forming a solution for you, if you mentioned in your original request; that your images were not PDN images. It would still be a help if you tell what file format your images save to, and what software you used to create them. Now that you have mention; as an aside, that the "Layers" have anchor points. They could of been created in products such as, Power Point, Expresion Design, Picture It!, PhotoDraw, Creature House Expression, Publisher or other Microsoft apps alone. BTW - The products that I mention above permits the use of raster and vector layers within the same image staging area, PDN does not have this ability and may never have this ability. I asked Rick Brewster about adding this capablity to PDN years ago. I think that he refered to this as 'object oriented programing' that would not be added to PDN at that time. As Reptillian states, these features are found in Photoshop and other apps. Maybe you can go back to the software that you used to create your images and save to a format that is compatible to editing in PDN.

Greetings, Open the first layered image into Paint.NET as normal Then goto the "Layers" tab and scroll down to "Import From File" and load the second layered image.

All image that I post to this thread contain planets created with Paint.NET and the Shape3D plugin. I get good render time without a hardware upgrade. BTW I am using 150% scaling.