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Your comment did not include information of your birth, but I asked what I did because it seemed like a novice question. I will leave it as that. Good Luck!

Are you certain that you are doing the color fill on the same layer as your image? Also the contours of your fill area must not contain breaks for the fill to overflow into. https://youtu.be/nz32lb6Jgy8

You may want to just take a scalable image a recolor the MiG-29N with RMAF/TUDM squadron 17, 53rd anniversary markings Here is a link to a SVG image of a MiG-29N: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/MiG-29.svg

Paint.Net is a raster image editor. It cannot rescale without introducing some degree of pixellization!

I own Corel Draw and Photoshop and I also use Paint.NET for its ease of use, but when I need a process, tool or effect that it does not offer, I do not hesitate to use something that will get me where I need to go! To make It easier to get there; Simon Brown wrote a plugin called ThatOtherApp.dll. When installed it resides in the Effects/Tools options. To each his own and good luck to you! 🙂

This happens to me also if I save as a PNG at 24 bit color depth, all other color depth settings work fine. I only found this out when trying to help DerSteffen. I usually have Auto-Detect selected as the default.

Try these free apps: https://inkscape.org/about/features/ https://krita.org/en/

I don't think the the problem will be so much the color issue as it would be their Apple logo in red coming out of the mist! 🙂 BTW As Rick has stated the problem here is that this would be more related to trademark infringement Fees for a state trademark search and registration can range from $100-$200, a federal trademark range from $225 to $475, and there are also international trademarks. As a stand alone work of art it can have a special standing, but if contested there can be a bunch of legal fees involved in defending the 'Fair Use' provision.

What you term as shades is due to the use of anti-aliasing. I usually turn off the feature when I create a graphic work. I will try to help you in testing means of limiting the color count of your image. I isolated your image from unrelated areas of the screen capture. After this I got a color count of 17423. To get it down to seven will be a work out. 🙂 @Pixey Technically some of the 7 colors are hues. A shade means that you have added black to a hue, a tint is when you add white to a hue, and a tone is when you add gray (black + white) to a hue.

That fact is that you have not lost anything. Your images are still 2400 x 3000 pixels. I hope that you took the time to view the links that I provided. Most people are confused about the process. Just think that the image sensor in a digital camera is the size of a postage stamp, yet it can produce a 16 megapixel (~4920 x 3264 pixel) image and that image data can be processed for viewing on a smartphone, computer monitor, 80 inch TV screen, or poster with pretty good resolution. Producing an 8x10 print is relatively simple. Good Luck!

I like your works and your tutorials!

Here is the link: https://copyright.gov/registration/ (It will cost you $35) https://www.copyright.gov/about/fees.html

Thanks for the update! Will there soon be a way to use the plugin on large canvases and with font sizes like 600 points?

My earlier advise to still holds true. I suggest that you not worry about any of this as long as your images are at 2400 x 3000 PPI. DPI is not relevant until the image is printed. Printers print in dots; monitors and image sensors use pixels as a reference and therefor PPI. If you want to use image compression software to reduce file size, that is okay; it does not reduce image size, so all is well. An image produced at 2400 x 3000 PPI and set to a viewing resolution from 150 - 300 PPI will print just fine when the printer software is set to print to an 8x10. I print most of my images to dimensions no smaller than 13 x 19 inches at image sizes of 1920 x 1440 pixels at 96 PPI. Only last year did I start making images with its smaller dimension being 5000 pixels. I used to run a HP Design Jet 500 in my class room and for inhouse school print projects. It is a great CMYK printer https://youtu.be/-Zt2yDVlB30 In Paint.NET the resolution in the resolution box is measured in pixel/inches or pixel/centimeters although most people say 'DPI'; even its creator!? http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/math.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_density

@Zagna and @Rick Brewster Your info lead me to go back and save the blank default image as both a .jpg and a .png with absolute size turned on and Maintain aspect ratio checked. When I opened the .png with PDN I got the resolution as 95.99 When I opened the .png with MS Paint I got the resolution as 120 When I opened the .png with Irfanview I got the resolution as 96 When I opened the .jpg with PDN I got the resolution as 96 When I opened the .jpg with MS Paint I got the resolution as 96 When I opened the .jpg with Ifranview I got the resolution as 96 The mystery continues @Loki's mom I would suggest that you not worry about it and send your images to Etsy

Maybe you accidentally turned it it off!? Here is link to help: https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/ColorsWindow.html

Here is a link to a PDN filetype plugin that will enable it to read PS, EPS, and AI filetypes: (The Plugin requires Ghostscript and a link to it is provided) Follow the read me instructions that comes within the zip archive containing the plugin. When opening the .eps file with PDN make sure you check the transparency box of the dialog box that will pop up before the file is opened.

As long as the pixel dimensions don't change the image size does not change. Converting from PNG to JPEG can alter image quality is the image is going to re-save as JPEG later (compressing a compressing is like in the old days of coping a VHS tape: each generation of the copy lost video quality). When I open PDN on my computer the default resolution is 96 PPI not DPI (DPI is for printers and printing). 96 PPI is adequate for displaying on most monitors. If for some reason you need to alter the PPI (like making content for smartphone with Retina display screens that have higher resolutions (~420 PPI) than most computer monitors; then change the PDN canvas resolution to 300 PPI before you build your project. I have tried to repeat your steps using the image dimension and resolution that you indicated, but it always saves and opens to the correct file properties. What a mystery indeed! Are you using the PDN app exclusively for all of the steps you have outlined; from creation, to saving, to re-opening?

Often in image packs you get a JPEG and a PNG, TIFF, PSD, AI, or a EPS file, all but the JPEG can contain the transparent Alpha channel. The image that you posted appears to be made translucent or semi-transparent. Why is that?

There are two of them. One for a 32bit OS and another for a 64bit OS. Can this be your problem? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36805

ContentAwareFill.dll plugin by null54 can assist with removing composition distractions. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/112730-content-aware-fill-2018-10-4/?tab=comments#comment-545143 There is short explanation of the plugin use near the end of the link.

Greetings, DPI (Dots Per Inch) is for printers while image resolution for screen viewing is processed and converted to pixels. They are not the same and are not interchangeable terminology. With a 12 mega-pixel camera, 300 PPI can be adequate for over 90% of printing purposes (8x10 - 11x14). When printing to larger formats; the printer drivers and RIP processors will calculate what adjustments needed for the process. As for your problem of trying to convert the scanned images in printer dots into something that will simulate pixels is problematic! It is commonly called halftone de-screening. This is what I found on this forum: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/111667-fixremove-moire-patterns-from-scanned-images/

Does this happen only with PDN? Can you draw in Paint or some other app without the lag?

This is the reality It may be possible for the sender to scan a better image, but without artistic image manipulation (retouching) you can't get out more that what was put in! What you see on 'CSI' and 'Person Of Interest' is bogus tech!