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@TrevorOutlaw A few plugins for Paint.NET use 3D rendering and apply layers as texture or bump maps and output back to a layer. One is the some of the effects in the G'MIC Effects plugin and another is the Shape 3D plugin.

In the Evan Oldes Effects is an effect called the '3D Object(beta)' that has a torus distortion feature that can be applied to a layer. Since the query for an effect sent in by ChicaFlaquita is basically a narrow vortex as it would be viewed from the interior of a torus; with a texture map layer made of black and white diagonal lines applied; a plugin could be developed. Evan provides the equation for producing the torus. Maybe some of Paint.NETS skillful plugin coders can turn the equation inside out to provide a solution? Then ChicaFlaquita can reward them handsomely for there efforts! 🙂

toe_head2001 just provided a link to site of the free classic and store versions above! If you followed this link it would take you here: https://www.getpaint.net/download.html#download

Half pixels do not exist! A pixel (picture-element) is the smallest quantity of a digital image. There are no fractions or divisions of a pixel. Your concept and use of the word 'pixel' is different than what is technically meant by the term. All images create in Paint.NET are pixelated because the software only create 'raster' (bitmapped) images. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_graphics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelation The 'offset' feature that you are asking about has very little to do either pixels or pixelation in the instance that you have presented! On my monitor and using Paint.NET with a canvas of 1000h x 750v pixels, I would have to zoom into my image to 300% before I see the representation pixels on the screen. I feel pretty assured that you are not talking about doing art on the pixel level unless you are working with small images such as icons and 8bit video games. True Pixel Art Video Turorials For Paint.Net: https://youtu.be/Sg1bgO7HrkY https://youtu.be/8pyBg3pql0w https://youtu.be/5vb1HXpydOk

No, but why not have the friend see if he can open the original file on their end using PDN, and if the can have them put the image in a compressed archive (like a .zip folder) and re-send it.

Greetings, The 'White/Transparent Checkers' does not actually 'fill' the layer. It is merely a visual indicator that the layer is transparent. If you open an image into a Paint.NET layer and use the 'Eraser Tool' to remove content, the checkerboard indicator is used to represent the portion of the image that has become transparent.

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System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.dll is a dependency that Paint.NET needs to run and you said above that It it is not in the Program Files/paint.net folder where it needs to be (in the Classic version) for Paint.NET to load properly! You need to re-install or locate the missing .dll and put it where it belongs.

Don't get your panties in a bunch! I can assure you that I understand what you wrote! What I posted was the process that I used in this instance in trying to uncover hidden or distorted information.

You can almost read the various codes in your example if you use the Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast and set Brightness to -100, Contrast to 84, and Zoom in 300%.

For professional work it is recommended to obtain an ICC profile for your monitor and install it using the Windows Color Management option and then calibrating it. Much of the works that I do are large so I use large monitors when I create them. I have a 32 inch monitor for my workstation PC and a 80 inch monitor for my media center PC. Here is a video link on monitor calibration: https://youtu.be/f1PCG5hXUmE

I just added a reference to my comment above while you were writing your comment. BTW: I include a reference in my first comment also. Since I don't develop software I have to depend on the published information from those who do and since the thread is about RGB vs HSV I will leave it there with the support that I have provided!

Nope! HSV (hue, saturation, value) is an alternative representations of the RGB color space model, designed in 1978 by a computer graphics researcher Alvy Ray Smith to more closely align with the way human vision perceives color-making attributes. HSV colors can have fractional values represent as decimals You can see references for more nfo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV

The image that you supplied is so small and the text within is also small and very pixellated that it will be extremely unlikely that it can be read as you have sent it.

Paint.NET uses sRGB absolute color space developed by HP & Microsoft in 1996 and is used as a fast and precise way to create an additive color system to computer devices such as monitors and printers. HSV is a relative color space developed in the 1970s to represent how the human eye perceives the mixing of pigments and apply that mathematics to RGB color space. How it determines Values & Gamma in that color space differs and that is what is causing problems finding exact relationships in the settings within the Paint.NET's expanded Colors Window. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_color_spaces_and_their_uses

Even without seeing the image, unless it is a photo taken with a camera that uses light-field technology, such as the Lytros, it is not possible in to add focus to an image after it is done. An image can be retouched which is really replacing elements of original image.

Greetings, In the Paint.NET documentation here: https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/LineCurveTool.html It states, "There are two icons in the Tool Bar for changing between Cubic Spline and Bézier curves. These replace the Right click & drag that paint.net 3.5x used."

@timwatsonsc1978 I also did a hurried remake of your project. I both re-scaled and converted to a SVG image. Here is a link to my edit: (Within the .zip archive are the edited & re-scaled .png and its .svg conversion. The raster color edit and re-scaling were done in Paint.NET and the vector conversion was done in Inkscape.) https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7qdwm2dhepi3ms/FoxFace_B.zip?dl=0

Greetings! If clicking the Repair button didn't work you will have to remove Paint.NET before reinstalling. I use a program called 'Revo Uninstaller' set to advanced mode to uninstall my apps although the is an uninstaller built into Windows and Paint.NET. When Revo Uninstaller loads please click on Help and load and read the Help File PDF! Then run the Advanced mode. After it uses the built-in uninstall of your program, use Revo's Scan feature to pick up and further delete any left over program residue.

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@timwatsonsc1978 You are working with a raster image therefore it will never be 100% 'smooth'. Limited color graphics designs, such as yours, are more pleasing when done as a vector image. There are several free and open source vector graphic software options out there in cyberspace, and some will permit you to convert your raster image into a vector image. Do a search for tutorials on making this conversion!

You can use the Paint.NET Settings and apply the Plugin Errors option to list the plugins that have issues and remove them by deleting their .dll files. (If you have a bunch of plugins, as I do, it will take a while to seek them out and display.) IMPORTANT NOTE: I just had Paint.NET to crash after trying to apply the CustomFrame.dll (Add Custom Frame). So the Plugin Errors locator does not find all problem plugins!

They can also be found at GitHub <Snip> Just scroll down and right click on the files, save file link, and place the appropriate folder (Sometimes Windows will not allow a direct save of a .dll file to a programs folder, so you may have to save to some place like the download folder or the desktop and copy and paste it into the appropriate folder)

Greetings, Here is an analogy to think about that may ease your confusion. If you take program and place it into a compressed archive such as a zip file, its Properties will show a reduced file size. When the zip is uncompressed it is restored to original file size. Try this: Download this .jpg test pattern image onto your computer and then use Properties to examine its file size. https://www.wallpaperflare.com/static/373/727/729/tv-abstract-test-patterns-test-wallpaper.jpg Now open the image in Windows Paint and save it as a .bmp file and check its Properties. As a .jpg it is compressed to 41.9 kb, but as a decompressed .bmp it is now 8.48 MB. BTW: Both the .jpg and the .bmp will yield a Color Count of 937 due to tints, tones, and shades created by the process of anti-aliasing.