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Thanks for the consideration and your response.

I don't know if this was requested in the past, so excuse me if it was, and it got rejected in the past. I'm currently using Paint.NET to analyze AI-generated images with transparent pixels, and it relies on modifying and updating the same image file over and over, multiple times per day. It image itself stores unique metadata within the pixels, which will change if it's saved to a separate file. I constantly have to fight with Paint.NET to open and re-open the same image file repeatedly, re-zoom back in and enlarge it really big, and analyze the individual pixels each time the file gets modified externally. May I request for a feature where Paint.NET has a toggleable or an option to allow the application to refresh / reload the same image file if the file gets modified externally, through an external, 3rd party application, a script command, or a program that was executed to generate a new image file and overwrites the previous file automatically. I greatly appreciated this, if my feature request is just being considered, regardless of what outcome / decision is made. Thank you.

Hello @AndrewDavid, I'm able to enable pixel grid and can see the individual pixels. However, it's less difficult, but still hard, to see the pixels when the transparent grid and the pixel grid are matching up (or in other words, aligned with each other, making the edges hard to distinguish from each other). It's still not comparable to the Eyedropper pixel grid marker, because that marker has a distinctive, white outline around the highlighted pixel. That marker is very easy to focus the eyes on, as well as being very apparent to spot it on top of the transparent background, even with the pixel grid enabled. I still wish for the Pencil tool to just have that Eyedropper pixel grid marker, with that distinctive, white outline. Would it still be nice to have that?

Currently, I'm editing a transparent image in Paint.NET 4.2.16. I've max zoomed into the image, so each pixel is relatively large on the screen. Here's a GIF of the Pencil and Eyedropper tool showing just how difficult it is to see where I'm drawing. You'll notice that the Pencil tool doesn't have a pixel grid marker that the Eyedropper tool has. I have to use the Eyedropper tool to show the pixel grid marker, and hover over the spot where I wanted to edit the pixel at, then switch into the Pencil tool using a hotkey to draw the pixel out. Then, if I wanted to slightly alter the color and opacity of the pixel, I would have to purposely set the pixel color to some arbitrary color, like bright pink (#FF00FF, opacity 255), before mixing the proper color and overwriting the pixel afterwards. What I'm wondering about is, for accessibility purposes, would it be nice to have the Pencil tool display the pixel grid marker the same way as the Eyedropper tool does? Any thoughts about this are welcome.

I do not expect to gain much other than a new market, as I was embracing the fact the devs of Paint.NET do not plan to work on this, as henceforth. Sorry to be frank. The pen input for Surface Pro seems like an awesome path to take, for a very novice person to think of. I do want to see if Paint.NET is available in Windows Store, as it seems Microsoft is moving/geared towards having a consolidated market place for applications, like how Apple and Google does it with their AppStore and Google Play, respectively.

The recent video blog entry showed up a background image I'd recognized from Windows 8 while demonstrating the use of the new Paint Bucket tool, and that got me wondering, if there exists a port of Paint.NET for Windows 8 Metro, would you use it? I know the devs will immediately respond, "No, we will not develop for Metro.", but I liked to discuss the impossibility.

I use Microsoft Office IME 2010 for Traditional Chinese to input Chinese characters. I've noticed that whenever I wanted to use the Text tool and have to text out both Chinese and Alphanumeric characters, I believe an input lock has been unproperly put in place. Clearly, there are no log files or anything. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Switch the preferred input method to "Microsoft Office IME 2010 for Traditional Chinese". 2. In Paint.NET, press T to use the Text tool. 3. Left click anywhere within the canvas, and type out any Chinese characters. There has to be at least 1 character. 4. Press Ctrl + Space to toggle / switch to "English input", basically changing the IME to other input methods. (Displaying the "EN") 5. Type anything. 6. Try toggling / switching back to "Microsoft Office IME 2010 for Traditional Chinese". 7. Notice that the IME itself changes its settings to "Alphanumeric Input Mode", instead of "Traditional Chinese". In-between, there are no actions executed to toggle "Traditional Chinese" to "Alphanumeric Input Mode". It happens automatically. If it were to change input methods, shouldn't the input mode stays the same after toggling / switching modes? I don't know if other different input methods (or IMEs) behave the same though.

Thank you!

I am finding some inconsistencies when using tools provided in Paint.NET. For 2 examples, I'll simply describe the behavior of the Escape key. ----------- Exhibit A: I would like to use Text to type in some letters with different colors. What I would do is press T (shortcut key for Text), select a color, type a letter, press ESC, nothing happened, click somewhere else, click back to the letter, select a different color, type a letter, ESC, nothing happened, repeat... After I'm done, I press ESC again with nothing happening, and press a different shortcut key to continue editing, like O (shortcut key for Line/Curve). Exhibit B: I would like to draw a circle and a line. After finish typing, I press O four times to use the Ellipse tool, draw a circle, and then press ESC. Nothing happened. Next, I press O once to use the Line tool, start drawing a line, and then press ESC. At this point, my drawn line is canceled for good, and I need to either use Redo to recover it, or redraw the line again. ------------ Here I present to you these two exhibits. Notice that sometimes, pressing ESC does nothing other than jumping back to cursor, and sometimes cancelling the action that was done. Would it be possible if the Escape key has a consistent action throughout all of the tools?

I look forward to see new versions of Paint.NET once all of the crash logs have been waded through. Thanks again!

Thank you. I'll try out some of these steps when I have time to tinker my laptop around.

Whoops! I forgot all about this post here. My reasons for this feature: Whenever a Paint.NET power user opens up Paint.NET, the user may wish to use their own preferred starting canvas. It can be either completely white, it could be entirely in pink (R: 255, B 255, G: 0) to start off making new sprites, or it could be completely empty. By empty, I mean that there aren't any canvas, and that user must create a new canvas to start off their day. Instead of loading up the default canvas (completely white), the power user can edit a few variables of their choices to make the canvas feel welcoming. Like what jim100361 mentioned, one wishes to see the last project that was closed in the last session open up upon startup, so that they may continue their work immediately. What jim100361 mentioned is a one of many workarounds. The other workaround is more technical. It's something that involves changing registries in Windows OS (something that I've done on my own laptop, Windows Vista). Another reason is to start Paint.NET up without any canvas open. Some people personally prefer dragging their projects from Windows Explorer into Paint.NET. Then they can easily switch tabs and do some comparing and editing stuffs. If the default canvas were to open up at startup, some of the time, these power users may wish to close the default canvas. All of the reasons above may or may not seem non-trivial to casual users of Paint.NET. I do believe a new setting won't affect any users at all, but may give power users an opportunity to change how they work in the Paint.NET environment. I hope these reasons are enough to satisfy a bump. Sorry for the one-month-old reply.

Sometimes, Paint.NET crashes on itself, and I get a pdncrash.log on my Desktop. I followed the directions in the log file, and have sent the log to crashlog@getpaint.net. After sending two log files, I was wondering if there is a bot that automatically sends a reply message to the user who sent out the crash log files, so that the user actually knows he/she has sent them correctly? I do know there are some bots who do this when I sent them some of their program's log files, so I'm just wondering. Thanks in advance.

Whenever I start Paint.NET, I always see a blank canvas ready for me to be drawn. I thought of changing the settings/preferences for Paint.NET to turn off the "Create canvas upon startup." I have failed to find a Settings/Preferences menu. How do I turn off "Create a new canvas upon startup" for Paint.NET? Thanks.

Thanks for that. Sorry for such a long inactivity from excessive sickness. I must pinpoint some irony in this: I use the palette to select colors with left and right mouse button. I have never used the color wheel yet. And it's from selecting the palette swatches left and right doesn't seem to work, thus given me the inspiration to create this thread. Now I see others using the palette (along with the admin himself) and they say this suggested feature works. I have this thought that I need to update Windows 7, went ahead, and viola! Problem solved. At least I still stand correct for the color wheel, even though I haven't use that before. EDIT: Whatever my post means, thanks again!

I'm actually used to MS Paint in Windows XP, so you can probably say I'm a big fan of MS Paint. Then a colleague of mine suggested to me that I could try the alternate MS Paint, which is Paint.NET. I'm quite satisfied with it and all, but there's something bothering me since I started using Paint.NET 3.5.10 for a month. In my free time, I do a lot of pixel arts. So, I'm a pencil guy. I liked using the Pencil tool in both MS Paint and Paint.NET. The small little part that's been bothering me is something MS Paint have, and Paint.NET doesn't have. When you left click on a color swatch in MS Paint, it sets the primary color to the picked color. When you right click on the color swatch, same goes for the secondary color. But in Paint.NET, when I left click on a color swatch, it sets the currently selected color (Primary or Secondary) to that picked color. If I right click, nothing happens. I am so used to MS Paint that, instinctively, primary colors are what I use when I left click, and secondary colors are what I use when I right click. Left Click = Primary. Right Click = Secondary. And it seemed natural. Thus, I'm suggesting for this behavior. I hoped I've explained it enough. Thanks in advance.