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Welshblue: Thanks for the actual PDN file you developed. That is really helpful to have. I also downloaded all of the plugins you recommended. I have started taking it apart to see if I can recreate what you did on my own. I can see there are multiple layer3's. I have unchecked each layer to try and step through how you developed the porch. I see how you first drew the two white posts by adjusting the brush width. Where I am getting stuck is the next layer3 where you put in some perspective to the right white post. I think you used the Effect>object>drop shadow but dont know what settings you used, and do you draw that in from top to bottom? Also did you "copy" the right white post to make the left white post? How do you do that? I am a complete novice so sorry for so many questions. Thank you for your time.

Welshblue: I understand you used the line tool. Besides drawing in the vertical lines, did you also draw in the ones at the bottom of each post going towards the back to give it perspective and depth?

Hi Minners: I created a photobucket account, followed Jims instructions on http://forums.getpai...es-and-avatars/ copying in the IMG path and hopefully you can see my final gif. I used the same brick pattern that you did. Not sure why my bricks got more stretched out than yours. Any ideas? If you cant see my image below, not sure what I did wrong? Trying to get my images in like you did in the tutorial above.

Welshblue: Thank you. All of you out here are so talented. Being a newbee, I understand the line tool. But how did you use the drop shadow to get the depth? Where do I find that in PDN? Any tutorials on that? And what is "trail" on the uprights. When I was trying to do this I could not get the depth at all. Any detailed instructions so I can try to reproduce what you did would be greatly appreciated. What are you using to upload your finished picture? Photobucket.com?. Thank you for your time.

Hello: I am interested in somehow trying to see what a front porch would like on the front of a house. I wanted to be protected from the rain. Would like the porch to follow the triangle roof line over the door and come out about 3/4's of the way. Have the porch sit on two white posts. Can paint.net be used to do something like this? Any suggestions or step by step on how to create this much appreciated. I am trying to learn how to use paint.net. I am complete novice. Thank you Eric

Thanks Minners for the detailed instructions. That really helped. One question: . For some reason the bricks get stretched out when I try to size the brick overlay to the outline area. When I have the the brick overlay selected, the bricks are half way up at the top. It is hard to explain. Any idea what I might be doing wrong? I keep trying to paste a picture of my final product and get a "post to short error". How I do paste in a picture to this post? I tried doing a copy of the gif file and then a paste into this post and I get that error. I am so close. Thank you Eric

Minners and Jim I tried both of your directions. I followed all of minners instructions and here is where I am at. Steps I followed: 1. Opened dirt path picture in PDN (this is now background) and it is checked on 2. Added a new layer (that is now on top of background), its highlighted and checked on 3. Highlighted area of dirt, set tolerance to 67, filled in just dirt area 4. Went to Adjustments>hue/Saturation and moved the slider bar all the way to the left. Dirt path is now black 5. I hit Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C 6. Unchecked layer 2 (this layer on top) and ran alphamask 7. Now see under layers, Layer 2 is checked on, shows my dirt path in black with checkerboard background 8. Background layer is below layer 2 shows my dirt path with checkerboard background Jim: I followed your instructions and now see Layer 2 (black path) checked on, checkerboard background, and on top. Below that is my dirt path, checked on with checkerboard background. On the bottom is my brick pattern, black path outline is in the center and it is checked on. I'm stuck. Dont know what happened to my backgound picture with the car next door showing etc. Minners: Tried your instructions. Got the brick picture showing under layers all by itself. In the upper right corner of PDN, I show with a yellow star on the top left, my black path outline with checkerboard background and next to it my brick patter with a yellow star in upper left corner.. Now I am stuck again. Sorry guys for being such a pain. Been wanting to learn PDN for a long time and how to do things like this. Eric

Thank you all. jim100361 - that is awesome Minners71: I followed your instructions and now I am stuck at #7 If I go out and fine a "brick" picture via google, what do I do with it? Do I save the file to my desktop? How do I "place this under your background layer"? I cant find a way to paste in a screen shot. I tried and got an error that post was to short. Would like for you to see what I am seeing in PDN. Thank you for your time Eric

Hello. I am a newbie and need a little help. Using Paint.net 3.5.10 I am trying to add some red bricks similar to the ones shown on the house to this dirt path. I tried adding a layer, made it an overlay, and copying and pasting the bricks onto the dirt area. That didnt work. Tried using the clone tool and that didnt work. Can someone provide me step by step instructions on how to do this? Thank you for your time Eric