Calybos

I can see the opacity controls for Layer Properties, but I can't seem to set the color of the layer itself. How do you do this? As always, what I'm trying to do is create an overlay "mask" to cover up part of a GUI screenshot. I've learned the hard way that you can't simply draw a box and then move/adjust its properties, so I'm going with a layer as instructed.

Sorry, I am referring to Paint.net.

Well, no you can't. You cannot select an object you just drew and move the object; you can only select an area and move ALL the pixels, which is not useful to me. I looked under the Effects menu and didn't see anything called "Fade." (Actually, I didn't recognize anything I did see under the Effects menu, either.) Where can Fade be found?

My primary graphics task is working with application screencaps... mainly masking out private customer information, and sometimes overlaying 'dummy' data in its place. With a drawing program, the process goes like this: Draw a box somewhere near the field I'm masking. Use the color-matching tool to ensure that the box matches the field. Resize and reposition the box to exactly cover the field. (Optional) Repeat this process with a text box to present the 'dummy' data on top. However, my workplace requires us to use Paint, which doesn't support drawing actions like this (moving and resizing objects). Is there some other way to accomplish this task with the tools Paint does have?

I see. OK, thanks for your help.

No, really. The first thing I do with any new drawing tool is 1. Draw a square. 2. Select the square. 3. Begin tweaking the square's properties--stroke width and color, fill, pattern, etc. So how do you select the object you just drew? All I'm seeing is 'select an area' tools, which of course won't work for adjusting a specific drawing object.