hamwizard Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Hello. I'm trying to do one of those things with someones face, where you mirror one half on to the other half. Her face is very slightly tilted to the side and I'd like to select a square of her face but then rotate it. (I realise I can just rotate the image but this seems kind of awkward) This picture will help explain what I mean. http://i.imgur.com/who7G7W.jpg Am I just not thinking clearly here and there's totally a solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 If you just want to rotate the selection box (and not the pixels inside of the box), use the Move Selection Tool and grab one of the corners and rotate the selection. If you want to rotate the pixels, use the Move Selected Pixels Tool and grab one of the corners and rotate the selection. 1 Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Or with the selection made, activate the Move Selection Tool + right click & drag. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 You can learn more here : http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/MoveTools.html Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 I am not sure I understood but if you want to "mirror" one half on the other half you may use the Mirror effect : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Hi @Hamwizard. You are on the right track ......... Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamwizard Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 If you just want to rotate the selection box (and not the pixels inside of the box), use the Move Selection Tool and grab one of the corners and rotate the selection. If you want to rotate the pixels, use the Move Selected Pixels Tool and grab one of the corners and rotate the selection. Hah there you go - that's very cool. I feel like the rotation options for the selection tool, should be available off the primary tool, rather than having to switch tool but I don't need this too often and so it's totally servicable. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamwizard Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 I am not sure I understood but if you want to "mirror" one half on the other half you may use the Mirror effect : That's what I was doing but they had a tilted head which I needed to work with Tilted like / \ kinda thing, I needed the centre of the face to be at least perfectly vertical, until I knew I could solve my problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 One possible method is to use Layer>Rotate/Zoom to untilt the original image, making the subsequent section and mirroring simpler. Then retilt the image when finished.The double tilting would probably result in some blurring. If you first increase the canvas size, you'll avoid clipping the picture edges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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