Ashleen O'Gaea Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 I'm new to Paint.net - just installed yesterday. I see that back in mid-March, Kokain asked a question about problems he was having with a WordArt plugin, but didn't say which one he was using. What are some WordArt or "headline" plugins? I need to put one on top of a photo to make a book cover, but I need to be able to manipulate its background .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Hi @Ashleen O'Gaea and Welcome to paint.net . I've not heard of that particular Plugin on this forum, but we do have Text Plugins and here are two: https://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/16643-dpys-plugin-pack-2014-05-04/ https://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/16347-circle-text/ I noted in an older thread that one of our Mods, said this about WordArt: "Just type your word art in a Microsoft Office program and press the print screen button on your keyboard. Then, open up a new image in paint.net and press ctrl+v to paste. Crop to the word art and it is ready to use." Quote by @pdnnoob 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...
Ashleen O'Gaea Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 Thanks, Pixey. I'll check those out, and try the Office solution. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 You don't need a plugin. Paint.net comes with its own powerful text tool. The trick is to place the text on its own transparent layer so you can manipulate the layer independent of the rest of the image. Loni has some stunning book covers in her gallery here 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...
MJW Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 A useful trick when using the Text tool is to type the text, set a reasonable font size, then open the list of Font styles. Put the mouse cursor over a style, but don't click. Instead, use the Up and Down keys to move among the styles. Before BoltBait mentioned this method, I spent a lot of time clicking one style at a time until I found the one I liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 TR's Monolith Well worth a try! 1 Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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