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Hi,

I am Ronald from Switzerland, and new here.

Have been using the std paint from MS in the past. There there was the option of having an automatic white background behind texts.

I assume this is also available on paint.net, but I cannot find it.

Who can help?

 

Thanks,

Ronald

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24 minutes ago, Vintage Fahrer said:

I assume this is also available on paint.net, but I cannot find it.

 

There isn't. If you have a new image, you have automatically a white background and can add text directly on it or in a new, transparent layer.

 

Or if you want just a kind of white "shadow" around the text characters, use a plugin like Outline Object or Drop Shadow.

 

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You could also use Boltbait's Meme Maker.

Edited by IRON67
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Hello Ronald. Welcome!

 

Paint.net works quite differently to MS paint. The technique you're looking for is layers. A good introduction can be found here https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/WorkingWithLayers.html (I can recommend reading the online documentation)

 

You will need to write your text on it's own layer, then add a layer underneath to hold the white background.

 

If you have trouble, please ask. :)

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Thanks for the help sofar. I will firts make a complete white layer, write text on it, and copy the part I Need to an other layer. This will work for me, though a lot of steps to do, for something that looks easy.

 

Thanks again for your replies.

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On 2/7/2018 at 9:30 AM, Vintage Fahrer said:

 I will firts make a complete white layer, write text on it, and copy the part I Need to an other layer.

 

Thanks again for your replies.

 

Better to do this:

 

1.  Open PDN

2.  Make a New Layer - which will be transparent - add your Text here.

3.  Use one of the methods @IRON67 mentioned.

4.  Decide if you want the first layer, the background layer, to be a different color, or just keep it transparent by unchecking the background and then

      flatten your image

Tip:  save to PDN if you want to edit it in future.  Once you flatten to .png, or jpg, etc, your work will be gone.

 

Outline_Text.png

 

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