A way to paste clipboard into the center of the screen

[Antediluvian]

Greetings!

 

The need to drag the pasted image into the center of the screen before any other operations bugs me a bit. Is there a way (a plugin?) to make Paint.NET paste images into the center of the screen by default?

[MJW]

There's no way to make that the default PDN action, but you might try the Paste From Clipboard plugin. The default position to paste is the center.

[Antediluvian]

Is there a way to move the image pasted this way by hand? Maybe there's a checkbox "do not fix in place" that I don't see?

[Ego Eram Reputo]

When you paste an image from the clipboard, the Move tool is automatically selected (see https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/EditMenu.html#7). Move the cursor away from the control nubs and you should be able to click and drag to reposition the pasted image. Alternatively, click and drag the control nub   (see https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/MoveTools.html#7)

[Antediluvian]

When I paste in a regular way, yes, but with the plugin the pasted image is immediately fixed in place (unless I'm missing some controls).

[NinthDesertDude]

Ctrl + Alt + V to paste to a new image, then resize the canvas to the dimensions of the other canvas, setting the anchor to center, then copy to a layer over the original image. You should be able to get reasonably fast at it.

Edited July 24, 2018 by Joshua Lamusga

[MJW]

18 hours ago, Antediluvian said:

but with the plugin the pasted image is immediately fixed in place (unless I'm missing some controls).

 

If you're referring to Paste From Clipboard, the Offset control allows the pasted image to be repositioned. However, I thought your goal was to paste the image into the middle of the canvas. As Ego Eram Reputo points out, if you paste an image in the normal, non-plugin, way, you can move it around afterward, since the Move Selected Pixels tool is automatically selected.

[Antediluvian]

The inconvenience for me lies in the need to drag each pasted image from corner to center. And, no, coordinate-based offset is not what I was looking for, as I do not know end coordinates beforehand.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Paste the image into a new layer with Ctrl + Shift + V. Then you can run one of the align plugins to center it (like Align Object).

[toe_head2001]

4 minutes ago, Antediluvian said:

I'm trying to find a way to either paste directly into current center (but not fix in place, as fine adjustment is needed) or to alter paste position with some plugin.

 

You can't do that; even with a plugin. There is no way to have it paste to the center of the viewport.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

On 7/25/2018 at 1:48 PM, Ego Eram Reputo said:

Paste the image into a new layer with Ctrl + Shift + V. Then you can run one of the align plugins to center it (like Align Object).

 

...and after you've done this you can fine-tune the placement by moving the entire layer (press the M key click and drag or arrow keys for per-pixel movement)

[Tom in Oregon City]

Another way: (1) be sure both the destination canvas and the image you are copying are the same dots per inch, (2) set the color to opacity zero,  (3) change canvas size to center, with height and width matching the destination (you should now see your image surrounded by transparent checkerboard), (4) select all of the image, (5) copy, (6) select the destination, (7) paste to new layer (not paste, which will wipe out the destination layer contents)

 

Using two canvas size steps instead of one, you can position your image anywhere on the destination canvas you like: just select (for example) lower right, then expand to the desired top and left margins, then select upper left, and put in the whole destination size.

[Rick Brewster]

Tom, this thread is many years old