Ketenks Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Is it possible to make paint.net capable of selecting multiple layers at a time and then select a region and move all the pixels from each of the layers? I expect if you could do this then you could apply effects to to that selection as well and have the effect applied to all pixels on each layer. If this is possible, I think this would make work flow a lot quicker. Thanks for considering it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 No; however, you can use Edit -> Copy Selection and Edit -> Paste Selection -> Replace to make this much easier than it used to be. You can even paste the selection into Notepad if you need to hold on to it (it's just numbers). The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 ^ this feature is described here https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/EditMenu.html#9.2 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...
Ketenks Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 I'm not sure how that would help. I have an icon and a number over the icon with a background, 3 layers. I have to move the icons around and then move the numbers on top of the icons around and I always have to readjust the alignment to make everything just right. It would be good to keep everything aligned the first time I align it and then align the carrier icon to where I need it to go later on. Copying and pasting a selection doesn't mean I can keep my stuff aligned from what I can tell. I have Align Object and Align Object plugins, they both seem to do the same thing and they don't align objects to other objects in different layers, so it doesn't help me there. I seriously have to look at the coordinate positions and zoom in to make sure I'm pixel perfect every time I move anything. And then move the overlaying graphics the same amount of pixels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 The copy selection feature allows you to reproduce the same selection so you can apply it to successive layers. On 2/17/2019 at 12:59 PM, Ketenks said: I have Align Object and Align Object plugins, they both seem to do the same thing and they don't align objects to other objects in different layers, so it doesn't help me there. Align everything to the center - then you'll be sure your icon and text will line up. 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...
Ketenks Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, Ego Eram Reputo said: The copy selection feature allow you to reproduce the same selection so you can apply it to successive layers. Align everything to the center - then you'll be sure your icon and text will line up. But they are not centered. They are everywhere and anywhere. And depending on what icons I use their arrangement changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gendalf Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 (edited) Would be a nice feature to have. For example if you need to move/shift only 2 out of 3 layers - all aligned relative to each other and having a bunch of tiny bits all over the place that you wouldn't want to merge yet. Edited September 2, 2019 by gendalf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damjan Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I agree with OP. It would be amazing to be able to ctrl+click several different layers and then have any selection transformations/effects apply on all of the selected layers at once. Copy/Paste selection makes it feasible, but this feature would make it trivial and much faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valentino15k Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Totally agree, it would be a very usefull implementation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judderod Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Another vote to be able to CTRL or SHIFT and select multiple layers. To be able to move them all around together instead of having to merge down would be great. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avada Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Hi! I just wanted to perform "image adjustments" that affect the whole image anyway (didn't select anything), and was wondering how to apply it to all layers, but apparently I can't. It's quite a nuisance for this use-case. I have to perform the same action for each layer. Which can be a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexhandr Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I too would love the ability to select multiple layers at once. It would save so much time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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