Drawing on Squared Background

[BJE1556]

Many good features but also a lot of frustrations 

 

Why is there no squared drawing background except when you zoom in to see a micro grid 

 

There should be an option to turn on background  grid at all zoom levels 

 

 

[Tactilis]

21 hours ago, BJE1556 said:

Why is there no squared drawing background

 

There should be an option to turn on background grid at all zoom levels

Because everybody has different requirements. Some people want squares, some want rectangles, some want to be able to vary the grid line thickness, some want to have the grid lined up with a specific part of their image, and so on. A simple square background grid at all zoom levels would not satisfy these requirements.

So, using plugins is the answer and the Plugin Index is your friend: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/15260-plugin-index/

 

Just search for grid

 

Some options:

 

https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/121343-boltbaits-gpu-accelerated-plugin-pack    (Render > Grid / Checkerboard

https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/8375-drop-shadow-and-other-effects-krisvdms-plugin-pack   (Render > Gridlines)

 

It's easy to Ctrl+Shift+N to create a new layer, which will have a transparent background, and render your preferred grid on that.

 

 

 

21 hours ago, BJE1556 said:

Many good features but also a lot of frustrations 

I suspect you are fairly new to paint.net and simply haven't discovered its abilities yet.

 

Have you spent some time learning from the excellent Documentation?

Click top right in paint.net or go to  https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/index.html 

 

 

If, after that, you still have a lot of frustrations (or even just a few), then please post a new topic for each one and people will be happy to help you.