blueidbill Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I am new to all of this and yes, I have watched many tutorials but I still need the basics. How do I draw a rectangle (got that part) and then paste into it 3 or 4 digital pictures ,add text for a website header? I have tried for hours now and there is something I am missing.thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Hello blueidbill. Forgive me if this does not help. From what I have gathered from your description, you will need to: - draw your rectangle with the Shape tool ( / ) (on a new layer may be best, but not yet essential); - on a new layer (whether one was created before or not), type your text in your desired font, size and colour with the Text tool ( ) -- hit the 'Esc' key on your keyboard to finalise the text; - flatten all the layers once you are happy with the result; - save in the desired format: JPG is good for file size (less loading time, less bandwidth demand, et cetera) but not so good with quality; PNG is the reverse of JPG, where it is excellent with quality but not so with file size. --- If you are wanting to copy and paste the one rectangle onto other images, it will be best to draw this on a new layer first. There you can highlight the rectangle with any of the Selection tools and copy and paste that wherever you like (the Edit menu will have the necessary commands). You can also move selected objects with the Move Pixels tool ( ) Does this help you? Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueidbill Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 thanks. I am finally figuring some of this out.However, when I do simple text only in a layer, I cannot see how to change the color of the text and how to alter it.Even when I start the layer again, the text will be some color I don't want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 when you use the text tool, it creates the text in whatever color your primary color is set to... so, for instance, if you want blue text, choose blue color for your primary color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueidbill Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 what if I want a different color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 what if I want a different color? Read this page: http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/ColorsWindow.html Then you should know how to choose any color you want...once you have selected the primary color, then choose the text tool, and type away... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Whilst the text is still active (the text cursor will still be flashing) you can change the colour live, meaning you can change on-the-fly to see what colour will appear best without having to decide hard-heartedly beforehand or begin again. Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueidbill Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 I can't seem to see how to change the color on the fly.There is no drop down box so how do you do it? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 - With the Text tool, type some text, but only that: do not finalise the text with the Esc key or whatever; - on the Colors window, click anywhere on the colour wheel; - you will notice the colour of your text change the colour you selected. You can refine your colour choice as shown by the link Curmudgeon posted. Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Press F1 while using Paint.NET. Read everything, and you will know all the basic of Paint.NET Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueidbill Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 thank you. I will try all of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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