Ffirecracker Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Hi, I'm new to Paint.net. For like a month now I have spent countless hours researching the web for the best photo editing software for me. I have recently gotten married and the photographer did a crappy job on my photos i.e. bad lighting, objects that should not be in the picture, etc. So I have work to do. I have finally decided to give paint.net a real try after trying several programs such as PS4, PSE, Paint Shop Pro, Gimp, Picasa, etc. However, I still find problems with this one. For one, the cropping icon is not active, can I not crop? If so, how does one go about it? Also, the selection tools availabe don't seem to do the trick for me. I have one pic taken in the church of my brother walking me up the aisle, and I'd like to cut out just me and my brother and working with layers, blur the background or something, but I the magic wand does not work for me and neither do the other selection tools. Are there additional plugins I can find & install that are more user-friendly and precise? And also for vignettes, I only found one vignette plugin and it does not work very well, plus there is no preview as you work with the tool etc. So I'm at a loss and need help, or I'm about to go crazy!! lol.. I got married August 22nd, and still trying to find the best way possible to make my wedding pictures nicer so I can send them out for printing. Thanks in advance to all the kind souls who'll take pity on me and rescue me LOL Rachel from Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Best help i can give you right now is to tell you to change your tread title to something better describing your prblem. Rule nr. 6 viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3446 My DA: http://leif-j.deviantart.com/ -------------- Some people seek justice so persistent, that they will do great injustice themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ffirecracker Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 OK .. thanks for the tip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Here is the link to the Help file. http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/index.html ==================================== Cropping is to selection, so make a selection first and the crop function should then be active. ==================================== You can make vignettes by filling a new layer with black, select in the middle, delete, Gaussian blur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 ...For one, the cropping icon is not active, can I not crop? If so, how does one go about it? Select the area you wish to crop to using one of the selection tools . Press Ctrl+Shift+x to crop to the selection. 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...
alee0325 Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 ==================================== You can make vignettes by filling a new layer with black, select in the middle, delete, Gaussian blur. THIS INFO WAS VERY VERY VERY HELPFUL!!! THANK YOU!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 @alee0325: It's old, old, old. Please read rule # 11 in The Rules <locked> 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...
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