rickduley Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I have for many years produced diagrams using MS Paint. Frequently, the process has involved drawing one item in isolation then selecting it and moving it into position on the final image. This involves selecting the new item and moving it onto the main one with a transparent background so as not to create a bare space in the main image. How can I achieve this effect in Paint.NET? Quote It's too easy to say 'It's too hard'!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Use layers. Quote 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...
rickduley Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 Use layers. I take that to say that there is no select-and-move-with-transparent-background functionality in Paint.NET. I can see how my objective could be achieved with layers but it is fairly labour intensive. Should I register a suggestion for this functionality? Quote It's too easy to say 'It's too hard'!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Draw your object on an otherwise transparent layer. Then you can move/rotate/adjust/duplicate/erase/apply-an-effect to the layer without affecting any other part of the image. That's what layers are for and how we do it with PDN. Labour intensive? Not compared to what you're doing in MS paint. Seriously. Quote 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...
rickduley Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 Draw your object on an otherwise transparent layer. Then you can move/rotate/adjust/duplicate/erase/apply-an-effect to the layer without affecting any other part of the image. That's what layers are for and how we do it with PDN. Labour intensive? Not compared to what you're doing in MS paint. Seriously. Thanks folks. It's just occurred to me how I can do multiple insertionns which was the major stumbling block. I'll get the hang of PDN in a while. Cheers Quote It's too easy to say 'It's too hard'!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Paste into New Layer = your friend. Quote 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...
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