Amanda Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 So the image in my window is not at a 100% and there is a whole lot of white space, it was fine till I added a new layer then it just downsized. Ive attached a photo of what it looks like. I want my canvas size to be 36X24'' but the last bit is always just white space, which means my image is less than 36 inches long Quote
Pixey Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 (edited) Hi Amanda and welcome to PDN. You first have to use the Rectangle Select Tool and cut the image out, so that the white is gone. Surround the image with Rectangle Select go to - Image - Crop Selection. All the white will then disappear. After that you can change the size of the image to the desired size. This can be done by going to Image - Resize. Good Luck! Edited January 12, 2013 by nanettealsop Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon.
Rick Brewster Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 100% refers to the zoom level. You've got it set to Zoom-to-window (which the default). Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html
Amanda Posted January 12, 2013 Author Posted January 12, 2013 HAZA! It worked thanks nanettealsop. And Ricky just so you know my image was set to Window zoom and my image was still only a quarter of the window Quote
Rick Brewster Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 From Paint.NET's standpoint, it was doing the right thing. The images that you pasted into the canvas only took up a portion of the space that you specified for the whole image. Paint.NET works with pixels, not inches or centimeters. When it says "inches" that's just a mathematical conversion that's done before it prints it to the screen -- internally, nothing else operates with inches. If your canvas is 36" x 24" and 300dpi, and you paste an image that you expect to be 36" x 24" but it's at 96dpi, it will "appear" much smaller than you might expect. But everything lines up if you convert to pixels (or don't tell it to convert pixels to inches, via the toolbar). So if they took up less space than you expected, it's a pixel thing. It really helps to think in terms of pixels, not inches. One pixel can be whatever size you want, and can be set for an image via Image -> Resize. Also, don't call me Ricky Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html
Amanda Posted January 12, 2013 Author Posted January 12, 2013 Sorry about the "Y" slip of the finger, thanks for the explination though cheers Quote
pdnnoob Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 "y" isn't next to "r," ",i" ",c" or "k" on the standard keyboard. I suspect shenanigans! Quote No, Paint.NET is not spyware...but, installing it is an IQ test. ~BoltBait Blend modes are like the filling in your sandwich. It's the filling that can change your experience of the sandwich. ~Ego Eram Reputo
Amanda Posted January 13, 2013 Author Posted January 13, 2013 Twichy index finger !?! I live in Canada, I get cold fingers in the winter if Im on the computer too long Quote
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