rlg Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Here's the thing: I used layers and they looked fine. But as David has said it's better to start large and work down. I didn't. So when I went to save it as jpg I saw immediately that the two colors I was using--one super-imposed on the other--were not quite where I thought they were. So, okay, with layers all I had to do was go to the right layer and move it, right? Well wrong, because although I got to the right layer and got the 'cursor' for text to show, it wouldn't move the text on that layer. So what did I do wrong? I can always delete that layer--guess not. It also deleted the background as well. Thing is, I had saved it as .pdn first before I went back and started to do the .jpg. Could that have caused it? You gotta give me credit for stubborn. A wet-ears, maybe, but a tenacious one! So if I have to start all over again, I will. Renee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Once text is committed to the canvas, it ceases to be editable characters and becomes instead a collection of pixels. Thus you cannot re-edit the text by returning to the text tool. In your case you should be able to move the entire layer. Highlight the layer in the Layers window and use the Move Tool . Click and drag the layer. 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...
Andronomos Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Once text is committed to the canvas, it ceases to be editable characters and becomes instead a collection of pixels. Thus you cannot re-edit the text by returning to the text tool. Do you think it would be possible to add editable text to Paint.Net? I personally use that feature in Photoshop quite a lot. Would be awesome if Paint.Net supported it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 There is a plugin: Editable Text 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...
Andronomos Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 There is a plugin: Editable Text Awesome! I am curious though, was there a technical limitation preventing it from being a built in feature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null54 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Awesome! I am curious though, was there a technical limitation preventing it from being a built in feature? From the Popular Feature Requests: Ability to re-edit text, or "text layers", or some variation thereof -- This an enormous work item due to other plumbing that must be in place to enable it. This falls into the "yes I agree, and hopefully we'll have it someday." No solid ETA, and definitely a 4.0 or post-4.5 feature. This is getting closer to reality, so hang in there. 1 Quote Plugin Pack | PSFilterPdn | Content Aware Fill | G'MIC | Paint Shop Pro Filetype | RAW Filetype | WebP Filetype The small increase in performance you get coding in C++ over C# is hardly enough to offset the headache of coding in the C++ language. ~BoltBait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andronomos Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 From the Popular Feature Requests: Ah, okay. Thanks for pointing that thread out to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlg Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 I appreciate your lesson, Scott. Funny thing, I woke up during the night and thought I wonder if I selected the text I wanted to move, and then used the move pixel tool, if that would work? You just saved me an extra step and time. Merci, once more! Renee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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