turbof1 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hello guys, First let me introduce myself: I'm a tech writer for a F1 site called F1Technical. I draw up specific parts of Formula One cars and write articles around those sketches. I'm proud to say I'm using paint.net for this because I fricking love it! The program is so simple to use yet has so many possibilities. It's really an enjoyment to use so a big thumbs up for the developers! Anyway, I was wondering lately if the standard produced .pdn files can be opened up by some sort of iOS app? I already came across a topic explaining that porting paint.net to iOS is impossible, but I was hoping for an app that was atleast able to view these files, and most importantly can show and hide layers. You see, the illustrations I produce consist out of several layers, each showing specific components on the correct place. Hiding a layer shows what's behind a specific component. Flattening the whole deal onto an image, to be able to view the illustrations on iOS, removes this specific ability, So in short: hoping for an app that can view .pdn files and can hide/unhide layers! I'd certainly be willing to pay for such an app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Try opening them with The Gimp. (I'm not sure this will work. I've never tried it.) Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbof1 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 Thanks for the reply. Unfortunaly, GIMP does not have an iOS app. It does have an OS X, Mac, app. However, that's not compatible with iOS (so far for Apple's allegedly sync-all-your-apple-devices...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Well, the .pdn format is paint.net's native format and is not likely to have another program that can read those files. You could try exporting the .pdn files in another format. There is a .psd filetype plugin. You might try that. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbof1 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hi, sorry for not getting back to you. I am not able to find an alternative really, even outside paint.net. Dropbox is able to read .svg (inkcape) files, but unfortunaly is not able to read which layers are hidden and which aren't, resulting all the layers, including the variation of certain pieces, are loaded. Without an option of course to check/uncheck layers. Well BoltBait, thanks for the help anyway! Maybe it'll be a possibility in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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