lacobo Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Since version 4.06 once in a while the selection tool won't work on a pasted image (no dotted square is drawn and 'Crop to selection' stays grayed out) . If I switch to another picture it works fine, when I switch back to this image it still doesn't work. I have to save the picture, close Paint.net, open Paint.net again, load the picture and then it works again. Seems like an interesting bug in 4.06. Happened twice in one week now. B.R. Bert alias LACOBO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Perhaps the Magic Wand was set to "Substract" or "Intersect". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacobo Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Perhaps the Magic Wand was set to "Substract" or "Intersect". Nope, because even then you will see a dotted rectangle. Completely nothing appears. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darxide Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) Sorry for the necro, but this has just happened to me. I selected two images in Windows Explorer, right clicked, selected Edit. PDN opens up and I can use the rectangle tool to crop out a small area of one image, but on the second image I cannot use Rectangle or Lasso selection. Magic Wand works so selection itself works, just not Rectangle or Lasso select. I closed the affected image and reopened it and the selecting tools worked just fine after that. Edited March 6, 2018 by darxide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Next time this happens, take a screenshot of the entire Paint.NET window and show us. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewDavid Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Hi @darxide What you didn't mention were the type of files you were trying to "Edit" This led me to do some poking around and found an issue I thought I would mention. It's About "PNG" Files. It's probably a Windows10 issue as well. @BoltBait I am unable to associate a PNG file to edit in Paint.Net and open in Photo. Hope the screenshot shows you what I mean A very minor issue but still an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodiumEnglish Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 8 minutes ago, AndrewDavid said: I am unable to associate a PNG file to edit in Paint.Net and open in Photo. This is in the Context Menu but it would be under "Open with" and Paint.NET comes up for me to edit a photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darxide Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 On 3/6/2018 at 4:03 PM, AndrewDavid said: Hi @darxide What you didn't mention were the type of files you were trying to "Edit". This led me to do some poking around and found an issue I thought I would mention. It's About "PNG" Files. It's probably a Windows10 issue as well They were PNG files, screenshots taken with the same application. One worked, one did not. I do not use Windows 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipopstok Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 I just had the same issue: I was working in two images - not saved yet, just copied from clipboard to Paint.net. Have done some editing to both, switching back and forth. Suddenly selection wouldn't work in one of them. Checked all the above, but nothing sticks out... When selecting, normally the bar at the bottom will register the coordinates of the mouse, in this case, nothing happens. Will proceed to save the image, close and reopen. But posting the requested screenshot of the application here for future debugging. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juhxx__ Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I've been having this same issue for a few months now, does anybody know how to fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 19 hours ago, Juhxx__ said: I've been having this same issue for a few months now, does anybody know how to fix this? Which version of paint.net are you using? 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 9 hours ago, Pixey said: Which version of paint.net are you using? Yeah be sure you’re on version 5, there was a fix that went in that may help with this. 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...
Juhxx__ Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 On 2/26/2023 at 10:49 PM, Rick Brewster said: Yeah be sure you’re on version 5, there was a fix that went in that may help with this. It still happened right after I updated it to the newest version :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donniehostillo Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 On 3/1/2023 at 9:11 AM, Juhxx__ said: It still happened right after I updated it to the newest version :( Still an issue as of 3/24/2023, and I'm also having the issue with .JPG files as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 4 minutes ago, donniehostillo said: Still an issue as of 3/24/2023, and I'm also having the issue with .JPG files as well As this thread is a little long now, please describe exactly what problems you are having @donniehostillo. Is it the 'selection' tool? And what trouble are you having with .JPG's ? 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donniehostillo Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, Pixey said: As this thread is a little long now, please describe exactly what problems you are having @donniehostillo. Is it the 'selection' tool? And what trouble are you having with .JPG's ? I do not have a screenshot as it seems to be random, but I randomly have the issue using the rectangle tool, lasso tool, or magic wand tool, and attempt to select somewhere in my picture and it will not select. If you look in your history it will register that a select was made, but you will not see any selection on the canvas, nor are you able to edit your selection (I assumed the selection may be invisible, so I attempted to Ctrl + Shift + X to cut to the selection, this did not work). The only solution is to close and reopen that specific picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 42 minutes ago, donniehostillo said: and attempt to select somewhere in my picture and it will not select. You have to be sure you are using the correct position when you are trying to draw a selection: https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/SelectionTools.html 46 minutes ago, donniehostillo said: so I attempted to Ctrl + Shift + X to cut to the selection, this did not work) The correct keys to use are Ctrl + X 47 minutes ago, donniehostillo said: or magic wand tool, and attempt to select somewhere in my picture The magic wand is used to select areas of the active layer that have similar colors: https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/MagicWand.html 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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