General Failure Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 When I have a scan or photograph which is not horizontal, i want to align it. Currently it's a trial and error itteration. In other photo editors there is an align function: you pick 2 points on a straigh element in the picture (and a grey help line is drawn between them) then you tell if this line has to be perfect horizontal or vertial. On OK the app determines the angle to rotate. Should not be too hard to add this very wanted functionality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extra Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 do you want this? just click Layers, rotate/zoom, and grab the little stick, and presto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Failure Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 No, that's not what i want (I already knew that one) What i want is: click to points on a pic (which are not exactly horizontal) and the app should calculate the angle and make it horizontal. I dont have open webspace, otherwise i could show a pic which might explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 General Failure, What Extra is saying is that PDN does have this: What i want is: click to points on a pic (which are not exactly horizontal) and the app should calculate the angle and make it horizontal. But, to get the same effect you can use this: Its just a little more manual work with the "Roll" function... Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Failure Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 1) with a big pict it is slow 2) the only reference you have is when you position the dialog along the line. That is not very accurate. I just wanted to point to a simple, but very convenient functionality, which was not yet in paint.net. the method youu give is a kind of workaround. For my job i have a bunch of pics with photographic screenshots of a PLC screen (no direct printscreen possible) with photoshop the alignment is quick and correct. with paint.net its a lot of work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I seconds this (^), but with a low priority. No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyMac Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) I third this, but with a higher priority. I need to tweak rotations often and the "trial & error/eyeball" method is clumsy and inaccurate. Edited July 21, 2016 by PaddyMac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Thread is close to a decade old. Paint.net has changed a lot since then. Please ignore old threads. If you wish to restart a discussion, please just begin a new thread. Thanks. <closed> 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...
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