Crazy Man Dan Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Sometimes I want to rotate only a part of a sketch but when I try, it rotates everything. Even when I have used the select an area option. When you have selected the portion of the image you want to rotate, switch to the "Move" tool. You'll see the selection tint clear and handles appear around the selection boundary. Then, right-click anywhere on the canvas and drag to rotate only the selected area. Secondly, when I use the rubber it leaves annoying chequered pattern behind and I just want it to be blank again. The Eraser tool sets the pixels behind it to 0% Alpha (completely transparent). The checkered background is just an inner-application representation that that area is transparent, and it is saved as white in a format that doesn't support transparenct or as areas of transparency in .gif or .png. If you want to see a solid color behind your erased areas instead of the checkered background, create a new layer and move it to the very top of the layer stack (it'll be the lowest layer, behind all the others) and fill it with the color you want to see in the areas you erase. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted November 23, 2005 Author Share Posted November 23, 2005 Make sure that you distinguish between the "Move Selected Pixels" and "Move Selection" tools Good catch! I forget about the addition of the Move Selection tool sometimes, but it really is a Godsend. But yes, you'll want the "Move Selected Pixels" tool to affect the image underneath your selection. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 (Oops, that post was by me, I wasn't logged in for some reason) 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...
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