pinemeadows Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 I have had paint.net for a few hours, and have tried to search to see if anyone else has had this happen...without success. I have drawn some very simple images, and filled them with the paint bucket. When I print those out, they are not sharp at all, but really blurry around the edges. I was hoping to make a t shirt transfer, but I can see that it won't be a good image at all unless I can do a better job. I enlarged the filled image on screen and I can see where some of the pixels were not colored by the paint bucket. How does that happen? I changed the tolerance, but it happens then too. How can I clean this up without spending hours and hours filling individual little pixels? I see the work some of you have done, and it is just amazing. Can't believe I'm having trouble with a simple round shape! Thanks Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 This may be the fault of your DPI (Dots Per Inch) settings. The default DPI for Paint.NET is 96, since that is a common computer screen resolution. Personal-grade printing usually uses 300 DPI. So, if your image is only 96 DPI, the printer will stretch those 96 dots to fill the 300 it expects to put in an inch, resulting in a blurry, low quality image. When you go to make your next image ([Crtl]+[N]), change the box before the pixels/inch drop-down from 96 to 300. This box can also be accessed in the Image -> Resize ([Ctrl]+[R]) and Image -> Canvas Size ([Ctrl]+[shift]+[R]) dialog boxes. I hope that helps! 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...
pinemeadows Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 Well, Crazy Man Dan, as much as I appreciated the tip, it didn't solve the problem. Maybe I didn't explain it well: When I enlarge the image on screen, I can see the spaces that are not colored in. This results in the blurry image. Everything you guys do is so sharp and crisp! All I'm doing is drawing a circle and filling it in...or trying to. Jeanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 See the :ShapeOutline: icon in the toolbar? Change it so it look like this :ShapeInterior: . For reference: http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/ShapeTools.html Quote 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...
Crazy Man Dan Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Spaces not filled in... Something perhaps like this: If not, it'd help greatly if you could take a screen capture of the problem area and post it here. 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...
pinemeadows Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 Crazy Man - it's exactly like that! What causes that, and how can I fix it? Thanks Oh, Bob - I will read the link, but when I clicked on that icon, it didn't change anything for me. Thanks tho - I'll probably need to read up on it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrEaK Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 either increase the % of your paintbucket or use the paintbrush and fill in the squares thats not "blurry" btw :wink: Quote Site: RIP =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinemeadows Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 I see now what you're talking about Bob - but it did not help. (I was looking at the wrong icon before.) Anyway, I do see now that anything with a curved or rounded edge has that choppy look where you can see all the square little pixels. When I do a fill into a rectangle or square, it fills perfectly. Jeanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 You can alleviate this to some extent by increasing the Tolerance. on layers where the only thing on them is the circle you're trying to fill, a Tolerance level of 68 usually works well. Another way, if you're just trying to draw a filled circle, is to do as Bob suggested and change the drawing mode of the Ellipse tool to Draw Filled Shape. If you're tying to fill in a circular outline with a gradient or pattern, then it gets a little more tricky. The easiest way is to create the pattern / gradient on a new layer behind the circle, switch to the circle layer and use the Magic Wand with a Tolerance of 68 to select the center of the circle, switch back to the pattern / gradient layer, hit [Ctrl]+ to invert the selection, and delete the stuff around the circle. 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...
pinemeadows Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 When I select the eliptical tool, select the icon for "draw filled shape with outline", and then go to paint bucket, select a color, click on the inside of the circle, it colors the entire canvas. What's up with that? LOL I need a manual. ...or a tutor? (That's with tolerance at 68!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Play around with the tolerance, different color might need different tolerance. If it's fill up everything, then lower it a bit, if it didd fills everything, then lower it a bit more. Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinemeadows Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 I noticed something - it's as if the circle "leaks" - like the line is not solid and continuous! How would I make a wider line when I use the drawing tools like circle, square, etc? Thanks BJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Just change the brush width. Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 There's a new solution to your li'l problem, thanks to pyrochild... Make the circle (filled, with whatever color you like), then use pyro's new Outline Object plugin to give it a border. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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