blooper101 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 It seems that often, when I save a file as [filename].png, it ends up being corrupt. Now I always have to make .pdn files in case. Usually, copy pasting it in MS Paint saves it properly, but MS paint only handles transparency on .gif files, so all the transparent parts become white. And I don't want to save them as .gif, because of the dithering it causes. It's nothing caused by multiple layers when saving as .png, because I tried flattening before saving. Thanks for all help provided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I've never had a problem with this. Have you tried a delete+reinstall? Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Make sure to specify PNG in the file type drop down list. You don't need to specify .png in the filename -- it will be added automatically. 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...
BoltBait Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Rick, would it be difficult to always add the appropriate extension if it doesn't exist in the filename box? Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blooper101 Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 I've never had a problem with this. Have you tried a delete+reinstall? No... @Rick: Well usually, I just save them as filename.png. I'm going to try with the drop down box, and see if it works. It seems to work with the drop down box. Will post if it happens again, I'll try and see now if saving as [filename].png works, instead of using the drop-down box. By the way BoltBait, soften portrait is ou officially now I think. You can remove portrait from your signature :wink: Edit: Oh, I think I see what's wrong... I tried to save a .jpg file in .png. the file name was "something".png, while the drop-down list made it save in .jpg. In previous version though, I think it made the extension in the file name have priority. Which makes sense, no one would type the file extension in the end if it wasn't the file type they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 In the save dialog, .PDN is the default. So when you type .PNG, it tries to save a .PDN with a .PNG extension. You might try renaming the corrupted files to a .PDN extension and seeing if PdN will open them. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blooper101 Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 Yeah, exactly while I was typing above. But you posted before me. Thanks for the help Edit: It does the same thing when saving from .jpg to .pdn. You were most definitely right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Rick, would it be difficult to always add the appropriate extension if it doesn't exist in the filename box? I second that if it's possible. 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...
BoltBait Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Rick, by always adding the extension you might get files named: MyPicture.jpg.pdn But, they would never fail to open. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/librar ... .path.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/librar ... mbers.aspx Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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