hetoame Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I am just starting the process of introducing many, many students to this program and I am desperately trying to transition myself from PhotoShop over to Paint.net (the price of this program suited the school budget perfectly). The one feature I am having the most trouble living without is the Feather feature. I have tried the plugin but I find it to be a little clunky and time consuming and I am longing for the ease of the PS version of this tool (I'm especially addicted to getting it by right-clicking and finding it there along with cut, copy and paste). Just wanted to ask if this might someday be added? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aile Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 the price of this program suited the school budget perfectly this is not actually an answer, but what does that mean? you mean you paid for pdn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I'm guessing its an allusion to the fact that a school budget is basically $0. 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...
david.atwell Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I would certainly like to see it. Rick seemed to allude that it might be possible to feather selections using the new rendering architecture in the 4.0 version, but I don't recall hearing anything about a tool or even any confirmation about whether it would happen at all. 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...
hetoame Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Sorry, yes, what I meant was that they were much more enthusiastic about a free program than they were about buying PhotoShop for a zillion dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Sorry, yes, what I meant was that they were much more enthusiastic about a free program than they were about buying PhotoShop for a zillion dollars. Stupid schools. My art teacher said that the school can't be bothered to get any animation programs, and also another teacher said the only reason the school has PSP is because it's cheap. Always underlacking in the art/designs department. Which is where I'm hoping to spend a bit of time next year. Anyways, PSP has that feature, though is extremely complicated and made me want to tear my eyes out. It looks bad. GIMP may have that feature, but it's also a little "un-tidy" on the UI side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Well, I normally take the long and hard process of Alpha Masking my rough edges away (takes about 15 minutes, don't ask how I do it ). Otherwise, there really isn't any good way to feather to my knowledge. Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetoame Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 Thanks for the advice. Yes, the GIMP was originally my choice for a program when I knew I was going to teach this class but I decided that Paint.net was easier and more likely to not intimidate my students. I think I will just tell them that they can move on to GIMP if they find Paint.net to be too limited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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