The easiest way to describe Paint.NET is that it is a simplier/easier/free version of Photoshop. So, I'd just like to take the time to share with you all the extra knowledge that you usually wouldn't get from just the original download. That's everything i have to say.There is a lot about the graphics program Paint.NET that many people don't know about. Explore this program as a whole and i assure you that you will find more than a simple image editor. Experiment with it! Don't limit yourself to just some functions. You can also mess with the layers proprities, colors, tolerance and all that good stuff. Note how the upper layer pixels take some of the lower layer's pixels. Mastering layers is the key of making great works in this image editor!Īn example of layer usage. You can also make layers go lower, delete then and alter their proprities, which might be very fun to mess This new layer will be transparent and what you draw on it will be in front of the lower level. You can create a new one by clicking on the layer adding button on the layer GUI. The first layer you will get is the white one. Layers are exactly what they say: Different pictures that merged will form a single picture. Not really as complicated as you would expect.
You can also change between empty shapes, colored shapes with border and without border. This tool creates a variety of shapes in which you can select in the top bar. Squares, rectangles, circles, you want it? It's yours my, friend, as long as you.ok, sorry. Creates a straight line when used, but you can also shape the line in the way you want after it is created. You can choose a font of your choice, the size and color. Copies pixels between layers or from the same layer. Use it on a color (That belongs to the image) of your choice and it will give you that color. Essentially, a paint brush limited to a single smoothed pixel. Transparency, a myth in the MS Paint community!Pencil. Erases stuff! Not like the MS Paint eraser, which is basically a white-colored paint brush. Now the selection discriminates less the shades and will consider both black and dark gray as one single color.Įraser. The lower the tolerance is, the better it will distinguish colors apart. Note the tolerance bar on the top of the screen. I used the magic wand tool on the black part. Here is a more graphic tutorial.Ī simple picture with different shades of gray. It will select a determined area based on its color. It's the mixture of a selection tool with the paint bucket. It's really magic! May be confusing in the beginning, but this one needs a deeper explaining, as it confused me a lot. Zooms and unzooms (With the right mouse button). Just like the selection tool, but does a spheric selection instead of a rectangular one. After a selection is done, you can move that selection (Not the pixels), in case you messed it up and you're too lazy to do another selection. Just like the select tool, but instead of selecting with a rectangle, you do it with a freeform selection.
In MS Paint, select tool and move pixels tool functions are present in a single tool. After you selected some pixels with the select tool, you can move them with this tool. The select tool basically selects a part of your image. Unlike some image editing programs, like MS Paint, selecting is divided in the select tool, the moving selection tool and moving tool. I will talk about them in order, from the select tool until the shapes. Some you will find yourself using many, many times, but some are almost useless and you might never use them. Here, i will explain the tools and their functionallity. allows you to work on multiple pictures.You can add layers, switch their position (Select what layer will be lower or upper). This makes perfect for creating pixel art. You can create your own palletes and save them.
Here you will find the color wheel and the default pallete. Here you will find the tools to create your work, such as the pencil, the pen, the eraser and many more. But still, you can recognize them in your PC. Sorry if most of the things are in Portuguese, it's my home language. I numbered each section of the layout so i can explain them better.
advantage is that simplicity and the capacity of using layers, which will certainly prove to be very useful if used correctly. The basic layout of the program is very simple and easy to understand.