Absolutely superb! Not a word was wasted;, instructions were clear, and there were no annoying "fillers" (such as, "The next thing to do is", "Now we are going to, etc. etc.) or 'Ums' and 'Ers'. Other UA-cam presenters have much to learn from this gifted teacher and wonderful communicator
Thank you very much for this tutorial. I had to watch it twice, plus backing up a few times, because I'm so new to layers. LOL - all the hours I have spent over the years doing artwork without using layers!!! Some people are SO SLOW!!!
I finally found this great tutorial with an excellent explanation and a clear diction without affectation. I have to say it's a great tutorial and I thank you very much for it and wish you good luck and health.
I'm new to graphics progams. This is an excellent into for someone with very limited background in understanding how graphics programs work. Thank you.
Awesome! You made sth quite difficult look easy. I'm learning and practicing (for a picture book) and I'm content with the progress I've made thanks to your clear explanations. Thank you!
It has just been brought to my attention that the latest version has some "improvements" that I was not aware of. The Recolor tool in the latest version now has two new setting options in the tools menu. These are just after "Tolerance" and are a choice between "Sampling: Once" or "Sampling: Secondary Color". To be able to follow along with the video tutorial you will need to choose the second option (two small squares). Sorry to those who have found this confusing and I will attempt to update my tutorial soon.
I am working in version 4.0.13 and I hope all the instructions carry over this one. I am at Text Shadow stage. However, when I drag the brush over the text all I get is a large black streak that covers all the text and spacing. I do not get a black version of the text. Help please.
It is likely that you had all layers selected. Make sure that the layer that you want to move is the only one highlighted and then use the move tool to move the layer separately.
How do you print out your images to the scale you have within the program? Meaning, i need my image to be 13.5 x 18 inchs, but when i go to print it prints on a single sheet at 8.5 x 11. I've tried all the troubleshooting i can think of, saved as every type of file this program allows for.
Hi Timothy,Firstly, I assume that your printer will print to that size. Hopefully, this helps and if not please let me know. 1. Go to File>Print 2. In the Print Pictures box, at the top, are the headings Paper Size, Quality, and Paper Type. Click on the down arrows next to each heading and make your selection. (Do not leave the setting as Plain Paper if you are printing an image.) 3. If you don't see the Paper size options that you need click on Options.... at the lower right of the Print Pictures box and then choose Printer Properties where you will be able to choose a custom size for your print. Each printer is slightly different, but you should be able to select Photo Printing, Media Type, Size and Borderless or not.Carefully select all the settings available as is it very easy to print with the wrong settings which can be disappointing.
No it is not random but does need a little fiddling. This is how to use the tool. Firstly, duplicate your layer in the layers panel so that you can work on the duplicate. This means that you can go back to the original at any time for either a comparison or to start again. Have the Colors window open. If it is not showing click on the color icon at the top right of your Paint.net window. Choose your primary and secondary colors. Do this by having the “Primary” color change to whatever color you click on in the color wheel or pallet. Then make sure that “Secondary” is chosen and again click on a color of your choice. If you click on the “more” option in the color panel you can make even more color choices and even select opacity levels of the colors. With the recolour tool selected:-Choose a brush size (I usually make my brush a lot bigger than the small default brush - depends on what you are doing).Choose the desired hardness. Start with 50% for a softer brush and see how that works for you. (100%) will give you a hard outline.Finally choose the tolerance. 100% will make the recolour brush behave more like the ordinary brush tool and will color everything you go over. Too little tolerance and you won’t change much at all. Start with 50% and then experiment.Left mouse click on the area of your image that has the exact color that you want to change and then, without releasing the mouse button, drag the brush over all the area that you want to change. Right mouse click and follow the same procedure to replace the color you first click on with the secondary color. That is, do not release the mouse button and drag over the area that you want to change.Make sure that you experiment on a duplicate of the background image so you can restart at any time. Keep fiddling with the tolerance and the primary and secondary color choices until you get what you are after.I hope that you can follow these suggestions and that you have success.
it was help full but now when i open a file it dosnt show a layer window i only see it on the canvas and up above but there is no layer section visable????
Hi Julie, Click on the icon third from the left in the top right hand of the main window to toggle the layers panel to appear or hide; or use the shortcut F7. It can be quite off-putting when a window disappears.
for some reason when I try and use tool's on a fresh layer like when I try to use shape's to pull out a box on a untouched layer it's printed onto the image in the first layer. what could be going wrong? steps I fallow. bring up the main image open new layer select colour I want. click shapes click the box click the on the image and drag. when I check the layer's it's not been done on the fresh layer but on the first.
The new Layer needs to be one that is selected in the Layers panel before you apply the shape. It sounds as though you may have clicked on the Background layer and that is why the shape has been applied to that layer instead of the one above. Make sure that the new layer is the active layer by clicking on it before applying the shape.
it was, I figured it out in the end, turns out I was just being stupid and not understanding that the layer under it wasn't being affected, figured out by unchecking the layer's
@@jakstrieder Well done!!! I should have suggested that as well. Definitely, NOT STUPID, photo editing programs can be very confusing at first. Guarantee a lot of people have had the same issue.
it's more of a rough map for a short DnD in a summer camp setting, I started making it with just paint but couldn't put buildings at angles and got fed up with it so I just dove into p.n
@@epacrisimp sir I prepared a table (vertical and horizontal lines and text in between lines) in Ms word and saved as image, now I want to increase spacing between lines in paint.net thanks
@@mohammadahmed7932 If you just stretch the table, everything will be stretched and you may lose quality, especially with the text, and it won't increase the spacing. You could modify the table in Word to look the way you want and then save again as a jpg image. Without seeing the detail, I think that your best option to achieve the look you want is probably to start from scratch and manually draw a table in Paint.net and then overlay Text, using the layers.
I am stuck at the point where I finished erasing the background around my animal, as at 11.40 in your video. I can not move the image into position because the eraser tool is still activated, and I can't find any way to de-activate it other than selecting another tool, which still leaves me in the same boat.
derekcolman If you select the Move tool, that tool becomes active and the Eraser tool becomes inactive and you can then move the Selected(highlighted) image into position. If you still cannot move the image(layer) around, make sure that the correct tool is selected and that the correct layer that you need to move is highlighted. Also make sure that there is no layer visible above the layer you are moving or you won't be able to see what is going on. Uncheck (remove the visibility tick on) any layer that may be hiding the layer you are working on.Let me know if you are still having a problem.
Epacris Imp Thank you so much. It worked fine, and it seems so obvious now you have pointed it out, but at the time I did not realise. The tool is actually labelled "move selected pixels". In the past I have tried Gimp and a free trial of Photoshop essentials, but gave up in frustration. I have a project which is just an in joke between me and a pal, and need Paint.net to carry it out, so I have determined not to give up this time and really master this program. The results will then be animated in PowerDirector, which I am already familiar with.
Where is the layers window or layers option? My menu only shows FILE and VIEW. Is this a free version, and do you have a paid version? How do I get those other menu features so I can follow along? Thank you.
Hi lisag3359, it seems what you are looking at is the “Paint” program that comes with Windows. The software I am using is called “paint.net” and is a free program you can download and install for free from the following website www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html. (Do not download it from the Microsoft store where you will be asked to pay. If you like the program you can choose to donate later to the developers via PayPal.) Once you are on the paint.net page, under Free Download Now: click on the latest software (today that is paint.net 5.0.9). It will download into your Downloads folder. Just to make sure that the file will not harm your computer, right click on the zip file and choose to Scan with Microsoft Defender or any other anti virus software. Then right click on the zip file and choose Extract All; open the Paint.net folder and double click on the exe file and follow the prompts to install the software onto your computer. Now you will be able to follow along with the tutorial. I would also recommend that everyone downloads the help files from www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/index.html which are very easy to read and incredibly helpful. If you run into any problems just send me a message via the comments section and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
At the top right of the Paint.net window you will see four little boxes with icons. If you click on these boxes they toggle the various windows on and off. From left to right they are "Tools", "History", "Layers" and "Colors". You can also show and hide the Layers window using the shortcut "F7".The other two icons on the far right are for "Settings" and "Help" which are also worth exploring.
At the top right hand side of the main window, just under the minimise and close icons, are some little icons that toggle the different windows on and off just by clicking on them.From left to right they are "Tools"; "History"; "Layers"; "Colors"; "Settings"; and "Help". When you move your mouse pointer over them, a tool tip showing the name of the window, appears.
To show the Layers window, click on the third icon from the left in the top right of the main window. If you click on any of the icons in the top right corner you can toggle the relevant windows on and off. The names of each window appear as you move your pointer over them as well as the keyboard short cut for turning the windows on and off. Hope this helps.
At the top right of your window are the minimize, maximise and close icons. Just under these are the icons that let you open and close panels such as the Layers window, as well as settings and help.You can also open the layers panel by using the shortcut key F7 on your keyboard.
A very common frustration and not as intuitive as we would like. To show the layers window after hiding/closing it go to the top right of the main window, just under the close, minimise, maximise buttons and you will see a row of icons starting, from the left, with a little hammer. Left mouse click on the 3rd icon from the left to toggle the layers window on and off. If you hover your mouse pointer over the other icons you will see a tool tip showing what tapping each icon does and options/shortcuts for the same result.
LeahPlaysStuff The Image list appears at the top of your window and displays a thumbnail of every image that you have opened, and allows you to switch between the images by clicking on each thumbnail.When you start up paint.net and have not yet opened an image, all that will be showing is a white blank canvas. Go to File>Open.... and navigate to where your images are and select more than one image and click Open and you will now see those images appear in the list.
LeahPlaysStuff Four of the panels in Paint.net can be hidden or shown. These panels are the Tools, History, Layers and Colors. To toggle any of these to show or not show, click on their icons at the top right of the program window. Each time you click on one of these icons, (the first is a little hammer depicting the tools panel) you can make these panels visible or not visible. This does not change anything about them except their visibility.
To delete a layer from your project Select the layer (make sure no other layers are highlighted) and click on the red X at the bottom of the Layers window. You can also select the layer and go to the File Menu>Layers>Delete Layer. A shortcut for this is CTRL+SHIFT+DEL
I think this is for professional advanced beginners. What can this software be used for usefully? I can create a flag and add images on top of each other with any other software, such as regular Paint, IrfanView etc. I still do not understand what is image layering used for. I am trying to make an image file with a hand seal or hand stamp that I could post over image and the image would not post its square shaped background or any background on top of that image. Is this possible at all? OK, in other words, if I have a library or gallery of images and I want to add on top of every image my completely transparent circular logo on them, without it having a background. Even more. Even after saving the file i'd also, if possible, like to preserve the functionality where the logo can be removed from the image by its owner only without any impact on the image. I would call it true layering or non-sticky layering? Its like a book with pages that looks like one piece until you begin browsing the pages, but when you close the book, it appears solid again. Then you can remove pages from the book and add them in again. Its more like a file holder of an image layers in as it appears as one image, yet with certain code or password can be worked on by its creator. Is that possible and how? What software should I use? Or is this the thing of the distant future?
Hello Tom, I am sorry that I missed your request. Please let me know if you have not solved your problem and I will post a reply. (probably a little late now)
Hi Tom, You certainly can do what you describe using Paint.net Firstly, to create a logo with a transparent background - Launch Paint.net. and by default the program will open with a new white layer background. In the layers window click on the little icon in the lower left to create a new layer which is transparent. Making sure that this new transparent layer is selected (highlighted) create your design on this layer. (The checker plate design indicates that the layer is transparent.) When you are done you can select the lower white layer and delete it by clicking on the red cross. Now save the logo with a transparent background as a pdn (paint.net file). If you want to use this transparent logo in another program such as IrfanView you can save it as a png file which will preserve the transparency. To do this, when you save the file, select Save As and in the Save as type: select PNG (*.png) Now to use the logo on another image that you can later remove without destroying that image - Open an image in Paint.net. Then go to Layers>Import From File.... and select your transparent logo and click Open and it will open on a new layer above the image. You can now save that file as a new Paint.net file in which you can preserve the layers for working on now or later by anyone with the Paint.net program. In this file you can toggle the visibility of individual layers on and off by removing or adding a tick on the layers, which means that you can now output the image you see as a JPEG which will embed the logo over the image and cannot be non-destructively removed; or you can remove the tick and output a JPEG without a logo. You can add more images as separate layers, change the order and visibility of the layers and have your logo appear or not as desired, over any image you choose and, as long as you keep saving the pdn file, you can come back and make edits anytime you choose without touching the original images etc....I am rambling now as I get excited at the prospects of what you can do with this free program. Anyone can open and edit this file as long as they have the Paint.net software. You could certainly password protect the file, but you would need software for this and this is not my area of expertise. I hope that you can understand my instructions. Please let me know if you have any problems or questions. Enjoy!
Firstly, make sure you have Paint.net open and not another similar named program like Paint. Look at the title at the top left of the program's window and it should say "paint.net 4.0.21" To show the layers window after hiding/closing it go to the top right of the main window, just under the close, minimise, maximise buttons and you will see a row of icons starting, from the left, with a little hammer. Left mouse click on the 3rd icon from the left to toggle the layers window on and off. Using the keyboard shortcut F7 will also bring up the Layers window.
At the top right of your window are the minimise, maximise and close icons. Just under these are the icons that let you open and close panels such as the Layers window (third icon from the left), as well as settings and help. Clicking on these icons let you hide/show each of the relevant panels. You can also open the layers panel by using the shortcut key F7 on your keyboard. REPLY 4
Unfortunatley, you can not move multiple layers at the one time. However, if you want to move a number of layers to exactly the same position, one way to do this is - 1/ Select one layer and in the menu bar select Layer>Rotate/Zoom (shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Z) and use the controls to postion the layer where you want. 2/ Then select the next layer that you want to be in that same position and apply the Rotate/Zoom to that layer. The Rotate/Zoom tool will instantly apply the previous settings you chose to the newly selected layer. Then just keep doing this for each layer you want to align to the same postion. Hope you can follow that and it helps.
+DannyTheFuzzyTv If you have not yet closed the program you can use the History or undo, but once Paint.net is closed there is no way to recover the layers you have merged when you open the program up again.
khaled99948 To reopen the layers panel, click on the layers icon at the top right of the paint.net window, the third icon from the left. These icons let you toggle the various windows on and off.,From left Tools, History, Layers, Colors. The Settings icon lets you change settings in the program and the Question mark lets you click on various links where you can get help.
Epacris Imp Please can you do an new update of this video as theres things that are different on this software now then it was when you made this video and by doing an update of it will be of much more help to a lot of us. thank you for your time ^_^
Thank you for your suggestion. This video definitely needs an update. Life got in the way of my making tutorials but I will try to get back into it shortly. Appreciate your prompting me.
In this video you clicked something which was part of the process but did not explain what you did and so now I'm stuck in the middle of the process not knowing what to do. Your cursor cannot be seen when you clicked whatever it was.
Most common problem for new users. At the top right of the Paint.net window you will see four little boxes with icons. If you click on these boxes they toggle the various windows on and off. From left to right they are "Tools", "History", "Layers" and "Colors". You can also show and hide the Layers window using the shortcut "F7".The other two icons on the far right are for "Settings" and "Help" which are also worth exploring.
RaMz Zues To duplicate a layer in the layers panel, firstly click on that layer and make sure that it is highlighted. Then, in the little tool bar at the bottom of the layers panel, click on the third icon from the left, (the one just to the right of the red cross). If you want to copy a selection, make your selection and note which layer is highlighted, then go to Edit>Copy and then in the Edit menu select one of the paste options.
+Dann Marceau Thank you for your comments, Dann. I have been rather busy with other things lately but your welcome comments have inspired me. Once the busy Christmas period is over I will have a go at a follow up tutorial. Keep tuned!
Watching this in 2021, and I'm trying to get layers to drawe an oc of mine. Can somebody please tell me how to get layers on paint because it has changed..
The free Paint.Net app that is demonstrated here needs to be downloaded from www.getpaint.net/ The Microsoft Paint app that comes installed with Windows 10 is a different program.
@@epacrisimp I read the reviews before I thought about downloading it and they *all* say that it's a scam and that it messes your chrome up (Always read the reviews beforehand, everyone)
@@bitterbugs.1 Thank you for letting me know. I did some checking and there do seem to be a lot of scammers masquerading as good sites to download Paint.net. Never used to happen. If you look at some of the url addresses you will see they start with http - never click a link on a site unless it shows some security by starting with https. Must have the s. I checked out the link I gave you and it is the genuine link but they have made it very easy to click on downloading it from the Microsoft store instead of dot.PDN. Whilst Microsoft store is legitimate you should not have to pay for this program. (If later you want to donate to the developers then that is your choice) Please don't pay. After much investigation and some very spurious sites around I found CNET which is a reputable site - and the URL starts with Cnet has a direct download link for the program and the link to Cnet is download.cnet.com/Paint-NET/3000-2192_4-10338146.html However, just 'cause I say its OK does not necessarily make it so and you should always err on the side of caution. And while I checked out this link, CNET does have links to some programs that I would not touch because they are out to rip you off. Anyway, thought I would pass on what I think is the best and safe link - the CNET link.
Paint.net is a free program that needs to be downloaded and installed in Windows and is primarily a photo editing program. The programs Paint and Paint 3D which are included as part of the Windows 10 Operating system are more for drawing.
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Absolutely superb! Not a word was wasted;, instructions were clear, and there were no annoying "fillers" (such as, "The next thing to do is", "Now we are going to, etc. etc.) or 'Ums' and 'Ers'. Other UA-cam presenters have much to learn from this gifted teacher and wonderful communicator
You're very welcome! Thank you for your comments, much appreciated.
This was super helpful to me - 2 tricks you showed were all I was missing to get the job done... so cheers
Thank you so much for letting me know that the tutorial helped.
I used to find layers annoying but thanks to this video I realise how valuable they are!
So glad to hear that you got some value from the video. Thank you.
This is very useful and clear. Much appreciated.
Thank you for that and you are most welcome
Thank you very much for this tutorial. I had to watch it twice, plus backing up a few times, because I'm so new to layers. LOL - all the hours I have spent over the years doing artwork without using layers!!! Some people are SO SLOW!!!
Thanks for the comment and hope this helps with the artwork.
Now this is how to teach! Brilliant tutorial. Thanks.
Watching this video in 2019, and it's still relevant!
Very clear and straightforward!
Watching in 2021 ((:
2022 here.
I finally found this great tutorial with an excellent explanation and a clear diction without affectation. I have to say it's a great tutorial and I thank you very much for it and wish you good luck and health.
A thoughtful and helpful tutorial. Nicely paced. Well narrated
Bravo, bravo. I been looking for a tutorial that talks in plain English and very clearly able to see what is clicked on. Thank you
Thank you for this tutorial. Well paced, easy to understand the processes involved and most helpful. I wish other tutorials were like this.
Thank you for your comment.
eurika!! after hours of useless searching, instructions that actually work lol. and so well explained, thank you, thank you!
Ditto. Watching in 2020 whilst in UK lockdown. Complete novice with Paint.Net. Very helpful tutorial.
Thank you for letting me know that people are still getting some value from the video.
Excellent, very clear and easy to understand. need to go and practise now.
Thank you for that text shadow tip. It's so easy I can't believe I never realized how it was done before.
You are welcome. Still to update my video but have been very busy. Hope to do something by the end of the year.
thank you, very helpful and the best tutorial I have seen yet.
Fantastic tutorial. Learned a lot about manipulating images as parts of layers today! 5/5 👌
I'm new to graphics progams. This is an excellent into for someone with very limited background in understanding how graphics programs work. Thank you.
Thanks, an easy to understand introduction to layers
Amazingly simple and neat tutorial for beginners. thanks a ton from India
Thank you so much for this helpful tutorial. It really made a difference in my learning curve. Everything was explained so clearly.
Thanks,I'm trying to use o.N and another image program..especially layers .I think I may have to watch this again but I'll get there :)
Thanks for all of your tips! I've just been getting into producing myself for my artists and mannnnn. It's like science lmao. Thanks a ton!
Very very simple, clear and rational explanation.
Awesome! You made sth quite difficult look easy. I'm learning and practicing (for a picture book) and I'm content with the progress I've made thanks to your clear explanations. Thank you!
Thank you. Glad it helps.
Thank you - this was a really great video that taught me some of the basics.
Really useful video. I'm very new to paint.net so will have to rerun through it until it sticks, but you do make it very simple.
So glad you find it useful.
Thank you for letting me know that people are getting some value from the tutorial. You are all welcome and your feedback is appreciated.
Hello from Mauritius!
Thank you for this :-)
i have windows 10 and i dont see paint net thing can you please do a video for an updated version
Very well done it was easy to follow alot to do but paint programs are never easy and they all do the same things differently 10 out of 10
It has just been brought to my attention that the latest version has some "improvements" that I was not aware of. The Recolor tool in the latest version now has two new setting options in the tools menu. These are just after "Tolerance" and are a choice between "Sampling: Once" or "Sampling: Secondary Color". To be able to follow along with the video tutorial you will need to choose the second option (two small squares). Sorry to those who have found this confusing and I will attempt to update my tutorial soon.
Thank you for your kind words. Much appreciated and hope you enjoy Paint.net
Excellent tutorial, thanks a lot.
Wow ..Great tutorial. Thankyou
Thanks this tutorial is very helpful
Excellent tutorial...super like...
Great tutorial, thanks heaps!
Great, precise and clear.
Wonderful tutorial. Very clear explanation. Thanks Madam. Just subscribed.
thank you very much for this great tutorial
4:40 I never knew creating a hue was so easy lol
Thank you Kathy i must say!
Cool explanation
Thanks this was really helpful
Thanks for that. Good to know you got something from it. Enjoy!
Thanks. This was just what I needed!
Click on the icon third from the left in the top right hand of the window to open the layers panel, or use the shortcut F7
Great tutorial, thanks
You are welcome!
Very interesting, thank you.
I am working in version 4.0.13 and I hope all the instructions carry over this one. I am at Text Shadow stage. However, when I drag the brush over the text all I get is a large black streak that covers all the text and spacing. I do not get a black version of the text. Help please.
Thanks for the video! Perfect!
Excellent!
Thank you
thank you so much! this helped alot
very helpful thank you!!!
It's very easy to follow, thank you so much.
Epacris Imp, can I'm having trouble with my Paint.net, I could not get the shadow layer to move, it attempted to move the whole picture.
It is likely that you had all layers selected. Make sure that the layer that you want to move is the only one highlighted and then use the move tool to move the layer separately.
Nice one. Thanks!
You are welcome!
How do you print out your images to the scale you have within the program? Meaning, i need my image to be 13.5 x 18 inchs, but when i go to print it prints on a single sheet at 8.5 x 11. I've tried all the troubleshooting i can think of, saved as every type of file this program allows for.
Hi Timothy,Firstly, I assume that your printer will print to that size. Hopefully, this helps and if not please let me know.
1. Go to File>Print
2. In the Print Pictures box, at the top, are the headings Paper Size, Quality, and Paper Type. Click on the down arrows next to each heading and make your selection. (Do not leave the setting as Plain Paper if you are printing an image.)
3. If you don't see the Paper size options that you need click on Options.... at the lower right of the Print Pictures box and then choose Printer Properties where you will be able to choose a custom size for your print.
Each printer is slightly different, but you should be able to select Photo Printing, Media Type, Size and Borderless or not.Carefully select all the settings available as is it very easy to print with the wrong settings which can be disappointing.
oh my god how could ive missed the merge button! thanks love
I have three images open in different layers, how do I put the different pictures on the screen at the same time?
Is the Recolor tool in Paint.NET (ver 4.16.6315) completely just random in whether it does what it's supposed to, fo ranyone else?
No it is not random but does need a little fiddling. This is how to use the tool.
Firstly, duplicate your layer in the layers panel so that you can work on the duplicate. This means that you can go back to the original at any time for either a comparison or to start again.
Have the Colors window open. If it is not showing click on the color icon at the top right of your Paint.net window.
Choose your primary and secondary colors. Do this by having the “Primary” color change to whatever color you click on in the color wheel or pallet. Then make sure that “Secondary” is chosen and again click on a color of your choice. If you click on the “more” option in the color panel you can make even more color choices and even select opacity levels of the colors.
With the recolour tool selected:-Choose a brush size (I usually make my brush a lot bigger than the small default brush - depends on what you are doing).Choose the desired hardness. Start with 50% for a softer brush and see how that works for you. (100%) will give you a hard outline.Finally choose the tolerance. 100% will make the recolour brush behave more like the ordinary brush tool and will color everything you go over. Too little tolerance and you won’t change much at all. Start with 50% and then experiment.Left mouse click on the area of your image that has the exact color that you want to change and then, without releasing the mouse button, drag the brush over all the area that you want to change. Right mouse click and follow the same procedure to replace the color you first click on with the secondary color. That is, do not release the mouse button and drag over the area that you want to change.Make sure that you experiment on a duplicate of the background image so you can restart at any time. Keep
fiddling with the tolerance and the primary and secondary color choices until you get what you are after.I hope that you can follow these suggestions and that you have success.
how do i make the laywer show up?
my layer is missing, where can i find it
it was help full but now when i open a file it dosnt show a layer window i only see it on the canvas and up above but there is no layer section visable????
Hi Julie, Click on the icon third from the left in the top right hand of the main window to toggle the layers panel to appear or hide; or use the shortcut F7. It can be quite off-putting when a window disappears.
for some reason when I try and use tool's on a fresh layer like when I try to use shape's to pull out a box on a untouched layer it's printed onto the image in the first layer. what could be going wrong?
steps I fallow.
bring up the main image
open new layer
select colour I want.
click shapes
click the box
click the on the image and drag.
when I check the layer's it's not been done on the fresh layer but on the first.
The new Layer needs to be one that is selected in the Layers panel before you apply the shape. It sounds as though you may have clicked on the Background layer and that is why the shape has been applied to that layer instead of the one above. Make sure that the new layer is the active layer by clicking on it before applying the shape.
it was, I figured it out in the end, turns out I was just being stupid and not understanding that the layer under it wasn't being affected, figured out by unchecking the layer's
@@jakstrieder Well done!!! I should have suggested that as well. Definitely, NOT STUPID, photo editing programs can be very confusing at first. Guarantee a lot of people have had the same issue.
it's more of a rough map for a short DnD in a summer camp setting, I started making it with just paint but couldn't put buildings at angles and got fed up with it so I just dove into p.n
nice video
Thank you.
What if I'm not Australian?! :-) Thanks for this, it's a good start.
You're welcome.
can i stretch a part of image table fill in with text transparently without loosing any text in paint.net or any other software. Thanks
I am sorry Mohammad but I don't quite understand what you are trying to do. Could you please describe in a little more detail if possible?
@@epacrisimp sir I prepared a table (vertical and horizontal lines and text in between lines) in Ms word and saved as image, now I want to increase spacing between lines in paint.net thanks
@@mohammadahmed7932 If you just stretch the table, everything will be stretched and you may lose quality, especially with the text, and it won't increase the spacing. You could modify the table in Word to look the way you want and then save again as a jpg image. Without seeing the detail, I think that your best option to achieve the look you want is probably to start from scratch and manually draw a table in Paint.net and then overlay Text, using the layers.
Are you there god!
It's me Margret
I am stuck at the point where I finished erasing the background around my animal, as at 11.40 in your video. I can not move the image into position because the eraser tool is still activated, and I can't find any way to de-activate it other than selecting another tool, which still leaves me in the same boat.
derekcolman If you select the Move tool, that tool becomes active and the Eraser tool becomes inactive and you can then move the Selected(highlighted) image into position. If you still cannot move the image(layer) around, make sure that the correct tool is selected and that the correct layer that you need to move is highlighted. Also make sure that there is no layer visible above the layer you are moving or you won't be able to see what is going on. Uncheck (remove the visibility tick on) any layer that may be hiding the layer you are working on.Let me know if you are still having a problem.
Epacris Imp Thank you so much. It worked fine, and it seems so obvious now you have pointed it out, but at the time I did not realise. The tool is actually labelled "move selected pixels". In the past I have tried Gimp and a free trial of Photoshop essentials, but gave up in frustration. I have a project which is just an in joke between me and a pal, and need Paint.net to carry it out, so I have determined not to give up this time and really master this program. The results will then be animated in PowerDirector, which I am already familiar with.
Where is the layers window or layers option? My menu only shows FILE and VIEW. Is this a free version, and do you have a paid version? How do I get those other menu features so I can follow along? Thank you.
Hi lisag3359, it seems what you are looking at is the “Paint” program that comes with Windows. The software I am using is called “paint.net” and is a free program you can download and install for free from the following website www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html. (Do not download it from the Microsoft store where you will be asked to pay. If you like the program you can choose to donate later to the developers via PayPal.)
Once you are on the paint.net page, under Free Download Now: click on the latest software (today that is paint.net 5.0.9). It will download into your Downloads folder.
Just to make sure that the file will not harm your computer, right click on the zip file and choose to Scan with Microsoft Defender or any other anti virus software.
Then right click on the zip file and choose Extract All; open the Paint.net folder and double click on the exe file and follow the prompts to install the software onto your computer.
Now you will be able to follow along with the tutorial.
I would also recommend that everyone downloads the help files from www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/index.html which are very easy to read and incredibly helpful.
If you run into any problems just send me a message via the comments section and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
SUPER helpful, informative… and extra beneficial that you mentioned being careful and looking out for viruses. THANK YOU.
@@lisag3359You're Welcome!
yo thats my profile pic
It doesnt give me the option to save it as a paint . net file, or show the windows ;(
My layers windows (tool) are gone, how do i make it appear again ?
At the top right of the Paint.net window you will see four little boxes with icons. If you click on these boxes they toggle the various windows on and off. From left to right they are "Tools", "History", "Layers" and "Colors". You can also show and hide the Layers window using the shortcut "F7".The other two icons on the far right are for "Settings" and "Help" which are also worth exploring.
Epacris Imp
Thanks You :D
I exited out the layer thing like how you exit a page now it wont come back what to do I did the same with the history
At the top right hand side of the main window, just under the minimise and close icons, are some little icons that toggle the different windows on and off just by clicking on them.From left to right they are "Tools"; "History"; "Layers"; "Colors"; "Settings"; and "Help". When you move your mouse pointer over them, a tool tip showing the name of the window, appears.
Thanks you just saved me from uninstalling the whole thing and reinstalling it. I thought I broke it xD
How do you combine two layers???????
save the picture as png and then click flatten and boom!
I don't have layers on my screen help me please!
To show the Layers window, click on the third icon from the left in the top right of the main window. If you click on any of the icons in the top right corner you can toggle the relevant windows on and off. The names of each window appear as you move your pointer over them as well as the keyboard short cut for turning the windows on and off.
Hope this helps.
what third icon? i don't see it
At the top right of your window are the minimize, maximise and close icons. Just under these are the icons that let you open and close panels such as the Layers window, as well as settings and help.You can also open the layers panel by using the shortcut key F7 on your keyboard.
thank you!!!!
Epacris Imp thanksss
how can I move a pencil drawing to the center of the page ,frustrated
i accidently closed the layers window and the colors window, can you tell me how to open them back?
A very common frustration and not as intuitive as we would like.
To show the layers window after hiding/closing it go to the top right of the main window, just under the close, minimise, maximise buttons and you will see a row of icons starting, from the left, with a little hammer. Left mouse click on the 3rd icon from the left to toggle the layers window on and off.
If you hover your mouse pointer over the other icons you will see a tool tip showing what tapping each icon does and options/shortcuts for the same result.
How do you get the layers window on
nvm I found it out
@@malachitheghost9465 tell me pls
I dont have a image list though... When I start up paint.net it has no lists im on 4.0.5
LeahPlaysStuff The Image list appears at the top of your window and displays a thumbnail of every image that you have opened, and allows you to switch between the images by clicking on each thumbnail.When you start up paint.net and have not yet opened an image, all that will be showing is a white blank canvas. Go to File>Open.... and navigate to where your images are and select more than one image and click Open and you will now see those images appear in the list.
Epacris Imp Ok i have the image list but no layer list i dont have any of those things which means history and layers list when I start it up...
LeahPlaysStuff Four of the panels in Paint.net can be hidden or shown. These panels are the Tools, History, Layers and Colors. To toggle any of these to show or not show, click on their icons at the top right of the program window. Each time you click on one of these icons, (the first is a little hammer depicting the tools panel) you can make these panels visible or not visible. This does not change anything about them except their visibility.
LeahsUA-cam At the top right where there's a hammer icon, those are them, the layers is the two pieces of paper layer thing.
how do you delete layers from the original product
To delete a layer from your project Select the layer (make sure no other layers are highlighted) and click on the red X at the bottom of the Layers window.
You can also select the layer and go to the File Menu>Layers>Delete Layer.
A shortcut for this is CTRL+SHIFT+DEL
I think this is for professional advanced beginners. What can this software be used for usefully? I can create a flag and add images on top of each other with any other software, such as regular Paint, IrfanView etc. I still do not understand what is image layering used for. I am trying to make an image file with a hand seal or hand stamp that I could post over image and the image would not post its square shaped background or any background on top of that image. Is this possible at all? OK, in other words, if I have a library or gallery of images and I want to add on top of every image my completely transparent circular logo on them, without it having a background. Even more. Even after saving the file i'd also, if possible, like to preserve the functionality where the logo can be removed from the image by its owner only without any impact on the image. I would call it true layering or non-sticky layering? Its like a book with pages that looks like one piece until you begin browsing the pages, but when you close the book, it appears solid again. Then you can remove pages from the book and add them in again. Its more like a file holder of an image layers in as it appears as one image, yet with certain code or password can be worked on by its creator. Is that possible and how? What software should I use? Or is this the thing of the distant future?
Hello Tom,
I am sorry that I missed your request. Please let me know if you have not solved your problem and I will post a reply. (probably a little late now)
Hi Cris, I did not solve. Thanks if you can post info.
Hi Tom,
You certainly can do what you describe using Paint.net
Firstly, to create a logo with a transparent background - Launch Paint.net. and by default the program will open with a new white layer background. In the layers window click on the little icon in the lower left to create a new layer which is transparent. Making sure that this new transparent layer is selected (highlighted) create your design on this layer. (The checker plate design indicates that the layer is transparent.)
When you are done you can select the lower white layer and delete it by clicking on the red cross.
Now save the logo with a transparent background as a pdn (paint.net file).
If you want to use this transparent logo in another program such as IrfanView you can save it as a png file which will preserve the transparency. To do this, when you save the file, select Save As and in the Save as type: select PNG (*.png)
Now to use the logo on another image that you can later remove without destroying that image -
Open an image in Paint.net.
Then go to Layers>Import From File.... and select your transparent logo and click Open and it will open on a new layer above the image.
You can now save that file as a new Paint.net file in which you can preserve the layers for working on now or later by anyone with the Paint.net program.
In this file you can toggle the visibility of individual layers on and off by removing or adding a tick on the layers, which means that you can now output the image you see as a JPEG which will embed the logo over the image and cannot be non-destructively removed; or you can remove the tick and output a JPEG without a logo.
You can add more images as separate layers, change the order and visibility of the layers and have your logo appear or not as desired, over any image you choose and, as long as you keep saving the pdn file, you can come back and make edits anytime you choose without touching the original images etc....I am rambling now as I get excited at the prospects of what you can do with this free program.
Anyone can open and edit this file as long as they have the Paint.net software.
You could certainly password protect the file, but you would need software for this and this is not my area of expertise.
I hope that you can understand my instructions. Please let me know if you have any problems or questions. Enjoy!
i go on paint net and i cant find a layers button becuase mines updated
Firstly, make sure you have Paint.net open and not another similar named program like Paint. Look at the title at the top left of the program's window and it should say "paint.net 4.0.21"
To show the layers window after hiding/closing it go to the top right of the main window, just under the close, minimise, maximise buttons and you will see a row of icons starting, from the left, with a little hammer. Left mouse click on the 3rd icon from the left to toggle the layers window on and off.
Using the keyboard shortcut F7 will also bring up the Layers window.
how do you get those layers thing
At the top right of your window are the minimise, maximise and close icons. Just under these are the icons that let you open and close panels such as the Layers window (third icon from the left), as well as settings and help. Clicking on these icons let you hide/show each of the relevant panels. You can also open the layers panel by using the shortcut key F7 on your keyboard.
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Is not appearing this thing called "Layers" HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP! >:(
Do you guys know how to move multiple layers at once?
Unfortunatley, you can not move multiple layers at the one time. However, if you want to move a number of layers to exactly the same position, one way to do this is - 1/ Select one layer and in the menu bar select Layer>Rotate/Zoom (shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Z) and use the controls to postion the layer where you want.
2/ Then select the next layer that you want to be in that same position and apply the Rotate/Zoom to that layer.
The Rotate/Zoom tool will instantly apply the previous settings you chose to the newly selected layer.
Then just keep doing this for each layer you want to align to the same postion.
Hope you can follow that and it helps.
@@epacrisimp alr thanks
Is it possible to unmerge layers?
+DannyTheFuzzyTv If you have not yet closed the program you can use the History or undo, but once Paint.net is closed there is no way to recover the layers you have merged when you open the program up again.
Epacris Imp Thanks!
I heard ctrl+z does the job.
Alias Alien
Thanks!
DannyTheFuzzyTv
No problem :)
i closed the layer thing how do i open it again ?
khaled99948 To reopen the layers panel, click on the layers icon at the top right of the paint.net window, the third icon from the left. These icons let you toggle the various windows on and off.,From left Tools, History, Layers, Colors. The Settings icon lets you change settings in the program and the Question mark lets you click on various links where you can get help.
thanks :D
its so confusing and im still getting nothing done
but anyways i will say this vid DID have SOME good quality
Epacris Imp
Please can you do an new update of this video as theres things that are different on this software now then it was when you made this video and by doing an update of it will be of much more help to a lot of us. thank you for your time ^_^
Thank you for your suggestion. This video definitely needs an update. Life got in the way of my making tutorials but I will try to get back into it shortly. Appreciate your prompting me.
im totally new to this software and struggle to grasp how to work it at all.
Looking forward to your new update of this tutorial.
The voice is like airplane guide
easy peasy
In this video you clicked something which was part of the process but did not explain what you did and so now I'm stuck in the middle of the process not knowing what to do. Your cursor cannot be seen when you clicked whatever it was.
my layers window wont pop up ;-; halp pls
Most common problem for new users. At the top right of the Paint.net window you will see four little boxes with icons. If you click on these boxes they toggle the various windows on and off. From left to right they are "Tools", "History", "Layers" and "Colors". You can also show and hide the Layers window using the shortcut "F7".The other two icons on the far right are for "Settings" and "Help" which are also worth exploring.
i tried doing that but it doesnt work
I don't know why but it wont let me copy my image.
RaMz Zues To duplicate a layer in the layers panel, firstly click on that layer and make sure that it is highlighted. Then, in the little tool bar at the bottom of the layers panel, click on the third icon from the left, (the one just to the right of the red cross). If you want to copy a selection, make your selection and note which layer is highlighted, then go to Edit>Copy and then in the Edit menu select one of the paste options.
Epacris Imp thank you
+Dann Marceau Thank you for your comments, Dann. I have been rather busy with other things lately but your welcome comments have inspired me. Once the busy Christmas period is over I will have a go at a follow up tutorial. Keep tuned!
Watching this in 2021, and I'm trying to get layers to drawe an oc of mine. Can somebody please tell me how to get layers on paint because it has changed..
The free Paint.Net app that is demonstrated here needs to be downloaded from www.getpaint.net/
The Microsoft Paint app that comes installed with Windows 10 is a different program.
@@epacrisimp I read the reviews before I thought about downloading it and they *all* say that it's a scam and that it messes your chrome up
(Always read the reviews beforehand, everyone)
@@bitterbugs.1 Thank you for letting me know. I did some checking and there do seem to be a lot of scammers masquerading as good sites to download Paint.net. Never used to happen. If you look at some of the url addresses you will see they start with http - never click a link on a site unless it shows some security by starting with https. Must have the s. I checked out the link I gave you and it is the genuine link but they have made it very easy to click on downloading it from the Microsoft store instead of dot.PDN. Whilst Microsoft store is legitimate you should not have to pay for this program. (If later you want to donate to the developers then that is your choice) Please don't pay.
After much investigation and some very spurious sites around I found CNET which is a reputable site - and the URL starts with
Cnet has a direct download link for the program and the link to Cnet is download.cnet.com/Paint-NET/3000-2192_4-10338146.html
However, just 'cause I say its OK does not necessarily make it so and you should always err on the side of caution. And while I checked out this link, CNET does have links to some programs that I would not touch because they are out to rip you off. Anyway, thought I would pass on what I think is the best and safe link - the CNET link.
@@epacrisimp Thank you, I will check it out :)
i use paint.net just to draw didnt know it was for photo editing
Paint.net is a free program that needs to be downloaded and installed in Windows and is primarily a photo editing program. The programs Paint and Paint 3D which are included as part of the Windows 10 Operating system are more for drawing.
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