Using Paint.net Skills: change view, rotate, select a portion of, crop, resize, change contrast, filter an image, undo an operation IT concepts: pixel, image processing operation This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial- Share Alike 3.0 License.
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Using Paint.net
Paint.net screen layout Open images Current image Tools Status line Command menus Tutorials: Community:
Purpose of three of the tools Select a rectangular area Add text to the image Draw a rectangle Experiment — what do each of the others do? (If you do not see the toolbox, give the Windows > Tools command).
Experiment Play around. You can undo any changes you make in the History window. (If you do not see the history window, give the Windows > History command). Ctrl-z undoes the last command. Ctrl-y redoes the last command. ————
The status line: describes the selected tool Tool description with a help hintImage size Cursor location (0, 0 is the upper left hand corner) For example: status line for the Rectangular Selection tool: Tip: watch the status line as you work
These change as you make the selection. You can adjust selections one pixel at a time using the arrow keys. The status line changes as you work Status line while making a selection:
Rotate an image Image > Rotate
View menu Changing the view does not alter the image, just what you see while working on it.
Adjusting contrast Adjustments > Brightness/contrast
Immediate feedback – high contrast
Immediate feedback – low contrast
Apply the ink sketch effect Effects > Artistic > Ink sketch
Resize an image Image > Resize If you check Maintain aspect ratio, changing either the width or height automatically adjusts the other.
Resizing without maintaining the aspect ratio will distort the image
A few questions
How did I do that?
How did I erase the oarlock?