TheUnofficialPaint.NETUserGuideisintendedtoprovideaccesstoseveralPaint.NETtutorialsina singledownload.Thiswillhopefullybeusefulforpeoplewithoutinternetaccess,apayasyougo internetconnection,thosewhoprefertutorialsinaprintedformatandthosewhosimplywanta guidetoimprovingtheirPaint.NETskillshavingjustreadthehelpfilewithoutgoingtutorialhunting. ThisguideistheworkofseveralmembersofthePaint.NETcommunity(seethecreditssectionfora fulllist)andwouldneverhavehappenedwithouttheirhardworkandgenerosity.Ifyouwantto thankaspecificauthorfortheirtutorial,clicktheurlatthebottomofatutorial. Formoreinformationemailpdn@simonandrewbrown.co.uk.

Contents
Thebasics
1.Cuttingoutimages

Creatingimages
1.HardWoodFloors 2.ThePyrosig 3.PowerReactor 4.Somekindofhitechwallpaper 5.TheUnPhotoshopstylesigtut 6.PlayingCards&Chips

Photoediting
1.Croppingphotographstheruleofthirds 2.Howtoshrinkacityin5easysteps 4.Realcar>ToyCarconversion 3.Levels 4.Antiquing 5.HowtoCloneYourself

Notes
1.Copyright

 CuttingoutImages
BYSIMONBROWN
1. FindyourimageI'llbeusingoneoftheOffice2007clipartimages.

2. Onanewlayerwitharelativelythinwidth,(dependingonthesizeofyourimage)coverthe perimeterofthepartoftheimageyouwishtocutoutwiththepenandlinetoolsbeing carefultoleavenogaps.

3. Nowselectthemagicwandtool(anytolerancebelow60%shouldworkfine)andclickinside theoutline.

4. NowholddownCtrl+Itoinverttheselection,andthenselectthebackgroundlayer.

5. Nowpressthe"delete"keyandremovethelayeryouusetodrawtheoutline.

 6. Croptheimagetothepartyouhavecutout.

7. Usethefeatherplugintomaketheedgeslesssharp.

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HardWoodFloors
BYJERKFIGHT

RequiredPlugins Jumble Panelling A.OpenaBlankCanvas B.1.ChangeColours(Primarydarkgrey,secondarylightgray) 2.Gradientool 3.LinearGradientSetting,andmakethegradient.

c.AddNoiseatthesettingsbelow,don'tbeafraidtoexpirememnt.

 D.Motionbluratthesettingsbelow.

E.Usingeffectssuchastwist,trytomakeknotsinthetexture. 1.Ifusingtwistsfollowderectionsbelow. 1.1.Expirementwiththeamount 1.2.Expirementwithposition *Youmayhavetorunthiseffectmultipletimes,butwithdiffrentsettings

 F.1.NewLayer 2.Paintthenewlayerbrown,youcanusemyhexifyouwant. 3.Playwiththelayerproprities(F4) 4.MergeLayerdown

G.1.Dependingonimagesize,youmaywanttoplaywiththesesettings. 2.Pressthejumblebuttonuntillyougetanicebalenceofdarkandlightwood. 3.PressOKwhenready

H.Selecteverysecondlineofwoodlikebelow.

I.Usingthepanellingeffectmovetheselectionhorizontalbyanamountofyourchoice.

 J.Rotate/Zoom(Playwiththeselectionsthatareboxed)

ThisisacommonsettingIuse. Therewego.

 Madethefloorofthiswiththesamemethodabove.

Thanksforreading. Jerkfight

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The#1MostCopiedSigOnTheForum (AKAthepyrosig)
BYZACHWALKER,A.K.A.PYROCHILD
Here'swhatyou'remaking:

Yup,hereitis.Finally.Thelongawaitedpyrosigtutorial.Ididn'tevenwanttowritea tutorialonthis,butwassuckeredintoitbycountlessrequests,bothinthemainforumas wellasprivatemessages.Afewemailsevencamemyway...weird.Tobeperfectlyhonest,I don'tthinkthisisactuallyworthafullblowntutorial,buthey,anythingtokeepy'allhappy... Theseinstructionsaretocreateanexactduplicateofmysignature.Obviously,youjust mightwanttochangesomethingorother,especiallythename...unlessyou'rethenitwit whokeepsstealingmyusernameonotherforums.AnddeviantART.Grr. Pluginsandfontsneeded: GradientBars OutlineObject WaterReflection Evanescent(TrueTypeFont) Optional: Curves+ GradientMapping ConditionalHue/Saturation Theprocedure: Notes: AllgivensizesareinPIXELS. Untilstep11,youshouldkeepyourPrimarycolorsettoBLACKandyourSecondarycolor settoWHITE.Fromthatpointon,colorsdon'tmatter,butifyouchangethecolorsbefore then,there'sagoodchancethingswon'tworkout. AllgivensettingsforpluginsareAPPROXIMATE,andyoumayhavetoexperimentatinybit togetthelookexactlyright. THEBACKGROUND

1Createanewimage,1000x200. File>New... 2Selectthetophalfofyourimage Tool:>RectangleSelect Yourselectionshouldspanthewholewidthofyourimage,andgofromtheverytopto abouthalfwaydown.YoucanusethetextintheStatusBartohelpyouselectthecorrect height 3RunGradientBars Effects>Render>GradientBars... SetthealignmenttoBottom,Scaleto150%,andplaywiththeseedvalueuntilyoulikethe look 4Createanewlayer Layers>AddNewLayer 5Drawagradientacrosstheimage Tool:>Gradient,Linear(Reflected) Startyourgradientfromthemiddleoftheimageanddragitacrosstoeithertherightor leftedge 6SettheBlendingModeofthetoplayertoColorBurn Layers>LayerProperties... Dependingonyourgradient,theremaybeablackbarinthebottomhalfofyourimage. Ignoreit;it'lldisappearinstep9.

7Mergethelayers Layers>MergeLayerDown 8Duplicatethelayer Layers>DuplicateLayer 9SettheBlendingModeofthetoplayertoNegation Layers>LayerProperties...

 10Mergethelayers Layers>MergeLayerDown 11Color! Usewhatevermethodsyoufeelcomfortablewithtorecolortheimage;atthispoint,the colorsyou'reworkingwithnolongermatter IusedCurves+intheoriginal,butnowIthinkI'dpreferGradientMapping.Conditional Hue/Saturationworksalso. Ifyoudon'tknowhowtorecolorit,well,therearelotsofothertutorialsthatcoverthat,so ...http://searchpaint.net/ 12RunWaterReflection Effects>Distort>WaterReflection... SetDurationto200,allothervaluescanbeleftatdefault. 13CreateanewlayerandnameitShadow Layers>AddNewLayer 14DrawyourtextontheShadowlayer Tool:>Text Font:Evanescent72pt 15DuplicatetheShadowlayerandnameitText Layers>DuplicateLayer 16Puttheshadowbehindthetext Layers>Rotate/Zoom... Twistangle:90.00 Twistradius:75.00 Ypan:0.300 17AddanewlayerundertheShadowlayerandnameitGlow Layers>AddNewLayer 18Drawafilledellipse Tool:>Ellipse,DrawFilledShape 19RunGaussianBlur

Effects>Blurs>GaussianBlur... Radius:25 20Recolortheshadow Youknowhow...ifnot,http://searchpaint.net/ 21RunOutlineObjectontheTextlayer Effects>OutlineObject... Width:15 Softness:254 22RunWaterReflectionontheTextlayer Effects>Distort>WaterReflection... Distance:70.00 Wavesperiod:1.50 Duration:100.00

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PowerReactor
BYMADJIK
Thistutorialwillguideyoutodosomethinglikethis:

Theresultisinfactfromthetutorialisthis:

Thistutorialmainlyneedsthehexagridplugin.Youcouldfindithere: http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=3607 Youwillneedalsothefastzoomblur(deluxe)plugin.Youcouldfindithere: http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=3666 ______________________

1. Createthebackgroundimage:white400x400forthistutorialbutbiggerisbetter. 2. Addalayer(nr2).Selectamidgreyforprimarycolor(hex:777777). Runthehexagrid: ...Size:6 ...DrawMode:horizontalcentered ...Brushwidth:1 ...Antialiased:Y

3. Addalayer(nr3).SelectBlackforprimarycolor. Runthehexagrid: ...Size:50 ...DrawMode:left ...Brushwidth:2 ...Antialiased:Y

 4. Repeatstep3,4times,increasingthesizeby5,andthebrushwidthby1. ..1.Addalayer(nr4).Runthehexagrid:Size:55;Brushwidth:3 ..2.Addalayer(nr5).Runthehexagrid:Size:60;Brushwidth:4 ..3.Addalayer(nr6).Runthehexagrid:Size:65;Brushwidth:5 ..4.Addalayer(nr7).Runthehexagrid:Size:70;Brushwidth:6

 5. Repeatnowforeachlayers3to7: ...ZoomBludDeluxe:Alldefaultvalues

 6. Selectlayernr2,andrunthebulgeeffect. ...amount:100

7. Flattentheimage.

 8. Duplicatethelayer. Flipithorizontaly. SettheblendmodetoDarken(testallthemode...)

 9. Flattentheimage.

 10. Playwiththecurves...

11. Duplicatethelayer. SettheblendmodetoLighten(testallthemode...)

 12. ...ZoomBludDeluxe:Amount:4?Rest:defaultvalues ...Repeat34times(Ctrl+F)

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SomekindofHitechwallpaper
BYMADJIK
Playingaroundwithseveraleffects,lookingforsomeniceart, Imadethis:

Iwilltrytoredoitinthistutorial. 1.Chooseyourimagesize(bigger=better,youcouldreduceitlater). ...Forthetut,I'vechoose600x450. 2.SelecttheLines/CurvesTool, ...setthebrushwidthto3050(Isetitto32), ...setthestyletoDashes,DashdotorDashdotdot. ...drawahorizontallinecentered:

 3.FastZoomblurit(:Plugin:PluginZoomBlurDeluxe): http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=3666 ...Amounttothemax, ...Defaultfortherest.

4.Invertthecolors(Ctrl+Shift+I).

 NextstepsarepartlybasedonthetutorialMakeaWavewithPaint.NET http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=4158 5.DistorttheimagewiththeTwisteffect: ...Amount+2030 ...Quality5

6.Duplicatethelayer. 7.DistortthetoplayerwiththeTwisteffect: ...Amount3060(max2xtheamountusedstep5innegativevalue) ...Quality5

8.OpenthePropertiesofthelayer(pressF4)andplaywiththeblendmodetofindtheoneyoulike more. ...IsetittoOverlay(LightenorDarkenworkwelltoo)

 9.NowgotoAdjustments/CurvesRGB,andmakeitcoloredononeorbothlayers. ...Isetthesecurvesonthebottomlayer,nothingonthetoplayer.

10.GotoAdjustments/CurvesLuminosity,andchangethecurveononeorbothlayers. ...Isetthiscurveonthetoplayer,nothingonthebottomlayer.

 11.Oneachlayer,applytheReliefEffectwithangle45.

12.SavethePDNfileforlatermodification.Flattentheimageandsaveasaflatformat(PNGorJPG) foruse.

 Finalresultisn'tsofarthanthemodel.Needmorelightsomehow! Thesizeoftheimageandthebrushwidthareimportant,thefastzoomblurwillgivedifferentresult dependingonthesefactors...

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TheUnPhotoshopstylesigtut
BYLIAMDESIC(LJXD)
Howcompletelylameofmetodoasigtutonmysig,butdignityasidehere'sthewayIdo mytypeofsigs. Thesearesomethati'vereleasedinthisstyle.

BasicallywhatIaimforwhenIdesigntheseis,gloss,colourandshape.FormylatestoneI focusedonredorangeyellow,greenandblack.InmysigsIneverusestocksorbrushes. Thisiswhatyou'llendupwith,dependingonwhatdesignyoudraw

Thesearethepluginsyou'llneed [url=http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22881&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit =Drop+shadow] Dropshadow,Averageblur..[/url],AlignObject Okaysoletsstart

Part1:Intro
1.Openanewcanvaswithasizeof1000x300(Ilikemycanvas'stwicethesizethenresize later) 2.Nowctrlaandhitdelete. 3.Drawastraightlinefromtoptobottomanywhereonthecanvas,thenrunalignobjectto centretheline.Thiswillbethemiddleofourdesign. 4.Nowselectthepaintbrushbutton,andchangethesettingtoaliased.(Ifyou'dprefer drawingtheshapewiththeline/curvetoolthenbyallmeans) 5.Addanewlayer Part2:TheShapeandDesign 6.Nowthisthemostcrucialpart,theshapedesign.Weonlywanttodrawonehalfandwe'll flipitlater,firstwewanttomakeourcentrepiece,inearlierpiecesimadeanorbbutinmy latestoneimadeagreenyshieldthing. ThecentrePieceisalsowhatwillbetheavatar,tomakeanicematchingpiece. 7.Keeperasingandpaintinguntilyou'vefinishedthebasicoutline.zoomintoabout200 300%tooseethelineseasier.Rememberwereonlydrawingonehalf.ThisiswhatIget

8.Okaynowweduplicatethelayerandflipithorizontally,ifthedesignlooksbadinfull,you shoulddeletethatlayerandmakeadjustmentsuntilyoufinethecentrepiecelookinggood. Onceyoulikeitmergethecentrepiecelayers. 9.Addnewlayer

 10.NowwewanttheOutsidedesign,weneedtodecidewhetheritsgoingtobeattachedto thecentrepieceorlookasthoughitscomingfromunderneath,becauseoftheintricacyof mycentrepiecei'mgoingtohavethecentrepiececomingfromunderneath. 11.Okaysogetyourpaintbrushesoutandstartdesigningagain,rememberonlyonehalf. Here'swhatigot

12.Nowduplicatethatlayerandflipit,that'sthewholeshapeofyoursig,ifyournothappy thenmakechanges.Mergethetwolayers,andmakesurethey'reallclosedup.Thisishow mineturnedout.

NOTE:MakeSurethatallyouroutsidedesignlinesareconnected,unchecktheviewicon nexttotheCentrePieceLayertohavealook.Itdoesn'treallymatterhowthey'reconnected asyouwontbeabletoseeit.

Part3:Colours
13.Nowitstimeforabitofcolour,weneedonecolourforthecentrepieceandoneforthe outside.ILikecontrastingcolourstocatchtheeye.Nowchooseyourcolourforthecentre piece,ichoseorange. 14.GrabthemagicwandtoolandselecttheoutsideoftheCP(centrepiece).ThenctrlIand addanewlayerThenpaintbucketyourcolour.Ifitcoversthewholecanvasctrlzandtry andfindwhereyoudidn'tlinkup. 15.Dontdeselect,andaddanewlayer,getyourpaintbrushandandmakethecolourabit darker,thendrawsomelinesallalongthesame"flow". 16.Getasmallerbrushandchangeryourcolourtosomethinglighterthantheoriginal colouranddrawsomemoreflowlines.ThisiswhatIgot,Iputabittoomuchflowlinesi think.

 17.NowGaussianBlurataround15andchangethelayeropacitytoabout200,duplicated layerandfliphorizontalandmergeandmergeagaintotheCP.

18.Magicwandtheoutsideandinvertagain,andaddanewlayer.Makeyourprimary colourwhiteandsecondaryfullytransparentandmakealineargradientfromthetoptothe bottom.Onthatlayerchangetheopacitytoabout150

19.Opencurvesandchangethelinetoaboutthis.(Dontworry,we'llgetouroriginalcolour backlater)

 20.Dothatselectionthingagainwiththemagicwandandinvert 21.Addanewlayerandgrabthecircle/elpisetool.AndchangetheModefromoutlineto fill. 22.Nowdrawacurvelikethis,Changethelayeropacitytoabout30

23.DeletetheoriginalCPoutlinelayer 24.Runfeatherondefaultexcepttickthetruefeatherbox. 25.Runaveragebluronthetransparentgradientondefaultsettings 26.Runfeatheronthecircle"Gloss"Layer

27.RunGlowonthebaseCPlayerwitheverythingon10

OUTSIDEDESIGN:Unlessyouwantmetowriteabookonthistut,i'mgoingtohave
toletyoudotheoutsidedesignbyyourself.Justrepeatsteps1327(toacertainextent), andyou'llberight.Ifyouhaveanytroublejustpostyourproblem .Herearesome screensofmyprogressdongtheoutsidecolour.

Part4:Extras
30.OKnow,that^^^iswhatihave.ButThere'ssomethingmissing.Earlieronimentioned whetherornotyouwanttheoutsidetobeattachedtotheCP.IFyouwanteditattached thenskipthenextstep 31.TogiveitaDetachedfeelingwe'llneedtoduplicatedthemaincplayer,selecttheone underneathandopenDropShadow.Iranthesesettings

NOTE:TheKeeporiginalimageboxisunchecked

32.Wanttoaddsometextorasymbol?Ifoundsomegreatsymbolshere http://www.tribalshapes.com/Ichosethistribalsymbol

33.IcutitoutusingCurves+likethis

 34.PastethesymbolontoanewlayerthatisundertheCPglosslayer,thendostep31to thesymbol NoDropShadow

DropShadow

 35.Youcanalsodostep35toyouroutsidedesignaswell NoDropShadow

DropShadow

36.Flattentheimage,andresizeitto50%.Andmakesureyousaveitasa.png YAYWe'redone,Ihopethatwasn'ttooconfusingandIthelpedyouout.

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PlayingCards&Chips
BYCJMCGUINNESS
PokerSettutorial(Cards&Chips) ThistutorialispostedinresponsetomanyrequestsastohowImadethe'bent'cardsandpoker chipsinthispiece,

whichIalsouseinmysig. YouwillneedatleastPaint.NETversionv3.20 Youwillalsorequirethefollowingplugins. AlignObject Shape3D Part1AcePlayingCard: ThispartdealswiththemakingoftheplayingcardsIused.IdecidedonAcesastheywere reasonablyeasy;youcould,ofcourse,makeothercardsI'llleaveituptoyou,theuser,totake thesestepsandmodifythemforyourownpurposes.Idecidedtomakeeverythingfromscratch,but youcouldeaslilydoaGISforsomecards. Thestepsdemonstratedherearenotanythingnew,orexciting,andI'msuremostPDNuserscould easilycreateaplayingcardimage,however,forthePDNnoob's,here'sthesteps Startwitha500x700canvasfilledwhite.Setyoursecondarycolourwithanalphavalueof0(zero) soitiscompletelytransparent.

 Image>CanvasSize(CTRL+SHIFT+R)andchangethecanvasto1000x1000.Youshouldnowhavea whiterectanglewithatransparentborder.

Effects>Noise>Median:Radius30Percentile50.Thiswillgiveyourrectangleroundedcorners. Createanewlayercallit'Centre'.OntheCentrelayerusetheRectangleSelecttooland(anywhere onthecanvas)dragarectanglethatis350x500usethepaintbuckettofillthisblack(thisisforthe blackcards,youshouldfillthisredfortheredcards).

 Effects>AlignObjectCentre Thiswillperfectlycentreyourblackrectangle.

Now,Imademyowncardsymbolsfromscratcheachis200x200. Youcanfeelfreetousethese,orcreateyourown(thistutorialwouldbehugeifIgaveinstructions forhowtocreateeachoneindividually).

YouwillneedbothRed/BlackandWhiteversionsofeachsymbol. Aquickwaytoturnablacksymbolwhite,istouseAdjustments,InvertColours.Withtheredones, goAdjustments>Black&White,Adjustments>Curves>Luminosity(dragthethetoprightpoint overtothetopleft,setting1,255). Createanewlayerandcallit'Symbols'.Copyyourprecreatedwhitecardsymbolandpasteitinto thisnewlayer.Again,usetheAlignobjectplugintocentrethis. [Edit:Ithasbeenpointedoutthatasimplermethodwouldbetouseexistingtextcharacters.Youcan alwaysfindtextexamplesofthesesymbolsTimesNewRomanfonthassomeniceones.Awayto inserttheseistorunCharmap(clickStart>Run>andtypeCharmap).SelectTimesNewRomanfont fromthedropdownandclickonthesymbolyouwant,pressselectthenpresscopy.UsetheTexttool inPdNandpressCTRL+Vtopastethesymbolin.Youcanadjustthefontsizetosuit.]

Doaresizeofyourcardsymbol(red/black)andmakeit72x72pixels. Copythisblack(orred,dependingonwhatcardyou'reworkingon)versionofthecardsymboland pasteitintotheanewlayer(pressCTRL+SHIFT+Vwhenpasting). Positionthissymbolinthetopleftofthecardsothatthetopofthesymbolislevelwiththetopof yourblack(orred)rectangle).

Onthesamelayer,usethe'Text'toolandselectfont'TimesNewRoman'andsetsizeto72.Typea capital'A'andpositionitabovethesymbol.

 PressCTRL+SHIFT+Dtoduplicatethislayer.Then,onthenewduplicatelayer,goLayers>Flip HorizontalfollowedbyLayers>FlipVertical.Thiswillessentiallyrotatethelayer180degreesand placethesymbolsinthebottomleftcorner. Flattentheimageandyounowhaveafinishedplayingcard.Youcanrepeatthesestepsfortheother 3Aces. Iencourageyoutocreateyourowncards,anddeviatefromthesestepstocreateyourowndesigns. However,feelfreetoclickoneachofthecardsbelowtodownloadtheoriginals,ifyou'dratheruse these.

Nowthatyouhavecreatedyourrequiredcardsit'stimetoinvoketheallpowerfulShape3Dplugin andmakethecardsbend. HereisavisualoftheShape3Dsettingsyourequire:

 AttachedhereistheShape3D.xmlfilewithallthesettingssaved.Simplydownloadthisfile,extract ittothePaint.NETuserfilesfolderand,throughtheShape3Dplugin,clickontheXMLoptionatthe bottomandloadthisfile.

Editornote:Thefileisattachedtothisdocument. OnceyouruntheShape3Dpluginwiththesesettingsyoushouldhavethis.

Thisistheendofpart1. Part2PokerChip Youwillalsorequirethefollowingadditionalpluginsforthispartofthetutorial. Polygon/Stars LightRays(partofMadjik'spluginsforv3.20) DropShadow Startwitha500x500canvas. Createanewlayerandcallit'Guide'. Effects>Render>Polygon/Stars:Size99,Vertices100.Thiswillrenderacircleattheouteredgeof thecanvas. Effects>Render>Polygon/Stars:Size75,Vertices100.Thiswillrendersecondcircleinsidethefirst. Effects>Render>Polygon/Stars:Size60,Vertices100.Thiswillrenderathirdcircleinsidethe second.

ThesethreecirclesaregoingtoactasaguideastowhereyoucanpositionelementsofyourPoker

Chip. Theareaoutsidethefirstcirclewilldisappearlater,soshouldnotbeused. Theareabetweenthefirstandsecondcircleswillformtheouteredgeofthechip. Theareabetweenthesecondandthirdcircleswillbetheouterrimontheupperface. Theareainsidethethirdcirclewillformthecentreofyourpokerchip,wherethemaindesign elementswillgo. Youareobviouslyfreetocomeupwithyourowndesignforthepokerchip,butthistutorialwill continuetoexplainhowImademyversion. Gobacktothe'background'layerand,onthecolourpalette,selectyourprimaryandsecondary colours(thetwocoloursofyourchip)Imadevariouscoloursfordifferentdenominationseachwith thesecondarycoloursettowhite. Onceyou'vepickedyourcolours,Effects>Render>LightRays:Setthenumberofraysas12the restofthesettingscanbeleft.

Createanewlayer(thisshouldbecreatedinthemiddle,abovethebackgroundandbelowthe guide),callit'Centre' Clickonthe'Guide'layerand,usingtheMagicWandtool,selecttheinnercircle.Now,switchbackto the'Centre'layerandfillthiswiththeprimarycolour.PressCTRL+DtodeselectandEffects>Blurs> RadialBlur,atthedefaultsettingsthiswillsoftentheedges.

Now,myoriginaldesignusesthefourAcesthatIcreatedpreviouslyforthebentcards.Isimply resizedeachofthesetoabout70x95andpastedthemintoanewlayer,arrangingtheminafanned layout,withinthecentreofthechip.Youcan,ofcourse,putwhateverdesignyourequirebutmake suretoleavesomespacefortext,atleastforthechipvalue.Belowisanillustrationofthecards

positionedslightlydifferently.

Createanewlayerandcallit'Value'.Selectthe'Text'toolandchooseyourfavouritefont(orone thatisappropriateforthechip),IamusingArialNarrow,Bold,size48.Setyourprimarycolourto Blackandtypethevalueofyourchipintheverycentre.Youcanmakeuseofthe'AlignObject' plugin(usedintheearliercardtut)togetthisperfectlycentred. Effects>DropShadow:X=0,Y=0,BlurRadius=1,ShadowColour=White.PressCTRL+Ffourtimes torepeattheshadow.

Youareessentiallyfinishedthedesignofthepokerchip,butyoucouldaddextradetailbyputting someofthecardsymbolsinthewhitespacesofthefacerim.Deselect(untick)the'Guide'layerand pressCTRL+Ftoflattentheimage. NowisthetimetoapplyShape3Dtoyourpokerchip.Hereisavisualofthesettingsrequired.

 Asbefore,attachedhereistheShape3D.xmlfileforthePokerChip.Simplydownloadthisfile, extractittothePaint.NETuserfilesfolderand,throughtheShape3Dplugin,clickontheXMLoption atthebottomandloadthisfile.

Editornote:Thefileisattachedtothisdocument. YourfinishedPokerChipshouldlooklikethis:

Andhere'sanalternative,withsomegraphicsonthefacerim(youmayhavetoadjustthetexture scalingto0.80inShape3Dtofit).

Foreachchipdenominationyoushouldchangethecoloursinthe'Background'and'Centre'layers aswellaschangingthetextinthe'Value'layer.YoucandothisbypressingCTRL+Ztoundothe shape3Dandflattenactionsandmakingtheappropriatechanges. PleaseexperimentwiththedesignofthechipandplaywiththeanglesettingsinShape3Dforyour owneffects. Ihopethistutorialhasbeeninformativeandenjoyable.

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CroppingphotographsTheRuleof Thirds
BYCJMCGUINNESS
AsPDNismorethanadigitalartcreationmediumandisusedbymanyforenhancingtheirown photographs(myselfincluded)IthoughtI'dpostthistutorialregardingcroppingofphoto'sformost pleasinglyartisticcomposition. Thistutorialwillshowyouhowtocropyourdigitalphotographsaccordingtoatriedandtested methodknownastheRuleofThirds. TheRuleofThirdsisawellknownandrespectedcompositionalruleofthumbinphotography. Whereasmost'amateur'photographerstendtoplacetheirmainobjectinthecentreoftheirview, theRuleofThirdsworksontheprincipalthatwhenanimageisdividedintonineequalparts(bytwo equallyspacedhorizontalandverticallines)andthemainfeatureispositionedaccordingtothefour intersectingpointsitproducesamoreaestheticallypleasingandprofessionallookingresultthan simplecenteringofthefeaturewould. Theruleisusuallyappliedbyliningupsubjectswiththeguidinglinesandplacingthehorizononthe toporbottomlineinsteadofthecenter.Althoughcommonlyknownasthe'Rule'ofThirdsthisis reallymoreaguidelinethanahardrule. Thepicturebelowdemonstratestheseprincipals:

Youwillnoticethatthemainfeatureinthepictureisthetower.Thisisperfectlycentredontheright verticaldividingline.Also,thehorizoninthebackgroundispositionedaccordingtothebottom horizontalline.

Croppingalandscapepicture:
Theusualreasonforcroppingapictureistoremoveextraneousmaterialandleaveapleasingimage forprinting.Thistutorialaimstoproduceafinalimageof8"x6",astandardphotographicprintsize, butcanbeadjustedtosuitanysize. First,loadtherequiredimageintoPDN.IamusingthispictureoftheWashingtonMonument.

Thisimagewasoriginally1024x768Ihavescaleditdownto600x450fordisplaypurposes Asyoucanseethemonumentitselfisperfectlycentredinthephotograph.Wearegoingtocropit accordingtotheRuleofThirdstoproduceamoreprofessionalandaestheticallypleasinglook. Createanewimageandenterthecanvassizeasfollows:

 At96DPIyourcanvasshouldnowbe768x576 Createanewlayerandcallit'Thirds'.Onthisnewlayerwearegoingtocreatethegrid. Positionyourcursoratthetopofthecanvas,attheposition256,0(seebelow),andusingthe Line/Curvetooldrawalinestraightdownthecanvas,ensuringyoufinishatposition256,576(you cangobelowthecanvas).

 Repeatthis,anddrawanotherverticallinefromposition528,0. Now,startontheleftsideofthecanvasandpositionthecursorat0,192anddrawahorizontalline acrossthecanvas. Repeatthisfromposition0,384.Younowhaveyour3x3grid.

Zoomouttoabout66%.Thiswillgiveyousomespacetoworkwhenyoupastetheoriginalimagein. GotoyouroriginalimageandpressCTRL+A,toselectallandCTRL+C,tocopy. Movebacktotheimagewiththegrid,selecttheBackgroundlayerandpressCTRL+Vtopaste. Youwillgetthefollowingdialog:

Select'KeepCanvasSize'.Thiswillpastetheimagesothatitisoutsidetheboundsofthecanvas.

 Usethemouse,clickanddragtheimagetopositionthemainfeature(themonument)alongtheleft verticalline.Youshouldalsopositionthehorizonalongthebottomhorizontalline. Youmaywishtoincludemore(orless)ofthepicturewithinthebounds.Todothisyoucanclickon oneofthecornernodesand,holdingthe[SHIFT]buttondragtoadjusttheimagesize.

PressCTRL+Dtodeselect.Youcannowuncheckthe'Thirds'layertoremovethegrid. YourimageisnowcroppedandcompositionallycomplieswiththeRuleofThirds. Comparethistotheoriginalimage;isthisamorepleasingpicture?

CroppingaPortraitpicture:
Ifyouarecroppingapictureofapersonyoucanfollowthesame'RuleofThirds'. Takethispictureofawellknowpoliticalleader(justarandompicturethathappenstosuitmy needs).Theobjectiscentrallypositioned.

 Ifwecreateacanvasthatis6"x8"andrecreateourgrid(sameprincipal,onlyportraitin orientation)youshouldpositionthesubjectsothattheireyelineintersectsthetophorizontalline andthebodylinefollowstheright(orleft,dependingonyourcomposition)verticalline.

 ThisisawellestablishedmethodologhyforpicturecompositionandIlaynoclaimstoany inventivenessonmyparthere;IjustthoughtthatPDNcoulddowithsomedifferenttutorialsfor thoseinterestedinenhancingtheirphotographs. However,thesameRuleofThirdscanapplytocreativecompositionsaswell.If,forexample,youare creatingaspacescenetrypositioningthemainfeature(planet,sun,etc..)accordingtotheserules. Ihopethistutorialisinsomewayenlighteningandinformative.

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 Howtoshrinkacityin5easysteps
BYDAVIDATWELL
Soyouwantamodelofyourcity.Youcouldgotothehobbystore,buysomefoamcore,carveout thecity,addsomepaint,somedecorativetouchesliketreesandpeople,andsixmonthslateryou mightbehalfwaystarted. OryoucouldjusttakeapictureandletPaint.NETdotherest!ThisisatechniqueknownasTiltshift photography(Wikithis),andwhatitessentiallydoesisfakeasmallerdepthoffield(Wikithis).The tutorialyou'reabouttoreadisadaptedfromthisphotoshoptutorial.Itwillteachyoualittleabout theAlphaMask,aboutGradients,andmaybeevenalittleaboutphotography! Youllbeturning

So,herewego!

YouWillNeed:
1Photograph,preferablytakenfromabove.Itimprovestheillusionifit'stakenfromfarabovethe ground.Italsodoesn'thavetobeacity:itcanbeamountain,atrainstation,ahighway

overpass...prettymuchanythinglargethatyouwouldliketomakesmaller. Ilnab1024'sAlphaMaskImportPlugin. EdHarvey'sTrueBlureffect,locatedwithinhispluginpack.Thoughthistutorialwilltechnically workwithjusttheGaussianBlurthatshipswithPaint.NET,it'smuchmorerealisticwithhisTrueBlur (knowntoPhotoshopusersasLensBlur).Plus,Ed'seffectpackisagreatadditiontoyourPdN arsenal,andyoushouldhaveitanyway.

StepbyStep:

Step1:Openyourimage.First,duplicatethelayer.Namethenewlayer"Blur"ifyou'reintothatsort ofthing.

Step2:RunEd's"TrueBlur."Runitwitharadiusbetweenabout78(youcanfiddlewithitalittlebit, but78shouldbeaboutright).

You'llendupwiththis:

Step3:Addanewlayer.Nameit"mask"ifyoulike.Now,withthecolorsleftattheirdefaultblack andwhite,choosetheGradienttoolwiththe"Linear(Reflected)"mode,asshownbelow.

Clickonthefocalpointofyourpicture,andholdShift.Dragthegradientuntiltheblackisadecent size.Thenreleasethemousebuttonbeforeyoureleaseshift.Thiskeepsitinaperfectlineacrossthe photo. You'llendupwiththis:

 Step4:Youmayhavenoticedthatit'sabitlessthanperfectlyblendedasagradient.Youcanfixthis prettysimplybyrunningFrostedGlass.(Ifyoucan'tfindit,clickhere.)RunitwithaMaximum Scatterofabout6,aMinimumScatterofabout1,andasmoothnessofabout3.Again,youcan fiddlewiththis,butthatshouldbeaboutenoughtogiveyouagood"grainy"look.

Thisshouldleaveyousittingprettyonthis:

Savethefileasa.PNGinsomeplacethatwillbeeasytofindlater,suchasyourdesktop(don'tworry, youcandeleteitwithoutfearonceyou'redone).Isavedmineas"mask.png." Step5:Deselectthe"mask"layer,andselectthe"Blur"layeragain.YourLayerswindowshouldlook likethis:

NowruntheAlphaMaskImportplugin.(Ifyoucan'tfindit,clickhere.)Clickon"Browse..."andfind the"mask.png"fileyousavedearlier.

Result
Onceyouhit"Ok,"you'redone!Youshouldendupwiththis:

Howcute!Nowyoucanaddextrafinishingtouchessuchasmaybeahandenteringtheshot,little peopleontheground...also,uppingthesaturationreallyaddstothe"toy"feel.Anything,really!Try itoutandpostyourresult.

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 RealCar>ToyCarconversion
BYCJMCGUINNESS
Thisisn'tareallyatutorialinthestrictsense,asitdoesnotreallydemonstrateanytypeofeffector techniqueit'sjustabitoffun. WearegoingtotakeapictureofafullsizedsportscarandmodifyittolooklikeacoolToyCar. Startwithapictureofacarmustbetakencompletelysideonforbesteffect.

StartwiththeRectangleSelecttoolandselectthefrontareaofthecaraheadofthewheelarch, fromtoptobottomofthepicture.(Ifthereisaflareonthewheelarchselectoutsidethataswell, it'lllookbetter).

 Now,switchtotheMoveSelectedPixelstooland,selectingoneofthemiddlepoints,contractthe sizeoftheselectedshapeby50%(so,ifyourselectionis100pxwide,squashitto50px)

SwitchbacktotheRectangleSelecttoolandnowselectthemiddleareaofthecar,thewholearea betweenthefrontandrearwheels.

Again,usetheMoveSelectedPixelstooltosquashthisselectionto50%ofit'soriginalsize.

Then,usingRectangleSelectagain,highlightthearebehindtherearwheels.

 Oncemore,usetheMoveSelectedPixelstooltocontractthisto50%ofit'soriginalwidth.

Now,youneedtomoveallthepiecesbacktogether,sothattheyjoinupneatly.Thesimplestwayto dothisiswithMadjik'sGravityplugin.

PressCTRL+DtomakesureanyactiveareasaredeselectedalternativelyyoucanpressCTRL+Aand selecttheentirecanvas;eitherwillwork. ThengotoEffects>Distort>Gravity:Selectthedirectionas'Left'or'Right'andallthepieceswillbe movedbacktogether. Togetridoftheleftoverspace,usetheMagicWandtoolandselectthetransparentareaofthe canvas.PressCTRL+ItoinverttheselectionandgoImage>CroptoSelection(CTRL+SHIFT+X)and voilayouhaveturnedafullsizedcarintoatoyversion.

TryturningitintoacartoonversionusingthecombinationsoftheInkSketch,PencilSketchand/or ToonFiltereffects.

 This'llworkforanycaraslongasthepicistakendirectlysideon... Likethis.....

orthis.....

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Levels
BYMIKERYAN
Introduction
Levels, in terms of Paint.NET, are a histogram based view on the colors, the amount of a particular color, and how frequent the color is across the image. If one were able to bear through that, it should already be clear that this is a powerfultool that can be used toprecisely changetheamountofcolorinanimage.

Understandingahistogram
A histogram is a graphical view of tabulated frequencies. In other words, a histogram is an easy waytoseeparticulardataacrossamapofdata.WhenusingPaint.NET'sLevelsonewillfindthat it is easy to see the colors Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) and the colors Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, andKey(CMYK).

Understandingcolor
Before one rushes into Levels, one needs to understand the basic color wheels possible to alter using Curves. RGB is the basic color wheel that is used in Paint.NET. RGB stands for Red, Green, andBlueandmakesupformostofthecolorspectrumvisibletothehumaneye.Likewise,Levels can alter the color wheel entitled CMYK. CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (Black). CMYK is not supported for full use in Paint.NET, but using tools like Levels one can still editthesecolorchannels.

Beginningthetutorial
1. Ok,firstopenupPaint.NET.Vistausers,openuptheimageentitledWaterfall.jpgfoundin yourSamplePicturesinyourPicturesfolder.IfyouareusingXP,ordonothaveSample Pictures,thenitisrecommendedyousearchforanaturalwallpaper.Alright!Nowgoto Adjustments>LevelsorpressCtrl+L.

 2. Youshouldbepresentedwithasmallplugindialogue.Goaheadandmakeitfullscreenfor thepurposeofunderstandingtthelayoutofthisadjustment.Ifyouhavenot,goaheadand presstheResetButtontogetthedefaultview.Ifyouhavedoneso,youshouldseenearthe bottomcentercheckboxesforRGandB.Aspreviouslyexplained,thisstandsforRedGreen Blue.Becauseallthreeofthesecheckbboxesarecurrentlyfilled,yourcurrentcolorchannel foreditingisKey(Black).Aswell,thetwohistograms(ontheleftandright)showthecurrent amountofeachcolorchannelintheimage.

3. NowgoaheadandunchecktheboxforR.BecausethecolorchannelsGreennandBlueare stillleftopen,theycombinetoaCyancolor.ThismeansyouarenoweditingtheCyancolor channel.AlsonoticeableisthattheinputandOutputboxeshavechangedfromaWhiteand BlackgradientintoaCyanandBlackgradient.ContinuetouncheckandcheckRGandB checkboxestodiscoverallcolorspossible.Forinstance,R+B=Magenta.R+G=Yellow. Alsonoticethatwhenthecolorchannelschange,thecolorsrepresentedinthetwo histogramschange. 4. Nowthen,restoreyourLevelsdialoguebox.Iwanttoshowyousomethingthatshowsoff thepowerofLevels,butfirstIwanttogetamessageacross.BecauseRGBandCCMYKare theonlychannelsavailableforalteration,theyarenottheonlycolorsavailablefor alteration.Infact,youhavetheentirecolorspectrumatthetipofyourfingers!Goahead andunchecktheRcheckbox.YoushouldnowbealteringgtheCyancolorchannel.Now then,inordertoexperiencethecolorspectrum,dragthetoparrowundertheInputsideof thedialogueboxupanddown.Youarechangingthespecificcoloryouwanttoalter(Input). Aswell,thefartheryoudragitdownthe'flatter'theOutputhistogrambecomesandmore Cyanisaddedtoyourimage.

5. GoaheadandResetLevels.NowwearegoingtochangetheOutputofLevelstoalterthe amountoftheparticularcolorthatisgoingtoreplacetheInputcolor.Goahheadand uncheckboththeGandBcheckboxes.YouarenoweditingtheRedcolorchannel.Movethe Outputarrowupaanddown.Unlikechangingtheinput,theehigheryouraisetheOutputof Redthereddertheimagegets.TheloweryouraisetheOutputofRedthemorelush(blue andgreen)theimagegets. 6. NowyoucancombinetheInputLevelsandOutputLevelstoreplaceyourInputwithyour Output.GoaheadandresetLevels.Besurethatallcheckboxesarecheckedbecauseweare goingtoaltertheKeycolorchannel.Usethefollowingsettingstoaltertheamountofwhite versusblackto'burn'theimage.

OtherUsesforLevels
Levels is good for multiple things. A good use is using it to adjust Brightness s and Contrast. By adjusting Key you can determine the overall brightness and contrast, or you can focus on one color wheel.Aswell,Levelssisgoodforchangingtheseasonsfromcoldandbitterytolushandgreenand summerybyusingtheCyancolorchannel.Ifyoufindagooduse,shareitwithothers!

Conclusion
Yes, that is about all there e is to know about Levels. I hope you have learned something new about Paint.NET, and I think if you master this technique your image editing will go farther then you believed possible. Also note that this tutorial was completely inspired by the Curves tutorial. I recommend reading that tutorial as well because you can use Curves to map color channels onto an image. Thanks for rereading! I would love to hear your feedback, and if you find a mistake let me knowandIwillbesuretosortitout.

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Antiquing
BYHELIO
Inthistutorialwewillmakeaphotoantique.IconvertedthisforPDNfromaPStutorial. NOTE:YouwillneedtheColorBalancepluginforthistutorial. Thisiswhatyou'llendwith:

Alright.ThisistheimagethatImstartingwith.

Now,atthetimeperiodthatwewanttoconvertthisphototo,manyofthephotoswere croppedtosquares.Sothatsjustwhatweregoingtodo!(Thisstepisoptional.)

 Usingtheselectiontool,holdtheshiftkeydownwhileclickinganddraggingtothesizeand positionyouwant.Then,croptoselection(CtrlShiftx.) Now,maketheimageSepia(CtrlShiftp.) NowisthetimetousetheColorBalanceplugin.Iadjustedtheimage10pointstoward yellow. Then,duplicatethelayer(CtrlShiftd.)Unfocusbluratasettingof2onyournewlayer. Thisiswhatitshouldlooklikesofar:

Now,weregoingtomakeatransparentradialgradient.Selectthegradienttool,then theradialtypegradient,andmakesurethatitissettomakeatransparentgradient.

Thenleftclickanddragwhereyouwanttheimagetobemorefocused. Now,duplicatethebackgroundlayer.AddNoisetoitatasettingthatyoulike.Iputmineat 40becauseIwantittolookreallyaged. Thisiswhattheimageandyourlayerswindowshouldlooklikeatthis point:

 OpentheLayerPropertieswindow(f4.)SettheNoiselayerblendmodetolighten. Nowitneedsavignette.Flattentheimage.Then,addanewlayer.Makeaboxaroundthe edgesinyournewlayerwiththebrushsizesettoaround20pixels.ThenGaussianbluritso ithasaverysmooth,transparentlook.Iuseasettingof70.

Nowweneedtoaddsomescratches.Addanotherlayer,andaddsomewhitelinesusingthe brushtoolatasizeof1toyournewlayer(Youcouldalsouseabrushsizeof2toaddreally largescratches.)Openthelayerpropertieswindowthenewlayerandadjusttheopacityto howevermuchyouwantthescratchestoshow.Iuseasettingof45. Nowisthetimeifyouwanttoadjustthecontrastofthepicturetomakeitlookevenolder.I chooseincreasethecontrastofmine.

 Flattentheimage.Youcanleaveitjustthewayyouhaveit,now.Or,youcouldaddapaper bordertoit! OpentheCanvasSizewindowundertheimagetab(OrCtrlShiftr.)Timetodosomemath.I wantanextra15pixelsoneithersideofmyphoto,somakingsurethatMaintainAspect Ratioischecked,Iadd30tothewidthofmycanvassize.Youshouldnthavetoadd anythingtotheheight,itwilladdtoitautomatically.

Usingthemagicwand,selectanddeletetheextrawhitethatitadded.Wewantittobe transparent.Addanewlayer,moveitbeneaththepicturelayer,andrendersomeclouds (defaultsettings)onitwithalighttanasyourprimarycolorandaslightlydarkertanasyour

secondarycolor.Usingtheselectiontoolonthetoplayer,selectalmostallofthepicture onlyexcludingtheveryedge.Itshouldlooksomethinglikethis:

Inverttheselection(Ctrli)anduseFrostedglassatasettingof1.ThenMedianblurwiththe Radialsliderat1anddefaultPercentile.Deselect(Ctrld.)Thisishowitshouldlook.

Nowwearegoingtorepeatthelastfewsteps.Increasethecanvassize(anysizeyouwant, justlargerthan20pixels.)Deletetheextrawhite.AndrepeatFrostedGlassthistimeata settingof3.ThenrepeattheMedianblur. Done!

 Addabackground:

AndanotheroneImade:

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HowtoCloneYourself
BYJULIASSIEDLER
PluginsUsed:FeatherbyBoltBait OtherThings:Camera! I'mnewhere,butIwanttoshowyouaTutorialabout"HowtoCloneYourselfonaPicture!" BeforeIstart,Iwanttosay,thatI'mfromGermanyandcan'tspeaksomuchEnglish! But,let'sstart!

1.Step!
Youhavetomakesomanypictures,howoftenyouwanttocloneyourself!<figureouthow many"clones"youwant,andtakethatmanypictures.d.a> Thecamerahavetostandonthesamepointallpictureslong!<you'llneedtouseatripod orsomeothersolidbaseforyourcamera.d.a> Ifyoushotallphotos,gotoyourComputerandstartPaint.net!

2.Step!
OpenallPicturesyoushot! StartwiththeBackgroundImage!

3.Step!
Gotoyoursecondpicture! Copythepicture! GotoyourBackgroundImageandgoto"InsertinNewLayer"

4.Step!
NowyouchoosetheRopeTool!<"LassoTool"inEnglishversions.d.a>

 Anddeletethepartaroundofyou!

 Nowitshouldlooklikethis:

TheNextSteps!
Nowyourepeatthelaststep,withtheotherpictures! YoucanusetheFeatherPluginbyBoltBait!

TheEnd!
Ifallyoupicturesareonthetopofeachother,yourPictureshouldlooklikethis:

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