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    Getting Started with Paint.NET
    Getting Started with Paint.NET
    Getting Started with Paint.NET
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    Getting Started with Paint.NET

    By Andros T. Sturgeon and Shoban Kumar

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    This book follows a tutorial-based approach and is packed with examples in a compact and concise format.If you have ever wanted to create photos and images that go beyond simple point and shoot results, then this book is for you. This book will help you create artistic images in ways that are only limited by your imagination. No prior knowledge of photo editing or editing software is required.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateDec 26, 2013
    ISBN9781783551446
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      Getting Started with Paint.NET - Andros T. Sturgeon

      Table of Contents

      Getting Started with Paint.NET

      Credits

      About the Authors

      About the Reviewer

      www.PacktPub.com

      Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more

      Why Subscribe?

      Free Access for Packt account holders

      Preface

      What this book covers

      What you need for this book

      Who this book is for

      Conventions

      Reader feedback

      Customer support

      Downloading the color images of this book

      Errata

      Piracy

      Questions

      1. Welcome to Paint.NET

      System requirements

      Downloading and installing Paint.NET

      Summary

      2. The Paint.NET Workspace

      Opening and saving an image

      Work area windows

      The title bar

      The menu bar

      The toolbar

      The image canvas

      The Colors window

      The status bar

      The Layers window

      The History window

      The image list

      File types

      Summary

      3. The Tools in Paint.NET

      Selection tools

      Rectangle Select (shortcut key S)

      Lasso Select (shortcut key S)

      Ellipse Select (shortcut key S)

      Selection modes

      Replace

      Add (union)

      Subtract

      Intersect

      Invert (xor)

      Magic Wand (shortcut key S)

      Flood Mode

      Move tools

      Move Selected Pixels (shortcut key M)

      Move Selection (shortcut key M)

      View tools

      Zoom (shortcut key Z)

      Pan (shortcut key H)

      Fill tools

      Paint Bucket (shortcut key F)

      Fill

      Antialiasing

      Blending

      Gradient (shortcut key G)

      Drawing tools

      Paintbrush (shortcut key B)

      Eraser (shortcut key E)

      Pencil (shortcut key P)

      Photo tools

      Color Picker (shortcut key K)

      Clone Stamp (shortcut key L)

      Recolor (shortcut key R)

      Text and Shape tools

      Text (shortcut key T)

      Line/Curve (shortcut key O)

      Geometric shapes

      Rectangle (shortcut key O)

      Rounded Rectangle (shortcut key O)

      Ellipse (shortcut key O)

      Freeform Shape (shortcut key O)

      The Colors window

      Retouching a photo

      Summary

      4. Image Resizing and Editing

      Rotating an image

      Cropping an image

      Resizing an image

      Changing the image size

      Resizing a canvas

      Anchor points

      Selecting an area

      Selecting with the Magic Wand tool

      Moving, cutting, or changing the selected areas

      Selecting with the Lasso tool

      Summary

      5. Adjustments

      Auto-Level (Ctrl + Shift + L)

      Now you try

      Black and White (Ctrl + Shift + G)

      Now you try

      Brightness/Contrast (Ctrl + Shift + C)

      Curves (Ctrl + Shift + M)

      The Curves interface

      Multichannel adjustments

      Hue/Saturation (Ctrl + Shift + U)

      Invert Colors (Ctrl + Shift + I)

      Levels (Ctrl + L)

      Posterize (Ctrl + Shift + P)

      Sepia (Ctrl + Shift + E)

      Summary

      6. Working with Effects

      Artistic effects

      Ink Sketch

      Oil Painting

      Pencil Sketch

      Blurs effects

      Fragment

      Gaussian Blur

      Motion Blur

      Radial Blur

      Surface Blur

      Unfocus

      Zoom Blur

      Distort effects

      Bulge

      Dents

      Frosted Glass

      Pixelate

      Polar Inversion

      Tile Reflection

      Twist

      Noise

      Add Noise

      Photo effects

      Glow

      Red Eye Removal

      Sharpen

      Soften Portrait

      Render effects

      Clouds

      Julia Fractal

      Mandelbrot Fractal

      Stylize effects

      Edge Detect

      Emboss

      Outline

      Relief

      Summary

      7. Working with Layers

      How layers work

      Adding a new layer

      Merging layers

      Adjusting a layer

      Moving layers

      Summary

      8. Supercharging Paint.NET

      Plugins in Paint.NET

      Getting plugins

      Helping yourself if you get stuck

      Help

      Forum

      Tutorials

      The top five Paint.NET plugins

      Pyrochild plugins

      MadJik' all plugins

      BoltBait's plugin pack

      The Photoshop PSD file plugin

      The dpy's pack

      How you can improve Paint.NET

      Summary

      Index

      Getting Started with Paint.NET

      Getting Started with Paint.NET

      Copyright © 2013 Packt Publishing

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews.

      Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the authors, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book.

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      First published: December 2013

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      Cover Image by John Quick (<john.m.quick@gmail.com>)

      Credits

      Authors

      Andros T. Sturgeon

      Shoban Kumar

      Reviewer

      Matt Penner

      Acquisition Editor

      Owen Roberts

      Commissioning Editors

      Sharvari Tawde

      Priyanka Shah

      Technical Editor

      Dennis John

      Copy Editors

      Roshni Banerjee

      Brandt D'Mello

      Tanvi Gaitonde

      Deepa Nambiar

      Shambhavi Pai

      Lavina Pereira

      Project Coordinator

      Akash Poojary

      Proofreaders

      Ameesha Green

      Paul Hindle

      Indexer

      Mehreen Deshmukh

      Graphics

      Sheetal Aute

      Production Coordinator

      Kirtee Shingan

      Cover Work

      Kirtee Shingan

      About the Authors

      Andros T. Sturgeon is an average-sized human. His business card says that he is a futurist. He lives in Southern California, developing interactive experiences and original content for the Web. He is the founder of a transmedia agency named Starchild Interactive.

      You can find out more about him via Google by searching for Andros Sturgeon or Starchild Interactive or by visiting www.starchild.us.

      This is his first book.

      Although writing is a solitary act, nothing is ever done without the assistance of others. I'd like to thank Packt Publishing and all of the people who helped in the creation of this book. A special thanks to Nathalie, because she is the most awesome.

      Shoban Kumar currently works as a SharePoint consultant. In his free time, he develops open source desktop applications and Windows Phone apps. You can view all of his apps on his site at http://shobankumar.com.

      He is an active contributor to the Stack Overflow forums and also runs a SharePoint blog at http://allaboutmoss.com.

      You can follow him on Twitter via @shobankr.

      About the Reviewer

      Matt Penner is the Director of Information and Instructional Technology, CCTO, for the Val Verde Unified School District in Perris, California. In this role, he continues to grow a team that is passionate about excellence in service and works with other colleagues around the state to promote the building of successful technology support teams that people love.

      Prior to this, he earned his B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from California Polytechnic University (Cal Poly) of Pomona, California, in 2002, and he has been a passionate advocate of software development for the last 20 years. He is an officer of the Inland Empire .NET Users' Group and was a frequent presenter at the Microsoft offices in Irvine, California, for the SQL Server 2008 launch and during the Windows 7 Phone launch events in the Inland Empire. He has been a professional small business consultant and still continues to moonlight with software development as and when time permits.

      Matt has been a hobbyist graphics developer since Adobe Photoshop 2.0 in 1994 and has been an avid user of Paint.NET for over five years. Paint.NET is one of the few professional-level projects that continues to grow in ability and has a devout fan-following while still remaining free to download and use.

      When he

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