Paint.net Tools

The software Paint. net has a vast range of tools that are available to make or alter images. This post is about the functions of these tools.

1) Rectangular Select-

This is used to select a rectangular or square region of a picture, so that it may be modified, deleted, copied or cropped.

2) Move Selected Pixels-

This function allows the user to move, rotate and scale a selection outline along with the pixels in that certain selection.

 

 3) Lasso Select-

The lasso select used to select free form areas of a picture, these areas can then be modified, deleted, copied or cropped.

4) Move Selection-

This function allows you to rotate, move and scale a selection without affecting the pixels selected. This tool is found to be useful for refining selected pixels.

5) Ellipse Select-

                                              

  The ellipse select is allows you to make circular or ellipse selections. The selection can then be modified, deleted, copied or cropped.

6) Zoom-

                            

 Zoom can be used to zoom in or out of the current image. It even allows you to zoom in for a particular region of the whole image.   

 

7) Magic Wand-

Magic wand is a tool used to to select regions (of the current layer) that are of a similar colour.

8) Text Tool-

This tool can be used for placing texts within the picture.

9) Paintbrush-

This tool is selected as a default tool when you open up paint.net. Paintbrush allows you to create all different types of free form drawings.

10) Eraser-

The eraser tool, as the name suggests, is used to erase or rub out parts of the image. The eraser sets the pictures transparency to zero.

11) Pencil-

Pencil allows you to edit the active layer pixel by pixel. Its use is similar to that of the paintbrush. The pencil is said to be easier to use while zoomed into grid mode.

12) The Colour Picker-

The colour picker is a tool used to transform, the current pixel selection, to either a primary or secondary colour. The colour picker is also said to be easier when the image has been zoomed into grid mode. 

13) Clone Stamp-

This function is used for coping and pasting areas of pixels between layers, or within other layers.  

14) Recolouring Tool-

This tool is used to replace one colour with another. The recolouring tools are known to have duplicated functions than that of the colour picker.The following picture is an example of recoloring a specific image.

15) Paint Bucket-

The paint bucket tool is used to fill a selected region with one colour. The fill colour can be chosen from a variety of different colours both primary and secondary. 

16) Line/Curve tool-

This tools provided the user with the ability to draw both straight and curvy lines. The line will start of straight but can then be shaped into one that is curvy.

17-20) Rectangle, Rounded rectangle, Ellipse and Free form shape:

These tools allow the user to draw either rectangles/squares, rounded rectangles, ellipses or even a free form shape.

21) The tolerance slider-

This function can be used to change how the magic wand, recolour tool and the paint bucket operate. The tolerance slider controls how similar the colours will be. If the function is set a 0% it means that only the exact color selected will be considered. If the slider is set to 100%, it means all colors will be included in the picture or region. The default percentage on the slider is 50% meaning half and half.

 

22) Colour display-

This is the last function shown in the control panel in the program paint.net. The colour display is fairly simply, as it shows what the primary and secondary colours are at that current moment. this function also provided short cuts for resetting the picture/region back into black and white as well as, changing the current primary and secondary colours being used.