• Overview
  
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User Interface

• Keyboard & Mouse Commands
• Main Window
• Menu Bar
  • File
  • Edit
  • View
  • Image
  • Layers
    • Rotate / Zoom
    • Adjustments
      • Curves
      • Levels
  • Effects
  • Tools
  • Window
  • Help
  • Toolbar
• Tools Window
  • Selection Tools
  • Move Tools
    Magic Wand
    Paintbrush
  • Eraser Tool
  • Pixel Tools
  • Shape Tools
  • Line / Curve Tool
  • Text Tool
  • Paint Bucket
  • Clone Stamp
  • Recolor Tool
• History Window
• Layers Window
• Colors Window
• Status Bar

Other

• FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
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Tools Window

This is where you may choose the active tool which may then be used to edit the image.

1. Rectangle Select

   You may use this to define a rectangle or square selection region. Read more at Selection Tools.

2. Move Selected Pixels

   You may use this to move pixels that are currently selected as a result of using the various Selection Tools. Read more at Move Tools.

3. Lasso Select

   You may use this to draw a freeform selection region. Read more at Selection Tools.

4. Move Selection

   You may use this to move the selection without affecting the pixels that are selected. Read more at Move Tools.

5. Ellipse Select

   You may use this to draw an ellipse or circle selection region. Read more at Selection Tools.

6. Zoom

   This tool can be used to zoom in (left click), zoom out (right click), or zoom the whole canvas around a particular region (draw a rectangle).

7. Magic Wand

   You may use this to select areas of the active layer that are similar in color.

8. Text Tool

   This tool can be used for placing text on the image.

9. Paintbrush

   This tool is selected by default when you start Paint.NET, and is useful for many kinds of freeform drawing.

10. Eraser

    You may use this tool to erase areas of the image (it sets the transparency to 0).

11. Pencil

    This allows you to edit the active layer pixel-by-pixel. Read more at Pixel Tools.

12. Color Picker

    You can use this tool to pick up a color from the active layer and set it as the current primary or secondary color. Read more at Pixel Tools.

13. Clone Stamp

    This tool is useful for copying regions of pixels between layers, or within the same layer.

14. Recolor Tool

    This tool is useful for replacing one color with another.

15. Paint Bucket

    This tool is useful for filling in areas of similar color with a different color.

16. Line / Curve Tool

    You may draw straight lines and curved lines with this tool.

17. Rectangle

    This can be used to draw rectangles and squares. Read more at Shape Tools.

18. Rounded Rectangle

    This can be used to draw rounded rectangles and rounded squares. Read more at Shape Tools.

19. Ellipse

    This can be used to draw ellipses and circles. Read more at Shape Tools.

20. Freeform Shape

    This can be used to draw a shape with a freeform outline. Read more at Shape Tools.

21. Tolerance Slider

    This slider affects how the Magic Wand, the Recolor Tool, and the Paint Bucket operate. It controls how similar colors must be when being operated on by these tools. If this is set to 0%, then only the exact color specified will be considered. If this is set to 100%, then all colors will be included. The default value is 50%.

22. Color Display

    This shows what the primary and secondary color are. It also allows quick buttons for resetting to black and white, and for swapping the primary and secondary colors.

 

Copyright © 2006 Rick Brewster, Chris Crosetto, Dennis Dietrich, Tom Jackson, Michael Kelsey, Brandon Ortiz, Craig Taylor, Chris Trevino, and Luke Walker. Portions Copyright © 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.