Practical Paint. NET : The Powerful No-Cost Image Editor for Microsoft Windows

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910502626403321
• Autore: Whitt Phillip
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, CA : , : Apress L. P., , 2021; ©2022
• ISBN: 1-4842-7283-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 pages)
• Disciplina: 006.686
• Soggetti: Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: An Overview of Paint.NET -- System Requirements -- Acquiring and Installing Paint.NET -- The Main Window -- Menus -- The Settings Dialog -- The Color Scheme -- Supported File Formats -- Installing BoltBait's Plugin Pack -- Chapter Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Layers -- Why Layers Are Important and How They Work -- The Importance of Layers -- A Look at How Layers Work -- Pixels and Transparency -- Layer Opacity -- Layer Order -- Making a Layer Active -- Layer Visibility -- Repositioning Layers -- Layer Blend Modes -- The Layers Menu -- The Layers Window -- Chapter Conclusion -- Chapter 3: An Overview of the Paint.NET Tools -- Accessing the Tools -- The Selection Tools -- Selection Modes -- Flood Mode and Tolerance (Magic Wand) -- Selection Quality -- Selection Modification Plugins -- The Move Tools -- Selection Control Nubs -- Rotating Selections -- Resampling Modes -- The View Tools -- Overscrolling -- Centering the Image -- The Fill Tools -- The Paint Bucket Tool -- Flood Mode and Tolerance (Paint Bucket Tool) -- Changing an Active Fill Color -- Dragging the Click Point -- The Gradient Tool -- Gradient Types -- Color Mode/Transparency -- The Repeat Modes -- Antialiasing Enabled/Disabled -- Blend Modes -- The Drawing Tools -- The Paintbrush Tool -- Brush Width -- Brush Hardness -- Fill Style -- Blend Modes -- Antialias Enabled/Disabled Setting -- The Eraser Tool -- The ; Pencil Tool -- The Photo Tools -- The Color Picker -- Sampling Modes -- Sampling Sizes -- After Click -- The Clone Stamp Tool -- The Recolor Tool -- Tolerance -- Tolerance Alpha Mode -- Sampling: Once/Sampling: Secondary Color -- The Text and Shape Tools -- The Text Tool -- The Text Tool Options -- The Line/Curve Tool -- The Line/Curve Tool Options.; The Shapes Tool -- Chapter Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Correcting Tonality, Contrast, and Exposure -- An Overview of Image Tonality -- A Look at BoltBait's Combined Adjustments Dialog -- Understanding the Curves Adjustment Dialog -- RGB Channel Adjustments -- Understanding the Levels Adjustment Dialog -- The Histogram -- Correcting Local Tonality -- Chapter Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Enhancing, Correcting, and Working with Color -- An Overview of Color Problems -- Chapter Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Modifying, Retouching, and Restoring Photos -- Chapter Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Compositing Images -- Chapter Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Drawing Basics -- Using the Pencil and Brush Tools -- Chapter Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Creating Digital Artwork -- Chapter Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Applying Effects -- Chapter Conclusion -- Appendix: More About Paint.NET Plugins -- Null54 Content Aware -- TR's Dodge/Burn -- TR's Portrait Retouch -- PSD Plugin for Paint.NET -- G'MIC-Qt -- Brush Factory V2.0 -- Conclusion -- Index.