Getting Started with Paint.NET -- 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.