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- <li><a href="index.html">Overview</a><br>
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- <h3>Concepts</h3>
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- <li>Layers and Transparency<br>
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- <li>Selections<br>
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- <li>Selection Tools</li>
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- <li>Text Tool</li>
- <li>Paint Bucket</li>
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- <h2>FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)</h2>
- <h3>Where's the Crop tool?</h3>
- <p>Right under your nose. Simply select the area you want to crop by using
- one of the selection tools, and then click on <i>Crop to Selection</i> in
- the Image menu.</p>
- <h3>Why aren't Windows 98 or ME supported?</h3>
- <p>These legacy operating systems are not supported for many reasons. First
- is that it would require us to do extensive testing on each older version
- of Windows. We don't have the time, the equipment, or the older copies of
- Windows to test with. Second is that it would radically complicate our installation
- process, which is complicated enough as it is. Third, it would also compromise
- the quality of Paint.NET on the versions of Windows that we do currently
- support by requiring us to reduce or limit functionality. We use features
- of Windows that aren't available unless you have at least Windows 2000 or
- even XP. One of these features is the ability to consistently use Unicode
- (as opposed to ANSI) character and strings, a prerequisite for rich text
- compatibility and international support. Other features are related to security,
- performance, and reliability.</p>
- <h3>What about Windows Vista support?</h3>
- <p>Paint.NET v2.5 should work on Windows Vista, but we can't fully guarantee
- its stability since we have not had the opportunity to test with it yet.
- Also, we are planning on including Vista-specific enhancements in future
- versions.</p>
- <h3>Why can't I scan or print?</h3>
- <p>There are three possible reasons. One is that you're using Windows 2000.
- We use WIA v2.0 (Windows Image Acquisition) for our printing and scanning
- functionality, and this is a system component that is not available unless
- you have Windows XP SP1 or later installed.</p>
- <p>Second, if you can't scan, then maybe your scanner doesn't support WIA.
- You can check to see if you scanner supports WIA by verifying that it shows
- up in the "Scanners and Cameras" control panel. Some scanners or cameras
- require that special software or drivers be installed before they work with
- WIA.</p>
- <p>Lastly, if you are running Windows Server 2003 you should know that the
- Windows Image Acquisition system service is not enabled by default. Simply
- set it to "Automatic" and it should work.</p>
- <h3>I already have .NET 2.0 installed, why does Paint.NET say that .NET
- 1.1 is required?</h3>
- <p>The first thing to understand is that the various versions of the .NET
- Framework are designed to be installable together in a <i>side-by-side</i>
- fashion. If you have both .NET 1.0 and .NET 1.1 installed and run a program
- that was built to run on .NET 1.0, then it will use the .NET 1.0 DLL's and
- functionality even though .NET 1.1 is present. Newer versions of .NET do
- not necessarily supercede older versions. Quite often functionality is added
- or <i>changed</i> in newer versions and it's very important to us that Paint.NET
- functions in exactly the way we designed it to.</p>
- <p>The confusing part for the user is that installing .NET 2.0 does <i>not</i>
- install .NET 1.1 or 1.0. With other redistributable packages, such as DirectX
- 9.0, you are actually installing all the previous versions as well. .NET
- uses a different type of versioning that is alien for most users (and many
- developers) at this time.</p>
- <p>Because of all this, we can't yet predict how Paint.NET will behave if
- it is run with .NET 2.0. It may run fine for the most part, or maybe it
- will behave oddly, crash, or worse. Because we prefer that Paint.NET run
- reliably for users, we require that .NET 1.1 is installed even if .NET 2.0
- is already there. If you already have .NET 2.0 installed, you simply need
- to install .NET 1.1 as well. It will not erase or corrupt your .NET 2.0
- installation.</p>
- <p>Our v2.6 release, planned for mid-January 2006, will be built on .NET
- 2.0 and will also have native support for 64-bit processors and operating
- systems.</p>
- <h3>When will a native 64-bit or "x64" version be made available?</h3>
- <p>Our v2.6 release is scheduled to add this and should be available in
- mid-January 2006.</p>
- <h3>What benefits will the 64-bit version bring?</h3>
- <p>If you have a 64-bit compatible processor and operating system installed,
- you will see increased performance and the ability to work with larger images
- with getting an "Out of Memory" error.</p>
- <h3>Will it ever be ported to Mac OS, Linux, or any other operating system?</h3>
- <p>We will not be porting Paint.NET to any other operating system. However,
- if anyone else would like to do so we'd be glad to post a link on our download
- page.</p>
- <h3>Why can't I load or save icons (.ico files)?</h3>
- <p>Icons are meant to hold multiple images of various dimensions and color
- depths. Paint.NET is meant to work with single images composed of multiple
- layers that are exactly the same dimensions and only with the 32-bit color
- depth. So Paint.NET would make an awful icon editor. Check out
- <a href="http://axialis.com/iconworkshop/">Axialis IconWorkshop</a> instead.</p>
- <h3>Is Paint.NET free?</h3>
- <p>Yes, Paint.NET is indeed free. It started off as a school project, and
- we want to leave it open as long as we work on it.</p>
- <h3>Will Paint.NET ever replace Paint in Windows?</h3>
- <p>There are no plans to include Paint.NET with Windows. But you can always
- download it, for free, from <a href="http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net">
- our website</a>.</p>
- <h3>Is Paint.NET based off of the Paint code?</h3>
- <p>No. Paint.NET was written from the scratch and is completely separate
- from Paint in every way except for its name. Any similarity between the
- two is on purpose, and is neither accidental nor the fault of legacy code.</p>
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