Paint.NET/Effects
There are a lot of different effects in Paint.NET that you may use for the benefit of your image (or not). At any time you may press Ctrl+F to repeat the last effect you applied, with the same settings.
Effects Menu[edit | edit source]
The effects menu is where all of the different effects will show. Some are packaged with Paint.NET; others must be downloaded and extracted into the Paint.NET\Effects\ folder. Only the default effects will be dealt with here.
Blurs[edit | edit source]
There are six default blurs.
Gaussian Blur[edit | edit source]
Gaussian Blur is just your average blurring. Mostly, it is used as a softener to remove overly sharp edges, or pixelation.
Median[edit | edit source]
This blur reduces noise. As of the 3.20 Release, it's now under 'Noise' instead of 'Blurs'.
Motion Blur[edit | edit source]
This blurs the image in a way that makes it look like it is moving in a certain direction.
Radial Blur[edit | edit source]
Blurs the image like it is spinning around the center of the image.
Unfocus[edit | edit source]
Makes it appear like you are seeing it, but not looking at it. Seeing is believing (Use it and you'll know what I mean).
Zoom Blur[edit | edit source]
Makes it appear that you are zooming past the image. Once again, seeing is believing.
Distort[edit | edit source]
There are four different default distortions.
Bulge[edit | edit source]
Bulges the image out at the center. Like a pot belly.
Polar Inversion[edit | edit source]
Um. Just use it. I don't think it's really useful.
Tile Reflection[edit | edit source]
Sort of cuts it into tiles and makes it look like it's reflecting off those tiles. Looks really cool, please try it.
Twist[edit | edit source]
Could be a KoRn song. Twists your image around the center. The maximum value is 100, which is NOT 100 degrees.
Effects Menu II[edit | edit source]
The effects after the popouts.
Add Noise[edit | edit source]
Creates a static effect. The intensity is the amount of static, and the saturation is how color-ish it is.
Clouds[edit | edit source]
Creates clouds using your primary and secondary colors. How simple and self-explanatory.
Edge Detect[edit | edit source]
Detects edges and colours the edges in various colours, the inside is then coloured black.
Emboss[edit | edit source]
The good old emboss effect. It... embosses stuff. Somewhat self-descriptive.
Frosted Glass[edit | edit source]
Have YOU ever looked through Frosted Glass? It makes stuff look like your looking at it through a layer of Frosted Glass.
Glow[edit | edit source]
Lets you have a glow on an image.
Oil Painting[edit | edit source]
Makes it look like an Oil Painting.
Outline[edit | edit source]
Takes every pixel in the whole image, then adds an outline onto it.
Pencil Sketch[edit | edit source]
Makes the whole image look like a Pencil Sketch. Very effective, but only black and white.
Pixelate[edit | edit source]
Expands the pixels in a similar fashion to the zoom tool in MSPaint.
Red Eye Removal[edit | edit source]
Only put this here to make sure you know it exists. It really needs no explaining.
Relief[edit | edit source]
Makes the image a relief of itself. Think of it as making your image 3D, then making it look really bad.
Sharpen[edit | edit source]
Think unblurring, but ineffective.