select a diagonal area in paint.net

Question

In Paint.net, is it possible to select a quadrilateral area with diagonal faces? How?

Solution 1

You can do a rectangular selection and then choose the move selection tool. Press right mouse button and rotate the rectangle.

Solution 2

You can create a new layer. Use Line tool to draw a closed area. Then use the Magic Wand tool to create the selection. Switch to your previous layer and you have your selection

Solution 3

It's not something that's built in, but there might be a plugin that will do what you want (or a good approximation - see Ivo's comment).

The plugins can be found on the Paint.NET forum plugins board

Comments

[Admin]

You can't split pixels if that's what your asking, a diagonal line will cut through pixels, so it will give you a saw-tooth pattern

[Admin]

I'm not a Paint.NET user, but as food for thought I'll tell you what I'd do in Photoshop. I'd select a normal (parallel to axis) rectangle, switch to quickmask mode, rotate the quickmask layer 45deg, and switch back.

[Matas Vaitkevicius]

right and left MB both do selections... Needs more detailed explanation. -1