25 replies to this topic

[Boney]

Dude, get Paint.Net. Recoloring takes like 2 seconds.

[saifors]

if you're on windows 7:

1. select the thing that cant be recolored.

2. copy it and then paste it.

now it should work.

[L95]

Yeah, Windows 7 doesn't let you do it on a file that isn't new.

If you still have issues, open the file you want to work on and a new file. Copy+paste to the new file and paste it back into the old file when you're done recoloring.

[Jubby]

it does work in windows 7, but it has to be in a fresh paint image for some reason(aka control+A, control+C, open a new paint doc, control+V)

it's 'cause when you save it, Usenti default saves as an 8-bit transparent PNG, which apparently Paint doesn't like. If you click save as (in Usenti) and save it as a 24-bit non-transparent PNG, you can open it in Paint.

[deranger]

it does work in windows 7, but it has to be in a fresh paint image for some reason(aka control+A, control+C, open a new paint doc, control+V)

For both the Windows Vista and the Windows 7 I've had this problem on, I've done the same except I just press delete instead of opening a new paint doc. Always works for me, might save you bit of time.

[BwdYeti]

Generally in Vista Paint this happens because you're using a png instead of a bmp. I think it has some problem dealing with either the indexing of the colors or the alpha channel. And trying it out quickly in Paint 7, it works properly with bmps too. I would suggest keeping your work files saved on your computer in bmp, and then using pngs only for the uploaded versions
(I would also suggest not using Paint 7, just google how to run Vista Paint in Win7 and then use Paint Hotkets with it)