Intro
Because PhotoShop is too expensive (in the long run), and Gimp is too hard for casual use, I have opted for “Paint.net”.
It is quite powerful becuse of the huge amount of plug-ins that are available.
It costs like 8 dollars if you buy it in the Windows Store, but you can also download it for free (what is with that?)
Outline a rect in red
- Chose shapes tool (for example in Tool dropdown)
- Make sure Recrang is selected next to it
- Brush width 4 maybe
- primary color red
- Outline your thing
- Now just save it
Installation
- The windows store installation apparently has some issues and you have to create some folders
Plugins
- Plugins are “installed” simply by dropping them into the
C:/Users/username/Documents/paint.net APP Files/Effectsfolder - 3D Text - “TR’s Monolithic” is pretty good. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/108312-trs-monolithic-3d-text-generator-dec-3rd-2018/
- Making things transparent - use the “Color to Alpha” plug-in from Tanel https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/7767-color-to-alpha-v22-2008-12-24/