Making stencils with Paint.NET

There aren't many stencils available to choose from in Meshmixer, but fortunately, it's easy to add custom stencils to your palette. This makes for a powerful feature that has unlimited potential. In this recipe, we're going to look at how we can make some simple stencils using a freeware program called Paint.NET. Refer to the following screenshot:

In the preceding screenshot, we can see the interface of Paint.NET. You'll find that it has some features that are similar to the Windows Paint accessory, but with a lot of additional features, such as Photoshop, that expensive photo editors will have.

Getting ready

You'll need to download Paint.NET from http://www.getpaint.net/download.html and follow its installation instructions.

Note

This book uses Paint.NET v3.5.11 for Windows. It's not available for other OS platforms.

How to do it...

We will proceed as follows:

1. Go to File and select New. From the pop-up window, change the Width and Height to 100 x 100 pixels. Left...