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Excellent work guys, I like the options and the UI, something really new and beautiful, My attempt, I was trying the crescent mode light, but looks like is not available:

Ego Eram Reputo, TechnoRobbo, Red ochre I love yours plugins. Thank you, all of you.

NEW! Load and Save are supported!!! Planetoid creates realistic 3D planets, or 2D maps at the touch of a button. There is more however. Much more. You can configure the heavens (well - clouds actually) and the earth. You can move mountains, deforest entire continents and generally indulge your megalomania. Here's a sample of what you can create using the default settings Nice eh? The plugin itself will run under either Paint.NET 3.5.11 or 4.0.x so no one needs to miss out on the fun. To install the plugin, download my Plugin Pack and unzip it. Run the *.exe installer (written by BoltBait). Restart paint.net. You'll find Planetoid under the Effects > Render submenu. I'm not going to explain the UI here, because you'll find a HELP file built right into the last tab in the UI. See? Planetoid is a collaboration between myself and @TechnoRobbo. Honestly - I couldn't have done this without TR's help. Thanks mate. Thanks also to @Red ochre for his suggestions and comments. Technical: Planetoid uses Value Noise (incorrectly named Perlin Noise by many) to create landscapes by layering up a number of 'features' and compositing the results into a single layer. The resultant texture can be revealed as a rectangular (2D) map or wrapped around a sphere, with lighting, to create a very realistic looking planet. Original Value noise routines were stolen from Sepcot's website and were originally published by Hugo Elias. Ken Perlins aptly named Perlin Noise is actually quite different. Texture wrapping, lighting, custom animation, custom controls (and loads more!) by @TechnoRobbo. More planets and maps from Planetoid... Blue/Green Earth type planet Mars Gas Giant Barren Moon 2D Map (without clouds, naturally) Tips: 1. Rendering two different planets to separate layers then using a blend mode (like Color Dodge) can render some interesting textures Mars and Earth combined with color Dodge 2. Hiding all the layers Planetoid uses wraps the source layer around a sphere Planet paint.net 3. Careful use of tip #2 can yield some dramatic results!

Sorry for the late reply galneon! - it's difficult to explain because there are many different ways to do it. (assuming I understand what you are trying to do! - the screenshots are a bit unclear? ) Possible ways: 1. Use the brightness/contrast adjustment 2. Use the 'Curves' adjustment - (harder but more control). 3. Use the built in gradient tool on the selection after setting primary and secondary colors to your new colour and black. 4 Use the 'Curves+' plugin 5. Use one of the gradient plugins - I have one called 'Gradients Galore' that works within selections. Try suggestion 2 and see how you get on - if you have trouble - do report back! Press the F1 key when Pdn is open and it will take you to the documentation. Here's a direct link. http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/Curves.html Good luck!

A highly interesting plugin, well done EER, TechnoRobbo and Red ochre. Many thanks for this.

Hi Minnie - OK I'll offer one option for the trunk to become a cookie. 1. Import the letter C resize it larger and center with Align Object. 2. Import the cookie picture and Flip it Vertically, lower the opacity to see what you are doing. 3. Manoeuvre the cookie image and size it over the letter C, as best you can. There will be a space left at the bottom, which can be fixed later. http://i.imgur.com/5eewj4S.png 4. Change back the opacity on the cookie to 255 and uncheck the layer. 5. Go to the letter C layer and use the Magic Wand on the C and then Invert (Ctrl I) 6. Then go to the Cookie layer, uncheck it, then hit delete on your computer. 7. You now have a C with the cookie inside, but there is a little space at the bottom. 8. Go to the letter C and magic wand inside of it .... do not invert this time. 9. Go back to the cookie layer and with Effects - Tools - Liquify push and shove the cookie up to the edges of the C. Finally I'd use Gaussian Blur at default on the letter C and then you can flatten the image. http://i.imgur.com/TvDNOk7.png For the rest of the things you want, leaves etc., you could play with @Red's Dryad Plugin to get leaves. Hope this helps. It's all about playing around with the plugins to see what happens. Good luck.

Sounds like you have dust bunnies in your processors fan system. I'd use a can of air from an office supply store, position it at least 5 inches from the vents and blow it out. You'll see lots of dust bunnies fly out. Your laptop should stop overheating. Do Not us an automotive air compressor!!! High pressure can damage the fan. Do not blow into it with our mouth (saliva may come out).

Great plugin both of you. Well created. Here is Planet Ego-Tech.

Amazing plugin. Well done EER & TR on a great colab, the UI is excellent and the plugin works very fast ineed. Top work

Excellent plugin! Saves us a lot of extra work. Thank you. I think that intro - Genesis - it was not necessary. I like jokes, but I think now was not the case. How about "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain"? (Exodus 20:7) Edit reason: Add my attempt.

Mottoman, thanks so much for the kind words. I have been pdning for a long time now. I had a lot of help from friendly folk along the way Now I have started again to play with my camera & PDN This is what I started with: This is what I did with it. Not possible for me to produce this without this fab plugin. http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/152/9/b/pandanus_by_barbieq25-d7kl3zp.png You really need to see it full size.