What's this?
If you don't see what I mean by "Volutes", make a search on Wikipedia...
It draws random curves. The curve is pre-calculated and then resized to fit in the image. So the start and the end are at random positions.
Like a fly or like a car, it starts at a point and go ahead. Then it turns left or right randomly and goes on while the width is decreasing, etc...
Download the DLL
Plugin Volutes.dll
Here is the DLL
The source is available with the plugins package!
http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=7186
How to install?
Close Paint.net
Unzip and place the DLL in your Effect folder usually: C:/Program Files/Paint.NET/Effects
The User interface
This plugin is added to the menu Effects, submenu Render.
The figure is pre-calculated then depending on how it turns, the result is scaled to fit in the area.So most of the size amounts are only suggestive.
Quantity of points:
Set the length of the path.
Angle of start:
Choose the initial direction. As the volute is pre-calculated you could change it to try to fill the area.
Angle change factor:
Choose how slow/fast are the turns.
Margin around:
Set the margin to keep the result inside the area or make a zoom with a negative margin.
Initial thickness:
The volute starts width and is reducing till it's end to dispear. Set the initial width.
Length factor:
Set how often it could turn. Low value is often. High value give more like a straight line than a curve.
Steps:
The volute is made with a lot of segments. Each segment is made with 4 points.
With the steps amount you could overwrite the segments or leave a gap between them.
Fill the volutes:
If checked the volute is filled with the primary color. If unchecked you will have only the border lines. The brushwidth is used for the lines.
Type of dots:
The dots are some symbols added at the left or/and the right of the curves.
Available symbols are : circle, line, diamon, leaf, square, triangle.
See below the picture of the symbols.
Choice of the dots:
Dots could be added at the left or the right of the volute. Ok left-right is suggestive as the angle is always changing.
Size of the dots:
Set the size of the dots. The size is also decreasing as the thickness of the volute.
Angle of the dots:
Set the angle of the dots to turn them.
(no effect with circle and square 1.)
Fill the dots:
If checked the dots are filled with the secondary color. If unchecked you will have only the border lines. The brushwidth is used for the lines.
Distance of the dots:
Set the distance between the volute and the dots.
Adjust to the image:
Check the box to make the heigh and the width fit with the area.
Random generator:
Set to 0, it will be a random value so each change in the UI will give a new random figure.
Other amount will give always the same figure. try to find some values that give a nice volute...
The Examples:
-Rick Brewster
