nharren Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Any planned support for 32-bit bitmaps (like the ones supplied in visual studio's image library)? Currently, they show a black background rather than transparency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Nope. PNG is recommended instead -- which the VS icons are also available in. BMP doesn't officially support a proper alpha channel, btw. 32-bit, yes, but with no specification for what that 4th channel is for. The GDI+ codecs don't even preserve it, iirc. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nharren Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 The reason I ask is because I needed to use an image that is already in 32-bit bitmap form. The only way I can do this currently is to use the gimp to open it and save it as a png, then reopen it in paint.net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I tried writing a FileType plugin for it, but I got that darned "WindowsBase version 3.0.0.0" error I'll get back to you after I fix that edit: Ok here you go, I couldn't find any way to make PDN use this plugin for 32bit BMP's other than giving it a different extension, so you'll have to rename your BMP's to bmpx if you want to open them with this plugin. It's not very well tested, but it worked with the 32bit BMP's from visual studio - at least for as much as I tested. It shouldn't work on any other type of bmp. Edit: Removed zip. Please post in Plugins section instead. Quote I would write plugins, if I knew what kind of plugins were needed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 This is not the place to post plugins. That's what the plugins forum is for. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Well feel free to remove it, you're the admin after all Quote I would write plugins, if I knew what kind of plugins were needed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nharren Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 Darn. Got here too late. Harold, would you mind reposting it in the plugins forum? Edit: By the way, Rick, the icons I needed were 32x32 icons, which as far as I can tell, weren't supplied in png format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Harold, would you mind reposting it in the plugins forum? Actually, I would. Sorry! But I pm-ed it to you. Quote I would write plugins, if I knew what kind of plugins were needed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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