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@barbie: Oh, barbie, of course I remember! I liked how it came out, too. Thank you so much for visiting and leaving a compliment. Right now, I only try to do things that are therapeutic, which includes singing. A sample of it is in the link below. @Max: Aw, thanks. That's really of sweet of you to say that. A sample of my singing, which I do almost every day. I might've mentioned it on here, but I definitely did on DA that I have always loved musical theater. https://www.wurrly.com/wurrly/358989

@Pixey: Thank you, thank you, and thank you! I still love my glowing, glossy, and magical things that I love to create. And singing, well, it keeps me sane. @Max: Oh, Max. You listened? Thanks! @Red Ochre: Thank you so, so much! @lynxster4: I try to sing from my heart. Thank you for your kind words. I sing mostly for fun. @barbie: Hugs to you, too, barbie. @seerose: I had this image in my head and I wanted to recreate it. It was actually pretty easy. Thank you!

A result after experimenting with carpet textures. Here's the bigger-size project.

Sooooo - I'm taking a break from Ultra Fractal 5 and am back to PDNing again. It really does become part of one's life after so many years. My latest Perfume Bottle:

NEW SHAPES PACK POSTED! Dear fellow PDN users, This was the most daunting shapes project I ever tried so far. I envisioned this as an 'educational' pack. It would be great for students who are home-schooled and have access to the internet. If public schools allow it, it would even be better. This pack took a great deal of time. I used a map that was 'forgiving' on the outlines. I imported a 'line path' for the next state and so on...but I found it impossible to import 'line paths' for different states, already drawn, to the state I was currently drawing. (TR...if you see this...is there a way?) So...not every state matches perfectly. I know this will not be appealing to everyone, (my friends not in the USA), but I feel this needs to be out there. There is an outline drawing of the USA, titled "US-z-Outline". You can insert each state into the outline or just draw each state individually. State capitals are designated by the circle. Just please note....the states do not fit exactly! This is because some state outlines had to be re-drawn by hand. If you fiddle enough....it works. Also note....draw everything with the 'shift' key depressed...this preserves the natural shape. I hope this shape pack will be useful. We are digging out from 9" of snow, our first big snowfall of the year, which is very late for us. I TG we are in SW PA as our brethren in SE PA got hammered with at least twice as much. Hope all are well. Please leave feedback...

1. The reason I didn't do that is simply because additional Color Wheels make the dialog grow too big too fast. Sometimes I wish we could have a double wide IndirectUI with two columns. At one time Rick talked about having tabs in IndirectUI. I think I'm going to learn how to use Midora's OptionBasedEffects; it seems very flexible. If I can get it working with OptionBasedEffects, I'll update it with the new parameters then. 2. Excellent ideas. Edit: Didn't take me too long to figure out the basics. Here's what I've cobbled together so far.

Moderator Note: This Plugin is no longer compatible with the latest versions of paint.net. ::PluginIndex::Effect::Print It::0.9::2014-09-03::Martin Osieka::Print the current layer or the flattened image:: The 'Print It' plugin prints the current layer. To print the whole image you have to flatten the image first to one layer. Beside of the basic printer settings you may select - The area to layout your image (Whole paper, printable area, Paper with margins) - The size of the image ('Print Size', Scaled 'Print Size', Fit to area, Fit large only to area, Stretch to area, Stretch large only to area). - The sized image can the be aligned inside of the area to the corners, sides or the center. An additional offset is possible. - Tiling allows to place an image multiple times on the same page. - Poster printing allows to stretch one image to multiple pages - Header and footer lines are available - A watermark can be overlay-ed to the printout The non-printable area of the image is colored red in the preview. The margin or gaps area is colored green. Download Find the latest version Print It v0.9 (3.9.2014) at the bottom of this page. Installation - Copy the two files OptionBasedLibrary vX.X.dll/.dlc to the Paint.NET\ folder (NOT to Paint.NET\Effects\ !!!) - Copy the two files PrintIt.Effect.dll/.dlc to the Paint.NET\Effects\ folder - Do not remove older versions of the OptionBasedLibrary if they are required from other plugins. After a restart of Paint.NET you will find the plugin at Menu->Effects->Tools->Print It (oder für deutschsprachige Anwender unter Menu->Effekte->Werkzeuge->Druck es 😉 Compatibility Paint.NET 3.5.11 and 4.0.3 (Tested on Windows XP and Windows 7) Supported languages English, Deutsch Keywords Print, Header and Footer, Watermark, Tiles, Multipage, Poster, Drucken, Kopf- und Fußzeilen, Wasserzeichen, Kacheln, Mehrseitig, Plakat Configuration options http://www.comsquare.ch/files/downloads/PrintIt/PrintIt.Dialog.PrinterPage.jpg Select the printer and the basic paper settings. The printer properties button allows you to set more specific details (like Duplex). If you switch the printer then it may happen that one or more of the other settings are no longer selected (i.e. because the printer does not support the previously selected paper format). Just choose one of the available settings. The printout name is used in progress dialog, as proposed filename for file printers, and as {Print.Name} keyword in text output. http://www.comsquare.ch/files/downloads/PrintIt/PrintIt.Dialog.LayoutPage.jpg The 'paper area' choice defines which area of the paper is used to print the image. 'Image size' defines the size of the image in the area and 'image location' the alignment in the area. In the preview the non-printable area of the paper is marked in red, user defines margins in green. http://www.comsquare.ch/files/downloads/PrintIt/PrintIt.Dialog.TilesPage.jpg You may print an image multiple times in the area depending on the 'number of tiles' choice. The distance between the tiles areas can be set via the spacing options. In the preview the spacing is colored in red. http://www.comsquare.ch/files/downloads/PrintIt/PrintIt.Dialog.HeaderFooterPage.jpg You may add a header and/or a footer text line to your printout. Each line has three areas: Left aligned, centered, and right aligned text. The texts may contain keywords which will be replaced at printout time (see Keywords). Font name, size, and style can be selected. Header and footer will be placed at the top or respectively at the bottom of the page area. The page area will then be shrinked by the height value. If the font is larger than the height then the line will overlap the page area. In the preview header and footer are colored in blue. http://www.comsquare.ch/files/downloads/PrintIt/PrintIt.Dialog.WatermarkPage.jpg A watermark can be printed as overlay to the paper area (or the tiles area). You may select the text of the watermark, font, style, and color. The height of the text is always 10% of the area height in the moment. Afrer the look of the watermark is defined the watermark can be placed, aligned, and rotated in the area. Keywords used in text output In the moment the following keywords are defined: {Print.Name} The Name of the printout from the Printer tab. {Print.Page} The current page number {Print.Pages} The number of pages Remark This version is not final but it should be good enough to discuss what you expect from a printing tool. I'm not telling what's on the list in the moment. Tell us what you like to get. Issues depending on the Paint.NET plugin API - The Paint.NET API does not provide the title (or filename of the image). The plugin uses the Title 'Document' to show progress or as argument for an PDF printer. History 0.9 (3.9.2014) - The preview controls moved to a collapsable control outside of the tabs. - The preview control allows to activate a 1:1 mode. In this mode a zoom value of 100% means that that the size of the document on screen is exactly the size of the sheet. For this mode you have to enter the calibrated DPI value of your screen. . Printer tab: The entries in the printer names combobox are sorted now - Printer tab: Sheet and poster size infos respect the preview unit setting - Printer tab: Virtual sheet tells the amount of real sheets - Printer tab: Added 'Collate' switch if number of copies is greater than one (Be warned not all printer drivers are able to handle this) - Printer tab: Some printers do not support 'Copies'. In this case the Number of copies entry will be disabled. - Printer tab: Added printer status and type information. Status message changes may be slow on some devices. It depends in most cases on the printer driver. - Printer tab: Added print source: In the moment just the active layer. 'Print It - collection' will allow you to create a collection of images in the future. . Printer tab: Added feature to restrict the print source to the selected area - Printer tab: Added range of sheets: All sheets, Selected range of sheets - Printer tab: Added a test print button. Test page can be used to check the printable area of the sheet and to correct the offset later. - If the printer test page shows that the center is not in the center of the sheet then the offset of the printable area may be wrong. To nodify the offset you can edit the .ppd file of the printer or just add the variables PAH=x and/or PAV=y to the printer comment (x and y are values in cm). - Layout tab: Info texts for area size, original image size and new image size are implemented. - Layout tab: The new image size shows you the real print dpi value which helps to decide if the original image provides enough pixels. - Layout tab: Scaling control of "Image Size = Scale Print Size of Image" shows now a 'keep in sync' button to keep the aspect ratio of the image intact. - Layout tab: The margins control should be more user friendly now - The text of the OK button has been changed to 'Print' 0.8 (12.8.2014) - Poster printing allows to stretch one image to multiple pages - F1 key links to the forum page of 'Print It' - Shows in the title line the active element to print 0.7 (12.07.2014) see download link above - Replaced the preview control with a more generic version - Added OptionControls and contextmenu to handle zoom, location, and alignment of the document in the preview. This includes setting to control background and passepartout colors. Most of the standard keyboard shortcuts and mouse actions are supported in the preview. - Fixed some minor issues on printout. 0.6 (9.6.2014) - Added 'Header&Footer' tab. - Menu->'Repeat Print It' (Ctrl-F) is now ignored. - The dpi value of the image will be requested in a separate dialog now. This request will be removed if a newer version of Paint.NET offers the DPI value of the image to the plugin. 0.5 (5.6.2014) - Added 'Watermark' tab - Added 'Printout Name' to the printer tab. This name is used from some drivers in the progress dialog or by printers which create a file instead of a printout (like PDFCreator). - Added 'Printout Copies'. In earlier version you had to set this value in the printer properties. - Click to preview toggles the visibility of the cues (i.e. for margins) 0.4 (2.6.2014) - Added 'Tiles' Tab. Tiling allows to place an image multiple times on the same page. 0.3 (31.5.2014) - First public release PrintIt.Effectv0.9.zip (latest supported version is paint.net 4.2.16)

*********UPDATE---Latest Images-***NEW!*** Hidden Content: General Cable Gold Wrench: Juicy: Bottle: A poster I created using Paint.NET (the bottle was a stock image found on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bouteille.jpg). Everything else, including the water was made in Paint.NET A collaboration piece with Patty (aka Undead-Academy, sokagirl): I give credit to RFX to writing such a wonderful tutorial--Hi Resolution Carbon Fiber. Christmas: November Swans By the Moon: Mysterious Glossy: Glossy Icons: Living Room: Starry Hoops: Lonely Orb: Carnations (Collab with Patty): Metallic Glossies: The Golden Touch: Secrets: Inner Glow: Magical Orbs Luminous Apples: Enchanted Rose: Simplicity: Lumiere: Sundae Bliss: Orange Slices: I really liked this kitty I found online, so I decided to draw one in PDN. Grandpa Babysitting Carefree: Splashing Fun: Iceberg: Glossy Faucet: I hope you enjoy my work!

I checked some documentation / googled, pretty sure this hotkey doesn't exist? Be nice to just hit CTRL (something?) and have it cycle them.

@Dipstick - thank you . Your avatar is a hoot! @SiBorg - Many thanks. You must be a hortirculturist as you know your flowers . @Lynxster - Ahhhh ..... a gal after my own heart with the love of le chat - it looks really, really nice . Thanks for the kind words too . @Seerose - an "osteospermum" ....... I tried to say that fast, three times - massive fail .

Dear Paint User! Thank you for the reply and feedback. Maximilian! Yes, this is Pixey tutorial. ReMake! The city is called "Erfurt" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt und I myself have photographed the photo. Original:

Here's a copy of the source code that's compatible with paint.net v4.0.7+ (when paint.net started using .NET 4.6). I've made some minor changes to the code so that it will compile, and so that it won't crash. No other changes were made. TileFillFromClipboard_Source.zip This is only meant for educational purposes, so I won't provide a built DLL file. If you want a proper tiling plugin, use the one(s) Boltbait created.

My beloved cat who is my avatar... Thank you, Pixey, for the lovely tutorial. Great to see you are back...I missed you!

Nice to see you back. Nice tutorial and I think it's an Osteospermum aka Cape Daisy

Simple, maybe.........But a true professional always makes it worthy.

Dear Pixey! for the title. Very nice tutorial. Thank you so much for your effort and time.

100% PdN and I hope the intended meaning is well conveyed, although a full size version always reveals better the subtle details I think.

I know I would use that feature if it were available. In the rare case that I need to perform the same operation on all the layers, it would speed up the workflow.