Leaderboard

Buildings are much easier to paint then starships. This all started with 1 tree and a new plugin. Thanks to @BlastWave for the inspiration.

Paste From Clipboard copies the clipboard image into the current selection, or into the entire canvas if there is no selection. It's in the Selection submenu. It has quite a few options for pasting the clipboard image, including blending with the image in the canvas. The plugin (version 2.0.1): PasteFromClipboard_2.0.1.zip The UI: The Help Menu description: ------------------------------------------------------ Paste From Clipboard copies the clipboard image into the current selection, or into the entire canvas if there is no selection. The controls are: Tiling: Specifies how pixels outside the clipboard boundaries are treated. Pixels outside the image range of the clipboard can be transparent, Clamped, Tiled, Alternately Tiled, or Brick Tiled. When Alternately Tiled is selected, the tile orientation is reversed for every other tile, so that the tiles match at the edges. The edge pixels are not repeated. When Brick Tiled is selected, every other row is offset by half the image width. The rows do not wrap from the top to the bottom. Size: Increases or decreases the size of the clipboard image. XY Proportion: Changes the XY proportion of the clipboard image. Moving the control right increases the X size while decreasing the Y size. Moving the control left decreases the X size while increasing the Y size. Offset: Moves the clipboard image relative to the selection or the canvas. Rotation: Rotates the clipboard image counterclockwise by the specified number of degrees. Flip Horizontal: Flips the clipboard image horizontally. (The image can be flipped vertically by flipping horizontally and rotating 180°.) Canvas Transparency Preservation: Specifies the method used to preserve the transparency of the canvas pixels. The choices are None, Clamp Alpha to Canvas Alpha, and Multiply Alpha by Canvas Alpha. Blend with Canvas Image: When enabled, the clipboard image will be blended with the image in the canvas instead of replacing it. Blending Mode: Specifies the blending mode used to combine the clipboard and canvas images. Clipboard Opacity: Modifies the clipboard image opacity. This value is combined with the opacity of the clipboard pixels. Offset Relative to Canvas: When enabled, the Offset is relative to the entire canvas instead of the selection. Antialias: Specifies that antialiasing should be used. Antialias Quality: Specifies the number of samples in each direction per pixel. ------------------------------------------------------ EDIT 1: Version 1.1.*. -- Modified antialiasing so that only clipboard is subsampled, not canvas. This avoids blurring of canvas image when antialiasing is enabled. EDIT 2 (5/21/2017): Version 1.2.* -- Disabled Antialias Quality control when antialiasing is disabled. EDIT 3: (6/11/2018): Version 1.3.0 -- Fix tiling to eliminate cracks in some modes. EDIT 4: (10/2/2020): Version 2.0.0 -- Add "Flip Horizontal" and "Canvas Transparency Preservation" controls. EDIT 5: (10/10/2020): Version 2.0.1 -- Fix centering.

Is there any interest in having ShapeMaker in other languages (besides English)? If so, are you willing to provide Translations for your language?

According to Microsoft, version 4.6.2 of The .NET Framework requires Windows 8.1, so you'll need to install the upgrade. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15288/windows-8-update-to-windows-8-1

ShapeMaker Scalable Vector Shapes Lines and Curves for Paint.NET by The Dwarf Horde toe_head2001 - Code Lead (v1.3 onward), Design TechnoRobbo - Code Lead (up to v1.2.3), Design Red Ochre - Graphics Lead, Design Ego Eram Reputo - Documentation Lead, Design BoltBait - Beta Testing, Design Version 1.7.0.4 Foreword The ShapeMaker plugin is a tool which facilitates the creation of Scalable Vector Shapes, Lines and Curves. The tool itself uses a WYSIWYG interface where Lines, Curves and entire Paths can be created and manipulated using just the mouse. Knowledge of the complex Vector Shape structure and syntax is not required. ShapeMaker will create all that complex stuff for you and generate the Shape, code, or a complete reusable file. We hope you like ShapeMaker! Magnolia shape by @lynxster4 The ShapeMaker Plugin ShapeMaker-Installer.zip Or ShapeMaker.zip Video Tutorials http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/32198-shapemaker-tutorials/?p=430223

Whoops, realized a ton of images from this old gallery were removed from the hosting site. I've got them all backed up somewhere but eh, doesn't seem worth it, so I just removed the rest instead. This thread's not the most useful right now, feel free to delete 😅

You need to do this: Download THIS (.NET Framework v4.6.2) and install it. THEN try installing paint.net again.

I fell in love with this dragon the second I saw her posted . (I once met three Komodo dragons on a beach one evening - don't think I've run so fast in my life).

The trouble is..., there's never a dragon around when you want to photograph one

I am personally used to tracing out things with a soft eraser if I don't feel like using the magic wand. The soft eraser makes soft edges too. Additionally, I would recommend a plugin called AA's Assistant for trace-out works to smooth the edges and because this plugin is also used very frequently on tutorials. AA's Assistant is found as part of this plugin pack.

I'm aware that this is a very old tutorial, that the author might not be around anymore, and that there's a plugin and a video tutorial related to this thread. But I've found this it, and I wanted to share some of my results from experimenting with it. I wasn't satisfied with this result. Moving the two additive layers (Green and Blue) leaves the image with a border. It didn't look good. After some tries, I chose to increase the size of the copies in the 'Additive' layers without moving them (just drag the selection 'nodes' while holding shift.) I believe this was after watching some other video tutorials about the effect. (By the way, since there's similar effects that go by different names: chromatic aberration, double color exposure, color shift, glitch effect, glitched TV/VHS effect, 3D effect, harris shutter effect... You name it. XD) So, I did this one look like a glitched VHS... I don't think it came out good. XD I did this following this tutorial. Also, like almost all the tests, this one has the original image blended in with the one that got the effects. I chose not to add a depth of field effect like in other ones I did. I noticed that this effect can work creating 4 layers as CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black) and setting the CMY layers to 'Lighten' over the K layer. And, then, moving/resizing the Lighten layers to get the effect. I had a lot of fun with this. Some programs, like Photoshop and Gimp, have the option to edit Channels (RGB layers.) Also...I should have remembered that the RGB color model is an additive one! PS: The photo belongs to me. And each of these results have extra effects on them.

I can suggest another method to paste the clipboard into selections, though it isn't pretty -- which is to say, it seems a bit overly complex, not that the image is bad. Use my Texture Shader plugin. Set the Image to one of the clipboard selections, such as Clipboard (Tiled). Then -- and this is key -- set the Texture Height Scale to 0.0, the Ambient Light Color to White, and the Directional Light Color to Black. You can then move, scale, and rotate the clipboard image, and use the antialiasing. The range of the Offset control should allow the clipboard image to be moved through the entire range of the selection.

Thank you @Scooter for a couple of helpful hints (and for catching a big "D'oh!" on my part).