AndrewDavid

Hello @AnneYusual Welcome to the forum Over the course of 6 years, I believe I have followed your path on my own as well. I feel your frustration tenfold. Not often does Windows\Paint.Net\Visual Studio work well together but they can if you gain a little more understanding of the NET framework. Rest assured you are hearing this from a layman that has a working understanding of the process of creating a plugin in Codelab - exporting to VS - Building a working plugin. The route I see you followed is just building it in VS and creating a standalone application that works fairly well, but with all the new updates, I think it has lost some of its functionality. I downloaded and installed your app, created a random pattern, hit SVG but nothing happened, hit copy which did paste it to the clipboard. From Paint I was able to save as a svg and create a shape based on the generated image. So trying to save as svg in your app may not work for everyone. I was able to view your source code in Visual Studio Code (A must have) and noticed you chose a form based interface. The most difficult in my opinion from what I have seen. There are only a few plugins around that still working, but their time is limited Im sure. The best place to start (from a plugin creation view) is with codelab. @BoltBait has done an excellent job providing the basic guidance through a series of tutorials on his website https://www.boltbait.com/pdn/CodeLab/ I just saw @Rick Brewster has something to say. Continued - I just looked at you app in VS 2022. You have built it directly on the Net framework. Think of Paint as a interface with the Net framework. Most of the terminology in your app is directly accessing the net framework without using any language Paint.Net understands. My next step is to build something in codelab to get you started.

@MadJik @Ego Eram Reputo Can you confirm TreeGen has been removed from your plugin pack and no longer works? Headaches trying to re write a form based plugin?

@Pixey Do you see what you did? Pointing to yourself? Codelab now rejects the posted CS script with 4 errors. Could someone take the time to correct it please? I did half. double translateX = rect.Left + (center.First + 1) / 2 * rect.Width; double translateY = rect.Top + (center.Second + 1) / 2 * rect.Height; These posted scripts are valuable lessons to demonstrate plugin development.

@mimccravey Welcome to the forum. Have a look at this one.

@PeterB The error code which you have provided is related to Windows defender. Not Paint.Net. Many issues are found when buying a new computer with a new operating system. Win 11 now being so secure, Defender may prevent apps from downloading. Just a little life knowledge.

Hi @Welsh Yellow Cheddar I seem to remember @BoltBait writing a plugin to do that. Have a try and post any questions to the plugin thread. Hope this helps

Version 17.3.2 may have resolved the issue. Worked for my project that failed before.

@Jemcrystal This is very important! It may take more than a week to get all the updates that have been released. Keep in mind, because it is a new installation, all you have is the factory (OEM) installation of Windows. Here is the most recent version. Found in settings/system/about Edition Windows 10 Home Version 22H2 Installed on ‎12/‎14/‎2019 OS build 19045.1889 Hope this helps

@Ego Eram Reputo I blame the time zone for missing this one. It reads Jul 31 to me. I just found it today

@nathanr11881 Have you updated Paint.Net to the most recent version (4.3.11)? This plugin was blocked in some earlier versions.

More Fan Art

I think @TechnoRobbo designed https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/27512-trs-splinemaster-v143-a-line-maker-july-1-2019/ to address this need.

@cosmarchy An easier method. Draw a selection box that includes the entire line. 500 X 750. "To remove portions from an existing selection, hold down the Alt key while creating another selection." Change to Magic wand, hold down the Alt key, and Left Click on the two grey areas. This will reduce the selection to the black line only. Copy and paste on a new layer. Hope this helps

Spoked Wheel allows 3 decimal points. Change number of spokes to 4 and the top center will follow the angle you choose. Hope this helps

You just need to explain the steps you are taking to do this. Then we can better identify what you are doing wrong. Sounds like you are not using copy/paste or import from file.

@RaphielAinsworthShiraha You might want to have a look at this one; Hope this helps

Not at all. Create 15 .png files for the ranks. Create 30 .png files for the medals. 1 Master Template for the uniform. This can be a PDN file with a layer for medals and a layer for ranks. In total 46 Files. As you build uniforms with medals and ranks you will build a library to choose from should you have to recreate the same combination. Keep all the same ranks in their own folders and think of a naming process that works for you. WO_CD2_UN_Peacekeeper_Nato.png (Not a template) would be my uniform.

16 Evenly spaced bars with colors ranging from yellow to orange (chosen randomly) on a layer below your text. Then select your text with the magic wand, move to the color layer and copy. Paste into a new layer to get the colored text. Hope this helps

@BoltBait A long forgotten plugin? It does not show up in the plugin index. Without @JerryIsARetartMouse's post, I would never have found it. It certainly is not in your plugin pack. And yet it still works in 4.3.11. Should come in handy when building shapes.

@JAA Have a look at Image Distortion or Gravity. For Gravity place your semicircle at the bottom of the canvass. By default Image Distortion bends your image to a semi -circular shape. Hope this helps

@cooldood A well hidden plugin that still works It never was officially published. Extremely hard to find as well if you don't know the name. Hope this helps

Hi @DieselJC Are you missing DdsFileTypePlusIO_x64.dll ? Download the Filetype plugin to see the three files required for DDS files. Hope this helps