AndrewDavid

@Rick Brewster This error just appeared today. Its not a problem with your solution - Its a problem with my Visual Studio.

I don't believe it. Now it works. After trying for hours to figure it out. I think the issue is what I had attached as a help file (RTF)

It renders in preview just fine.

I think he saved it like that - i layer only

@Pixey right click - save as - see the .gif extension?

@Welsh Yellow Cheddar This might be what you are looking for, Set Line spacing to ,20 with a 36 px size font. Hope this helps

@Welsh Yellow Cheddar Have alook at this one. Its old, but still works.

@Rick Brewster Iris BlurTest image - 5837 X 7098 - played with controls to have time to look at task manager. Clearly CPU in use. Performed the same with GPU Hue rotate to see what GPU Usage should look like.

@Rick Brewster My issue with your source code has been resolved. I plan to remove all traces of my copy on GitHub But I want to keep this open- https://github.com/AndrewDavid007/AndrewDavidsPlugins/discussions

Can I suggest breaking up the Effect Type Category into four separate fields : Thanks in advance.

In the past both the app and the plugins did not have access to the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) The CPU handles all the tasks required for all software on your computer to run correctly. A GPU, on the other hand, supports the CPU to perform concurrent calculations. A GPU can complete simple and repetitive tasks much faster because it can break the task down into smaller components and finish them in parallel. A graphics card (also called a video card, display card, graphics adapter, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, display adapter, or colloquially GPU) is a computer expansion card that generates a feed of graphics output to a display device such as a monitor. With the introduction of a few new base structures and the updated software environment we are in, Paint.Net is now running with better and faster performance. I understand exactly what you are saying. Unless you are building your own plugins as a user you should see no difference other than faster and better performance. @Rick Brewster You didn't let me finish. Hope this helps @John Peter

@Bandit12345 Thanks for the reply. Norton? I haven't seen his name on my computer for some 30 years. Since having a new computer (5) years old now - I have never used anything other than the Defender built in protection of Win10. I live alone so I have no worries about children playing with my passwords.

@BoltBait and your unfinished ones. Drawing Text in a GPU Drawing Plugin. Followed your directions but it generates an error. I am trying to use the API references to figure it out without asking you. I know the API's do not provide examples, but I should be able to find the reference needed to correct this. AM I close? https://paintdotnet.github.io/apidocs/api/PaintDotNet.DirectWrite.DirectWriteFactory.CreateRef.html

@ReMake the script @BoltBait provides does not allow color change, size width or position. (Baby Steps) That is why I want to use yours. I tried on my own to figure it how to add the controls myself - now I have the answer but feel guilty using your script without your approval. Think of the code your script contains that his does not. That would be the next step in a tutorial - but I don't think he wants to go that far. That's the code I am referring to.