Popular Post NomBot Posted January 16, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) Here's something that might be fun to play with, whether it's useful or not. It draws cardinal splines, colors them with various brush settings, rotates them etc. For me it was an exercise in GDI+ and OptionBased UI. Any bug reports or suggestions welcome... Found under Effects>Render menu. UI: Option: controls the randomness of the splines. Rotations: how many copies of the spline around a circle. Tension: controls the spline tension, how jagged or 'loopy'. Angle: rotates the splines. Sigma Focus: gradient center. Sigma Scale: gradient falloff. Gradation Size: size of the gradient rectangle. Zoom: zoom in or out. Draw/Fill/Both: how to paint the splines. Color tabs: select Pen/Alt/Bgd colors. Path Brush Draw/Fill: use path brush on either draw or fill. Path Controls: click drop-down to display more path options. AntiAlias: set smoothing mode. Points: click drop-down to display/change point data Menu Button: allows saving and loading of options and other cool stuff. Installation: Unzip "mandala.zip" and copy the following files: mandala.dll, mandala.dlc into the Effects folder of your Paint.NET installation. A typical location is "C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects". OptionBasedLibrary v0.7.9.dll, OptionBasedLibrary v0.7.9.dlc into the folder of your Paint.NET installation (not into the Effects folder!). (unless it is already there, then you can skip this step) A typical location is "C:\Program Files\Paint.NET". Thanks to Midora for the optionBased library and to toe_head2001 for examples of using it. Enjoy. mandala.zip Edited February 24, 2018 by toe_head2001 Fixed broken Photobucket images 11 Quote "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) This looks like fun. Where do we put the .dll's and the .dlc though? All into Effects perhaps? Edited January 16, 2017 by Pixey Did not read the instructions properly :( Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) Dear @NomBot ! Thank you so much. Edited April 19, 2018 by Seerose 3 Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 OK - I see I didn't read your instructions right through - sorry about the Question before . Thanks again @NomBot for such a cool Plugin. So many options to try out . 3 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Thanks for this! - impressive U.I. You'll have to write an OptionBased UI tutorial. Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) Thanks NomBot, I have got my eyes on you Edited January 16, 2017 by Eli 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomBot Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 Thanks everyone. And Eli, I was not expecting that! very clever. And Red, I might take you up on that, if I find the time. Seems like a bit of work, but someone needs to bell the cat. Quote "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) WOW! @NomBot. My head is spinning. This is a very cool plugin with endless possibilities! I don't think you can make the same thing twice. Great job! Thank you! Edited July 27, 2017 by lynxster4 re-hosted image 2 Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughty Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Hi, interesting plugin and interesting images above. But...The base of this spline bottom here isn't tucked under the spline base next to it. I see it most clearly in fill mode and when there is overlap. Can this be fixed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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