Popular Post Red ochre Posted October 13, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 13, 2015 Name: ClipDisplace Description: Uses the clipboard image tone to distort the current layer. Menu: Effects/Distort Release date: 13th October 2015 Author: Red ochre .dll names: ClipDisplaceAA (This version only works on Pdn4.0.8+)- previously called just "ClipDisplace" ClipDisplace3_5_11 (works on Pdn 3.5.11 and probably Pdn4 too, but does not use the clipboard opacity) Please choose the relevant .dll ClipDisplaceAA.zip Updated version with smoothing thanks to "MJW" ClipDisplace3_5_11.zip Note: Both versions available via my plugin pack here:Red ochre v10 plugin pack This is not a new idea, it has similarities to the "Displacement and Alpha mask" http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=9869and others. It relies on the codelab code for reading the clipboard (Thanks BoltBait!) and in the Pdn4+ version there are options to use the clipboard opacity for masking purposes. How to use: 1. Select and Copy something (this places that image on the 'clipboard'). If nothing useable is on the clipboard it will use the current selected layer. http://i.imgur.com/UrkcGLP.png 2. Move to the layer with the thing you want to distort eg. text or an object (flag in this case) and play with the controls. http://i.imgur.com/XkHt9f5.png Feel free to use these images to practice with: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a very brief tutorial showing how I made the clipboard distortion-map image. Please do experiment and post images in this thread! http://i.imgur.com/VBf2pNt.png http://i.imgur.com/T7HO3vZ.png http://i.imgur.com/QdoCJag.png http://i.imgur.com/BTbRxr6.png http://i.imgur.com/YXZJwS2.png or http://i.imgur.com/Va5CZ1q.png Here are some things made using it. http://i.imgur.com/Ruk6aNj.png http://i.imgur.com/W3OZO7j.png http://i.imgur.com/CIQZdUP.png http://i.imgur.com/Q55mgdy.png http://i.imgur.com/1EKgQLf.png http://i.imgur.com/j4ctIGi.png ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are some more instructions on how I got the text mask image... hope it helps. 1. http://i.imgur.com/oSd7CI8.png 2. Create a new layer and write some text or use an object or shape. http://i.imgur.com/NugREDy.png 3. Add some shading to the text, either use my 'Object Edge' plugin http://i.imgur.com/nXcHDdZ.png ... or use TR's Contour Filler. http://i.imgur.com/FqrwOlA.png 4.Now Copy the whole text layer. Turn off the text layer's visibility and make sure you are on the bottom (coloured) layer. Run the Clip Displace plugin. http://i.imgur.com/oRrhP6A.png http://i.imgur.com/SdyJG45.png http://i.imgur.com/Ab1StIY.png 13 Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 This is not a new idea, ... But the new realization. Very interestingly and fascinatingly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Oh, a new toy to play with whenever I feel like procrastinating on other matters! I will it try it out later this week but in the meantime many thanks for the 3.5.11 version, Red! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Thanks Red, this is hot. I smudged the letters a little bit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Thank you Remake! Thanks Max - my Vista computer (with VS 2010) is still working, so compiling against 3.5NET wasn't too painful. (IOU 1)Cool (and hot) Image Eli! - many thanks for posting it. Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoRobbo Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Perfect!!! Almost no tweaking what so ever. Great job Red! https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ays3yvwlak6n03/CouchSettings.PNG?raw=1 And i deleted the white around the couch and increased the contrast before copying to clipboard. (Why do I keep calling it a couch?) 3 Quote Go out there and be amazing. Have Fun, TRSome Pretty Pictures Some Cool Plugins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Good work on the chair TR! (thanks for posting the image and the settings). Your rotate/zoom method for the chair is more technically accurate but that image should give the user a good idea of what the recovered chair would look like.(Spent all my reps for today so awaiting 'bank of Pdn' quantative easing! , IOU +1) Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Thanks a lot @Red ...... very clever indeed . 4 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 October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Clever shadows Pixey - thanks for posting the image! Dinosaurs in Florida! Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Red ochre! I Tried, but didn't get out. Thank you so much for the plugin and your effort. 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...
nitenurse79 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Hi Red. Just tried to follow the screenshot (taxt mask) Can you explain how you made the text coloured ? I coppied the text layer (lower layer) to the clipboard (as shown) unticked the middle layer (the colour) and then ran clip displace on the upper text layer and got nothing. Also if trying to distort an image with something on the clipboard, the shading method slider has no effect, neither does the Opacity to use slider. I'm pretty sure I am getting more stupid as I get older, but, this plugin has me lost completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) Hello nitenurse79, I also followed the steps and the settings and all I got was black text. I think REd meant to show that the ticked "Current layer" was the same as the unticked layer "Currrent layer" before the effect was applied. Also if you run TR's Contour Filler on the text before copying it to the clipboard you get a pretty good color effect. Edited October 13, 2015 by Eli 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitenurse79 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Hi Eli - I have tried that, but the lower layer is the one coppied to the clipboard, not the middle one, I will have to try again another time, thanks all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashwilko Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Also if trying to distort an image with something on the clipboard, the shading method slider has no effect, neither does the Opacity to use slider. I'm pretty sure I am getting more stupid as I get older, but, this plugin has me lost completely. Don't be too hard on yourself, I can't get it to play either, no matter what slider I move, I get nothing apart from warped black text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 My fault nitenurse - I should have used 2 screenshots - will try to recreate and post more screenshots.Eli got what I was trying to show.Sorry Sasha and Seerose. Try the flag example. Download the flag and the grey texture and have them as two layers in Paint.net.Copy the grey layer then move to the flag layer and run the effect.I'm not very good at tutorials I'm afraid. Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceana Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Looks complicated at times, but I did create a bit of abstract art with it. Good fun, thanks Redochre 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Thanks for posting the image Oceana. (+1 'in the post'). I've added more instructions on how to use as a mask at the top but will put them here too. 1. http://i.imgur.com/oSd7CI8.png 2. Create a new layer and write some text or use an object or shape. http://i.imgur.com/NugREDy.png 3. Add some shading to the text, either use my 'Object Edge' plugin http://i.imgur.com/nXcHDdZ.png ... or use TR's Contour Filler. http://i.imgur.com/FqrwOlA.png 4.Now Copy the whole text layer. Turn off the text layer's visibility and make sure you are on the bottom (coloured) layer. Run the Clip Displace plugin. http://i.imgur.com/oRrhP6A.png http://i.imgur.com/SdyJG45.png http://i.imgur.com/Ab1StIY.png Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Great plugin, very useful. Thanks! I made a wavy flag from the old Mother Land....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Glad you're finding it useful Racerx - thanks for posting the image! Portugal? (I'm useless at identifying flags even with the help of the internet ) Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Yes, Portugal. I was born there and we moved to the USA when I was 5 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) One more example. Jigsaw Puzzle + TR's Contour Filler + Gradients Galore + ClipDisplace + Bevel Object + Trail... + Rotate Zoom... + Dryad... Edited October 14, 2015 by Eli 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Surreal image Eli... I like it!Many thanks for posting it. Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitenurse79 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Thanks for adding the additional screenshots Red. I created my own texture to use because for some reason, the non moveable gradients galore (post #17 Picture #1 example) is not in your plugin pack. Anyway, here is one, thank you again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Success! Glad the screenshots helped. Cool result too, thanks for posting it. (IOU +1) Regarding Gradients Galore: the newest version (as in the screenshots) is not in my pack (yet) - sorry. It is in the Gradients Galore thread here http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/24769-gradients-galore-major-update-1772015/ And it's still move-able. Sorry for the confusion. Will try to update my pack when I get time. Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 A very interesting plugin, but I think it would be even better if it had a supersampling antialias option. Nitenurse's example would look ever so much better, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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