Ishi

September 5, 2015

This is an amazing plugin. Really a must have. Thanks TR.

Any chance that you and Rick could perhaps incorporate this into the main PDN user interface via the floating "Tools" menu? That would be great...

September 5, 2015

Well I have Bolbait's Shape pack on my "Shapes" folder which I now renamed to "Shapesx" to which PDN 4.06 launched but crashed again for the first time I opened it today since I turned on my computer. I clicked on the icon again, PDN opened and upon checking my custom shapes menu, the custom shapes are gone because of renaming the "Shapes" folder. I have tried the Shape Maker plugin, it still there but I haven't saved any custom .xaml files with it. Maybe its this plugin that's causing me the issue? Only the folder of "BoltBaits Shape Pack" is inside my Shapes directory.

PDN would likely stay as an idle process and terminate itself upon launching which I mentioned HERE or crash in the way with that little dialog box where I was able to get that crash log. I had to click on its icon the second time for it to open successfully. But now, it launched on my first attempt then it froze and crashed but without the little dialog box and it didn't generate a new crash log. I'll keep opening PDN 4.06 on my next login sessions and see if the idle mode or the crashing bugs should persist. Maybe I should take off the shape maker plugin for a while perhaps?

September 4, 2015

I'm also having another crash issue, usually when I open Paint.NET 4.06.

This text file was created because paint.net crashed. Please e-mail this to crashlog4@getpaint.net so we can diagnose and fix the problem.

Application version: paint.net 4.0.6 (Final 4.6.5693.28)
Time of crash: 9/4/2015 10:22:01 PM
Application uptime: 00:00:13.7060766
Application state: Starting 
Working set: 41,432 KiB
Threads: 21
Install directory: C:\Program Files\paint.net
Current directory: C:\Program Files\paint.net
OS Version: 6.3.9600.0 Workstation x86
.NET version: CLR 4.0.30319.34003 x86, FX 4.0 4.5
Processor: 4x "Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N2600   @ 1.60GHz" @ ~1596MHz (DEP, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3)
Physical memory: 2035 MB
Video card: Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 3600 Series (v:8086, d:BE1, r:9), Microsoft Basic Render Driver (v:1414, d:8C, r:0)
Hardware acceleration: True (default: True)
UI animations: False
UI DPI: 96.00 dpi (1.00x scale)
UI theme: Aero/Aero + DWM (Aero.msstyles)
Updates: True, 9/1/2015
Locale: pdnr.c: en-US, hklm: en-US, hkcu: en-US, cc: fil-PH, cuic: en-US
Flags: 

Exception details:
System.Threading.SynchronizationLockException: Object synchronization method was called from an unsynchronized block of code.
   at PaintDotNet.Shapes.AddIns.CustomXamlShapesFactory.GetShapeIDToShapeValueFactoryMap() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Shapes\AddIns\CustomXamlShapesFactory.cs:line 74
   at PaintDotNet.Shapes.AddIns.CustomXamlShapesFactory.GetShapeIDs() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Shapes\AddIns\CustomXamlShapesFactory.cs:line 108
   at PaintDotNet.Shapes.ShapeManager.<GetShapeInfos>d__7.MoveNext() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Shapes\ShapeManager.cs:line 68
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereEnumerableIterator`1.MoveNext()
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.<ExceptIterator>d__99`1.MoveNext()
   at System.Linq.Buffer`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 source)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToArray[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
   at PaintDotNet.Collections.EnumerableExtensions.ToArrayEx[T](IEnumerable`1 items) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\Base\Collections\EnumerableExtensions.cs:line 40
   at PaintDotNet.Settings.StaticListChoiceSetting`1.<InvalidateValueChoices>b__0() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Settings\StaticListChoiceSetting`1.cs:line 50
   at System.Lazy`1.CreateValue()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Lazy`1.get_Value()
   at PaintDotNet.Settings.StaticListChoiceSetting`1.OnValidateValueT(T potentialValue) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Settings\StaticListChoiceSetting`1.cs:line 56
   at PaintDotNet.Settings.Setting`1.OnValidateValue(Object potentialValue) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Settings\Setting`1.cs:line 71
   at PaintDotNet.Settings.Setting.IsValidValue(Object potentialValue) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Settings\Setting.cs:line 376
   at PaintDotNet.Settings.Setting.get_Value() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Settings\Setting.cs:line 300
   at PaintDotNet.Settings.Setting.SuspendValueChangedEvent() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Settings\Setting.cs:line 89
   at PaintDotNet.Controls.ToolConfigStrip.LoadFromSettings(ToolsSection toolSettingsSource) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Controls\ToolConfigStrip.cs:line 588
   at PaintDotNet.Controls.AppWorkspace.LoadSettings() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Controls\AppWorkspace.cs:line 1593
   at PaintDotNet.Controls.AppWorkspace..ctor() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Controls\AppWorkspace.cs:line 1328
   at PaintDotNet.Dialogs.MainForm.InitializeComponent() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Dialogs\MainForm.cs:line 652
   at PaintDotNet.Dialogs.MainForm..ctor(String[] args) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Dialogs\MainForm.cs:line 359
   at PaintDotNet.Startup.StartPart2(String mutexName, String[] remainingArgs) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Startup.cs:line 728
   at PaintDotNet.Startup.Start() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Startup.cs:line 480
   at PaintDotNet.Startup.Main(String[] args) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Startup.cs:line 967

Managed assemblies: 
    mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 @ C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\mscorlib.dll
    PaintDotNet, Version=4.6.5693.28, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\paint.net\PaintDotNet.exe
    PaintDotNet.Core, Version=4.6.5693.28, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\paint.net\PaintDotNet.Core.dll
    PaintDotNet.Base, Version=4.6.5693.28, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\paint.net\PaintDotNet.Base.dll
    System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 @ C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.dll
    System.Drawing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a @ C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Drawing\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Drawing.dll
    PresentationFramework, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 @ C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFramework\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationFramework.dll
    WindowsBase, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 @ C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\WindowsBase\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\WindowsBase.dll
    PresentationCore, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 @ C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_32\PresentationCore\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationCore.dll
    System.Core, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 @ C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Core\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Core.dll
    System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 @ C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Windows.Forms\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Windows.Forms.dll
    PaintDotNet.SystemLayer, Version=4.6.5693.28, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\paint.net\PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.dll
    PaintDotNet.Framework, Version=4.6.5693.28, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\paint.net\PaintDotNet.Framework.dll
    PaintDotNet.Resources, Version=4.6.5693.28, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\paint.net\PaintDotNet.Resources.dll
    PaintDotNet.Data, Version=4.6.5693.28, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\paint.net\PaintDotNet.Data.dll
    PaintDotNet.Effects, Version=4.6.5693.28, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\paint.net\PaintDotNet.Effects.dll
    PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.Native.x86, Version=4.6.5693.28, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\paint.net\PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.Native.x86.dll
    System.Xaml, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 @ C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xaml\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xaml.dll
    System.Xml, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 @ C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.dll

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    C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\MSCOREE.DLL, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\system32\ADVAPI32.dll, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\system32\msvcrt.dll, version=7.0.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sechost.dll, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\mscoreei.dll, version=4.0.30319.33440 built by: FX45W81RTMREL
    C:\Windows\system32\SHLWAPI.dll, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\combase.dll, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\system32\USER32.dll, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\system32\GDI32.dll, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\system32\IMM32.DLL, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\system32\MSCTF.dll, version=6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\clr.dll, version=4.0.30319.34003 built by: FX45W81RTMGDR
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August 26, 2015

Doughty's sunshine banner gets my vote. Its simple but looks so sunshine fresh but I would have preferred stronger colors though. A slightly darker blue would have complimented the sunshine glare better. Did you use brush strokes to decorate those fringes on the font?

It makes me think of those sunny days when you could go out, hang the laundry and maybe grab yourself a lemonade as you wore sunglasses to tan yourself outside. Also an ideal time to fly kites or maybe play ball and frisbees at the beach.

August 25, 2015

I just tried opening PDN 4.06 now after I just started my computer. Again, neither its window nor its Taskbar icon appeared.

Had a quick check with the running processes using Task Manager. The paint.net.exe was there but it terminated by itself suddenly before I could open Process Explorer to get a more in-depth view of its status.

I think its an anomaly.

August 24, 2015

I'll keep track on this apparent PDN anomaly.

I have used Process Explorer before and I have it with me.

On more than one occasion, after opening my computer and launching PDN from my Classic Shell Start Menu with one click, the blue loading circle appears beside the cursor but PDN did not appear and there was no sign of it from my running processes. If I click it the second time, PDN would appear and run normally as expected. Kinda strange. I don't recall it with 4.05 as I never moved that icon from in there after a few version upgrades now.

August 23, 2015

Thanks Barbieq.

Yeah, I too feel the droplets were a little under-imposed on the picture. Maybe I haven't quite perfected their opacity, shadow, highlight and midtone levels but I just played safe on that one, not wanting to put on so much opacity on my droplets. I applied a blue color filter/tint to the droplets layer so they were a bit blue. I intended them to be blurry, especially on their edges to make them more seem realistic. I wanted to distort the droplet shapes more next time.

I also had to rely heavily on my Curves+ to bring up blue and green, Levels to adjust shadows, highlights and midtones and Vibrance adjustments to achieve this bluish green color grading effect. I wanted it to appear as if it was taken early in the morning or late in the afternoon after some raining.

Thanks for the heads up..

August 23, 2015

I havent tried doing the Alt+tab application switching but since the paint.net window is not there and the icon does not appear on the Taskbar, I don't think it would do anything.

August 23, 2015

So as the title says, PDN 4.06 does not respond after launching it at random times.

The window does not appear and the icon does not appear on the Taskbar. The paint.net process is running as seen from the Task Manager but I have to shut it down and re-launch Paint.NET to get it working again. It happened twice on the last 4 or 5 times I launched Paint.NET 4.06. I'm using Windows 8.1 32 Bit and it seems like a noticeable issue. I have now waited for more than 5 minutes, now that I'm typing this post and still, the PDN window and Taskbar icon do not appear despite the paint.net process still running in the background.

I have also noticed the Merge button on the Layer window is at times not working, however the Merge button on the Layers menu would work.

These are problems with PDN 4.06 as I don't recall it happening on 4.05. I have included a screenshot.

August 23, 2015

Really nice and simple and suits the weather now for me that its the rainy days from here.

I'd see what I can do if I add more Gaussian blur, Liquify and Dents in it to make more realistic droplets. This is my first attempt though. Its my own photography. You have to scroll down to see the altered version. Its all done through PDN.

August 22, 2015

Well thanks Pixey.

Its the colors isn't it?

Yeah I put a great deal of love into my more recent works. When there the inspiration and the demand to do them is when I get hyped to come up with these ideas. Love isn't always a hippy thing. Its also a happiness thing that can drive someone do more than they could normally do.

Its an honor that I got the attention of you PDN pros at least.

I experimented with different styles too and hopefully, more before this year ends..

August 22, 2015

I have tried it. Still a challenge for me who's not into those technical things.

I think a Redo button would be helpful. A zoom function to zoom in and out of those grid squares would be nice. An eraser is necessary to erase certain curves and lines that have already been committed by the "apply edit" function.

August 21, 2015

I must admit there's a bit of a learning curve here. Its still somewhat technical but I'll give it a go now.

So as soon as you save the XAML file, the new shape appears on your options of usable shapes without having to restart Paint.NET? Impressive on that one.

August 20, 2015

Looks like a job for a special shape rendering plugin.

August 20, 2015

Hi

This one made me laugh, not because it's pink. Love the page curl with the minions hiding out.

Yeah, it was meant to be like that. The minions took the place of the rose that was there on my earlier design of that birthday card.

Its fun to make quirks here in there you see, especially if its something that'll grab your attention first.

August 19, 2015

Thanks barbieq25 and Seerose. Well it took a good hour or two to make them. I had to look for minion pictures online to have a reference but I don't trace them by any means. I had to come up with their postures too. It was meant for doodle so I left them uncolored.

For all them lovers of pink out there, here's my pink version of my birthday greeting card. The minions are there too at the bottom right corner. Like I said, it was meant for someone I knew that liked doodling. I'd spoiler this for a bit of surprise... Cheers...

August 16, 2015

Well thanks Red Ochre and Helen.

The good thing about these minions is that I could easily incorporate them on other artworks.

I have recently used them on my new modified pink version of my red second birthday greeting card which I sent to someone who had a little hobby with doodling. I thought the minions would add up nice to that.

August 15, 2015

Here's my latest addition. Minions are fun. They are 100% drawn at PDN. Too lazy to color 'em though. Its actually a transparent PNG. Have fun.

August 11, 2015

Modifying those values on the geometry syntax to come up with a new shape seems fun if you have time to spare.

August 11, 2015

I am needing to corner pin a shape to another shape. Is this function available in Paint?

In Paint.NET, if I'm understanding your meaning of corner pin, then yes. Its posible to corner pin a shape inside another shape. One shape on one layer and another shape on a second layer that you could use Layers>>Rotate Zoom to tweak the perspective of the shape.

August 9, 2015

I'm looking forward to trying these new shapes that can be added.

Its interesting what I can do with them with my Paint.NET drawings because I rely on shapes to make parts of drawings so they are symmetrical.

July 12, 2015

You basically find a stock photo of a beard and another stock photo of a head covering online via Google. Use this tutorial to erase the background of your beard and head cover stock photos, if not manually trace around them using an eraser:

Keep your beard and head covering photos open on Paint.NET, Ctrl+A on them then CTRL+C to copy.

Now open the picture of the person whom you like to put the beard and head covering, create a new layer and CTRL+V to paste your beard and head covering photos individually. Resize them using the resizing handles and drag them to position. Merge layers and Save.

July 12, 2015

Those were trippy.

Based from those examples, I can imagine some sort of plugin that makes certain objects from the image to pop out from the rest like a relief then apply some Psychocolor or some other multi-colored filter. It would be interesting but different images need different treatment.

June 18, 2015

Shadows also help if the background behind the lightly-colored text is also too bright. I enjoy adjusting the blur radius too.

I also devised a way of applying shadowy halves on objects themselves and that is through the use of a gradient.

June 16, 2015

Driver support, slow connection and program compatibility are holding me back from the upgrade. I wish that its possible to do a clean install of Windows 10 using an ISO burned to a disk or flashdrive but using a Windows 7 license key for example. The "upgrade" install is prone to issues as its like putting fresh cake on an otherwise unwashed plate.

For older programs that I try to run on Windows 8.1 (such as a game 14 years old), I had to use the "Compatibility settings" on Windows for that individual program by right-clicking the program's .exe file, then Properties>>Compatibility. I would, for instance try to run it as compatibility for Windows 98 or Windows 2000 because those were the OSs that programs made around 2001 were suited for. Whether or not this solves incompatibility issues is uncertain and not many people even know about this option let alone try to discover it.

But perhaps the future PDN v.4.06 and above would be adjusted for Windows 10. PDN v.4.05 is what I use and so far there is this bug that won't let me render a gradient or the brush wouldn't do anything at random that I have to save my work, close and restart PDN. The v.3.5.10 was the most stable version I remember using.

Anyone who has had a decent experience upgrading to a new OS knows there'd be problems or even headaches waiting along the way. Hope it goes well for us PDN users.

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