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Version 1.4b now bundles the required DLL. Installation instructions remain the same - copy the PolyGlitch.Effects.dll file into the Effects directory, and copy the CodeArtEng.DspToolbox.dll file from the DspToolbox directory to the main Paint.NET directory.

Yes, this will probably only work for PDN 4.x+, because that's all I test it on. Windows XP is 13 years old, long deprecated, and I don't plan to support it. I chose not to bundle the DLL for copyright and licensing reasons, but having looked a little closer it appears that they're operating under MIT license or a similar derivative. I'll re-upload a new version that includes the DLL. That being said, I'd highly suggest installing 7-zip so that you never have to worry about what format an archive is in ever again - it's free, open source, and it'll do zip, rar, tar, gzip, bzip, bzip2, iso, dmg, cab, sfx, and almost anything else you can think of.

PolyGlitch v1.4 released. Make sure to check out the notices at the top, as there's now a 3rd party dependency that you'll need to download.

I completely forgot about this thread. I've now at least doubled the number of effects in the plugin! Gimme a while to tidy them up a bit and re-do the documentation, and I'll do an update.

Released v1.2, which adds the Quadratic Looper and Row Shift effects.

Hmm, very odd. I definitely attached it. Let's try again!

This plugin provides a collection of effects designed for glitch art. They're a bit hacky, but then that's what glitch art is all about Latest Version: 1.4b IMPORTANT: As of version 1.4, you will now need to download the CodeArtEng.DspToolbox.dll file (DSP Toolbox, not DSP Lab) and place it in the main Paint.NET directory. PolyGlitch will not work without it, as some of the effects now use various DSP functionality. This DLL is now provided as of version 1.4b, and can be found in the DspToolbox directory of the ZIP archive. IMPORTANT: As of version 1.3, the file name has changed from PolyGlitch.dll to PolyGlitch.Effects.dll - you will need to delete the old file and copy the new one in. The name change is due to a re-architecture of the project namespaces, in line with future features relating to custom file types. MODERATOR NOTE: 5/5/22 Please open the DspToolbox file and add the CodeArtEng.DspToolbox.dll into paint.net's Effect Folder. PolyGlitch-v1.4b-1.zip Changelog: v1.4b Now bundling the required CodeArtEng.DspToolbox.dll file with the plugin. This library is copyright © 2011 CodeArtEng (Code Art Engineering) and distributed under MIT license. v1.4 Added RGB888 to Y'UV444 translations. Added Literal Sort effect. Added Low Pass effect. Added Lumisort effect. Added QAM Fault effect. Added Sigmoid Shifter effect. Added Spiral Transform effect. Added Step Slice effect. Added True Glitch effect. v1.3 Various maintenance. Re-organised namespaces. Optimised existing effects. v1.2 Added Quadratic Looper effect. Added Row Shifter effect. v1.1 Added Codebook effect. Added Quad Flip effect. Added Render Raw File. I'll demonstrate each filter with the following source image: http://i.imgur.com/RBDJfYs.jpg 3Displace R/G/B channel displacement using source pixel intensity as an offset multiplier. Good for generating 3D-like effects that look a bit nicer than linear displacement. http://i.imgur.com/E3XgdKT.jpg Codebook Encrypts the image using AES in Electronic Codebook (ECB) mode, creating a heavy glitch effect that works best with images that have large sections of block colour. http://i.imgur.com/zeNEYfj.jpg Convert RGB to YUV / YUV to RGB No demo image for this - converts between RGB888 and Y'UV444, mapping the channels respectively. Produces interesting effects when affecting only the Y channel, or only the UV channels. Cumulative Math Performs a cumulative mathematical operation (add / or / xor) on source pixels given a loop bound amount and step, with an option for horizontal or vertical. This can produce heavy glitch effects or ghost images. Xor effect: http://i.imgur.com/1kvXoyu.jpg Addition effect: http://i.imgur.com/5tl4m0Y.jpg Interlace Lines Simple horizontal interlace effect with optional independent R/G/B channels. http://i.imgur.com/b6eYpah.jpg Literal Sort Sorts an image's pixels horizontally by value, using Intensity, Hue, Saturation, Luminance, Red, Green, or Blue as the sort key. http://i.imgur.com/hKXBZzA.jpg Low Pass Transforms the image into a digital signal and performs a low-pass filter. Essentially a blur that targets detailed areas most heavily. http://i.imgur.com/r8tA7r2.jpg Lumisort Shifts pixels up to a certain distance, weighted by the luminance of the pixel. http://i.imgur.com/q58Rd2L.jpg Pixel Drag Picks pixels at random and drags them (either horizontally or vertically) based upon a minimum and maximum drag distance. http://i.imgur.com/UKdVXJ6.jpg QAM Fault Emulates a faulty Quadrature Amplitude Modulation system. Supersamples two selected channels of the image, applies a pair of 90-degree phase-shifted carrier waves of a specified frequency, combines the two channels, then performs a demodulation using specified carrier frequencies for each channel. By shifting the demodulation carrier frequencies, you can gain different failure modes. Right now this is a WIP and almost always produces very heavy glitches, but in future it will be significantly more powerful and precise. The ultimate goal is to build upon this to the point where you can fully transform an image into a broadcast TV frame signal with all sorts of tweakable parameters, apply a number of transmission filters (e.g. notch filter, noise, clipping, etc.) then demodulate it back into an image (emulating TV hardware functionality) with yet more tweakable parameters. http://i.imgur.com/0DycFMd.jpg Quad Flip Flips pixel quads to create a subtle blocking effect. The process is invertable, such that performing the operation twice produces the original image. This can produce interesting subtle results when applied with other effects. http://i.imgur.com/dIxSKUG.jpg Quadratic Looper Translates X,Y coordinates based upon a quadratic function with customisable coefficients. Produces repeating loop patterns with varying scales. http://i.imgur.com/2Afpb57.jpg Render Raw File Renders a raw file as an image, into the current layer, given a pixel format and byte offset. This is a work in progress - there is currently no file browser, so you just have to manually enter the file name, and errors are not displayed. However, it can create some really cool effects - this one is a random DLL file loaded in 64bpp A16R16G16B16 format on top of the source image: http://i.imgur.com/lDgNEN1.jpg Row Shifter Shifts each row sequentially by a chosen offset, creating a tearing effect. In combination with other effects, can be used to create analog tape pause effects. Low value: http://i.imgur.com/ZXbpweY.jpg High value: http://i.imgur.com/kuTaS1u.jpg Sigmoid Shifter Works similarly to the Row Shifter effect, except it uses a sigmoid function to calculate the row offsets, and supports both positive and negative skew. http://i.imgur.com/wriEK0y.jpg Spiral Transform Almost useless at the moment. Translates each pixel from being in right to left, top to bottom sequence, into a spiral pattern. The original idea was to also include an inverse transform, such that a blur or other cross-pixel effects would make weird patterns when applied in sequence (e.g. spiral, blur, un-spiral), but writing this gave me a headache and I haven't got round to building the inverse function. http://i.imgur.com/BRWQayk.jpg Step Slice A split hold-and-drag effect with customisable position, length, and position settings. http://i.imgur.com/OeBIQ6m.jpg True Glitch Compresses the image to a JPEG and fuzzes the data in a deterministic pattern to create the classic blocky broken-JPEG look. http://i.imgur.com/qne79H9.jpg Enjoy! :]