Maximilian

Thank you very much for introducing us to the Dragan effect, ReMake ? And also thanks for the coding lesson in the CodeLab thread. Here's a little first testing I've made:

Thank you very much for the updated code and elaborated explanations, MJW. I compiled without any problem and made a little first test:

Thank you once again, MJW. I'm glad you're so good at coding and recoding

The latest images would fit well into a kaleidoscope

I saw this thread the other day and got carried away doing a few tests with TR's Cloud Control (a bit slow on my PC but that's because the poor machine is so miserably old ) and TR's Third Dimension, plus a few clouds here and there painted with CustomBrushesMini with a soft brush. I've used the clouds plugin mentioned above, but mostly when I need skies with separated clouds in a scene viewed from the ground. I've used TR's Third Dimension to create overcast skies with chunks of clouds viewed from above, like from an aircraft for example, in which case I set the Squash and Stretch slider to around 100 or higher, and the map I use is basically an image containing one render of the clouds effect at default values (the built-in clouds effect I mean). TR's Cloud Control renders somewhat fragmented clouds depending on the settings used, but the good thing about it is that you can apply it to irregular selections, which is great for rendering mushroom clouds like in the first picture below (tweaking the colors appropriately can make it resemble a nuclear explosion or any kind of explosion that produces a mushroom cloud). Whatever effect we use, it's also necessary to play around with colors, shades, blending modes, and layer opacities until getting something decent. I'm aware the images that follow need more tweaking, but I think they don't look bad as a starting point for artworks done completely in PdN (the aircraft are also my creations, please excuse their imperfections ). Please, click on thumbnails for larger views:

Always improving, Ishi! Nice job once more!

Excellent bottle, and the background doesn't lag behind either!

Yes, the version I have is the one under the main Effects menu, whose title reads as “Clouds”

Many congrats on your win, MJW All entries are very pleasant-to-look-at. And many thanks to Pixey for keeping up with the contest during Drew's leave ?

I use this plugin quite frequently and I've just noticed the download links are broken, so I'm creating this post in order to fix the problem should anyone else need it. Here's the zipped DLL: <removed>

Thanks again, MJW. I think there's no other option but setting the weights to 1 for users of the old PdN, since 1.8 seems to be the only old version of CodeLab that can still be found and it does have said bug. But it's a small issue, all things considered. Edit: I've recompiled and reuploaded my compilation of this plugin so that the default values for users of PdN 3.5.11 are also the original default values in the source code, thanks to the fact that MJW kindly provided me with a better version of CodeLab for my old PC (and also thanks to my discovering how to set ranges for sliders in my old system ). Thanks once more, MJW! Black and White+ for PdN 3.5.11.zip

An amazingly realistic kitty ??

Many thanks for this, MJW! I can always make use of a b/w converter. I've compiled a version for PdN 3.5.11 and I'm aware that CodeLab 1.8 has an issue setting default values with decimal points, but I'm dropping this comment here in case I'm missing something and someone has a workaround that would allow me to set the default weights to values other than 1 (I chose 1 because setting the weights to 0 would render an all black image... surely I'm saying the too obvious). Also, is there any icon I could use?

Very nice, but this is a Paint.NET forum and not a Photoshop forum. Besides, there's a lot that can be achieved nowadays thanks to Midora's versatile plugin which was mentioned a couple posts above. It's just a matter of reading the accompanying ReadMe file —which very few pay attention to— in order to learn the many effects that can be achieved. And there's also this very useful tutorial by Pixey explaining the basics of its use.

Out of this world and above and beyond!

A jaw-dropping poppy indeed!

Commendably realistic!

I would say it's more like a water lily

That's so very pretty, Seerose! I especially like the first mosaic!

Disney cartoons, such an epoch-making milestone in the history of TV

Congrats to all participants and congrats to toe_head for coming up with a great idea for a competition. I couldn't take part this time around, but I managed to cast my votes

The woodsy trade is indeed your trade ? ?

Thank you for your support, MJW ?

Deepest condolences on your loss, dear lynxster, and congrats on the new baby