ScrapbookWithPDN

The software opens and functions so fast, like never before. WOW! It's Turbo Paint.Net

Very cool plugin, as usual!

Hmmmm...One would think I would have already known that. Maybe it's because I spent a few months with another software? Maybe I'm becoming demented. I just didn't recall one layer size adjustment effecting the rest of them...or maybe I've always known that but forgot it. Cogito, ergo sum....Kinda Thank you.

Hi. Ok, so, I'm working in 300dpi. Almost all of my images in each layer are 8"x10" but a couple of layers are of smaller images, still in 300 dpi. I have 17 layers. The second layer from the bottom, I repeatedly try to crop ONLY that layer. It's the only layer selected, the only layer even having been checked on the layer boxes. Once I go to crop that image in the second layer every layer gets cropped. I don't get an error message. I'm good with RAM and such. I don't have any other images opened outside of that layer of images. Before trying to crop that particular layer only, if it helps, I merged 4 images to create the one I'm trying to crop. I also have no other programs running in background. I deleted half of the images. Still no luck. I've closed and restarted PDN, no luck. I'm going to restart my computer and see if that did anything, for what it's worth. OK, it seems to be happening after I have merged layers and/or cropping more than half of the image. I've narrowed it down to those two events. If I try to crop over half of the image, that's where it acts abnormal and forces all layers to crop off the same amount being discarded.

Ok, I have read all of the pages for this plugin. I'm not a software writer, so, if the stuff that was written on the first page was something to do with what I'm going to ask about, and all that code writing that went with it, that part lost me. However, this is a very cool plugin and at the bottom of it, one has an option to "LOAD" what looks like an .xml file. Can we convert our created .xaml shape files to .xml to load more cool shapes into it? Can it be rewritten for the menu to load .xaml files from the shapes folder? How do we get more .xml files to load to it for adding more design patterns like the Christmas tree he added?

LOL... I'll revisit yours...and, it's ok to toot your own horn at times. Also, I found an old post about how to deal with downloads that are only a series of numbers, to name it and add the .zip file extension on the end while saving it as a download.

and I would like to take the time to thank jxp for making that plugin. I know it was made a number of years ago, but it's the point....There's a group of people who would find it very useful.

Hi, Toe. I hope you're doing well. Ya, hey, I'm not high maintenance with most things. I was super blown away by how incredibly FAST Paint.Net opens and is ready to go, so, to have to close it and reopen it for said purpose is not even a big deal. It's probably the same split seconds to have to go from one image to the next within PDN, anyway.

OH, WOW!! Now that I read how to deal with a download effects plugin that is nothing but a series of numbers and no file extension, I applied it to the seemingly dead/incompatible plugin "Palette from Image". I just named the download "Palette from Image" and added a .zip to it when saving the download. It says it isn't compatible with various 4. versions of PDN, but I just used it. It works GREAT!!! It didn't crash my PDN window or anything. I was afraid to touch it while it did its thing so I didn't change where the completed color palette goes. To use it each time, however, you have to close PDN and reopen it for each color palette created. Heck, with how fast Paint.Net opens now, it's not even a big deal. So, it allows you to name your color palette. It just sends the new text file to "Documents". You can't change that. At least I tried and couldn't. I simply placed the new text file color palette where it goes in the PDN palette folder and it works great. Just like old times!!! It takes SECONDS to create a full 96 beautiful color palette from a particular image now. You just can't use it more than once without closing and opening Paint.Net each time. I'm grateful!

So, is this a dead plugin? I only ask because, like "Palette from Image" plugin, which is dead, when I went to check it out and clicked on it, there's no file extension, just a series of numbers. If it's just a serious of numbers for a download, does that mean don't bother with it? Thanks.

So, I'm using 300 dpi everything, if that helps. This is the first time I've seen this happen, but, I'm using the "Fill" plugin and it only remembers the previous 300 dpi 12x12 image I used in "Fill from File". If I close PDN, entirely, and re-open it, that seems to help, but then I have to go through the same process to use a different image to use as a "Fill from File". PDN refuses to use the new or second image, or any other image I try to use. I'm on Win 10 Home, 64 bits, 12 gigs of RAM, a pretty decent processor. I don't get any kind of error code. It just forever stays on the first image I used as a Fill from File, unless I close the entire program. Weird! Never happened before. PS, I don't think I've used the Fill plugin since the last few updates, if that helps.

Oh, that's so funny! To re-read it, looking for grammar errors, I'm using both spellings of color/colour. Usually, I stick with one of them. Wow! Too much flying! LOL!

For others who would like a specific "Image to Palette" type of function. I did find one online that generates 10 maximum colors, https://palettegenerator.com/ but that's better than only 4 and 5 colors most online generators produce, and it's an exact match to colors you want to use. Once you get the colors from an image, it's a little time consuming, but you can then pull up a text colour palette file in the Paint.Net palette folder, delete the already given long list of hex colors, which will usually start with FF on the far left side, keep the FFs located to the far left side, don't delete them or your colors will be transparent, but copy and paste the new colors from the newly generated colours in place of the already given hex code. Delete any "#" symbols. Once you get the first 10, you can go to that color generator and move the image around to get close, yet different colors, within the entire image. Look for additional/different hex colours as you create them from the same image after each 10 colors have been generated. They will be in harmony with the distinct tones and blends you are wanting from your image since you are using the same image but just moving it around to get 10 additional colours each time. After 20 or 30, you'll have had enough of fiddling with it but you'll have a good assortment of colors from the source you liked the colors from. I'm referring to photos that have 4 to 6 color palettes showing next to the image it was taken from. The actual image will have additional colors, beyond the 4, 5, or 6 given, which will blend nicely with each other and stay within the range you want. The other option is to use TRs Color Reducer and keep sliding around the sliders to get the exact or close to the exact colors from the source image. At least it's much easier to save it to a color palette file using his plugin. Cool plugin for what it was made for. You get very close to the colors you were hoping when you keep moving around and tinkering with both of the sliders. You'll have to keep playing with both of the sliders until you get 96 colors, or less, to save the colors to a color palette. From there just keep playing with it slightly more to get as close to the color palette you were hoping for to save, because it gives various shades and tones of the colors, will reduce or remove some of the colors, or even produce thousands of colors, BUT, to save a palette you have to continue to move around BOTH of the sliders until the box below the colors read 96 or less. I didn't see a "reset" function to clear thousands of colors that appear by playing with the sliders, so to start again just close the plugin and re-open it. Once you spend some time playing around with it, you'll get a better feel of how to generate the palettes you decide to save. You'll save so much more time using this one and get close enough to what you wanted.

Hi, AndrewDavid. Thank you so much for that info. There are so many plugins, which is amazing, that I can't keep up with all of them. I didn't realize the one you suggested created palettes. It's not as simple as the one I was initially referencing, but it does create palettes. I really appreciate that. I'm still playing with it. Thank you both for your help. Very kind of you....and thanks to Techno and the other developers for always making so many things that keep making PDN the incredible software that it is. It's helped so many worldwide who wouldn't be able to obtain an image creating or editing software. Regardless of anything else, that's incredibly selfless. I'm not sure what blows my mind more; the powerful software that's free or for a small fee in the store, the people always at the forum, day and night 7/24 to help, or the blood, sweat, tears, and selflessness with giving of time many developers and code writers have contributed to PDN to make it what it is....or the vision Rick had many years ago and stayed with it. It's kind of like having a kid and watching it grow up through the years.

Hi, Pixey, that's very gracious and kind of you to mention the website. I still get emails from time to time from people who find PDN much easier to use and that they never imagined using PDN for digital scrapbook layout assembling or kit creation. So many in that world amazingly still have never even heard of PDN and have struggled trying to still figure out the other main two programs; Gimp and Photoshop. Why torture yourself, I say. I even got much better with Gimp but I just don't use it. PDN does about 96% of most functions, and faster, with less clicking. Plus, to start gimp and wait for it to load means I have time to go do a watercolor painting before it's ready to use. Ok, that's a stretch, but, it feels like it. They are powerful programs and wonderful, but so is Paint.Net. Actually, until just now, I hadn't used "Selective from Palette" and just tried it, then deleted it. Maybe it's because it's not compatible or maybe because I don't get it, after spending 15 minutes using the plugin. I did get colors that looked like it was from my image, when constantly clicking the button, but it gave me many additional ones, as well. I guess I could do that myself with an open note pad and the eye dropper touching different areas of my image, which I'm no stranger too, few times I've wanted to create my own custom palette from a nice image that had many complimentary colors themed nicely together. I don't really do it that often these days but I do get emails from those who are happy to be crossing over to PDN the more they learn about it and what it can do. They love how it is surprisingly powerful and far less complicated. I do know my website has been educational and that people have taken the time to tell me thank you for creating it because they had no idea, which I'm not surprised, and why I created the website. I couldn't find any mention of it for the digital scrapbooking community a number of years ago when I looked and looked. I'm also not that into it like I was but it's still alive and well in many circles. I get humbled just knowing people visit that website, period, and when they take the time to drop an email to say "thank you", that is even more humbling. Thank you, again, for the information and assistance. It was appreciated.

I often used that old plugin "Palette from Image" (I'm pretty sure that was the one). It created a very cool full palette from any image used, then would crash PDN. However, it was able to still save the palette. I honestly didn't care that it crashed the whole program after the creation of each palette file because it was a valuable tool for creating themed digital kits and getting a large variety of colors from a single image that had a nice assortment of unique colors in it. It was beyond handy. Now, to go online, one can usually get a palette created in 4 to 6 colors, basically, but nothing anywhere near what "Palette from Image" would do so quickly. Was there ever a replacement plugin created to take it's place and I still have not found it? I was willing to reinstall an older version of Paint.Net just to use the old plugin to create palettes, even if it did cause the program to crash after each palette. I have noticed the plugin was "patched" (stopped from being used?). Maybe it was for security reasons or it was too hinky and problematic? I don't know, but, there's no more .dll file to use even with an older version of PDN. Just a file with a lot of numbers and no file extension. Maybe something like that is too difficult to combine with the way PDN is written and functions? So, I was just wondering. Thank you to anyone who has any help or input. Also, with this updated version of PDN, I wanted to say THANK YOU!! PDN, for me, on any computer I've used it on, has neveropened up SO RAPIDLY and ready to go until this version, and with many plugins. It's like lightening speed and, OH MY GOSH!! WOW!! If there is not any more "Palette from Image" plugin, would it be too hard to make a new one that works with the 4+ versions of PDN, for anyone who has the time or interest? Thank you. I hope everyone has a safe and peaceful holiday season.

Really nice of you to do, Lynxster4. Very nice of you. I'm sure it will be helpful to many.

These are fantastic and beautiful. I'm also a watercolor/acrylic artist and I'm going to use some of these in various ways. Thank you for taking the time to make them.

Hi, Xephyr! Sounds like you've done really well on an older, outdated version of PDN, which, as we know, still will do many amazing things. It also sounds like you're pretty creative and talented to be using PDN with not many plugins, figuring out how to do a range of things. Why not share some of that when you have the time. That, in itself, sounds pretty cool! Go to the "Plugins" link of the forum: https://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/forum/7-plugins-publishing-only/ Enjoy getting lost in there. Seeing what you've been missing out on. Another link on the forum would be for the newer version of PDN, to use a plugin called ShapeMaker. Some shapes users have made with ShapeMaker are shared at this link of the forum: https://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/forum/48-shapes/ I hope you continue to find more amazing things to do with PDN. It's a pretty cool software.

Hi, Pixey. Great to see you, too. Congrats on the grand baby...I think that was not an old post. I feel silly. I didn't catch the folder option at top left....duh. Thank you. So, we can potentially create our own custom ppl, dogs, objects? What's the language or whatever to learn how to do that? Is there a link for that info? If we can conquer ShapeMaker, I'm thinking "Stick Being" might be something to explore... Thanks.

That was so incredibly nice of you. Thank you so much! Do I just put the new guy into the effects folder? Drag him onto the little stick man plugin window?...Should I talk to him about this?

Thank you. This might come in handy for a number of instructors and trainers....PS, and a slider to opt to make the little guy's head smaller? I really love this plugin! It's awesome for some things I do....(You guy's spoil us with your plugins and such!)

Do you think stick man can be remade...or Stick Man II with maybe 2 or 3 fingers on each hand and adding simple feet, too? To use them in an easily created diagram for yoga and tai chi poses, as well as other work out routines/poses, but with these it helps to show if one or both hands are pointing up, straight, down, etc...same with a simple foot (toes forward, down, up, etc...like this https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8361/8378503351_dc7da59a9c_z.jpg ). Just a thought. That's a great little plugin. Thanks for making it.

THIS IS GREAT!!! VERY USEFUL! THANK YOU!