AndrewDavid

@Rick Brewster This error just appeared today. Its not a problem with your solution - Its a problem with my Visual Studio.

I don't believe it. Now it works. After trying for hours to figure it out. I think the issue is what I had attached as a help file (RTF)

It renders in preview just fine.

I think he saved it like that - i layer only

@Pixey right click - save as - see the .gif extension?

@Welsh Yellow Cheddar This might be what you are looking for, Set Line spacing to ,20 with a 36 px size font. Hope this helps

@Welsh Yellow Cheddar Have alook at this one. Its old, but still works.

@Rick Brewster Iris BlurTest image - 5837 X 7098 - played with controls to have time to look at task manager. Clearly CPU in use. Performed the same with GPU Hue rotate to see what GPU Usage should look like.

@Rick Brewster My issue with your source code has been resolved. I plan to remove all traces of my copy on GitHub But I want to keep this open- https://github.com/AndrewDavid007/AndrewDavidsPlugins/discussions

Can I suggest breaking up the Effect Type Category into four separate fields : Thanks in advance.

In the past both the app and the plugins did not have access to the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) The CPU handles all the tasks required for all software on your computer to run correctly. A GPU, on the other hand, supports the CPU to perform concurrent calculations. A GPU can complete simple and repetitive tasks much faster because it can break the task down into smaller components and finish them in parallel. A graphics card (also called a video card, display card, graphics adapter, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, display adapter, or colloquially GPU) is a computer expansion card that generates a feed of graphics output to a display device such as a monitor. With the introduction of a few new base structures and the updated software environment we are in, Paint.Net is now running with better and faster performance. I understand exactly what you are saying. Unless you are building your own plugins as a user you should see no difference other than faster and better performance. @Rick Brewster You didn't let me finish. Hope this helps @John Peter

@Bandit12345 Thanks for the reply. Norton? I haven't seen his name on my computer for some 30 years. Since having a new computer (5) years old now - I have never used anything other than the Defender built in protection of Win10. I live alone so I have no worries about children playing with my passwords.

@BoltBait and your unfinished ones. Drawing Text in a GPU Drawing Plugin. Followed your directions but it generates an error. I am trying to use the API references to figure it out without asking you. I know the API's do not provide examples, but I should be able to find the reference needed to correct this. AM I close? https://paintdotnet.github.io/apidocs/api/PaintDotNet.DirectWrite.DirectWriteFactory.CreateRef.html

@ReMake the script @BoltBait provides does not allow color change, size width or position. (Baby Steps) That is why I want to use yours. I tried on my own to figure it how to add the controls myself - now I have the answer but feel guilty using your script without your approval. Think of the code your script contains that his does not. That would be the next step in a tutorial - but I don't think he wants to go that far. That's the code I am referring to.

Request @ReMake Now that I see it working - I would like to include it in my next Plugin Template release. The one I just posted is only the UI. No working script. If approved I can go on to a Chapter 2 of my plugin template. Request @Rick Brewster Can you approve the use of your source code that resides in my Repository to create templates of 2 specific type of plugins to identify the different types of effects. Yours is the only code I have seen that does not generate that WindowsBase error in VS2022. I think 4 templates would be a great asset for anyone coding in VS2022. I think I can do Classic on my own. I did publish one, and I just remembered how I did it. Quick while everything is in sync. I know how fast things change.

@ReMake I plan on following you as much as I can understanding the new GPU benefits. When I paste your code into my Codelab - I receive this error What am I not doing?

I just discovered those two files were in a separate directory. If after running Plugin browser and then going into Codelab is the bug, then OK. I have never had a problem with the plugin browser itself. Maybe I don't use it enough to cause a crash but I do use it to ensure builds reflect the proper information.

@BoltBait I don't think this was intentional. Nor this If I had received a notification when you posted it - You would have had this sooner. The issue was caused when I ran Codelab a second time. Hope this helps

That whole screen is now active. It makes a difference.

@Rick Brewster No choice - it is now public.

This thread is still active and I wonder why you couldn't find it?

Congrats @AnneYusual You learn quick. You even learned the coding for tabs. Thank you for the source code as well. Another plugin that was just released included the source code as well. I hope you are starting a trend. I played with it a bit, but when I try to change the color my pattern changes. Is this intended behavior? (The story continues.....)

@Ego Eram Reputo I wish all the authors would post their source code. Thanks for the lesson. Will the real RMG please stand up?