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This was made with Text Distortion plugin:

Hi Rick. Does PDN 4.2.16 "benefit" from this bug? If so, is there any chance of correcting and re-releasing this version?

If Repeat>1 the text disappears. I used another variable (txt) to make it work. (CodeLab v6.1) StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(text); for (int i = 2; i <= repeat; ++i) { sb.Append(text); } string txt = sb.ToString();

Installing this plugin is a bit more complex so I recommend the initial version posted on the forum. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/111908-imageintext/

Also, Text Mask plugin can do the job in a single step. Just use Mask radio button.

Outline Object works identically regardless of whether it is Boltbait or Pyrochild plugin. Behind the object we will have a clone of it with the color chosen for the outline. Both plugins are excellent if the object we want to outline has a color whose opacity has the maximum value = 255. If the opacity is different from this value it is advisable to use the Outline Selection plugin after we have previously selected the object. However, the author of the post refers to something else that we could not reproduce.

Thanks for sharing the code. I downloaded the source code of this plugin and opened it with VS 2022. Loading Designer for first time took 25 seconds! In previous versions of VS things were going faster.

This issue is for paint.net v4.2.16 Circular Text plugin does not load sometimes when we start paint.net. Name: Circular Text Type: CircularTextEffect.CircularTextEffectPlugin Version: 3.0.0.0 Author: Copyright ©2018 by xod Copyright: Render circular text Website: https://forums.getpaint.net/ System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Insert(TKey key, TValue value, Boolean add) at OptionControls.OptionContext.GetContext(String id, Assembly assembly, String dlcName) at OptionBased.Effects.OptionBasedEffect..ctor(Type type, Image image, EffectFlags flags) at CircularTextEffect.CircularTextEffectPlugin..ctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type) at PaintDotNet.Effects.EffectsCollection.TryGetEffectInfoFromType(Type effectType) in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\EffectsCollection.cs:line 297

You can use the Shapes plugin from the Render submenu. But first you need to choose the following: 1. Primary color 2. Paintbrush width 3. Selection: Fixed Size (with values as you need) • Make a selection on the canvas • Run the mentioned plugin: Shape = Circle Number of steps = 1 External margin (with values as you need depending on the thickness of the brush)

Select the object using Magic Wand then use Outline Selection plugin. After that you can use Feather Object plugin.

Did anyone download this plugin before Rick deleted it? I would like to try it too because it seems that the author does not want to return.

You also can try this unpublished plugin Text Mask:

Just run the plugin in a transparent layer then run Outline Object plugin from BoltBait.

Well, only good news today! Thank you brothers. After so much COVID-19, we need something like that.

That's good news. But what will happen to toe_head2001's Project Templates for Visual Studio. Will it be updated as well?