dbareis

You have obviously haven't not got onedrive installed as it is the official (and only "documents" folder location as you can see from my screenshot. Your app doesn't install it there it puts it into "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\paint.net App Files\Effects". Your documentation should put people out of their misery and spell it out either way, even better would be to create the structure in the app if you insist on putting it into a currently undocumented location, at least the documentation could say the structure already exists. Even better make it configurable in your app then create the structure there (or separate plugin locations). I don't understand how you expect users of pdn to know what value "CSIDL_MYDOCUMENTS" returns (even if that was documented), or why you couldn't put the 2 locations into the about box and document that and stop the torture. Putting the file into this directory solved the problem and the plugin finally works (after about an hour of my time)!: D:\ > dir "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\paint.net App Files\Effects" Directory of C:\Users\Dennis\Documents\paint.net App Files\Effects 22/07/2014 12:19 AM 146,432 RecolourChoice.dll 1 File(s) 146,432 bytes 2 Dir(s) 426,008,129,536 bytes free In previous installations I have moved the folder as you suggest, but too much junk is placed into that folder so now I have a separate data directory of my own where most important files go.

Hi, RE: https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/InstallPlugins.html ... It is also possible to use the directory "Documents\paint.net App Files\..." as an alternative That is not true, using Sysinternals Procmon to diagnose the failure to load the Dll shows that it tried to get the plugins from "C:\Users\Dennis\Documents\paint.net App Files\Effects" and not the correct documents directory at "C:\Users\Dennis\OneDrive\Documents\paint.net App Files". Whether this is a error in the documentation or a bug in the code (or both) is up to you.... If the code is correct, why not just say put the plugin into "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\paint.net App Files\Effects"? That also saves a lot of head scratching about possible need for subdirectories etc.

These 2 issues drive me mad. I've looked at a fair few other editors and tried another two today. I will eventually find a better and simpler alternative but I have many other more important things on my list 🙂 Actually I've been using the editing features of ScreenshotCaptor more, but while it is better for those two things it has some features I don't like as well.

Hi, I find it really annoying that unlike virtually every other product in the universe handles are not displayed when a selection is made so that you can adjust the selection. I keep forgetting that I need to press 2 x "M" keys to be able to do so. I can't think of any reason this is "good". Others incorrectly say to use the "Move tool". Is there any way to make this the default behaviour? Also I can't think of any possible reason the text control is so bad. You can't go back and edit the size or actual text. If you undo it undoes everything, surely a simple hack would be to save an undo point at the point just before the text is submitted so the first undo takes you back to editing and the next to undo it completely. Of course remembering the objects until you apply them (& having an object selection tool) like many other tools would be better as you can edit and move them etc in any order...

Probably for someone who already new how to write plugins or this program

Thanks for the responses, I had to rebuild my computer hence the late reply. None of those options seems easier than just swapping to a different program (and I almost always use the zigzag effect). If it annoys me enough I'll investigate writing a plugin to do it.

I currently use ScreenShot Capture to do this, it has two options: Splice out strip defined by selection Splice out strip defined by selection - Deluxe effects I have attached a deluxe effects version, the other would be seamless. Basically it chops out the whole middle (full length) horizontally or vertically and then joins the two parts either seamlessly or with an effect. The selection just needs to be a obvious rectangle for it to work out the orientation of the split. Is it possible to do anything like this, I've seen "Fill Gaps" mentioned but I don't want to fill, I want it removed.

And I still can't believe that you still can't change a selection once its made like every other similar product. I'm finally sick of it and changing to a different editor.