BoltBait

Looks to me that you should delete every single file in your Effects folder. Then, download and install only the effects you need. You are definitely using an older plugin pack from me. You should upgrade it.

The installer is asking for Win7 SP1 or newer because the technical specs of 4.0+ REQUIRE it in order to work. There are more to a "technical specifications list" than a simple bullet list on a web site. The internal workings of paint.net 4.0+ require Win7 SP1+ in order to function. Simple as that.

Read: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/2932-a (Specifically #7)

Pixey, you need to clean up your plugin folder. You have a bunch of random stuff in there. (Looks like you may have downloaded a source code package.)

Also, this: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/9349-plugin-problems-read-this/

You may want to put the output file on the user's desktop. This is always available and writable. string OutputPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory),FileName);Then, let the user install the palette file themselves.

Competition Idea: (...Shameless self promotion mode...) Steganography Points for both the original image and the hidden image. How cleaver can you be?

My plugin pack for v3.5 works in 4.0. But, if you upgrade you get additional features that just aren't available in the 3.5 pack. Download here: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/28488- Other pack authors have done the same.

Amazing job! Glad I was able to help! BTW, all the plugins in my 4.0 Plugin pack are keyword searchable. Have fun! Plugin authors, if you want to make your plugins keyword searchable, download the guide above and you'll need the latest version of CodeLab. TLDR version: there is a keyword field on the "save as dll" screen.

I don't think he minds the dithering between the handles. But, past the handles, he thinks the color should be solid.

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/29288-paintnet-402-is-now-available/?p=413577

The way it works now gives you a little more flexibility. However, now that you know how it works, you'll be able to get rid of the EXIF data when you want.

OK, your best bet then is to just use the Color Picker Tool and press the More>> button in the :Colors: Color Docker window. There, you can see the various values of the current color. If you were writing a program to do the comparison, you'd usually calculate the difference in colors to determine which color of a palette is the nearest color to the one you're working on. In this scenario, you'd usually calculate the Red, Green, and Blue difference and square it (this makes all values positive--no need to then take the square root). Color FindNearestColor(Color color, Color[] palette) { int minDistanceSquared = 255 * 255 + 255 * 255 + 255 * 255 + 1; byte bestIndex = 0; for (byte i = 0; i < palette.Length; i++) { int Rdiff = color.R - palette[i].R; int Gdiff = color.G - palette[i].G; int Bdiff = color.B - palette[i].B; int distanceSquared = Rdiff * Rdiff + Gdiff * Gdiff + Bdiff * Bdiff; if (distanceSquared < minDistanceSquared) { minDistanceSquared = distanceSquared; bestIndex = i; } } return palette[bestIndex]; }

Paint.NET doesn't use the HSL color space (Hue/Saturation/Lightness), it uses HSV (Hue/Saturation/Value) instead. Are you trying to do this once? Or lots of times programatically?

My eyes thank you!

I've been running 4.0 for plugin development and hadn't updated to 4.0.1. So, I didn't see the same issue that you all have seen in this thread. Had I upgraded, I would have been "up in arms" as well. I just upgraded and must say that Version 4.0.1 hurts my eyes.

My plugin pack available here: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/28488-x works fine in 4.0.1. Perhaps you had trouble installing the plugins? If so, try following these instructions step-by-step: https://boltbait.com/pdn/InstallingEffects.php

CodeLab 2.2 Released This is only for Paint.NET 4.0! Changes: ▪ When opening a .cs file the directory is now remembered for next time. (Why did I take so long to implement this?!) ▪ Build form has a new section: Forced Settings (Rarely used) The option for forcing aliased selection was moved into this section This can be specified in the script as a comment: // Force Aliased Selection A new option was added for forcing the effect to run in a single thread This can be added to a script using the following comment: // Force Single Threaded This only works once the dll has been built. While in the editor the effect is still running multi-threaded. Grab the CodeLab DLL here: http://www.boltbait.com/pdn/CodeLab/ Support the development of CodeLab $USD $ GBP £ EUR € JPY ¥ CAD $ AUD $ I haven't gotten a donation for CodeLab in a while. Is anyone out there using it?

Try here: .ico filetype plugin for Paint.NET It is working well for me.

Or, if you want to keep ClearType, have you "tuned" it?

I don't see an attached picture. Please host it at photobucket (or some other hosting site) and post the link here.

I just updated this plugin. Now, all hidden images are dithered before being hidden. This is the standard Floyd-Steinberg Dithering method. Dithering dramatically improves the quality of the hidden image. Algorithm for decoding remains the same.

If you have an all white layer and you use the lighten blend mode, the result will be all white. Since white is lighter than everything else.

Is that bug fixed in the 4.0.1 beta available here? Or, is this to be fixed in the 4.0.1 final?

I'm running the 4.0 final build. When I ask it to check for updates, it says that there are none available. Application paint.net 4.0 (Final 4.0.5288.36565) Build Date Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Hardware accelerated rendering (GPU) True Animations True Language en-US OS Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (6.1.7601.65536) .NET Runtime 4.0.30319.18444 Physical Memory 3,996 MB CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2367M CPU @ 1.40GHz Architecture x64 (64-bit) Process Mode 64-bit Speed ~1396 MHz Cores / Threads 4 Features DEP, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4_1, SSE4_2, XSAVE Video Card Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Dedicated Video RAM 64 MB Dedicated System RAM 0 MB Shared System RAM 1,632 MB Vendor ID 0x8086 Device ID 0x0116 Subsystem ID 0x00091179 Revision 9 LUID 0x00009052 Flags None Outputs 1