BoltBait

Thanks. But, I don't like to sticky my own posts as that hardly seems fair. However, if another mod wants to do it, I wouldn't protest.

What you want to do is use the Curves adjustment. Read this page, then give it a try: http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/Curves.html Let us know if you have any additional questions.

The numbers Bob lists are for the last week though. The total numbers for Paint.NET are much higher. I know. I was just having a bit of fun.

I've never been happy with the C# Code Syntax Highlighter here on this site, so this tutorial has been moved here: How to Write an Effect Plugin (Part 2 of 4 - Intermediate) This tutorial covers using CodeLab to create an effect that requires creating and using settable user controls. If you have questions about the tutorial, you can post them here in this thread and I will address them.

Can you provide a "before" and "after" example of what you want the effect to do?

Try changing the second slider to the "shrink" position. "Shrink" does not blur the colors at all, only the Alpha channel.

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jouno53, max width on the avatars is 100px.

bgirl, your signature image is too large. At this forum, we have a signature size limit of 500px wide and 150px tall. Your sig is 496x396.

Perhaps this plugin can help: http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=4097

I'm going to delete all of the place holders tomorrow... Seriously.

hopelessrom_grl, bottom line: don't steal. Post closed.

Best "first post" evar?

I've never been happy with the C# Code Syntax Highlighter here on this site, so this tutorial has been moved here: How to Write an Effect Plugin (Part 1 of 4 - Simple) This tutorial contains an overview of how Paint.NET works with effects and covers using CodeLab to create a simple effect that does not require any settable user controls. If you have questions about the tutorial, you can post them here in this thread and I will address them.

You say that like it's my fault.

I was talking to David, not you.

I'll leave it up to you to move the shadow I didn't have your source graphic without the Friends logo which would have made moving the shadow much easier. Also, I was waaaayyyy to quick with the clone stamp tool on the right side. It looks pretty bad. It seems to me that you're way better with it than I am. Perhaps I've given you an idea... If you crop it this way, it could still be 4x6, only tall instead of wide.

Here's my take on it: (15 minute hack job)

Page one called... they want their bug report back... http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewt ... =4617#4617

Wow, that was fast! Thank you, it works well at first glance As a "dirty" workaround, maybe just replace alpha 0 with 0.01 or something in the code before blur calc? Or add 0.01 to everything... No, the problem is not the alpha level, that calculates fine. The problem is when changing from alpha 0 to something else, the color of the pixel is undefined. I solved the problem in this plugin: http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=3285 by making the color of transparent pixels the secondary color. Maybe that would work here as well.

You know, Tanel, if all you want to do is a Gaussian Blur of the Alpha channel and you can live with a radius limit of 1-10, just use the Feather Plugin and set the second slider to Shrink. That is exactly what it is doing. When I have time, I'll put a little more thought into the plugin I posted above. (Heh. So far, I've only spent 15 minutes on it. That's why its a little rough.)

Um, that's waaay too much excitement for this ... pile, I mean effect.

Well, I don't know if I did this right, but here ya go: http://boltbait.googlepages.com/GaussianBlurChannel.dll If you need help installing effects, read this page: http://boltbait.googlepages.com/install The UI looks like this: One limitation that I haven't worked out yet... You can't blur onto a transparent pixel. I'm just not sure what to do in that case yet. Let's just call this the "alpha" build. Mkay?

OK, this is fixed. Go get the latest build: http://boltbait.googlepages.com/feather

Read this: http://boltbait.googlepages.com/feather