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I was referring to the Line/Cuve tool located on the Tools window. You'll need to use it to draw your lines. After you have your lines drawn just erase the excess and apply a few drop shadows for the correct effect. You might have some cleaning up to do after applying these, too. The Drop Shadow Plugin is part of a plugin framework. Download it here: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22881&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

It's quite possible. To achieve the affect you will most likely use the line/curve tool on a new layer. After which you would erase the various parts to give it the 3D look, and then use the Drop Shadow plugin to give it more of a realistic texture.

I'm feeling traditional-artistic today. Is sketching on paper okay? I'm not feeling raster/vectory right now.

Sweet! I asked for this a few times in the past. Downloading now, will edit post to reflect my attempt. Edit: Works perfectly. Running Windows XP Home.

Making it online would be a bad move imo. It's slower and less workflow friendly than just using it locally. If you don't have admin rights you can always burn a Paint.NET bootable CD as described on http://dextut.com

Use the drop shadow plugin in one color in one direction and an opposite of the used color in the opposite direction. i.e. black going diagnally to the upper left and then white or gray in the lower right.

Indeed. But then you would have to implement a "reset effect/adjustment windows" too.

I third this. It would make for an excellent addition.

While we're on the subject, I'd like to see color changes (meaning in the color window) linked to the history and thus Ctrl+z.

I would fill the text with clouds, blur it a bit, and add a drop shadow of XY 0 0, blur radius 1. To achieve the bevel effect you might have to manually draw them, since the bevel plugin is limited to rectangular selections. (As far as I know.)

You need to download the one bundled with the framework plugin. Let me find it. One moment. Edit: Vola - viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22881&st=0&sk=t&sd=a Make sure to put all the files that come from the download into the effects folder.

Look at this: http://eulogy-dignity.deviantart.com/ar ... e-71790584

You need to implement the choice of which to destroy in a different way. Looking at the UI it makes little sense, and makes me read the whole description which so many users don't do (Take a look at GD). Do you have access to radio buttons? That would be superb.

Love it. I've always needed something like this. There's not much more dismaying then running the feather plugin over AA.

Exactly! I'm talking about achieving the effect, I don't even know what a "vector format" is. Then why are you calling it a vector! I think we established what he meant Andrew... He dosen't understand the difference between vector and raster. Vector is symbolic to this type of effect to him.

Also true, but you can't get rid of them all. It's like saying you can make the crime rate 0% in a heavily populated area; you can take out a lot, but not all.

Those are from Google Adsense, though. I don't think he can regulate the ads for that.

To be honest, I dislike the entire layout of getpaint.net. It's functional, and gets the job done, yes, but it has so much potential, Rick. But on the topic at hand... I, personally, don't even know about the ads due to adblock plus. But on a legal matter, Rick isn't responsible for what others do with their website. But I'm sure he'll try to remedy this when he evaluates the situation.

I found the .dll causing the mess: PaintDotNet.Base.dll. The file details say it was created by the Paint.NET team, though. Strange. Very strange. Mostly because it was located in the effects directory.

What would I look for, then? To see if the feather plugin or another problematic plugin works?

No, no, and yes. I have no idea what to do. Should I uninstall and reinstall all my of .NET frameworks?

Alright. I've been having this problem for a long time now, with a lot of plugins. I just haven't gotten around to seeking help. 1 of 7 -------------- File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\Flip.dll Name: Flip.FlipVEffect Version: 2.0.0.0 Author: BoltBait Copyright: Copyright 2008 BoltBait, All Rights Reserved. Website: http://www.boltbait.com/ Full error message: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'PaintDotNet.ImageResource PaintDotNet.PdnResources.GetImageResource(System.String)'. at Flip.FlipVEffect..ctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType) at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct signature, RuntimeTypeHandle declaringType) at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) at PaintDotNet.Menus.EffectMenuBase.AddEffectsToMenu() 2 of 7 -------------- File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\Flip.dll Name: Flip.FlipHEffect Version: 2.0.0.0 Author: BoltBait Copyright: Copyright 2008 BoltBait, All Rights Reserved. Website: http://www.boltbait.com/ Full error message: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'PaintDotNet.ImageResource PaintDotNet.PdnResources.GetImageResource(System.String)'. at Flip.FlipHEffect..ctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType) at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct signature, RuntimeTypeHandle declaringType) at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) at PaintDotNet.Menus.EffectMenuBase.AddEffectsToMenu() 3 of 7 -------------- File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\Feather.dll Effect Name: FeatherEffect.FeatherPlugin Full error message: System.TypeLoadException: Method 'OnCreatePropertyCollection' in type 'FeatherEffect.FeatherPlugin' from assembly 'Feather, Version=2.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' does not have an implementation. 4 of 7 -------------- File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\GaussianBlurPlus.dll Effect Name: GaussianBlurPlus.GaussianBlurPlusPlugin Full error message: System.TypeLoadException: Method 'OnCreatePropertyCollection' in type 'GaussianBlurPlus.GaussianBlurPlusPlugin' from assembly 'GaussianBlurPlus, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' does not have an implementation. 5 of 7 -------------- File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\Outline.dll Effect Name: dsiOutlineObjectEffect.OutlineObjectPlugin Full error message: System.TypeLoadException: Method 'OnCreatePropertyCollection' in type 'dsiOutlineObjectEffect.OutlineObjectPlugin' from assembly 'Outline, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' does not have an implementation. 6 of 7 -------------- File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\OutlineSelection.dll Effect Name: OutlineSelection.OutlineSelectionPlugin Full error message: System.TypeLoadException: Method 'OnCreatePropertyCollection' in type 'OutlineSelection.OutlineSelectionPlugin' from assembly 'OutlineSelection, Version=1.0.3055.18368, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' does not have an implementation. 7 of 7 -------------- File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\Pastel.dll Effect Name: Pastel.PastelPlugin Full error message: System.TypeLoadException: Method 'OnCreatePropertyCollection' in type 'Pastel.PastelPlugin' from assembly 'Pastel, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' does not have an implementation. I'm not sure what's causing it. Running Windows XP, Paint.NET 3.31, and have .NET versions 1.1 1.1hotfix 2.0 and 3.0 installed.

I'm sure he means 3.20, pyro.... Edit: Failed.

I'd buy one.

You can always use AutoIt for basic windows control automation. http://autoitscript.com I beleive Rick has said he isn't going to be implementing this sort of thing, but don't quote me on it.