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Thanks for the notification of the change in DLL name. Flagged for Aprils revision of the Plugin Index.

NormalMapPlus PS Emboss 3D Heightmap Matrice

Lighten up Trevor. My point was to draw attention to the fact that a tutorial which relies on Blender has a much smaller audience here. Despite the words "create an abstract piece in Blender" I didn't say "no" did I?

This sounds like a file association issue. Try reading this: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-do-i-change-file-extension-associations-in-windows-vista/ Try reassigning one type of image file (say *.JPG) to the Paint.NET application and see if this changes the icon. If it does, double clicking the file should open it with Paint.NET

In 4.0 you need to move the cursor off the selection until it turns into a four-way arrow. Closer to the selection the cursor becomes a curved two-way arrow, this is the rotation tool which is combined with the move tool. Best way to ensure you have the correct tool? Press m on the keyboard

I would strongly suggest you post a simpler version in text and images so users can see if they need the PDF. Remember this is not a Blender forum 'mkay?

Nicely said Fuzzy

Hi and welcome to the forum hope7 Let's see if I have this straight; you're opening an image file with Paint.NET and only a small placeholder image is showing up? That does seem odd. To be clear, this is not a problem you're seeing in your file explorer, but actually in the Paint.NET application? Can you please post a screenshot of the open paint.net editing window showing this? I would also like to see one of the problem images if you can upload one.

I don't recall that error being reported before. Thanks for posting your solution. Welcome to the forum

Thanks Welshy. I'll update the list later today.

I'm maintaining a list of incompatible plugins here Clicksy. When 4.0 goes public I'll merge this list with the plugin index in some manner. Note that many incompatibility issues can be fixed by downloading the latest version of the plugin. Most of the problems with plugins is their age (i.e. not being actively developed) or leveraging forbidden bits of Paint.NET. Requests should generally go in the Discussion & Questions thread as David has said.

<Moved to Paint.NET Discussion & Questions> Hi Kodio - welcome to the forum! As you can see I've moved this thread for you. It's more appropriate to ask this in the GD&Q section than the Pictorium The easiest way to select a layer is to left-click on it in the Layers Window. The active layer will have the blue highlight.

#2 That would be entirely up to the current Comp Host &/or the person choosing the competition. Probably dependent on the plugin chosen.

This really is TechnoRobbo's baby. I just helped deliver it

It looks like RECOIL is an image decoder. I suspect that it allows you to load but not save these legacy images. You're welcome Midora. Thanks for clarifying the process for our new friend. @0xF: To reiterate what Midora said, you need to create a thread in the Plugin section of the forum to release your plugin. The function, installation and location of your plugin should be detailed, as well as any dependencies, limitations or external files needed to make it work. In short - everything a complete Newb would need to get it working. As we say in my profession: "excribere nisi nonne eventum" If it's not written down - it didn't happen. In your case, an official release here on the Paint.NET forum is the only way to get me to include your plugin in the Plugin Index

I would make the map 2x the intended size for editing/creation purposes. You will be able to work at twice the resolution and use a larger font. Resize to the final dimensions when you've finished editing it - but keep a copy of the 2x size file in case you need to make some changes.

Your white pixels at the edges are a result of the incomplete removal of the white background. You might be able to get a better result by altering the Tolerance level of the Magic Wand (increase it = selects more pixels). If that doesn't work, have a look at this thread which details a technique using Alpha Masking: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/19110-white-background-removal-preserve-transparency-2-steps/

The grey & white checkerboard pattern represents transparency or transparent areas. Try saving your image in a format which supports transparency (e.g. PNG).

The Paint.NET Plugin Index is for plugins which add or extend the functionality of Paint.NET. If Recoil does this then please upload the DLL so we can assess it.

Hi Lenny! Welcome to the forum Two options: #1 (Good) Set your default font in the tool options dialog. Look in the Tool Bar for a drop down list entitled "Tool" (left hand side of Tool Bar). The top option opens a dialog where you can set the defaults - including font defaults. See http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/Toolbar.html #2 (Better) Create your sig on a transparent background and save it as a PNG file. Then you can import it any time you need it. Hint: use Layers > Import from File This way you're not restricted to the use of text.

Welcome to the forum Temp89! Using blend modes in intended to alter the colorization. Try deleting the white color (Magic Wand + Shift click on a white pixel) from the top layer and using opacity (i.e. the transparent bits) to allow the underlying pattern to show through. If that is not what you require, upload a sample of both patterns so we can see what you're trying to achieve.

You have my permission (and thanks) I don't really think my little bit of code should grant me co-authorship - I'm still bewildered by the remapping code @ TR - have you ported the CodeLab source to VS?

If I may be so bold..... With a couple of little changes to your code, the image can be further distorted to get a round result from a rectangular canvas. I took the liberty and added two controls, Height and Width. These can be used as a pseudo resize if you don't want the result to fill the canvas to the edges. Hidden Content: /* ========================================================================== */ /* */ /* DrumSkin 1.2.cs */ /* (c) 2014 TechnoRobbo (EER remix) */ /* */ /* Description: Transforms a rectangular canvas to a circular/ellipsoid */ /* */ /* ========================================================================== */ // Submenu: Distort // Name: TR's Drum Skin // Title: TR's Drum Skin - v1.2 // Author: TechnoRobbo - EER remix // URL: http://www.technorobbo.com #region UICode double Amount1 = 1; // [0,1] Intensity int Amount2 = 50; // [25,75] Width int Amount3 = 50; // [25,75] Height #endregion void Render(Surface dst, Surface src, Rectangle rect) { Rectangle selection = EnvironmentParameters.GetSelection(src.Bounds).GetBoundsInt(); float CenterX = ((selection.Right - selection.Left) / 2)+selection.Left; float CenterY= ((selection.Bottom - selection.Top) / 2)+selection.Top; float offx=0,offy=0; ColorBgra CurrentPixel; for (float y = rect.Top; y < rect.Bottom; y++) { for (float x = rect.Left; x < rect.Right; x++) { float nx = (x - CenterX); float ny = (y - CenterY); nx /= CenterX*Amount2/50; ny /= CenterY*Amount3/50; offx = nx / (float)Math.Sqrt(1 - Amount1 * (ny * ny))* CenterX + CenterX; offy = ny / (float)Math.Sqrt(1 - Amount1 * (nx * nx))* CenterY + CenterY; CurrentPixel = src.GetBilinearSample((float)offx,(float)offy); dst[(int)x,(int)y]=CurrentPixel; } } }

Hey EliteOstrich! Welcome to the forum! I must say, your version of Jupiter is excellent! You also have the halos just right. You might want to add more layers to your planets. They seem a bit flat and two dimensional. You can add more layers before running Shape3D to get multi layered planets. This gives a great deal more depth to them. Here I'm using two layers of clouds to partially occlude the land masses, which are themselves up to four layers of different depths.