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Hey John. In paint.net, the grey and white squares denote transparency (i.e. transparent areas). If you save the image in a file format which supports transparency (like png and not jpg) the image will allow the background to show through. So when fading the edge, seeing grey and white checkerboard pattern is normal. Be assured you're fading the edge to transparent Welcome to the forum

Clever!

Oh dear. You've woken him...

Oops. Forgot to add my congratulations to Daniels - the Dark Knight was an awesome sig. Great entries too from DrewDale, Oceana, lloyd, Sasha, nitenurse and the the horde of fourth place getters. I really liked this competition topic - I hope we can revisit it again. Thanks Drew!

That you got it to compile mean you've already learned a lot

My thinking exactly. Worded more elegantly by Welshy He made it for you. It's personal - see?

I'm trying to visit each Gallery at least once a year. Your turn! Thanks for the track title. Think I'm going to look up Mr Kyd. Think you need the pumpin' music for inspiration

There is a new batch processor which leverages Scriptlab to apply filters. Find it here: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/27189-alivate-batch-file-processor/

Yup. Targetting .NET 4.0 instead of 3.5 results in the plugin not showing up in paint.net 3.5.11. http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/4209-how-to-debug-your-plugin/?p=343340

Nice videos! You make it seem so easy I particularly liked the music on the first. Couldn't id the second track though....

It's a tool. How powerful it becomes depends on the hand that wields it. Did you update the references to the later Paint.NET dll's?

Sorry no. I have no authority to repackage the plugins released on this forum. Neither would I. I think it is a poor idea to install over 600 plugins when you won't ever use most of them. Just download and install the plugins you need. It is not onerous and only needs to be done once. Plugin packs make it easier.

The plugin pack subforum is a few months old. Red Ochre raised the idea, I pushed it and Pyrochild did the deed. There are relatively few FileTypes, but I do think this would help clarify the plugin forum so I'm a supporter of your idea. I think moving the FileTypes to their own subforum - just like the plugin packs - and leaving the Effects in place would make sense without confusing forum users.

Good question! Over to you Red Ochre.......

DPI or Dots Per Inch is a print density. It is only applicable to the image when it is printed. PPI or Pixels Per Inch is the resolution of your screen i.e. how many pixels are crammed into the screen. To make your images look great ignore DPI, because you're not printing them - you're displaying them on a screen. Choose a canvas size for your image (in pixels) 2x or 4x the actual finished size. So if you want your finished icon to be 48x48 pixels - use a canvas that is 96x96 (2x) or 192x192 (4x). The trick here is to do all the creation at a larger size then save it as a *.pdn (so you can edit it later if required). Flatten the image, resize it to the finished size and save it in the format you want to produce the final article.

Delighted to see you on the forum again Oma!

There is a Visual Studio FileType template here: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/7984-filetype-plugin-template-v20/

I think 120 would be overkill. The original layout seems fine so long as each layer has room for the text it needs to hold. I'd add one layer for the owner name & phone number. If you can retype and move the text into position easily then you're fine space wise. If it is all too much of a squeeze then you might try a street by street approach (one layer per street). Remember it's critical to name your layers appropriately so you can find the correct layer quickly (press F4 to open the layer dialog & type over the layer name).

What? No way! I like the new move/rotation combination.

When 4.0 is out for public release I'll update the Plugin Index to indicate plugins which do not work with it. Hopefully they will be few!

I don't wish to disparage any of the current crop of fine entries - but shouldn't an entry in the SOTW have ... a username in it? At some point I'd like to open discussion for a possible rule change (if we feel it is required). Alternatively - tell me to shut up

What Daniels said, in pictorial form The Recoloring Tool respects shading when changing the color. This is how you can recolor this green sphere to yellow and keep the bottom right shadows and the top left highlights.

I'm loving Hero Machine! Loads of fun! My inner child is chuckling....

Needs it's own thread in the Plugin section!

Nice thinking Visual! If you used alternating colored squares (rather than grid lines) you could eliminate the borders (think: Grid Maker Plugin with the checkerboard option. It's still going to be a long process. The steps might be... 1. Render the checkerboard on a layer above the original. Size 192x192. 2. Lower the opacity a bit. 3. Magic wand the upper left square in the checkerboard layer. 4. Switch to the image layer, press Ctrl + C then Ctrl + Alt + V to paste to a new image. 5. Switch back to checker layer 6. Select next square. 7. Repeat from 4 as many times as needed. Building on that, I wonder if the Shatters plugin could be used to displace the groups of pixels?