I believe you're running into a limitation of the 8 bit BMP file format. This link might give you some background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format.
See the section where it says:
Try saving in another format (*.PNG) and reopening. Are you absolutely committed to the BMP file format?
Welcome plugin fans! The February 2010 update sees eight new plugins being added - two from brand new authors.
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You may find this sort of design in a font which would give you a quick way to stamp out the pattern, rather than building it from scratch.
Try searching on http://www.dafont.com (look under Dingbats > Shapes).
Repost your sig questions in the Pictorium, there is a specific thread for sigs: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=22619
Or get your sig rated in the Alfredo here: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3485
So your problem stems from saving a DDS? Try reading this: http://blog.getpaint.net/2010/01/07/how ... tnet-v35x/
At the end, Rick mentions (and links to) a patch that he has uploaded.
Greetings Vidd,
This area of the forum is reserved for the publishing plugins, not requesting them or asking for help with them. To quote Rick from this sections Rules/Guidelines
Ok, so how about one color wheel for the "alternative" color, and use Primary for the first color? That would shorten the UI a bit, possibly allowing space for one or two alpha sliders?
Select the whole layer before running sinewaves.
If you run it on a thin selection it is highly likely the distortion will take the pattern over the edge of your selection. Hence the chaotic result.
F8 is the keyboard shortcut to toggle the color window on/off (it will do the same job as Pyrochild's answer). Read more about keyboard shortcuts: http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/K ... mands.html