[S3D#2:Realistic eyes(EASY)+Slit pupil+]

Here's my attempt at it. I couldn't get that middle ring down yet though, where did I mess up?

[New Texts]

Where can I get new texts besides the ones that came with paint.net?

[S3D#2:Realistic eyes(EASY)+Slit pupil+]

I have no clue what I did wrong...

[How to start a fire with Paint.NET]

Note: You must have Paint.NET 3.0 to follow this tutorial.

Paint.NET 3.0beta1 has a new effect called "Clouds", which makes very nice looking fractal perlin noise. I've found that it's quite neat to use this to create firey effects like this:

It's pretty simple:

1. 
   [*:1b5noz6d]Make a new image with dimensions 1000x500
   [*:1b5noz6d]Draw a gradiant like so (with white at the bottom and black at the top):
   
   [*:1b5noz6d]Make a new layer.
   [*:1b5noz6d]Double-click Layer 2 to edit its properties
   [*:1b5noz6d]Set the Blending Mode to 'Overlay', then hit OK.
   
   [*:1b5noz6d]Go to the 'Effects' menu and choose 'Clouds'. Change the blending mode to 'Difference', then hit OK.
   
   [*:1b5noz6d]Push CTRL+F to repeat the effect. Do this about a dozen times.
   
   [*:1b5noz6d]On the 'Image' menu, choose 'Flatten'. This will give you a single layer with some nice black-and-white clouds.
   [*:1b5noz6d]On the 'Adjustments' menu, choose 'Curves...'.
   [*:1b5noz6d]Choose 'RGB' under 'Transfer map', then uncheck the 'Red' and 'Green' checkboxes so you're only modifying the blue channel, add a control point as shown below. Do the same for the green channel so you have the curves shown below.
   
   [*:1b5noz6d]Q.E.D.!
   

Other things to try:

• [*:1b5noz6d]Use different shapes for the Layer 1 Gradiant. Round gradients make neat looking explosions
  [*:1b5noz6d]Tweak with the Curves, the general shape of them should be preserved to keep good saturation, but the channels don't need to go in the above order. Try Green, Red, Blue (instead of Red, Green, Blue) for a copper flame (copper burns green).
  [*:1b5noz6d]Play with the 'scale' setting of Clouds for finer or Coarser clouds
  [*:1b5noz6d]Play with the Roughness setting for clouds for softer or sharper fire
  [*:1b5noz6d]Just try things out, you never know what you'll get.

How do you get the gradient like that? Sorry to quote so much, I just wanted to address the issue that I was having.

[Adding Effects and Plugins]

Ah ok...I feel smart. Well thank you, I now have the effects up! I aprreciate the help!

[HOW TO INSTALL PLUGINS/General Plugin Troubleshooting Thread]

Thank you guys for starting up this Thread, it helped me a lot!

[Adding Effects and Plugins]

Alright thank you. That CodeLab.dll hyperlink isn't coming up for me btw.

[Adding Effects and Plugins]

I've downloaded some Zip files to add effects and whatnot to Paint.NET, but whenever i try to open any of the programs, a message pops up that says "the image type is not recognized and cannot be opened." What could be the problem, and how can I fix it? Sorry if I wasn't supposed to post this here.