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I've actually implemented this before I posted this tut, but I never knew where to post it. The animgif plugin is responsible for the white bar at the bottom, but I think that's normal.

thanks for the link APShredder.

Is there a way to save each individual layer in a .PDN as a separate file? Without having to cut or paste anything? I'm trying to make an animated gif, but attempts that involve plugins always end with errors, so I'm trying to use a 3rd party app.

So...How much would the chip be worth? A free download of PDN, which is free anyway? It's symbolic. You know; Paint.NET is free.

Hey cool! It works!

Thanks a ton for the input. It's almost entirely reshaped the methods I'll be using for the outline and colors of the nebula. The specs and guidelines are no longer a toss-up; it's now organized and standardized. I'll get to work on this, and I'll post progress in my gallery. Jerry's Paint.NET creations:http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=32872 Also, if you find any good plugins for this sort of project, please let me know.

I'm trying this effect right now, but I've noticed that a shift of -1 doesn't do anything. However, I also noticed that the pic you provided is of fairly low resolution. So, if the image you're working with is large, you should use a larger shift, right? Cause this seems to be a cool effect.

Hey flip, I myself am trying to create a nebula tut and I could use some help. I have a rough idea, but like i said, it's rough. Do you have any ideas on making this more realistic, or any suggestions? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Nice pics by the way.

Can you revive this plugin? I would like to learn programming, but I guess I'm just too lazy. Couldn't you continue it just until like v1.5? I think the plugin has a lot of potential. Why was it discontinued anyway? We need more plugins like this.

You have now. http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=33230 Thanks a ton for the update!

Thanks for the update Rick. Keep doing what you do best! :wink:

You're doing it fine. It's just when you use layer rotate/zoom, make sure you don't zoom in too far, and you twist the galaxy so it looks good. You're gonna have to experiment with it a bit.

Hi mcamp14. I've been working to try create a nebula. It isn't easy. Anyway, I don't mean to bug you, seeing as this is your gallery and all, but you did request it, and I do have a rough idea. If this does become a tut, I promise it'll be of far higher quality. You're an astronomer, so do you have any ideas on what features could be added to make it more realistic? Any requests? P.S. If you don't want this here, tell me and I'll take the link down. It's just I didn't think I could reach you elseware. Nice pics by the way.

Seriously guys, the title for this forum is "general discussion and questions". Therefore, you're supposed to post general discussion and questions. And you guys say no off topic threads. Any questions?

h3llb0yn3cr0, great idea and awesome pic! Alpha2Omega, that's brilliant!

mcamp14, I'll take you up on that. However, I can't make guarantees. But I'll try.

My space lineup another galaxy mars a star an interstellar system(the bright one is a star)

I knew plural was nebulae!

Sorry, I wasn't checking sources with this. I thought I meant white dwarf, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for reminding me.

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Hey, guys. I know I'm posting a mile a minute, but I've stumbled upon another cool technique that I believe the forum and it's members will benefit from. I have figured out how to make a sun. Please note that this tutorial was based upon a planet tutorial by flip. I strongly encourage you to check it out; it's an awesome, in-depth, quality tut. You'll need a few plugins: - Shape 3D - Color Filter (optional) - Feather (optional) Your goal is this: 1. Create a new document with white as your background at 800x600. Make your primary color black and your secondary white. Fill it with black or press Ctrl+Shift+I. Render noise in at the following settings: 2. (This step is optional; if you don't want a nebulae in your background, skip to step 6) Create a new layer. Make sure your colors are black and white, or this effect will get screwed up. Go to effects>render>clouds, set the blending mode to difference, and use the following settings: 3. Repeat (Ctrl+F) three times. It should look like this: 4. Use color filter(effects>color>color filter) to change the clouds to the color you want your nebulae to be. Once done, it should look like this(it'll be a different color if you don't use dark blue): 5. Go to layer properties for the current layer(the cloud layer), change the blending mode to glow, and reduce the visibility until you can see your noisy starscape. 6. Merge your two layers, & create a new layer. Change your primary color to yellow and your secondary to black. Render clouds (effects>render>clouds) on your new layer with a high roughness, a low scale, and normal blending mode. 7. Go to effects>render>shape3D, and use the following settings(make sure lighting is turned off): 8. Once you have rendered your clouds into a sphere, name that layer sun. Now this is where it gets a bit tricky. Make your primary color orange and your secondary black. Now create two new layers. Name the lower one surface and the upper one radiation. Once you have done this, go back to the sun layer and use the magic wand to select the outside of the sphere. With the selection still made, switch to the surface layer. It should look like this: 9. Choose the paint bucket tool from the toolbox, and fill the selection with orange. 10. Press Ctrl+I to invert the selection. Now the sun should be selected. Switch to the radiation layer, and fill the selection with orange again. If you do it correctly, the entire canvas should be orange. 11. Press ctrl+D, make the radiation layer invisible by unchecking it's box, and switch back to the surface layer. there should be no selections. Go to effects>blurs>Gaussian blur, and blur the layer somewhere around 130. 12. Go back to the sun layer & select the outside of the star. Switch back to the surface layer and press delete. You should see some orange covering the star only; there should be no orange around the edges. 13. Make the radiation layer visible and switch to it. There should be an orange disk covering the star. Go to effects>blurs>Gaussian blur and move the radius bar up until you are satisfied with how much radiation is spurring out. Click OK. 14. Change the blending mode for both the surface and radiation layers to glow. 15. Merge the surface and radiation layers. Duplicate the new layer, then merge those two layers. 16. Go to layer properties for the new layer and reduce visibility to around 170, or whatever you prefer. If the edges are a bit rough on any of the layers, use Feather to fix it (Effects>Object>Feather). You now have a flaming star within your PDN window. Congrats. If you want, try changing the colors to make a red giant, a white dwarf (formerly blue dwarf), or a star from the Alpha Centauri system. The choice is yours.

You know if you guys want to the stars to appear more fine, you could just try adding more noise after steps 11 and 12(same layer or different layer); but if you do you're probably going to have to blur it up a bit or use feather at higher settings, otherwise the galaxy will look pixelated. Or you could skip the noise step all together. Experiment with it.

It doesn't do any harm to your computer, it just removes leftover files from failed installs so it doesn't interfere with windows. I honestly haven't tried anything else, but I think WIC may be the only way to fix your problem. It's a very lightweight app, only about .3 megabytes of install space required. You can find it here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/Windows-Installer-CleanUp-Utility.shtml

Sweet tutorial. You know, you could change the steps a bit and make a sun.

Download and use windows installer cleanup; it'll erase all remains of PDN off of your hard disk, and you can then reinstall without error. It works; I had this exact same error not too long ago.

Relax guys, I've scaled down the screenshots. Nice pic/mod by the way, schmang.