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    OotF#61 - A USB Drive - WINNERS.

    in The Archives

    Posted

    A big thank you to  @Pixey for hosting. Congratulations to deserved winners @MJW, @Pixey and @welshblue. I think the "Kingston" entry is the best of an an excellent bunch and I'm pleased it won first place.

     

    12 hours ago, Pixey said:

    I also really liked @Djisves's 2nd entry and was surprised it only got one vote

     

    9 hours ago, welshblue said:

    ( just want to say the inner bevel on Djisves's SinDusk is sublime)

    I, too, was pleased with my SinDusk image when I created it, but I'm not surprised it came last  🙂

    After I posted it, it did not look right but I could not figure out why. I then realised that I had turned and twisted it so much before adding the drop shadow that the perspective/geometry went all wrong. I meant to re-post a better version but never got around to it. 

     

    7 hours ago, BoltBait said:

    I couldn't vote for just one

     @Pixey was generous enough to let us vote for 3  😁

     

    Lately, I seem to keep running out of up-votes often. I'll need to revisit soon.

    Texture Shader

    in Plugins - Publishing ONLY!

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, lynxster4 said:

    @Pixey  The Topic name got changed to 'Star" instead of 'Texture Shader'.  Thought you might like to know.

    Also, it has somehow been moved to general discussion instead of the Plugins forum.

    Hopefully one of the moderators will be able to fix this.

    Watercolor brushes

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted · Edited by Djisves
    Added links for Surface Blur and Posterize.

    I know nothing about Photoshop, I never used it.

    Judging from the end result you aim for, I think what you need is @Red ochre's Object edges plugin.

    For more detail and control of the result, you may also use @BoltBait's Inner Shadow plugins (both the one under the Object and the one under the Selection Effects sub-menus).

     

    For this example I used Object Edges, Object Inner Shadow, Surface Blur (to better blend the two colours) and then Posterize (to un-smooth the gradient).

    DSH9MZP.png

     

    Instead of using Posterize, similar results may also be achieved by saving in the JPEG format, at low quality settings. 

     

     

    Simulate old bw photo printing system

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted

     

    On 8/6/2020 at 1:06 AM, MJW said:

    ...the Paste Alpha settings should be:

    First control: "Minimum of current alpha &" (not sure what the ampersand is for)

    Second control:  "Shades of gray  on clipboard"

    Now that I've had a good play with the plugin (and finally got to like it), I think I understand what the ampersand is for.

    The two text snippets are meant to be read as one phrase, i.e. "minimum of current alpha & shades of gray  on clipboard"  😁

    Shigeo Fukuda monochromic style

    in Distortions and Modifications

    Posted · Edited by Djisves
    Added CC-BY-SA License text.

    This tutorial was encouraged by the discussion on the Simulate old bw photo printing system topic. @Carla initiated the discussion and brought the style to my attention. @Eli, @Pixey, @MJW, @Ego Eram Reputo, @toe_head2001 and @welshblue contributed advice on the technique and encouraged the writing of this tutorial.

    A simpler, faster method by @MJW of achieving the same results is described on this post of the same topic.

     

    The original poster can be found at https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/84987/how-to-do-line-optical-illusion-art-effects and https://www.pinterest.com/pin/523684262920581246/.

     

    The tutorial will help PDN users create images in the same style as the original poster, for example: 

    8jpgfTL.png

     

    Plugins needed:

    @MadJik's Light Rays

    @BoltBait's Paste Alpha and Object Tools, both part of BoltBait's Plugin Pack for PdN v4.2.12.

     

    Procedure - 10 easy steps

    Spoiler

     

    Step 1: Create a new image at 600*800 pixels.

    Step 2: Add a silhouette figure or any object on a new transparent layer. I used this one:

    1xILNUe.png

     

    Step 3: Set your primary colour to Black and your secondary colour Opacity - Alpha to zero.

     

    Step 4: On a new transparent layer, run Effects -> Texture -> Light Rays at the settings shown.

    l1JC2as.png

     

    Step 5: On the Light Rays layer, run Effects -> Object -> Feather Object at Radius 4.

    i00OBop.png

     

    Step 6: Copy the Light Rays layer to the clipboard, i.e. Edit -> Select All, Edit -> Copy or Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C.

    Optional: Edit -> Deselect or Ctrl+D. (I always deselect if a selection is no longer needed)

     

    Step 7: Select the Silhouette layer (click on the layer in the Layers window) and apply Effects-> Object -> Paste Alpha as shown.

    apP1lRQ.png

     

    Step 8: On the Silhouette layer, Run Effects -> Object -> Outline Object at Outline Width 1.

    w0bBtIh.png

     

    Step 9: Merge the Light Rays layer with the Silhouette layer.

    G6YzvTZ.png

     

    Step 10: Run Effects -> Noise -> Median at Radius 3 on the merged layer.

    6WiyZ1q.png

     

     

     

    Result:

    6UukBwG.png

     

     

     

    Examples using different grids/patterns:

    3Fi6qrb.png

     

     

    Need more?

    Spoiler

     

    To copy Shigeo Fukuda's Mona Lisa more accurately, we need to make the background the darker (or black) colour and we need a silhouette or object in a lighter (or white) colour. In the example below I also used a gradient in the lighter colour at bottom centre. I think it turned out quite close to the original.

     

    wf3Rbo2.png

     

     

    Download PDF: 

    Shigeo_Fukuda_tutorial.pdf

     

     

    Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

     

     

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    Simulate old bw photo printing system

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted

    7 hours ago, Reptillian said:

    Hmm, everything posted here can be made a plugin/filter. Either PDN external or G'MIC. I would up for collab on this, but that's not needed though I have more ideas than posted here.

    That would be great. Let's see what ideas you can implement.

     

    For the first time ever, I think, I run out of upvotes. I'll need to remember to return to this topic tomorrow.

    Simulate old bw photo printing system

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted

    I turns out I gave a link to the wrong version of Alpha Mask plugin. On the topic for v2, it says that it may not work anymore on newer versions of PDN, but it does work for me on v4.2.13, so I corrected the link in my post above to direct to v2 of the plugin. However, I know people may be put off by the moderator's warning, so I intended to link to Paste Alpha, as alternative. In my original post (which I have now edited), I even wrote "alternative..." but then forgot to type it in before I posted my reply.

    (I know it's better to use @BoltBait's plugin (if only for the reason that it's being actively supported) but I fell in love with @Illnab1024's plugin the first time I used it and I refuse to give it up. I'll stick with it for as long as it works for me).

     

    19 hours ago, Pixey said:

    we have to have the 2nd color [...] turned down to transparent

    @Pixey, exactly! That's what I meant when I wrote "create your black grid/lines/rays on a transparent background". I should have explained it better. I have now edited my original post and added clarifications. It should now be easy to create the mask using the Switch Alpha to Gray plugin. I'm sorry for the confusion I've caused.

     

    @Carla, is everything clear now? Have you managed to create the image you wanted? Perhaps @MJW's simpler method with fewer steps is all you need.

     

    @MJW, impressive result with minimal fuss! I wish I was proficient enough on PDN to have come up with it myself, but I'm not.

     

    17 hours ago, Ego Eram Reputo said:

    Can I suggest this technique be written up as a tutorial?

    @Ego Eram Reputo, if it's OK with you, I think this can be the very first tutorial I publish. Credit to @Pixey and @MJW of course, for identifying the steps that need extra attention. 

     

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    Simulate old bw photo printing system

    in Paint.NET Discussion and Questions

    Posted · Edited by Djisves
    Alpla Mask links & clarification

    sdkHh48.png

     

    Start with an object on its own layer (a graphic on a transparent background).

    On a new layer, create your black grid/lines/rays on a transparent background (clarification: this needs to be black lines on transparency). Use, for example, Light Rays (clarification: in which case the secondary colour alpha should be set to 0). 

    Spoiler

    GYw97hN.png

    On a copy of your grid/lines/rays layer, run Switch Alpha to Gray to create an alpha mask. Copy the mask layer to the clipboard. Delete (or hide) the mask layer.

    Spoiler

    GKSzuHt.png

    Use Alpha Mask on the object layer or Paste Alpha.

    Spoiler

    MAOalqS.png

    Use Outline Object on the object layer. Depending on your image and preference, some alternatives are Drop Shadow, Edge Expander, 1px Expansion.

    Spoiler

    SUsTIG0.png

    Optional: Merge grid/lines/rays layer with the outlined object layer and run the Rubber Stamp plugin.

    Spoiler

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    EDIT: Edited the link to @Illnab1024's the Alpha Mask plugin (there is a warning on the plugin topic that it may not work with newer versions pf PDN but it works fine on my v4.2.13).  Added link to @BoltBait's Paste Alpha.

    Clarified the that the grid should be black lines on transparency.

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    Trouble saving images as different file types.

    in Troubleshooting & Bug Reports

    Posted

    2 hours ago, melgrahamart said:

    shows up on my computer as a pdn file

    I think it's because you have set PDN as the default programme to open these files. This is also the case on my PC. If, however, you right-click on a png or tiff file and choose properties, it'll show the "png" or "tif" extension.

    Your files are not changed in any way. What you see is just File Explorer telling you that, if you double-click this particular file, it will open within PDN.

     

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