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@gi66, I gave it another try and came up with this: Magnified detail: For "how to", view what's hidden below:

Thank you @BoltBait. Here's a magnified detail of Mona Lisa's eyes using your plugin:

That's why I wrote... I don't have a solution off the top of my head for this result but it's an interesting challenge. I'll let you know if I figure something out. In the meantime, now that we know what you're after, someone more knowledgable may offer all of us a way to achieve this. BTW, none of the colours in your example are "pure".

For the image I use as an example: 1. Use @MadJik's Majority Color plugin, select "Reduce to primal colors". 2. Use the Recolor Tool to recolour the yellow and blue to black, white or red. (For help on using the Recolor Tool, @Ego Eram Reputo has written a short and to-the-point tutorial). Example of yellow and blue recoloured red: Example of yellow and blue recoloured white: Remember, each image is unique and what works for one may not work for another. If the method described here works for your image, fine. If not, then you'll need to show us an example of the original image and the intended result to receive more help. You may also appreciate the knowledge shared by @ReMake in his Hope Portrait tutorial.

I think that's a different "old" Feather, even older than than the one the OP asked for.

Try @pyrochild's Gradient Mapping. Being new to PDN, you may also need to read Install Plugins first.

@Wyvr, you're looking in the wrong place. Use File Explorer to look for the font where you have saved it (or extracted it after you have downloaded it). Perhaps in "Downloads"? (If you have trouble finding it, it may be easier to download it again). It is there that you need to right-click and "Install for all users".

Blood @ https://www.clipartmax.com/png/middle/281-2818025_blood-drip-free-pictures-clipart-image-blood.png

@Ladybug's way of using the Clock plugin may be the easiest and fastest. Another way is to duplicate a transparent layer with a vertical line, use Rotate/Zoom (Ctrl+Shift+Z) to rotate (say by 6 degrees), duplicate that layer and rotate that, and continue duplicating and rotating until your rotation reaches the first line, then merge all layers (Flatten, Ctrl+Shift+F). (Rotating by 6 degrees will result in 60 layers, i.e. 60 lines, one for each minute of the hour).

Congratulations @Vagabondi, @Pixey and @Drydareelin. Some very nice entries again in this competition but my favourite ones did not do very well; I liked @Drydareelin's ringed gas planet and @Ladybug's flaming one best. Most importantly, we had lots of entries this time. It's nice to see members create and submit and I think the theme is the most critical factor in getting more entries.

So, where would one look to see for the "sharp" folder? And how or why would one have had it already? Should it be there if one already has the first "g'mic-pdn plugin to exist"? Does it have to be so complicated? Wouldn't it be easier to just put everything together in one zip?

Thank you for your efforts @Reptillian, but your instructions are terribly complicated. I lost you at "Introducing the second g'mic-pdn plugin to exist...". Please remember that vast majority of us users do not understand the language you use in the Plugin Developers section.

Which plugin? If it's just one or two: - Close Paint.NET. - Use File Explorer to navigate to your effects folder and delete the duplicate .dll (it will have something like "(1)" or "- copy" added after the proper name. If it's more than a few plugins, you might as well delete everything in your effects folder and reinstall what you need as you need it.

... unless the OP means this Recolor Tool.

The Spaced Text plugin by @simmetric has a justification option. I've used it a number of times and it works very well.

Installed and working as expected. Thank you @BoltBait.

@Pat B, a simple to use, single task plugin, that does exactly what you describe is @Ed Harvey's White Balance.

Or... Use Color Range to select the red bits and create a mask out of a copy of the "black" version. Use Paste Alpha to apply the mask on the "black" version (and Feather if you like). Place the masked image over the "white" version and merge down.

Thank you @lynxster4 for hosting and congratulations, together with @Ladybug, @sashwilko and @Pixey. The one with the owls is my favourite.

If the examples below are what you aim for... - Duplicate the layer. - Invert Colors (Ctrl+Shift+I) on the lower layer - Remove black on the top layer using any of the many of the colour plugins that bets suit you. In this example, I used Kill Color Keeper In this example I used Color Clearer

Great tutorial @pdnnoob, thank you. I had the idea, when I first read this tutorial, to use Point Blur instead of Zoom Blur and I wanted to try and see if it works. I was reminded of this by the current planet competition. In the image below, the continents are extruded using Zoom Blur, as per the tutorial instructions. The ball is intruded, using Point Blur. Using Point Blur does away with the need to adjust/enlarge the "surface"/top layer (that can be hit and miss).

I think the OP's problem is that he's lost his selection tools. @vicarious1, the selection tools are in the tools floating window. Press the little "hammer" button on the top right of the PDN window to restore the Tools window. Press the other buttons next to that to restore the other three floating windows, i.e. History, Layers and Color. (The keyboard shortcuts are F5, F6, F7 and F8).

You can try a few plugins and play with the settings until you get the exact effect you aim for. For example:

There are quite a few plugins that may help you. Use the Plugin Index and search for "warp" or "distortion" and similar. You'll be surprised of the number of options.