[Limit Number of Colors]

Just asking, is it something like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_depth if thats the case i will probably upload it later today (have been working on something like that for some time now) but there wont be any dithering like in the images on that wiki page

[Smudge]

Yes they are all in sub folders and organised, the only brush that is not in a sub folder is "sample brush" and I can't even select that one.

Try take them out of the sub folders

[Make a Hybrid Illusion]

oh all right, thanks. ^^V

btw, i was wondering, i really like the "yummeh cookies" one, how would i go about doing that one?

like i did in the tutorial i made i think i inverted the colors of the blurred image

[Make a Hybrid Illusion]

haha this was pretty cool.

it took me a while to actually see it and wanting to know which one i wanted to stand out more and the other in the bg.

so here's the result:

although the fading text is hard to read up close, but further away, i can make it out.

i had fun and thank you for sharing.

can't wait to mess with this one a bit more as well. C:

nice one and the fading text should only be able to read some meters away

[High Pass v1.2]

hmm, for some reason, i am not able to go to both sites.

although i've clicked them a few times.

i think the links may be misplaced.

oh geez, sorry forgot to change the links when my friend changed my site from http://gfl.images.dc...ls.com/cookies/ to http://cookies.dcsrvdls.com, will be fixed in a few seconds

*edit* fixed

[Smudge]

In the smudge brushes dropdown list I have 2 brushes and then the option to add/remove brushes, the Custom Brushes folder opens up, yes, but I am unable to use any of the brushes, If I try to select one it just opens up in windows picture viewer. I have all my custom brushes where they are supposed to be and all the required dll installed.

What file type is the brush you try to install?

[Cookies gallery]

Update: added 2 new pics

[Smudge]

could you be a little more specific with what things I need to put where?

Sorry to be a bother!

I'm not sure which brushes you're talking about. Do I have to download a brush pack plug-in?

Also, not sure which folder. Should I create a custom brushes folder in PDN User Files?

Alright, lets say you want to install this brush

http://cookies.dcsrvdls.com/images/squarebrush.png

go into Smudge and in the brush list click "Add/Remove Brushes" and then put the brush in the folder that pops up, then go back to PDN and look in the brush list, the squarebrush should now be in the menu ready to use

[Smudge]

I too have problems selecting a custom brush, I have mine in the required folder in PDN user files, but when I select a custom brush, nothing happens all it does is open the brush I selected in windows picture viewer.

Running Pentium Quad / Windows 7 Pro.

You have to move the brushes into that folder and then restart smudge, i think the files have to be PNG, dont know, then they should show up in the brush menu

[Condtional effects]

Hello, Conditional effects plugin gives you the ability to run 6 effects, run in the order they're placed, from top to bottom, but only the colors matching the conditions are affected, you can choose between HSV or RGB conditions.

Here's a picture of the dialog

You change the From value with left click and To value with right click on the sliders

 

and an example

before:

 

fiddling with a few of the effects i managed to remove

 

yellow (bad example? i think so, i didn't really have time to make a better one )

And i gotta credit @evanolds for the sourcecode of his Conditional Hue/Saturation which helped me a lot with this

24-09-2010: Fixed a problem with inverting the HSV values on transparent backgrounds

 

ConditionalEffects.zip

[Point Blur Effect]

Thanks for the update

[Select area with fixed ratio (à la JPEGCrops)]

Click the selection tool and on the bars above there should be a drop down list like this:

[Point Blur Effect]

You dont get the point correctly  i got a screenie bout it

http://cookies.dcsrvdls.com/images/screenie.jpg

this:

double x = (tempPoint.First + 1) * bounds.Width / 2;
double y = (tempPoint.Second + 1) * bounds.Height / 2;

should be more like:

double x = ((tempPoint.First + 1) * bounds.Width / 2) + bounds.Left;
double y = ((tempPoint.Second + 1) * bounds.Height / 2) + bounds.Top;

i think

[High Pass v1.2]

New version out, added extra blurs and made a custom UI i kept the old version if there's any bugs or you dont need the extra options

[Trail 3d]

Nice plugin it's awesome I'm never going to remove this

[Random Effect]

  For some reason this crashes sometimes, always with the same error message, I don't know if there's a problem with this and Olden, but it seems like it since Olden runs just fine

File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\Random Effect.dll
      Effect Name: pyrochild.effects.randomeffect.RandomEffect
      Full error message: PaintDotNet.WorkerThreadException: Worker thread threw an exception ---> System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Indekset lå uden for arrayets grænser.
   ved PaintDotNet.Effects.UnfocusEffect.Apply(ColorBgra src, Int32 area, Int32* hb, Int32* hg, Int32* hr, Int32* ha) i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\Effects\UnfocusEffect.cs:linje 124
   ved PaintDotNet.Effects.LocalHistogramEffect.RenderRect(Int32 rad, Surface src, Surface dst, Rectangle rect) i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\Effects\LocalHistogramEffect.cs:linje 203
   ved PaintDotNet.Effects.UnfocusEffect.OnRender(Rectangle[] rois, Int32 startIndex, Int32 length) i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\Effects\UnfocusEffect.cs:linje 181
   ved PaintDotNet.Effects.Effect`1.Render(Rectangle[] renderRects, Int32 startIndex, Int32 length) i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\Effects\Effect`1.cs:linje 57
   ved PaintDotNet.Effects.Effect`1.Render(EffectConfigToken parameters, RenderArgs dstArgs, RenderArgs srcArgs, Rectangle[] rois, Int32 startIndex, Int32 length) i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\Effects\Effect`1.cs:linje 100
   ved Olden.Olden.RenderUnfocus(RenderArgs dst, RenderArgs src, Rectangle[] rois, Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
   ved Olden.Olden.OnRender(Rectangle[] rois, Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
   ved PaintDotNet.Effects.Effect`1.Render(Rectangle[] renderRects, Int32 startIndex, Int32 length) i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\Effects\Effect`1.cs:linje 57
   ved PaintDotNet.Effects.Effect`1.Render(EffectConfigToken parameters, RenderArgs dstArgs, RenderArgs srcArgs, Rectangle[] rois, Int32 startIndex, Int32 length) i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\Effects\Effect`1.cs:linje 100
   ved pyrochild.effects.randomeffect.RandomEffect.Render(EffectConfigToken parameters, RenderArgs dstArgs, RenderArgs srcArgs, Rectangle[] rois, Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
   ved PaintDotNet.Effects.Effect.Render(EffectConfigToken parameters, RenderArgs dstArgs, RenderArgs srcArgs, Rectangle[] rois) i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\Effects\Effect.cs:linje 211
   ved PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.RendererContext.Renderer(EffectConfigToken token) i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\BackgroundEffectRenderer.cs:linje 128
   --- Slut på staksporing af indre undtagelser ---
   ved PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.DrainExceptions() i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\BackgroundEffectRenderer.cs:linje 372
   ved PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.Abort() i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\BackgroundEffectRenderer.cs:linje 328
   ved PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.Start() i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\BackgroundEffectRenderer.cs:linje 275
    ved PaintDotNet.Menus.EffectMenuBase.<>c__DisplayClass1d.<>c__DisplayClass21.<RunEffectImpl>b__10() i D:\src\pdn\pdn_35x\src\PaintDotNet\Menus\EffectMenuBase.cs:linje 827

[IndirectUI readonly if certain StaticListChoiceProperty option is chosen]

Is there a way i can make a property readonly if a certain StaticListChoiceProperty is chosen?

Thanks in advance

[Make a Hybrid Illusion]

Nice. Thanks for the tutorial.

http://a.imageshack.us/img835/6803/presidentsillusion01.png

Nice work 

[Make a Hybrid Illusion]

Yes, very clever.

I would suggest using the Align Object plug in to get the text lined up easily.

Well, you can do as you want to, but lets say we take the word "Trick" and "Treat" (wondering why? ) and use Align Object there still needs to do some manual work, i prefer doing it all manually  and thanks 

@Rubrica Thanks

[Make a Hybrid Illusion]

I don't really know where to put this, but since it's so much easier with text than images i decided to put it here, it is possible with images but i haven't had any luck with images, well lets get started

Required plugin:

High Pass filter

Optional, but recommended:

BoltBait's transparency adjustment effect because i think it's easier with percent than the 255 scale, but as said optional

It's something like this you will end up with (zoom out or walk a few meters away)

alright lets get started

Start by making a new image (CTRL+N) size 800x400, the width should be less or more depending on the text you write

Now render some clouds, i used 250 scale and 0.35 roughness

Now duplicate the cloud layer and call one of the layers "Trick" and the other "Treat" and create 2 more layers called "Trick text" and "Treat text"

Now in the Treat text write "Treat" and in the Trick text write "Trick", now move the text so they are around the middle and overlapping precisely, e.g. if both words start with "T" then the "T" on the top layer most be precisely above the other "T", use a thick font like Impact so people far away still can see whats written and write with a font size of 192

now merge Trick text with Trick layer and Treat text with Treat layer

Depending on which text layer you want to be able to see close up (in this case it's "Treat") move the layer down and hide the other layer and run High Pass from effects - photo and set the radius to around 7, if you are using the version with extra blurs, just stay at Gaussian blur, but experimenting with the blurs will bring different results, so do what you want to

Now make the top layer layer visible and select it and run Gaussian blur with a high radius, but the text still readable, i used a radius of 42

now you got 2 options, 1. change the layer opacity to around 114 or 2. (recommended) Use BoltBait's Transparency adjustment effect and set it to -55, do this on both layers

Now create a new layer and move it down until it's the bottom layer and fill it with a color of your choice, i used white

And you're done!   

Now test by zooming out to around 20%

But wait! there's still more you can do, you can use curves or color plugins to get different colors, experiment with it until you get a good result     

[Cookies gallery]

Somewhere in the tutes section?

Depends on the level of difficulty. Link back to your High Pass filter plugin.

I for one would like to know more about how it works, as in what would I use it for other than to create super cool text effects.

Well, it should be able to work with 2 bit similar images but haven't tried yet, it's easier with text since it doesn't have to be like ultra similar words, just around same length

[Cookies gallery]

Very clever! Yummeh Cookies!

Guess you're gonna have to write a tute on that now, please?

Guess i have to  

but where?

[Cookies gallery]

Welcome to my gallery

Hybrid illusions

Hidden Content:

 

To see it you can choose between zooming out or walking some meters away from the screen

Which words to you see? Close up? Far away?

For a tut click here

Nature

Hidden Content:

This image is the first of its kind i ever made

Other

Hidden Content:

My biig passion, cookies, now in a new fruity version

27-09-2010: 2 new pics

[Abstract Scribbles]

 

The second one I noticed in some areas there are little white pixels  never mind, that might just be my browser, because when I copied it into PDN to circle them, they were gone. (Does anyone else see those white pixels)

I do see them too, and they are still there in PDN, they're transparent pixels

[High Pass v1.2]

v1.1 is out, fixed the image sharpening to adjust the High Passed pixel instead of source pixel, added a checkbox for sharpening and greyscale