Red ochre
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Cool images and inventive plugins - many thanks!
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Betty Davis eyes - wonderful.
I really enjoy this style of yours - I think she's hypnotized me! -
Sasha - Pleased the extra speed helps!
Dug - Great image - no one else would put the 'daddy-long-legs' (crane fly) on the water lilly! - the circle of life - love it! and the furblur results look good. Good composition too.
doughty - kudzu - I had to look that up - glad you're exploring possible textures. -
^^ I'll get my revenge!
(laughing too much to take offense)
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Good start to your gallery Oceana.
Your avatar, gallery banner & sig all match well.
I particularly like the TV from the kitch logo comp, it has a sort of 50's/60's cartoon feel to it.
Good results from the tutorials too.
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I found BolBait's tutorials brilliant! - I printed them out, read them, re-read them and still refer to them occasionally.
Also there are various sites online to teach the basics of C#. I found this series of tutorials useful to look up the syntax too (though much of it is not directly needed to use codelab).http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorials/Lesson01.aspx
Good luck! - be warned it can be addictive.
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WB, NN, Helen & Dug - Thanks for the comments, glad you are having fun with it!
Both Furblur and Clipwarp would not exist if Null54 hadn't showed me how to set them up correctly in Visual Studio. The help is very appreciated!
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Ah - the Sun - I knew I was seeing it the wrong way!
- still, I think it does look better now the outline of the face is clearer. 
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Glad you like changes!
Pdnnoob, BBQ & yellowman - thanks
Seerose - Danke!
yellowman - It now tests if the start pixel is above the transparency threshold before doing most of the calculations.
This makes it much faster for object layers. It may also be slightly faster for whole layers due to tidying up the code too. It is actually doing a few more calculations to deal with transparency now.
Plus, I probably rushed the first version a bit, due to forum interest and I was excited about it too! -
I have just updated the plugin with more curl shapes and a better way to treat transparency (for the 4pix version).
Have incuded your SubmenuNames suggestion Midora - thanks!
Here's the updated code.
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Thanks Dug.
Thanks bloodpnx - (much appreciated but by head is big enough already!).
There is an update on page one - it can now do things like this:
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Hi Dug - sorry for the slow reply.
Nice work on the reflections - thanks for posting.
- I'm too old to appreciate that just will.i.am character!
(Does Violet Elizabeth know about his ganja habit?)
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http://i.imgur.com/8w2DTcx.jpg">http://i.imgur.com/8w2DTcx.jpg
I used 'dents' on a low distortion on multiple layers for the 'smokey' effect.
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Cool new, jelly blue, sig too!
(last one was good with the jade green theme - that doesn't rhyme). -
You could try using 'clipwarp' with the overall displacement slider at 0.
Since the clipboard in Pdn doesn't (currently) allow access to the transparency (alpha) values, it makes more sense (to me atleast) - to copy an opaque image/texture to the clipboard and then apply that to an object layer - preserving the object layer's transparency.
I have trouble with the 'Alpha mask' plugin too
- especially if there is colour on the mask layer (I assume transparency is expected to be white and opaque, black). Usually I want to 'mask' with only the alpha values - so it gets very confusing if the 'mask' is not simply black text on a transparent (white) layer.
I'm sure Aaron will do fine with the example shown and WB's instructions though.
Also, very grateful to Illnab1024 for his clipboard code! - 'clipwarp' wouldn't work without it!
niwax's 'Apply texture' - (with the brightness slider down) will do the job in the same way as clipwarp too.
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Hi Pixey - nice work on the new sig!
Love the grapes, vine leaves, apple and mouse.
(- bit confused as to what that is behind the mouses head in front of the apple - tail? tendril?)
Rest of it looks great though, and your gallery works perfectly and loads quickly too!
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Why not use the grid maker plugin: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=4175
- on a transparent layer with foreground only checked. Then use it as a guide to line up your objects?
I think a snap to grid plugin could be very decieving as the anti-aliased pixels around an object mean that edges are not always where they seem to be. So for it to look correct you would need a fine adjustment - so you may as well do it the long way I've suggested and decide if it 'looks' correct.
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Hello NMD,
There are many that do something similar - did you mean this one?
http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/13535-isolate-lineart/
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That looks interesting Midora, particularly 'Tabs'.
'LabelMin' and 'LabelMax' would certainly make it easier to align the words correctly and I like the option to show units too.
I have a few ideas that may or may not be sensible (I simply don't have the knowledge yet to know how difficult or practical these things are to do using a customU.I.).
1. I find the 'reset to default' buttons for the trackbars very useful. There doesn't appear to be this function for the checkboxes, drop-down lists or radio buttons - perhaps there could be one 'reset all to default' button for all the controls?
Aha! - I've just noticed you have included this for checkboxes in your example.
2. I find the drop-down lists very useful as they save a lot of space on the U.I compared to radio buttons. I wonder if there could be a drop-down list of ckeckboxes too?
3. Possibly an 'Info' button to show a message box where the plugin author can write basic instuctions?
Just thought I would suggest these in case they have not already been considered.
The OptionBased library looks very promising! - thanks for posting the example.
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Perhaps this may be relevant too?
http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/26657-wsq-file-plugin/
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^^Wow! - thanks
- and many thanks to Null54 for making it possible too! And Pixey - I think I used to have a 'candlewick' bedspread with that texture - (all duvets these days) - thanks for posting.
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Trackbar labels: - Yes, much as EER says.
I do try to make the UI tidy and logical, but explaining the function to the user takes precedence. Also, personally, I find breaking up the visually uniform look of a 'wall' of trackbar sliders makes it quicker to find the one I want. -
Daniels - please do - I find simply 'playing' with plugins the best way to learn and discover new techniques.
EER - I should nominate that to the Galeria (but there could be copyright issues) - it does make me chuckle!
YM - stunning! - great use of the plugin and the image itself is a pleasure - great colours & textures!
Dug - looking forward to seeing what surreal uses you find for it.
Pixey - That looks great! - original use of Furblur for the icicles. 'Clever' - I wish! (Null54 is the clever one for getting it working).
Helen - you can hug me anytime! - looking forward to seeing your results - perhaps some candyfloss trees for your candy house?
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^^ I agree with EER.
Thank you!
I think I will be refering to your explanation many times;-)
- still, I think it does look better now the outline of the face is clearer. 
- especially if there is colour on the mask layer (I assume transparency is expected to be white and opaque, black). Usually I want to 'mask' with only the alpha values - so it gets very confusing if the 'mask' is not simply black text on a transparent (white) layer.
TR's DoodleMatic V1.4 (Oct 24th, 2013)
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The results look good and the code is fascinating - (well more perplexing truthfully - but that's me not you).
Just had a quick play so far - this is really fun! - thanks.