[Cutout Effect Plug-In]

Thanks. I'd forgotten that I deleted "cutouteffect.dll when I installed Illnab's plugin pack. That explains the drop-down-menu-cutout-icon-without-corresponding-cutouteffect dll-mystery.

FYI: The cutout effect just produces an error message regardless of which dll is installed separately. Oh well—so sad.

[Cutout Effect Plug-In]

Several times I tried to use the cutout effect and each time got only a Plugin Error message telling me to restart Paint.Net.

I went to the effects folder in PDN to remove the cutouteffect dll, before installing a newly downloaded version of the dll, but there was no cutouteffect dll to remove (or anything similar); and yet '"cutout" still appears in the effects drop-down menu.

So, I put the newly downloaded dll in the effects folder and restarted PDN. "Cutout" then appeared twice in the drop-down menu, but clicking on either one just returned the original plugin error message.

I removed the dll from the effects folder and restarted but only one of listing's of "cutout" had disappeared from the drop-down menu.

1. How can "cutout" still appear in the drop-down menu when there is no cutouteffect dll in the Effects Folder ?

and

2. What else, besides delete the dll from the Effects folder, can I do to to remove "cutout" from the drop-down menu ?

[Highlight (now in Red ochre plugin pack)]

I love it ! This is great for jewels and chrome and shiny sparkly icons. In only a month it's already become one of my favs.

[Icon, Cursor, and Animated Cursor Format v3.7 (May 2010)]

Posted version 3.7 which saves all images that have dimensions greater than or equal to 256 as PNGs.

Please let me know if you find any problems.

This plugin usually works fine, but if I try to open an ico file which is defective (unknowingly), I get the message "Icon/Cursor Data is invalid and can not be loaded." When I click OK to clear the message, PdN crashes ('unhandled error'), leaving a crashlog on the desktop.

I don't expect PdN to open invalid files. I'm only posting this because because of the crashlog.

I tried to attach the crashlog but got got an error message saying I'm not permitted to upload this kind of file.

[The 'Mike Ryan' Signature Tutorial *Remake*]

Hey, I'm here to help. On this step we are making the Alpha mask. That means a black and white picture which you use to cut out another picture, in this case the sig.

White represents opaque and black represents transparent. However we will be inverting the colors so black should represent opaque and white transparency up to step 3.

So, if you want to have a hole in the shape of a heartagram you should paste it on the mask in white because we invert the colors later.

Yes, it's a bit more confusing that way but that's how I wrote it in the tutorial.

Just do exactly what I say in the tutorial but instead of erasing in step 2, part 2 you paste in the heartagram in white.

Here are some useful tutorials on Alpha Masking: Alpha Masking tutorials by Crazy Man Dan - Frozen Text tutorial with a guide to Alpha Masks by m2lucky

SkullSplitter

Thanx for the tut, but your links here in post #15 and also in #1 lead to 404 Error. Cry.

[Palette from image tool [20091111]]

When working with images I like to be able to have a relevant palette.

The attached effect plugin uses the current image to create a paint.net palette file. Both dll files are required for this "effect".

When you first run it (from Effects -> Tools -> Palette From Image) you need to enter the Palettes folder (usually My Documents\Paint.NET USer Files\Palettes). This then gets saved for subsequent uses.

The default palette name is PDN Current Image (so it's not likely to clash with any you might already have). This file can be overwritten each time. After the effect is run the new palette appears in the Paint.net palette list ready to use.

Hidden Content:

UPDATE 05-July-09

Renamed settings file to match the dll

Added checking for invalid filename characters

Generated palette sorted by HSV

UPDATE 01-Aug-09

Fixed file access issue (for APShredder)

Added progress bar to palette generation

Fixed form positioning

UPDATE 11-Nov-09

Patched for threading issue with v3.5

I am having the same problem as described by APShredder in his post in 2009.

The first time I used it, I didn't change the default location, 'My Documents', and it worked fine; but I had to move it to the palettes folder in Paint.Net Users file.

When I tried to use it again for another image it just wouldn't work at all. The UI would flash for a fraction of a second, then nothing -no save- no chance to save.

So, I re-downloaded it. This time the UI came up just like the first time, but I wanted to save in palettes folder within Paint.Net User's File. So I changed the path just as described by ApShredder - clicked ok - and Paint.Net promptly crashed, leaving a pdncrashlog on my desktop. I emailed this as it says to and will also attach it to this post.

Also, about 20 seconds after PDN crashed, my touchpad cursor froze forcing me to do a forced shutdown of my computer. I should probably be saying this somewhere else

(report bugs maybe ?), but this 'cursor freeze' problem occurs frequently when working with the color window.

Edit: After I wrote this post, I restarted PDN and tried the plugin with another image. This time When the UI came up, the offered save location was changed to 'My Documents\Paint.Net User Files\Palettes', and the palette saved ok. So, when I changed the path it crashed the program but it also succeeded in changing the path.

However, when I tried it on another image - (like the first time) - it wouldn't work on a second image. The 'initializing' message would flash and then no UI would appear. What I discovered is that it won't work twice during one session. If I exit then restart

PDN the plugin works again, but only once. It seems this is a one-time-per-session plugin.

[triangular gradient]

The link seems to be broken.

[Mike Ryan's Plugins]

Will someone - Mike Ryan or Admin or whoever is responsible for these things - please make the necessary

spelling correction to the Effects > Color submenu.

It's Color Trimming not Color Timming.

Thank you.

[Adjustments and Effects Menus Icons]

First, this section of the forum is for publishing plugins you've written.

Moved to General Discussion & Questions

Next, you can find the sources of all the icons in Paint.NET and this forum here.

And finally, you can download all of the icons used in Paint.NET from this forum. Click the in the post editor, then click Show All. All of the icons that come with Paint.NET should be in that list.

Thank you.

Is the post for a particular plugin in this forum the right place to ask questions about that particular plugin ?

[Adjustments and Effects Menus Icons]

I looked and looked for a place to ask this question but didn't find a similar question, so I'll ask it here.

Does anyone know where I can get copies of the plugin icons used for the individual Adjustments/Effects in the Adjustments and Effects menus ?

I would like to use the icons on my own collected plugin help files as a mnemonic device to keep my help files organized. (e.g. Is this Outline Selection or Object ? BoltBait, pyrochild, or Aziz ?)

I tried using IcoFX to extract the icons from the .dll and .exe files in Paint.Net installed on my computer, but I only found 3 icons: the main Paint.Net icon and 2 other icons that seemed unrelated

to the plugins menus.

Thank you.

P.S. Thanks to Ergo Eram Reputo for the Plugin Index; it brings organization to plugin chaos.

[Shadow / Highlight Recovery v2.2 (2008-12-24)]

I downloaded this plugin today and there is a problem with the UI. In the Basic Mode, the upper half of the slider knob for the Highlights adjustment is missing and there is no "Highlights" label to indicate that's what the middle slider is for. In the Adavanced Mode, the upper half of the slider knob for the Tonal Range adjustment is missing and there is no "Tonal Range" label to indicate that's what that slider is for. (I am including a screen capture file showing this)

It's not clear whether the plugin is malfunctioning as well. It doesn't seem to remove shadows and highlights as portrayed in your screen shots, but that could be the result my own failings

I've downloaded the plugin pack several times, thinking maybe I made a mistake in the process that could have corrupted the plugins, but the result was the same each time; and the color mixer plugin works fine.

Any suggestions ?

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[Subdirectories]

No, that won't work.

I recommend against having anything but plugin files in the Effects folder.

Some plugins have ancillary non-DLL files. Those are OK, too.

That should be alright.

Thnx for the quick reply.

Would Simon Brown's CustomBrushesMini.pdb (came with CustomBrushesMini.dll ) be an example of an "ancillary non-DLL file" which can be left in the effects folder ? What is a ".pdb" file ?

[Subdirectories]

1. Can I create subdirectories, (e.g. one subdirectory for each plugin author), within the effects directory; and then place the plugin dll files within their coresponding subdirectory ?

OR

2. Should/MUST the effects directory contain nothing but the individual dll files ? No subdirectories? No Readme (or other txt files) ? No nothing else but dll's ?

3. Can I create a subdirectory within the Paint.Net directory (e.g. "instructions") where I can save/store any saved instructions, comments on plugin use, explainations, etc. (similar to the way I might put explanitory comments within the body of source code) ? OR Should any such (selfcreated) directory/folder be kept in my own personal files ? (i.e. would the placement of any such file within the Paint.Net directory interfere with the functioning of Paint.Net ?