[SOTW#157 - Topic - Jigsaw Puzzle]

[PDN very slow to start]

5 minutes ago, Rick Brewster said:

A quick way to determine the maximum possible improvement: quit Paint.NET, rename Effects to Effects.bak, FileTypes to FileTypes.bak, and Shapes to Shapes.bak, and then start Paint.NET again. (or replace ".bak" with whatever you want) It will then start up with zero plugins.

I  know from first install with no plugin's installed pdn started up very fast when I first got my laptop, I will try your suggestion too and see what difference it makes. Thanks Rick

[PDN very slow to start]

Reinstalling has made some difference, now down to less than a minute before I can use pdn, a lot better than 3 - 5 minutes for sure. I will also have to follow the advice of EER and remove some of my lesser used plugin's. Perhaps storing the less used in another folder elsewhere and if needed copy / paste. Thanks all for the help and advice

[PDN very slow to start]

Opens OK for now, running the installer again, after a few hours of not opening pdn will be the test. 

[PDN very slow to start]

10 minutes ago, BoltBait said:

Try this: reinstall paint.net

 

This will force Windows to recompile the application for your system.

Uninstal first or reinstall over current build ?  And would I need to remove all plugin's ?

[PDN very slow to start]

Recently after the Windows 10  update (1607) OS Build 14393. 187. Paint.net (4.0.12) is taking a long time to allow me to either open an image / create new or just open a fresh 800x600 canvas. The below image with the "not responding" text in the upper right, is what I get for around Three to Five minutes.

 

Below is text copied from the diagnostics within pdn. Hope this can help solve the issue. Thanks
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Application    paint.net 4.0.12 (Final 4.12.6099.39434)
Build Date    12 September 2016
    
Hardware accelerated rendering (GPU)    True
Animations    True
DPI    96.00 (1.00x scale)
Language    en-GB
    
OS    Windows 10 (10.0.14393.0)
.NET Runtime    4.0.30319.42000
Physical Memory    8,114 MB
    
CPU    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-5157U CPU @ 2.50GHz
    Architecture    x64 (64-bit)
    Process Mode    64-bit
    Speed    ~2494 MHz
    Cores / Threads    2 / 4
    Features    DEP, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4_1, SSE4_2, XSAVE
    
Video Card    Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 6100
    Dedicated Video RAM    128 MB
    Dedicated System RAM    0 MB
    Shared System RAM    4,057 MB
    Vendor ID    0x8086
    Device ID    0x162B
    Subsystem ID    0x8093103C
    Revision    9
    LUID    0x0000C75B
    Flags    None
    Outputs    1
    
Video Card    Microsoft Basic Render Driver
    Dedicated Video RAM    0 MB
    Dedicated System RAM    0 MB
    Shared System RAM    4,057 MB
    Vendor ID    0x1414
    Device ID    0x008C
    Subsystem ID    0x00000000
    Revision    0
    LUID    0x0000CA13
    Flags    Software
    Outputs    0

[SOTW#156 - winners announced - Bend it / Shape it]

Congrats Pixey & Lynxster4. Good all round entries too. Thanks Drew for the hosting

[SOTW#156 - Topic - Bend it, Shape it.]

[SOTW#155 - Winner Announced - Bugs / Insects]

Well done to all on a difficult topic. Congrats to doughty, Pixey, lynxster and MJW on your placings.
Stellar work from DrewDale's hostng once more. 

[New Forum Software]

Woah.  Been away for a couple of weeks, got to say the forum looks pretty sleek in a new set of clothes. nice work to all involved

[SOTW#154 - Results - Impressionism]

 

My original - http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a506/sashawilko/original_zpsx1izdfcz.png

[[SOTW Discussion] Talk inside...]

So are you guys in favor of Impressionism? Any more suggestions?

 

Most folk never ask for a suggestion, it is up to the winner as it states is the entry thread "The winner of the current SOTW gets to choose the subject for the next competition" Why delay the launch of the next comp ? There is talk of dead competitions further up this thread and here we have a winner who is delaying a competition launch. If you have a topic, PM the host and let us get on with entering it. !

[[SOTW Discussion] Talk inside...]

 I wish more non-participants would stop by to vote.

Speaking for myself, I always vote whether I have entered or not, I have supported the comps since I joined the forum

[Aardvark tiling effect (10th July 2016)]

Great fun. Thanks for making this plugin guys.

A quick play

[SOTW#152 - Winner Announced - Water]

A great win SiBorg.

Well done also to the placers. Thanks Drew for hosting 

[SOTW#152 - Winner Announced - Water]

I hope water drops apply

[SOTW#151 - Winners Announced - Fire]

Congrats to doughty. Well done to the runners up and fellow entrants. Thank your for the hosting Drew

[SOTW#151 - Winners Announced - Fire]

[Hot Metal Glow]

Thank you for the creation, this looks very good

 

Edit-

Works great on gradients.

[[SOTW Discussion] Talk inside...]

I was also thinking along the same lines too. And on that note I will extend this weeks comp a further week. The deadline for entries is Saturday 28th May at 7 PM UK time (conversion in the entry thread)

Thank you. A good idea, sometimes a week seems like only seven days to me Extra time would be ideal.

[TR's Monolithic (3D Text Generator) Feb 6, 2022]

This plugin deserves a Pin. Great examples from all, thanks for this TR

 

Texture added to the font using Apply Texture plugin.

[How To Use Color Range effect]

Excellent tutorial ReMake, this will help a lot

[Color Sketch effect]

sashwilko, ducks in the city - it is unexpected and interesting.

 

 

 

From what I understand, it is a daily pilgrimage to a pond across the road, always cute to watch them

[Color Sketch effect]

Thank you for this plugin Remake. A change from Cats - have some Ducks

[SOTW#146 - Winners Announced.]