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The Letter A up on front page. Girl stock.

Completely understood which was why I acknowledged it may be impossible for it to happen.

@Joshua Lamusga, I love using the Brush Factory, and @welshblue beat me to the request to increase the maximum radius size from 500. I would greatly appreciate that. Two features I would like to see implemented if they are possible, and I acknowledge right now that it may not be possible. 1) I would like to see the square brush be replaced with an outline geometry of the brush file. It would make it easier for me to see where I am painting, especially when performing pre-masking paint for my photo manipulations. 2) This might be an impossible request, but I am just throwing it out there. I would love to use ABR (Photoshop brush file) within the Brush Factory without having to go through the steps of converting ABR into individual PNG files to be used by the Brush Factory using converters like abrViewer or abrMate. Edit: After taking another look at the Brush Factory, I think it's time to reconsider the custom brush file location. It takes FOREVER for it to load, even inside a virtual machine called Parallel. One feature I really liked from pyrochild's Smudge plug-in is the ability to load brush from the Smudge Brush folder, and that is something I would like to see in Brush Factory very much.

I see. So it wasn't what I was hoping it meant. Oh well.

@Rick Brewster I am not understanding what is happening with "Paste Selection." Maybe I am being dense, but for example, I had a honking big image (5254x3407) that I copied and pasted to the clipboard, and then in another PDN file, I used Magic Wand to select a circle, create a new empty layer with the selection still activated, and click on Paste Selection, and instead of having the Clipboard content being pasted inside the circle, all I am seeing is an empty selection box.

@Ego Eram Reputo Looks like *cracks knuckles* we have a very early entry for WEOMPA candidate.

When using Windows PC, I know that if I use CTRL + [ or ] to decrease/increase the size of the brush. However, when running PDN inside Parallel that is installed with Windows 10, the keyboard shortcut does not work. When I use the bracket, it decrease/increaste -/+ by 1. I am not sure if this a bug or an issue of running inside a virtual machine.

Many thanks for the update, Rick. I am using PDN with Parallel, and I noticed the performance is noticeably faster than predecessor. In reading the thread about the color picker (inside Troubleshoot & Bug Report sub forum), I was wondering if it is possible for a future release to allow the paint brush and gradient to use left-click to set primary and right-click to set secondary colors?

Throwing in my 2 cents...I like the original PDN logo as it is unique and synonymous to the software.

It's nice to know I have influenced you somewhat. ? Now that is funny! Seriously, though, I have plumb forgot how I pulled it off, but I know it wasn't easy. Class is starting up again, so I probably won't have much free time to do some more manips. Edit: To @Seerose, @lynxster4, and @Maximilian I'm glad y'all liked the latest work. I ran out of reps to give so I'll just leave this here with a hearty thank you!

Woof, it has been ages since I last photomanipulated something. After seeing @welshblue photomanip, I just had to jump right back in and make something, aka "HummingFade." Stock used: Hummingbird and ink drop. Used with PDN v4.1 utilizing Gradient Mapping and Brush Factory.

My suggestion to @HCGS would be to include some rotating banners show casting some of the images made and/or manipulated in PDN. A quick look in the Galleria would show some of the best artworks created entirely in PDN. I would also love to see some tools like smudge and liquify become part of the permanent tools of PDN instead of being plugins, and I am sure that Rick is planning to incorporate that. If you have read the popular feature requests, you will see that Rick is aware of what the folks want. I have no problem using the plugins because it enhances the user experience with the software. I would love for there to be a custom brush, and the Brush Factory plugin is far superior to Simon Brown's custom brush plugin. Again, the popular feature thread has those future installation. I would also like to see the default layer blending options expanded to truly compete with GIMP. I have been using PDN since before 3.5.11 came out, and I have managed to work within the limitation of PDN utilizing plugins and workaround. It makes it a challenge and enjoyable, while passing on some tricks to other artists in the community.

Kudos, Rick. I was just reading through the Roadmap, and it is amazing how far PDN came from being an undergraduate senior design project into what it is today.

You can also achieve this effect WITHOUT the use of plugin. Below are the steps: Duplicate the original photograph. On the duplicated layer, run Gaussian Blur, keep the blur radius at a very minimum, less than 10. While still on the duplicated layer, use the gradient tool set to linear (reflected), and set to transparency mode. Below is an example of what you can achieve following the steps above (clickable to see it bigger). Original image. Edit: Here is another photograph, manipulated with tilt shift technique, utilizing the steps above, and using reflected linear transparent gradient from the bottom right to middle of the photograph. The only limitation is your imagination.

Be warned, though, it is a very slow plugin.

This?

There is a plugin that does something very close but imperfectly - Selection Obscurer.

Thank you all for your comments. Just uploaded an attempt on double exposure in PDN. It's challenging to pull it off without the powerful tool of Photoshop's layer mask tool, but I think I managed it. Stocks: Woman and Castle on water.

I could have swore it didn't show up. Ah, all is well now.

@Ego Eram Reputo, I think that PDN is suppressing SelectionObscure.dll. I couldn't find it anywhere in the Effect submenu.

Been a while since I made something. Tools used - Transparent gradient, paintbrush, and crop. Stocks - Man and lion. Edit: Added another manipulation and this one just seem to jump out. Stocks: Boy and teddy bear.

Dumb question here - is it possible for a future release of PDN to block MacType from being loaded?

@ReMake I remember I was digging online and looking for the math behind the layer blending modes and found that Microsoft have their own versions as well. Is it worth taking a look? https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh706313(v=vs.85).aspx

Thank you for this. I was able to create my own effect where I used Gaussian Blur, the default PDN blending options, and your algorithms through CodeLab. BlurBlend.zip

@lynxster4, @Pixey, @Seerose: Thank you ladies for your kind comment. ------- New Work added to first page. Stock: Man, Smoke Abstract Color Powder Explosion, and a few minutes of playing around.