Simon Brown Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Paint.NET Effect Installation Right-Click Menu Option 1.3 Consider this deprecated. If you want to remove it, i've attached an uninstaller to this post. Until now installing an effect plugin meant unzipping a compressed archive, opening a new explorer window, locating the paint.net effects folder and copying the file. Those days are now over. PluginInstaller adds a new item to the right-click menu of each ZIP file, when clicked this will install the contents as a plugin, meaning that the process of installing an effects plugin now only consists of moving to the parent directory, right-clicking on the folder and selecting the "install" option. RightClickInstallUninstall.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Awesome. Cannot wait to try it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Yup, it will not run on my Vista machine. FastPluginInstall freezes up when I click 'Install' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 Does the attached version work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 It does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 What is your default unzip application? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 I have added details of an alternative method for those having problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJXD Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Mine is working fine and i'm on Vista. Great plugin by the way |My Sig Tut| Deviant Art |Advanced Grunge Texture|My Gallery The Birthplace of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3z Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Its like the plugin installer program but better! "Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity." -Michaul Gelb My Gallery Check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I can think of quite a few problems already: 1. It's likely that the program is able to "install" non-PDN effects. 2. Some effects may use pre-created .ini files or other types of storing data. 3. Pressing the menu by accident could severly damage your OS, especially if, for example I'm busy doing things in the System Files. Any way you could prevent things like the above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 3. Pressing the menu by accident could severly damage your OS, especially if, for example I'm busy doing things in the System Files. It doesn't delete the file after installation. ----- As for the other two, I may include this in future, but I can tell you that Paint.NET simply ignores the files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Sweet! I asked for this a few times in the past. Downloading now, will edit post to reflect my attempt. Edit: Works perfectly. Running Windows XP Home. "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirby145 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I installed a fresh ton of plugins yesterday with this. Thank you. Only suggestion is after you install like 10 plugins you have 10 windows that say plugin installed, that's just kind of silly "By trying to reinvent the wheel every time we find very often with square wheels" ...X-blaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braiden Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Mehr, I like mine better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 Mehr,I like mine better From my perspective they have very different purposes. PEIRCMO was intended to ease the installation of plugins, while PDNPM seems to be more orientated towards removing certain plugins temporarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaaaab Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 it´s not working, gives me error...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 In that case, try the alternative option listed in the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3z Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Is it possible to have a window that gives you more than one option e.g to install it as a filetype or a font, maybe even a pallete or brush. Then just have it set to effect by default to people can just click -> if they dont want to install other things often. "Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity." -Michaul Gelb My Gallery Check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 This is soo much quicker and easier...big thanks! I will definitely use this as soon as I can find some new plugins deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Afflicted Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 What program(s) should I use to decompress these plug-ins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipp92 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 7-Zip Personal Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 What program(s) should I use to decompress these plug-ins? With this plugin, you just right-click on the ZIP file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Afflicted Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 With this plugin, you just right-click on the ZIP file. I know, but I can't get Paint.NET to use the sucker! Can you help me with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 With this plugin, you just right-click on the ZIP file. I know this is going to make me look like a moron, but what option do I click? Click "install paint.net plugin"; I think that is what the option says; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alobar Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I have added details of an alternative method for those having problems. Neither method works for me here on VISTA/64 Alobar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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