david.atwell Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Oh, THIS is COOL. :-) Er, well...you get the picture. ;-) Thanks, Tom. Love seeing you here, as it means there's something cool coming. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmcguinness Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 How did I not see this before? This is giving me lots of ideas!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyousjoym Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 tryed twice to get the fire effect loaded on my paint . net and couldnt even open it ! :oops: i dont understand why ! im very new to all this ! any help would be appreciated it looks like an awesome and fun thing to work with ! blessings and have a joyous day ! joy[/color] Quote ♫ Life is a song♫ and ♥God's Love♥ is the music. Train your heart to smile and your soul to sing and you will find blessings in each and everything . ♫ joyousjoym~Blessings♥ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 tryed twice to get the fire effect loaded on my paint . net and couldnt even open it ! :oops: i dont understand why ! im very new to all this ! any help would be appreciated it looks like an awesome and fun thing to work with ! blessings and have a joyous day ! joy[/color] Read viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2023 and http://boltbait.googlepages.com/install Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalopride Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Hey just started with this program and was messing around with the fire effect you created. i love it and will definately be using it more. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Afflicted Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 How do I install this particular plug in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 How do I install this particular plug in? In the same way you installed Shape3D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Afflicted Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 In the same way you installed Shape3D. I never installed that. I got the folder unpacked, but what do I do with the .dll file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 In the same way you installed Shape3D. I never installed that. I got the folder unpacked, but what do I do with the .dll file? Place it in C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Afflicted Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Place it in C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects. I know I'm getting annoying, but there's not folder for "effects". Could you give me some advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Place it in C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects. I know I'm getting annoying, but there's not folder for "effects". Could you give me some advice? Try this: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=24980 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Afflicted Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Place it in C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects. I know I'm getting annoying, but there's not folder for "effects". Could you give me some advice? Try this: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=24980 Unbelievably, my computer doesn't support that. Could you completely walk me through the old-fashioned way to do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 When you say "doesn't support," do you mean the menu item doesn't show? If it doesn't, download the attachment instead and follow the advice under "troubleshooting." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Afflicted Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 When you say "doesn't support," do you mean the menu item doesn't show? If it doesn't, download the attachment instead and follow the advice under "troubleshooting." Forget that, just run me through the old-fashioned way. My computer is slow with downloads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startreksuite Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Place it in C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects. I know I'm getting annoying, but there's not folder for "effects". Could you give me some advice? did you find paint.net in the program files folder? It will be where the installed programs go on your comp. As far as I know, as soon as you install pdn, there will be a subfolder called effects. Simon Brown has an awesome plugin called right click install. download that, run as indicated, and any download you save to desktop will be right click installed. No more need to mess with the effects folder Quote my photobucket my blog my DA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Okay, go to "My Computer" and select your HD. Then go to "program files," then "Paint.NET" and finally "Effects," move your DLLs there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Afflicted Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Okay, go to "My Computer" and select your HD. Then go to "program files," then "Paint.NET" and finally "Effects," move your DLLs there. I don't have an effects folder! Is it an ordinary folder? If I created a new one named "effects", would that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Okay, go to "My Computer" and select your HD. Then go to "program files," then "Paint.NET" and finally "Effects," move your DLLs there. I don't have an effects folder! Is it an ordinary folder? If I created a new one named "effects", would that work? Could you post a screenshot of your "Paint.NET" folder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomoAlien (PL) Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 This is a very nice effect. If you want to have fire that's not just a border, use light gray color and blur it. Here's what i did: Click it because it's a thumbnail, so i won't break the layout on some screen resolutions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcrisscrossx Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Looks like a great effect. It can also be used on text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCGThatsMe Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Hi guys, Been messing about on PDN for a while now and thought it was about time I found something to ask all you experts about! Love this fire effect and am working on a simple use of it on text for a custom t-shirt for a friend's xmas present, so.. other than the obvious removing-the-black-with-magic-wand, is there a way to get a transparent background for my text using this effect? Obviously when you run it on a blurred black text on white background you get the black background with firey text (which looks great) just not sure how it would print on a t-shirt.. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmcguinness Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 After running the 'Fire' effect, you could try running the Alpha Mask plugin without picking a mask file; this will make the background transparent. Although this does remove some of the whispy bits of the fire, you can duplicate the layer 4 or 5 times and this will restore most of the original look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCGThatsMe Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 @cjmcguinness: Thanks a lot for the tip It works well but does seem to reduce the quality of the flames quite a bit, hmm.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmcguinness Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 That's strange, I didn't notice anything like that when I did it! From top to bottom: 1. Original fire effect 2. Alpha Masked on black background (I duplicated the layer 4 times then merged down, adjusted the Hue +20) 3. Same as 2, on a Blue background 4. Same as 2, on a Green background As far as I can see, there is very little difference from the original. I think your problem is being caused by saving the image as a .GIF - as this format does not like transparency very much. Try saving the final image as .PNG and see how you get on. -CJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCGThatsMe Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Followed your advice n saved as .png which retained the quality. Cheers CJ, much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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