ECPainter Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I've heard many good things about this plugin and decided to download it, but have a quick question about installing it. I downloaded it to a flash drive while using a public library computer. I have paint.net installed on my computer at home, which isn't connected to internet. Now how do I "plug in" this plugin to the paint.net program from this point? Do I just move it over to my computer's desktop and simply click on it? Or does it need to be moved somewhere specific first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Read this: http://boltbait.com/pdn/InstallingEffects.php Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECPainter Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Read this: http://boltbait.com/pdn/InstallingEffects.asp Thank you! I didn't know there would be so many steps involved. I copied the page to a Word document to read at home. Let's hope I do it right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECPainter Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 Read this: http://boltbait.com/pdn/InstallingEffects.asp Well, it wasn't as easy as I'd hoped. I made it to step 3 where it said that clicking "open" would show all the files that were downloaded. That didn't happen. What happened instead is an error message saying that the files are used by the operating system and that editing or modifying them could damage my system, along with an invitation to choose which app I wanted to use to open them with. Paint.net didn't even show up in the list of apps. I do have Paint.net installed. So what should I do instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 The short version: If the files are zipped, manually unzip them. Copy the unzipped dll files into /paint.net/Effects/ and restart paint.net. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Shorter version: Simply drag and drop the files in the zip into your Effects directory. Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECPainter Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) The short version: If the files are zipped, manually unzip them. Copy the unzipped dll files into /paint.net/Effects/ and restart paint.net. They aren't zipped. It's not a zip file that I downloaded (at least it doesn't look like one). It was a dll file. It's called Feather.dll. It's appearance is a white rectangle with a picture of 2 gears on it, and when I click on Properties on it, it says it has 11 files in it. Clicking it simply prompts an invite to pick an app to open it with. I don't know how to get to the 11 files inside in order to drag and drop them into the Effects directory, Edited January 12, 2016 by ECPainter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I'm not sure what you downloaded, but you need to go to this page and follow the instructions to the letter: http://boltbait.com/pdn/InstallingEffects.php Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Where did you download the file from? Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECPainter Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 I'm not sure what you downloaded, but you need to go to this page and follow the instructions to the letter: http://boltbait.com/pdn/InstallingEffects.asp That's the page I was referring to when I said I couldn't get past step 3 because I didn't get the option to "open" it and do what step 3 says to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECPainter Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) Where did you download the file from?<snip> It's the only one where the link for the plugin was clearly displayed. Others have a "Download Now" button that takes close inspection to realize it's for something else. I've learned to be careful of those. Edited January 12, 2016 by BoltBait No linking to viruses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 You need to go to this page and follow these instructions to the letter: http://boltbait.com/pdn/InstallingEffects.php There is a link at the top of that page to my plugin pack, click this link to get started. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humility Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 You don't open the .dll file, that is the plugin. Thats what you paste into the effects folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 You don't open the .dll file, that is the plugin. Thats what you paste into the effects folder. OP didn't download the right file. 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...
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