Quick question about Feather plugin

[ECPainter]

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?

[BoltBait]

Read this: http://boltbait.com/pdn/InstallingEffects.php

[ECPainter]

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!

[ECPainter]

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?

[Ego Eram Reputo]

The short version: If the files are zipped, manually unzip them. Copy the unzipped dll files into /paint.net/Effects/ and restart paint.net.

[toe_head2001]

Shorter version: Simply drag and drop the files in the zip into your Effects directory.

[ECPainter]

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

[BoltBait]

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

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Where did you download the file from?

[ECPainter]

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.

[ECPainter]

Where did you download the file from?

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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!

[BoltBait]

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.

[Humility]

You don't open the .dll file, that is the plugin. Thats what you paste into the effects folder.

[david.atwell]

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.