drapondur Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Hi there, I would like to draw a line starting it thin (2p) and ending it thick (12p) How can I do so? Thanks in advance :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 You can draw a line, and then tapper it using the Rectangle Select tool. 1) Draw the line with a thickness of 12 pixels 2) Make a Rectangular selection 3) Rotate the selection 4) Delete selection 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...
drapondur Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) Hi, thanks for your answer. This will work with straight lines well :-) My problem is to draw curved lines, which are becoming thicker.... Edited June 1, 2016 by drapondur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 I think for the general case that would be difficult. Off hand, I can't think of a way to draw tapering curved lines, and wouldn't be at all surprised if there isn't one. Perhaps if you describe more fully your specific requirement, someone can suggest a method to do it. I assume you have some particular thing you want to do, since drawing curves that widen from 2 to 12 pixels doesn't seem like something that's commonly needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Perhaps you could make yourself a custom Shape with ShapeMaker? 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...
skullbonz Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Try Pyrochild's Grid Warp ; http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=25327 Quote http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/21233-skullbonz-art-gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipstick Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 What about volutes: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=14478 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) Here's a simple method for creating a tapered line using the Mirror over line effect included in Evan's Effects. 1. Draw a filled rectangle of the desired color on a transparent layer 2. Run the Mirror over Line plugin. You need to drag the red line in the plugin's interface across the black rectangle until you get the tapered line you want. If you want the tapered line to be thin on the left and thick on the right, select the A over B mode in the plugin's interface and start dragging the red line from left to right across the black rectangle until you get the tapered line you need. Or you can select the B over A mode if you want the tapered line to be thick on the left and thin on the right, but in this case you'll have to drag the red line from right to left across the black rectangle 3. Alternatively, you can further change the resulting tapered line's shape by applying (for example) a Polar Inversion distortion 4. Or maybe a Donut distortion if you seek sharper sinuosity 5. Tip: You will come up with a variety of shapes by playing with the Mirror over line and/or with other distortion plugins, some of which may turn out quite cool as tribal art strokes (if you are ever interested in producing tribal art in Paint.NET) This is just to provide the basis of a simple method, but surely there are many different ways to do it. I hope this mini-tute will be of help Edited April 18, 2017 by Maximilian image links fixed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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