CybaMephisto 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2016 I'm trying to create a seamless texture that sort of resembles a force field. It is supposed to be almost completely transparent and should have sort of a "reflective impression". Something like this: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-36248221/stock-photo-seamless-blue-electric-lightning-storm-texture.html?src=J12gIxFw_bdQHHnM9tb7dw-1-19 Or this in more translucent and not animated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-BLfThM3JE More along the lines of this http://www.interlopers.net/images/hl2tutorials/combine_gate/combine_gate8.jpg It's hard to describe (and may be the reason why I haven't found anything). I hope the example images make it clear. How can I create such a texture in paint.net? Thanks in advance CybaMephisto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eli 1,072 Report post Posted August 10, 2016 The Lightning effect can help you : Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CybaMephisto 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2016 I tried to get a nice overall spreading and tried to familiarize myself with the parameters, but the plugin keeps crashing after a while Spoiler File: C:\Program Files\paint.net\Effects\Lightning.dll Name: LightningC.LightningC Version: 1.1.3896.32593 Author: Cookies Copyright: Copyright © Cookies Website: http://www.getpaint.net/redirect/plugins.html Full error message: PaintDotNet.WorkerThreadException: Worker thread threw an exception ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at PaintDotNet.Effects.PropertyBasedEffectConfigToken..ctor(PropertyCollection propertyCollection) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\Effects\PropertyBasedEffectConfigToken.cs:line 74 at LightningC.LightningC.Render(Surface dst, Surface src, Rectangle rect) at LightningC.LightningC.OnRender(Rectangle[] rois, Int32 startIndex, Int32 length) at PaintDotNet.Effects.Effect`1.Render(EffectConfigToken parameters, RenderArgs dstArgs, RenderArgs srcArgs, Rectangle[] rois, Int32 startIndex, Int32 length) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\Effects\Effect`1.cs:line 97 at PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.RenderWithClipMask(Effect effect, EffectConfigToken token, RenderArgs dstArgs, RenderArgs srcArgs, Rectangle[] rois, IRenderer`1 clipMaskRenderer) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\BackgroundEffectRenderer.cs:line 161 at PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.RendererContext.RenderTile(EffectConfigToken token, Int32 tileIndex) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\BackgroundEffectRenderer.cs:line 141 at PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.RendererContext.RenderNextTile(EffectConfigToken token) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\BackgroundEffectRenderer.cs:line 134 at PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.RendererContext.RendererLoop(EffectConfigToken token) in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\BackgroundEffectRenderer.cs:line 106 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.DrainExceptions() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\BackgroundEffectRenderer.cs:line 431 at PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.Abort() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\BackgroundEffectRenderer.cs:line 387 at PaintDotNet.Effects.BackgroundEffectRenderer.Start() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\BackgroundEffectRenderer.cs:line 333 at PaintDotNet.Menus.EffectMenuBase.<>c__DisplayClass31.<>c__DisplayClass33.<RunEffectImpl>b__23() in d:\src\pdn\paintdotnet\src\PaintDotNet\Menus\EffectMenuBase.cs:line 953 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eli 1,072 Report post Posted August 10, 2016 It works for me. Post the error on the plugin's page. The creator/s of the effect may help you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ego Eram Reputo 2,409 Report post Posted August 11, 2016 Plugin author has not been around for quite some time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites