littlebigman Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) Hello I'm a Paint.Net newbie, and was wondering what is the simplest way to combine two articles with a torn paper effect as shown in the attachment. Thank you. Edited February 3, 2017 by littlebigman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 What do you mean with "combine"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionsDragon Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 @IRON67, it kind of looks like he wants to make a scrapbook effect? Maybe? @littlebigman, you might want to start with some of the ideas in this tutorial: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, LionsDragon said: it kind of looks like he wants to make a scrapbook effect? Maybe? He wants to "combine" two such articles. He hasn't ask for realizing the torn-paper-effect itself. Now I ask (myself) what he really want. Stitching together? Overlay with additional shadows? Edited February 3, 2017 by IRON67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionsDragon Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Just now, IRON67 said: He wants to "combine" two such articles. He hasn't ask for realizing the torn-paper-effect itself. Now I ask (myself) what he really want. Stitching together? Overlay with additional shadows? Good point! I totally overlooked that part (need more coffee). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Hi - take a look at this tutorial, which could be adapted for what you are looking for: Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebigman Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 Thanks for the help. The video is for an older version, and the menus are a bit different. So I went throught the "Corrugated Cardboard" tutorial, but am stuck at Step 14: Even though I installed the two plug-ins (by copying the DLLs in "c:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\" and running the installer, respectively), there's no plug-in named "Drop Shadow" anywhere in the Effects menu: Quote 14) Use the 'Drop Shadow' (ds.png) plugin with Widening Radius at 0, Blur Radius at 2, Shadow Color at Black... other parameters stay at default values Has it been renamed recently? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) 20 minutes ago, littlebigman said: Has it been renamed recently? Nope. It's still in the same place: Effects -> Object -> Drop Shadow... - now actual in version 3.8.0.0. by Kris Vandermotten (Vandermotten.PaintDotNetEffects.DropShadow.dll) BTW: If you have placed the new DLL while running Paint.NET you have to restart it to make it available in the menu. Edited February 3, 2017 by IRON67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebigman Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 I don't have it. Do I need to perform extra steps after 0) stopping Paint.net, 1) unzipping the DLLs from the AA's Assistant zip files into Paint.NET's Effects sub-directory, 2) running the Drop Shadow installer, and 3) restarting P.net? Here are the files I have: Directory of c:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects 04/05/2014 14:54 13.312 AA's_Assistant.dll 25/10/2011 19:54 9.216 Alpha2Gray.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 7.168 Alpha_to_0.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 7.168 Alpha_to_255.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 9.216 BlackandAlpha+.dll 25/10/2011 20:31 10.752 Burninate.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 13.312 CircleText.dll 25/10/2011 19:27 9.728 ColorBalance.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 12.288 dpyColorBalance.dll 28/10/2011 15:23 8.192 Dream.dll 03/02/2017 16:45 0 files.txt 19/01/2017 01:13 17.408 FillFromClipboard.dll 19/01/2017 01:13 18.432 FillFromFile.dll 25/10/2011 20:33 7.680 Flip.dll 19/01/2017 01:13 23.040 FloydSteinbergDithering.dll 25/10/2011 19:28 10.752 GaussianBlurPlus.dll 28/10/2011 15:07 8.704 Gray2Alpha.dll 19/01/2017 01:13 11.264 GridCheckerboard.dll 19/01/2017 01:13 124.416 HSVGradients.dll 19/01/2017 01:13 444.928 HueSatPlus.dll 25/10/2011 19:29 11.776 Landscape.dll 19/01/2017 01:13 560.640 LevelHorizon.dll 19/01/2017 01:13 12.288 MemeMaker.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 10.240 Metallize.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 10.240 MultiThreshold.dll 25/10/2011 19:29 8.704 ObjectFeather.dll 19/01/2017 01:13 66.560 ObjectTools.dll 19/01/2017 01:13 12.288 OilPaintingPlus.dll 25/10/2011 20:34 10.240 OldFeather.dll 26/08/2008 17:38 10.240 Outline.dll 25/10/2011 19:45 10.240 PasteAlpha.dll 25/10/2011 19:39 10.752 Pastel.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 12.288 Perspective.dll 25/10/2011 19:30 10.752 PhotoAdjustments.dll 25/10/2011 19:31 11.264 Polygon.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 8.192 pxEexpansion.dll 28/10/2011 15:25 1.489 Rainbow Palette.txt 19/01/2017 01:13 374.784 RemoveDust.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 13.312 RotateText.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 13.312 RotateTextSUI.dll 04/05/2014 09:52 11.776 Rotate_Zoom+.dll 19/01/2017 01:13 486.912 SeamCarving.dll 30/10/2011 09:18 21.504 SelectionTools.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 16.384 SpeechBubble.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 24.576 SpiralText.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 39.936 Textplus.dll 25/10/2011 19:32 9.216 Transparency.dll 19/01/2017 01:13 21.504 VignettePlus.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 15.360 WaveText.dll 04/05/2014 14:54 24.576 WaveTextSUI.dll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, littlebigman said: Do I need to perform extra steps No. Maybe you placed it in a wrong folder or ... Quote unzipping the DLLs from the AA's Assistant zip ...you have the wrong ZIP. Thats not for the Shadow Plugin. Go here. Edited February 3, 2017 by IRON67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebigman Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) Thanks. I installed both plug-ins since they are mentioned in the tutorial. Maybe I didn't run the installer correctly before: Now, I can see a bunch of Vandermotten.*.dll in "c:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects. For newbies like me wanting to do the same thing, you only need the Drop Shadow plug-in, and use the Lasso tool: For each picture you want to edit… Use the Lasso Select tool to select a wavy ripped edge on the picture. Delete the selection with DEL Perform the above steps for all the pictures Create a new picture, and copy/paste the pictures you just edited. Thank you all. Edited February 3, 2017 by littlebigman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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