BoltBait 2,106 Report post Posted September 9, 2018 Here is what I consider my "Essential", award winning , plugin pack for Paint.NET v4.1 and beyond. It includes 43 plugins in 33 files, 1 palette file, and 48 shapes. This allows you to pick and choose to install only the effects you want. Then, later you can run the installer and uncheck an item to uninstall it. When you see in this post, you can click it for more information (including source code in some cases). To install, download this file to your Desktop, unzip it, and run the install program. Download Donate I'm going through a really tough financial time right now, so anything you can spare would be much appreciated. Which of my plugin packs is right for you? You need to look at the Paint.NET version number in the title bar. Classic: Download: 3.5.11 http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/8318-b 4.0.x https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/32048-b 4.1+ You're in the right place! Click the download button above (surrounded by blue arrows) Windows Store version of paint.net: You're in the right place! Click the download button above When prompted, select the "My Documents\paint.net App Files" folder. New for this pack: I have gone through all of my plugins and redesigned the User Interface (UI) for each with the goal of making the UI dialog box shorter. With shorter UI's, less of your image will be covered by the effect UI while you're working on it. For example, here is a comparison of the previous version of Gradient (left) and the new version (right): I have always been a fan of shorter UI's and in this pack I take advantage of some new functionality in Paint.NET v4.1 that allows for a more compressed look. Help: If you need help with an individual effect, look for the question mark "?" in the top right corner of the effect UI (near the X) and click it. Installer / Plugin Manager: Once you click the download button above and open the zip file, run the included install.exe file. You'll see this: When the installer first runs, it updates the check boxes to what's currently installed (checked for installed, unchecked for not installed). However, if nothing is installed, it automatically checks ALL the boxes figuring the user would like to install everything. Carefully review each line and make sure the items you wish to install are checked. When you click the Install button, checked items will be installed and unchecked items will be uninstalled from your system. For high volume network managers: Plugin Manager has a silent install function... for more information: C:\> install /? Once you install this plugin pack, here's what you get: Adjustments menu Black and White+ Use selected method for converting a color photograph into B&W. Color Balance Easily adjust the tint of an image. Useful for color correcting photographs taken indoors without flash. The difference between this and the built-in Hue/Saturation adjustment is that this one will affect black and white areas. Hue/Saturation+ Conditional Hue / Saturation effect. Temperature/Tint Temperature / Tint effect. Transparency Adjust the transparency of a selection just like you can adjust it for an entire layer. Effects menu Flip Horizontal - flips the selection on the vertical axis. Similar to the layer flip of the same name. Flip Vertical - flips the selection on the horizontal axis. Similar to the layer flip of the same name. Effects > Artistic menu Dream This makes your picture look like it was seen in a dream. + Oil Painting+ Makes your photographs look painted. Pastel This makes your picture look like it was drawn with pastel chalk or water color paint. Effects > Blurs menu Gaussian Blur Plus - With it, you can blur only the Red, Blue, Green, or Alpha channel of the image. It also allows you to blend the original picture with the blurred image. (Try blurring all channels of the image with a radius of 10 and a Darken blend mode. Cool stuff.) Effects > Fill From Clipboard Fills the current selection with the graphic on the clipboard. From File Fills the current selection with a graphic file. Effects > Object menu An "object" is a group of pixels on a layer that is completely surrounded by transparent pixels (or the edge(s) of the canvas). These are useful when doing "cutouts" or with text on a new layer. Bevel Object This effect allows you to make objects 3D. Works great with text! Feather This effect softens the edges of objects. Inner Shadow Renders a shadow on objects so they look like they have been cut out. Object Shadow Renders a shadow behind objects. OldFeather "True Feather" is back! So many people have asked for this that I'm bringing it back for this pack. Enjoy! Outline - This effect puts an outline of the selected color around your object. Paste Alpha - This effect takes the graphic on the clipboard and converts the colors to shades of gray and then uses that for the alpha values of the current layer. Useful for using masks. Switch Alpha to Gray - This effect converts the image to shades of gray based on the alpha value of each pixel. Useful for making masks. Switch Gray to Alpha - This effect deletes white from and image and converts all other pixels to black. Useful for isolating line art. Effects > Photo menu Combined Adjustments Many adjustments for photographs all on one screen Level Horizon Rotate an image by drawing a line across the horizon. Meme Maker Create your own Memes. Remove Dust Removes little white dust particles by clone stamping them out. I find this very helpful when scanning photographs. Sharpen Landscape Makes your landscape photographs look like they belong in a magazine! Seam Carving - Reduce height Reduce the height of an image without scaling (squishing) the image. Seam Carving - Reduce width Reduce the width of an image without scaling (squishing) the image. Vignette+ Extends the capabilities of the built-in Vignette effect with colors and the ability to render a vignette to a blank canvas. Effects > Render menu Calendar Render a monthly calendar. Month name and Days of the week are localized. Includes many options. Dimensions This doesn't measure anything. It just renders the dimension arrows and label text. Flames This effect allows you to render flames. It is based on Tom Jackson's excellent fire tutorial. Gradients Render colorful HSV (rainbow) gradients. Grid / Checkerboard Create checker board or grid patterns. Polygon / Stars This effect allows you to render triangles, pentagons, hexagons, etc. It also allows you to render stars. It is useful in making standard shapes and the pointed edges of stickers. Effects > Selection menu Effects in this menu perform their effect by following the selection outline (marching ants). While they will work with a square selection (or no selection by using the edges of the canvas as their path), they are more interesting when the selection is curved , selected by hand , or by magic wand . Bevel Selection This effect allows you to make selections 3D. Works great with text! Blur Selection Edge - This effect feathers the edges of a selection using the surrounding colors instead of transparency. Useful when the selection is not surrounded by transparent pixels. Feather Selection This effect softens the edges of your selection. It works just like the feather in other graphic$ program$. Inner Shadow Selection Renders a shadow on the inside of a selection so it looks like it has been cut out. Outline Selection This effect allows you to outline a selection. Effects > Stylize menu Floyd-Steinberg Dithering This effect will reduce the colors of your image using the Floyd-Steinberg dithering technique. Effects > Text formations Outlined / Gradient text Creates text that is outlined with a selected color and filled with a solid color or a gradient. User "xod" has published a version of this plugin with even more features. If you find that my plugin isn't enough, install his. Window > Colors > More > Open Palettes Folder I have also included my Rainbow Palette. This is very popular on the forums. In the Color docker window, click the button and choose Rainbow from the list. This is what the Rainbow Palette looks like: Custom Shapes This plugin pack also includes 48 custom shapes. In the installer, you can pick-and-chose which ones you want. This pack supersedes my plugins available elsewhere. I will be updating the other locations eventually, but if you want the latest versions, download my plugins from this post. Enjoy. Also, for you luddites that refuse to use the installer, here's a zip file with all the DLL's in it: BoltBaitPack49DLLs.zip How to install Paint.NET plugins. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hippolippo 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2018 Why do I need to give this administrator permissions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoltBait 2,106 Report post Posted October 14, 2018 16 minutes ago, hippolippo said: Why do I need to give this administrator permissions? Administrator permissions are required by Windows to install files in the Program Files directory. If you have the classic install of Paint.NET, that's where these plugins are going to be installed. You can be sure that my plugins are safe as they have been vetted by MANY users here on the forums... and I'm a moderator here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArgusMagnus 28 Report post Posted October 20, 2018 On 9/9/2018 at 8:37 PM, BoltBait said: I have always been a fan of shorter UI's and in this pack I take advantage of some new functionality in Paint.NET v4.1 that allows for a more compressed look. How can we (plugin authors) do this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoltBait 2,106 Report post Posted October 20, 2018 9 hours ago, ArgusMagnus said: How can we (plugin authors) do this? These graphics I prepared should give you some ideas: As big as the "Alpha (Largest)" colorwheel control is, it is still smaller than having a separate alpha slider. And, you can make it even smaller by hiding the colorwheel's reset button. Not all controls have reset buttons. So, I think hiding the colorwheel control's reset button shouldn't hurt usability that much and saves you quite a bit of vertical real estate. Before we had a filename control, we had to use a string control followed by a button control: Use CodeLab to generate the code for you after using the Interface Designer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doug C 0 Report post Posted November 28, 2018 I don't seem to be able to download your plugin pack. All I get when I click on the Download button is: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <Error> <Code>AccessDenied</Code> <Message>Request has expired</Message> <X-Amz-Expires>1200</X-Amz-Expires> <Expires>2018-11-27T21:14:31Z</Expires> <ServerTime>2018-11-28T05:06:25Z</ServerTime> <RequestId>D6433AE184A9409D</RequestId> <HostId>F2xSfu6A3cznMZUGSFuMG5U/h92FMJXDlEKVuIVR1NVyiwHzEi+XcPiQrVt3ofZ5ytzGoQvoRZc=</HostId> </Error> Am I doing something wrong? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoltBait 2,106 Report post Posted November 28, 2018 13 hours ago, Doug C said: Am I doing something wrong? Nope. Something's wrong with the message board file hosting. Until we get this sorted out, you can download my plugin pack here: https://boltbait.com/pdn/ EDIT: The message board file hosting seems to be ironed out. Try the download again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoltBait 2,106 Report post Posted December 1, 2018 There was a bug in both "Effects > Fill > From ..." plugins. They have been fixed. Also, the calendar plugin was enhanced and my new "Adjustment > Black and White+" plugin has been added to the pack. Click the big "Download" button above to get the latest copies of my plugins. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScrapbookWithPDN 113 Report post Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) Hi, Boltbait I didn't want you to have to ruin or interfere with your Saturday and family stuff. It could have waited until you got around to it during the week, late night midnight oil burning, etc...but that you fixed it and so fast, was very appreciated. Even if you had to wait a day or two or three. It's appreciated. It works flawlessly, yet, again, once more. You did it. Thank you, Lydia Edited December 1, 2018 by ScrapbookWithPDN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoltBait 2,106 Report post Posted December 2, 2018 19 hours ago, ScrapbookWithPDN said: I didn't want you to have to ruin or interfere with your Saturday and family stuff. It was no problem. While led it is true that I am very busy with family stuff this weekend, I did have a few hours at home for chores, etc. so I was happy to do it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thundrex 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2018 Thank you for this great pack! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[MEW]PASCO 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2018 Hey I'm new on this Forum, but I use Paint.NET a long time ago now, and I use already some plugins I thought they're usefull, and ya they are. I now tried to download your Pack, but in Chrome or Microsoft Edge it says "Error - Virus detected" and gets deleted, what can I do now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ego Eram Reputo 2,170 Report post Posted December 20, 2018 What virus software are you using? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bounce 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2018 Trojan:Win32/Cloxer.D!cl is being detected by Windows Defender. That's a ubiquitous antivirus app. Please create a ZIP file with only the DLL's in it. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoltBait 2,106 Report post Posted December 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Bounce said: Trojan:Win32/Cloxer.D!cl is being detected by Windows Defender. That is a "false positive". You can ignore it. When you click on details, you can restore the file by clicking the "Restore" button. 3 hours ago, Bounce said: Please create a ZIP file with only the DLL's in it. I did that already. You can find it at the bottom of the first post in this thread. 3 hours ago, Bounce said: Thanks! You're welcome. BTW, I just submitted the zip file to VirusTotal and here are the results: https://www.virustotal.com/ui-public/index.html#/file/4cacadaa4a19b03b44e25f899b85f26bd286d8ed3707f9c9c6e9225af6a51d6a/detection And, here are the results of the unzipped exe file: https://www.virustotal.com/ui-public/index.html#/file/9360ec0dc4c3f14fff82e06297c28931f62adbf1c4abc1c9799cc20c8805b86b/detection Looks pretty safe to me. EDIT: I have submitted my package to Microsoft as a false positive. They should correct Defender soon. I've had to do this before and it didn't take long. EDITEDIT: ...and, one hour later, it's done! Here is the response from Microsoft: Quote We have removed the detection. Please follow the steps below to clear cached detection and obtain the latest malware definitions. 1. Open command prompt as administrator and change directory to c:\Program Files\Windows Defender 2. Run “MpCmdRun.exe -removedefinitions -dynamicsignatures” Alternatively, the latest definition is available for download here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/definitions Thank you for contacting Microsoft. Final determination: Not malware Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScrapbookWithPDN 113 Report post Posted December 28, 2018 Hi, BoltBait. On the effect "Object Shadow" with the icon of a letter A with a shadow with it. Using a canvas of 12" x 12" at 300 dpi, it tends to lag in a higher resolution. If I hit cancel it doesn't want to go away. It just hangs there for a bit. The "Inner Shadow" effect in 300 dpi doesn't seem to be noticed. I know these incredible plugins work flawlessly in 96 resolution, and in an earlier release of 4 + I did notice "inner shadow" but now I don't really. I can go around that using blur but I didn't know if you would like to know. I was using it on rectangle picture frames, in case that helps, the inside of the frame. I totally LOVE the "Seamless Helper", in 300 dpi it works awesome, too. Just throwing that out there. It makes beautiful digital paper at 300 dpi. It's an awesome seamless tile maker and far less complicated than another one I've used on another program. Sheesh! Thank you so much for taking the time to make so many great plugins. So many cool plugins, so little time.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graspee 0 Report post Posted January 2 Is there something wrong with the Floyd Steinberg dithering? It's showing these little horizontal artifacts that don't appear under other implementations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoltBait 2,106 Report post Posted January 2 1 hour ago, graspee said: Is there something wrong with the Floyd Steinberg dithering? I actually think there is. I've noticed the problem before. I'll look into it. EDIT: I just looked at the source code and yes, there is a problem. I'll see if I can fix it next weekend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoltBait 2,106 Report post Posted January 5 @graspee, here's a fix: FloydSteinbergDithering.zip See if that works better for you. I also added some additional functionality, such as a new 64 color Pebble Watch palette and some new sliders: EDIT: NOTE! This update is not currently included in my plugin pack! So, if you want it, install my pack, then install this update. The next time I update my plugin pack, I'll include this update. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flax_12 0 Report post Posted January 9 Help. How do I get these type of effects? I have the 4.1.5 and I didn't see this list on my version. Thank you. I need to take a class or something so I can really understand all this. I only use it for simple little things. Not that savvy with all this. Thanks in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toe_head2001 1,260 Report post Posted January 9 1 minute ago, flax_12 said: How do I get these type of effects? You download and install them. The download link is at the top of the page. What's the purpose of that screenshot of a YouTube video? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
