G'MIC (10-31-2024)

[null54]

This plugin allows G'MIC-Qt to be used as a Paint.NET Effect.

 

Compatibility: 5.0.13+

Menu location: Effects > Advanced > G'MIC-Qt

 

Filters that require top and bottom layers can be used by placing the top layer on the clipboard, the currently selected layer will be used as the bottom layer.

 

 

 

To install place Gmic.dll and the gmic folder in the Paint.NET Effects folder.

G'MIC-Qt should automatically download the filters when the plugin is first launched.

 

Download:

 

Most users will need the win64 download.

The ARM64 section below is intended for devices with ARM64 processors (e.g. Microsoft Surface Pro) .

 

ARM64

 

For ARM64 devices running Windows 10 use the arm64_win10 download, G'MIC-Qt will run under the emulated x86 environment.

For ARM64 devices running Windows 11 use the win64 download, G'MIC-Qt will run under the emulated x64 environment.

 

Gmic_arm64_win10.zip

Gmic_win64.zip

 

Source Code:

 

https://github.com/0xC0000054/pdn-gmic

https://github.com/c-koi/gmic-qt

 

[lynxster4]

So, how do you use this?  Where do you get the plugins from?  Thanks @null54

 

[null54]

3 minutes ago, lynxster4 said:

Where do you get the plugins from?

 

It should automatically download the filters when the plugin is first launched.

[lynxster4]

This is the error message I'm getting:

 

This application failed to start because no Qt platform could be initialized.

Re-installing the application may fix the problem.

 

It doesn't crash PDN or anything, it just hangs until you click the OK button. And then you are back to your original image.

[HyReZ]

I get the same message as lynxster4 does.

[null54]

@lynxster4 @HyReZ

 

That issue is fixed.

 

It was missing a few required DLL files.

I should have tested it in a VM before release to make sure there were not any issues.

[lynxster4]

Now, that is cool!

 

 

Thanks so much for fixing it @null54!   ☺️   (Probably need a couple of hours to explore all the effects!)

 

[BoltBait]

*Stickied*

 

Nicely done!

 

My favorite included effect is called "Sketch".

[Panchdara]

One observation as shown in the attached video:

QT.zip

[BoltBait]

9 minutes ago, Panchdara said:

One observation as shown in the attached video

 

The video shows that the Paint.NET tooltip for the the effect seems to stay on the screen while the effect is running.

 

In my opinion, this is a very minor annoyance and I wouldn't kill yourself trying to fix it.

[null54]

Just now, BoltBait said:

The video shows that the Paint.NET tooltip for the the effect seems to stay on the screen while the effect is running.

 

That is probably an issue with whatever method Qt uses to launch the dialog.

Since it appears that I do not have any way of passing it a parent window handle, I am not sure if Windows correctly detects that it should behave like a modal dialog in Paint.NET.

 

Another issue is that the dummy Paint.NET effect dialog briefly shows when the Qt dialog is closed, I do not know why that happens. 😕

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Ooooooooooooo  This is awesome. Thank you so much @null54 !!

 

Who needs Fractalius?

 

[dipstick]

It's great that you created this G'mic plugin for Paint.net. I've been using G'mic for a while and I know new comers will be amazed at it's ability when they use it. Unfortunately I can't test it on my Win7 VM with Paint.net, because it doesn't have internet enabled. The plugin won't launch G'mic, it just hangs, presumably trying to connect with internet to download filters. Obviously that won't happen.  

 

* Edit*  Well curiosity got the better of me, so I enabled the network adapter to run G'mic and update the filters. I've got the full 531 filters and G'mic seems to work OK. I'll have to post some filter examples when I have a chance.

 

Thanks null54 .

Edited December 16, 2018 by dipstick

[Seerose]

 Hi @null54!

 

If I want to download, I get this message:
Gmic.Zip is an unusual download and could be harmful.

[null54]

7 minutes ago, Seerose said:

Gmic.Zip is an unusual download and could be harmful.

 

What is giving you that message?

[Seerose]

@null54 and @welshblue!

 

Okay! except plugin there's a folder at.  Where do I put the folders?

[AndrewDavid]

18 hours ago, null54 said:

To install place Gmic.dll and the gmic folder in the Paint.NET Effects folder.

@Seerose

[null54]

1 minute ago, Seerose said:

Where do I put the folders? 

 

In the Effects folder with the plugin.

[Seerose]

@null54! and @AndrewDavid! 

 

I've added plugins and folders to effects. Still I get an error message.

[Reptillian]

I think at this point, there's an alternative to C# when developing filters for Paint.NET, and writing filters for this also enables other software to use the very same filters while it is arguably more maintainable as internal changes in Paint.NET probably wouldn't affect filters inside of G'MIC. I do have experience coding filters for G'MIC, and I would love to make a post describing a brief tutorial on making filter for G'MIC filter for Paint.NET along with another tutorial submitting codes to resources where G'MIC developers would push those filters. Plugin Developer seem to be limited to C# based filters, but I feel that's probably where's the right thread for it. There's the issue that a tutorial wouldn't necessarily make you a master of G'MIC filter development as you still need to understand 183+ pages documentation of G'MIC, and a lot of months of practices to develop filters, but of course I'll add that to the resource section on the tutorial.

 

The filters I have developed for G'MIC are Vibrato Texture, and Mod. Both are very simple to generate and understand. I could give a write-out on how they work to get people started on developing those filter. Vibrato Texture is inspired by MadJik Vibrato plugin though I wish I knew how to work with multiple channels when coding for G'MIC.

 

There are also some other filters that are inspired by PDN filters developer like Layer Cake, and Cascading Self-Glitch Filter.

 

For people who code filters, and is interested into developing filter for G'MIC, what else am I missing out on?

Edited December 16, 2018 by Reptillian

[Seerose]

 @null54! and @welshblue! and @AndrewDavid!

 

Thank you so much. Finally it worked. Thank you very much for your help and patience. 

 

Edited December 16, 2018 by Seerose

[Reptillian]

20 hours ago, null54 said:

Note that some filters may not render correctly in Paint.NET.

For example, if the filter produces an image larger than the current canvas size the image will be cropped when it is displayed by Paint.NET.

There's an additional issue of Paint.NET filters cannot work on multiple layers at once. So, multi-layer filters or configuration will not work as expected with G'MIC on other software like GIMP or Krita.

[null54]

19 minutes ago, Reptillian said:

There's an additional issue of Paint.NET filters cannot work on multiple layers at once. So, multi-layer filters or configuration will not work as expected with G'MIC on other software like GIMP or Krita. 

 

Filters that require two layers can be used by placing the second layer on the clipboard.

[Reptillian]

1 minute ago, null54 said:

 

Filters that require two layers can be used by placing the second layer on the clipboard.

 

Surprised it can work with multiple layers in that way. However, it can't output multiple layers, right?

[HyReZ]

I have attempted to work with the Paint.NET G'MIC plugin by null54 using the 3D Image Object of the Rendering option to create a cube using a tile that I made as its surface. The softeware shows an image of the desired object, but when I click on Apply or OK, the plugin closes and no image was created.

 

Edited December 16, 2018 by HyReZ