Caesar Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I probably won't be able to put into words I want to do so (not a native speaker) I'll just support it with a GIF first. This is the gist of what I want to do. I am aware with using radial gradient and 'repeat reflected' I can do something similar to this but new circles do not come out of the initial centre circle I create and the width of the circles also change. Is there a way to do that without plug-ins? And is there a plug-in that can help me do that if it's not feasible without them? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Hello @Caesar and welcome To be honest, I'm not sure what you are asking. Do you want to make an animated .gif, like your example? Or do you want a 'static' image that looks like the example? If static, here is way. 1. Draw a black circle on a new layer. 2. New layer and draw a smaller white circle. 3. Gaussian blur both and flatten. 4. You can then use The Plugin Droste to get the shape. 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...
Caesar Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Pixey said: Hello @Caesar and welcome To be honest, I'm not sure what you are asking. Do you want to make an animated .gif, like your example? Or do you want a 'static' image that looks like the example? If static, here is way. 1. Draw a black circle on a new layer. 2. New layer and draw a smaller white circle. 3. Gaussian blur both and flatten. 4. You can then use The Plugin Droste to get the shape. First of all, thanks so much for the reply! What I want to do is to make multiple static images that can look like an endless loop when they are turned into a gif. (just like in my example) The plug-in kind of looks like it turns the image into a spiral, which I can already do with gradient. I would prefer if they were all circles instead of a spiral. Edited January 23, 2021 by Caesar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 The best way would be for you to look at how that .gif was made. You will need to download @midora's Plugin Animate Then you can view the layers in paint.net to see the 'steps' and how they move. To do this: 1. Right click on the GIF you've provided and choose Save As 2. Add .agif to the end of the title of the GIF and choose All Files - like this: 3. Open paint.net and then import the above saved .agif and all the layers will open for you in paint.net. 4. Toggle the layers to see the movement. It looks like a tricky one to me, so good luck 🤪 1 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...
Reptillian Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) You could try this plugin: It is made for manipulating gradient. Though this method would require multiple input/output. I also had did Trigonometry Mapping for gmic. Still require multiple input/output. Your best bet is to use codelab. Edited January 23, 2021 by Reptillian 1 Quote G'MIC Filter Developer I am away from this forum for undetermined amount of time: If you really need anything related to my PDN plugin or my G'MIC filter within G'MIC plugin, then you can contact me via Paint.NET discord, and mention me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardneh Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) See if this is a method you'd like to try. Zoom in on the center square. That is what the final size of the image would be. The rest of the canvas is just some needed working space. The expanding ring layers are: Duplicate layer, selection stretch, repeat. Edited May 10, 2021 by ardneh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Here's my rough plan to make these rings happen.... 1. Make a round selection the size you want. 2. Drag out a radial gadient from black to white centered in the selection. 3. Use @pyrochild's Curves+ to change the luminosity like this: The number of peaks and troughs = the number of rings. The distance between the peaks = the width of the rings. Same with the troughs. 4. Use the top option control to save the setting as a preset. 5. Find the preset. It should be in this folder C:\Users\NAME\Documents\paint.net User Files\Effect Presets\Curves+ 6. Open the XML file in Notebook. <?xml version="1.0"?> <CurvesPlusXMLFile xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <CurveMode>L</CurveMode> <AdvancedCurveIn>A</AdvancedCurveIn> <AdvancedCurveOut>A</AdvancedCurveOut> <CurveDrawMode>Spline</CurveDrawMode> <ControlPoints> <Curve> <Point X="0" Y="0" /> <Point X="22" Y="254" /> <Point X="36" Y="0" /> <Point X="47" Y="255" /> <Point X="70" Y="0" /> <Point X="84" Y="253" /> <Point X="100" Y="3" /> <Point X="116" Y="249" /> <Point X="139" Y="2" /> <Point X="149" Y="248" /> <Point X="166" Y="0" /> <Point X="186" Y="252" /> <Point X="202" Y="3" /> <Point X="214" Y="253" /> <Point X="233" Y="1" /> <Point X="255" Y="255" /> </Curve> </ControlPoints> </CurvesPlusXMLFile> 7. Edit the points to smooth out the spacing. X is left (0) to right (255). Y is top (0) to bottom (255). 8. Make a copy of the file, naming it appropriately. 9. Open the copy. Advance the points by increasing the X value of each point. This has the effect of shifting the Curves+ control curve to the right. 10. Repeat steps 8 & 9 until you have advanced the first control point to the location of the third point in the original file. The number of steps = the number of frames in your animation. 11. Apply each preset to an identical layer (i.e. step 2). 12. Save as an animated GIF. 1 2 1 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...
Pixey Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 9 hours ago, Ego Eram Reputo said: 4. Use the top option control to save the setting as a preset. Anyone ever tell you @Ego Eram Reputo you are a clever chap 👍 But for the life of me I can't figure out how to save that setting as a preset 😱 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...
Djisves Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 @Pixey, click on the top-right down arrow to open the drop-down list and then click on "Save current as preset...". It will ask you to name the preset in a new window. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Ahhhh - many thanks @Djisves I was using the regular Curves and only now noticed he used Curves+ 😁 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...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 6 hours ago, Pixey said: Anyone ever tell you @Ego Eram Reputo you are a clever chap 👍 Sometimes - but I never get sick of hearing it 4 hours ago, Pixey said: I was using the regular Curves and only now noticed he used Curves+ Yep. Curves+ is required for the saving and application of the presets. 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...
Pixey Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 @Caesar Here is another way to do this: 1 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...
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