psychotopia Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 (edited) ive figured out a few ways to repeat textures, copy the selection to another image increase the image size so you dont murder the resoloution then ctrl+shift+z it and pray you get the zoom level right for when you copy it back into the other image manualy copying the texture and placing it next to itself which is time intensive and highly error prone but both are bad enough that everytime i use them it makes my day worse for how poorly optimized the process is so im looking for a tool that lets you repeat the selected area in the same way you would stretch a selection, select area click and drag side, idealy holding shift would snap between each reapeat of the selection, example image below (made by manualy repeating a texture making a white layer above then cutting a hole in the white layer and stretching the hole) adding image attempt the 3rd Edited March 31 by psychotopia adding image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution BoltBait Posted March 31 Solution Share Posted March 31 If you have my plugin pack installed https://forums.getpaint.net/BoltBaitPluginPack Look in Effects > Fill > From _____ (where ___ is File or Clipboard depending on where your image is located.) It will fill your selection with an image and it has options for repeating the texture to fill up the selection. 1 Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 @BoltBait btw now that plugins can render outside the selection, it's possible to have a plugin that tiles the selected area. Not sure how you'd deal with non-rectangular selections though. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactilis Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 2 hours ago, Rick Brewster said: Not sure how you'd deal with non-rectangular selections though. Calculate the minimum bounding box around the non-rectangular selection and tile the contents of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleBox Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 I think what you're trying to do is make an 'array' with a copy/paste selection. As far as I know you can't do that natively. With paint.net you have to find creative ways to do things, and with your process I would say it sounds like it's more trouble than it's worth. Copy the whole selection in a new layre above. You can then manipulate the layre until you're ready to press it down into the layre below it. You can also make a new layre with the one texture, change the hue to white, and then use the magic select tool to have the same outline youre looking for. then you can take that selection outline and move it between layre by clicking them. There are also tools on here to make 'tiles' that you can move around. I would suggest looking at BoltBait's linke, using the Plug In Browser, or finding "Mirror" in the plug ins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactilis Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 11 minutes ago, CircleBox said: I think what you're trying to do is make an 'array' with a copy/paste selection. As far as I know you can't do that natively. With paint.net you have to find creative ways to do things, and with your process I would say it sounds like it's more trouble than it's worth. Copy the whole selection in a new layre above. You can then manipulate the layre until you're ready to press it down into the layre below it. You can also make a new layre with the one texture, change the hue to white, and then use the magic select tool to have the same outline youre looking for. then you can take that selection outline and move it between layre by clicking them. That's a lot of work compared to using BoltBait's Fill From File or Fill From Clipboard plugins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Panelling Plugin should also get a mention....possibly my unreleased Echo plugin might be helpful. 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...
psychotopia Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 On 3/31/2023 at 6:20 PM, BoltBait said: If you have my plugin pack installed https://forums.getpaint.net/BoltBaitPluginPack Look in Effects > Fill > From _____ (where ___ is File or Clipboard depending on where your image is located.) It will fill your selection with an image and it has options for repeating the texture to fill up the selection. Fill from file worked a treat thanks is there any chance you could add a pixel overlap option tiling portion i find myself needing to overlap the image by one layer of pixels on the top and bottom in current work and likely the same but horizontally for future work, can live without but would be helpfull example of what i mean manual i overlapped the top and bottom fiddling with what ive got in the clipboard will also solve the issue but it would be a nice option to have On 3/31/2023 at 11:48 PM, Ego Eram Reputo said: Panelling Plugin should also get a mention....possibly my unreleased Echo plugin might be helpful. i wasnt quite able to get my head round how to use the echo plugin unfortunately all the settings just made my seethrough layer with a square in the middle comepletly see throught. panelling worked but wasnt faster than doing it manualy, i imagine if i was using high resoloution selections it would have been more usefull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactilis Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 11 minutes ago, psychotopia said: is there any chance you could add a pixel overlap option tiling portion i find myself needing to overlap the image by one layer of pixels on the top and bottom in current work and likely the same but horizontally for future work Why is this needed? Can you not simply adjust your image, reducing it by the appropriate number of rows of pixels, so that it is correctly tileable with no overlap required? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychotopia Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 On 4/2/2023 at 9:43 AM, Tactilis said: Why is this needed? Can you not simply adjust your image, reducing it by the appropriate number of rows of pixels, so that it is correctly tileable with no overlap required? as per my previous message it is not needed but neither is a repeat selection /fill from plugin it is however nice to have and usefull it would also mean if you were filling from file that you wouldnt have to edit the source file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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