List of GPU Effects to use in your plugins

[toe_head2001]

I generated a spreadsheet to see all the Effects (and their descriptions) at the same time.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PPYQgkWzEeJdLos9dGe5ebH_rqMPleySX9rpRnJTNuM/edit?usp=sharing

 

Enjoy.

[Pixey]

Very impressive @toe_head2001 👍

[Rick Brewster]

These are also documented in the API reference, if you need to see more detailed descriptions, notes, and documentation for individual property settings:

• Direct2D's built-in effects library, and Paint.NET's Direct2D supplemental effects library: https://paintdotnet.github.io/apidocs/api/PaintDotNet.Effects.Gpu.html
• The Direct2D effects that power Paint.NET's built-in GpuEffects (the ones you click on in the app), they're all the ones that start with "Pdn": https://paintdotnet.github.io/apidocs/api/PaintDotNet.Effects.Gpu.html

For instance, let's say you want to use GaussianBlurEffect2 (part of PDN's D2D supplemental effects library), which is just like GaussianBlurEffect(non-2) (part of D2D's built-in effects library) but adds a HighQuality mode for the Optimization property:

• The effect itself: https://paintdotnet.github.io/apidocs/api/PaintDotNet.Direct2D1.Effects.GaussianBlurEffect2.html
• And its properties in the nested ".Props" class, which includes descriptions of the properties and their valid ranges/values: https://paintdotnet.github.io/apidocs/api/PaintDotNet.Direct2D1.Effects.GaussianBlurEffect2.Props.html
• If you want to replicate the Gamma slider that is in Paint.NET's Gaussian Blur effect (the one you get when you click into the Effects menu), the easiest way is via the ConvertGammaEffect, https://paintdotnet.github.io/apidocs/api/PaintDotNet.Direct2D1.Effects.ConvertGammaEffect.html

If you want the Direct2D effect that underlies Paint.NET's Distort->Dents effect, look no further than PdnDentsEffect and its properties.