ScootCoot Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 In the menu, the "Aquire" choice shows "Scanner or Camera", so is there a plugin for adding a camera to aquire a still image from an on board webcam...? I have searched through the forums and haven't found anything mentioning or discussing about aquiring an image from an attached webcam or external camera attached through the computer in use... Quote "...life is what happens to you while you're busy makin' other plans..." john lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 This isn't a question of having a plugin, it's dependent on your camera's drivers 1 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...
BoltBait Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 You need to check to see if your camera has a WIC driver. If it does, install that in windows and try again. 1 Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactilis Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 58 minutes ago, BoltBait said: You need to check to see if your camera has a WIC driver. Actually WIA. The scanner or camera must support Windows Image Acquisition 2.0 (WIA). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Haha! Yes, @Tactilis is correct. My fingers were on automatic and typed the wrong thing. You need the Windows Image Acquisition drivers. 1 2 Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactilis Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 1 hour ago, BoltBait said: My fingers were on automatic and typed the wrong thing Too many TLAs in the software stack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Not sure if this is relevant or not but possibly an alternative? (haven't tried it myself) https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/28483-trs-selfeez-webcam-capture-v102-update-may-252014/ Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactilis Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 17 minutes ago, Red ochre said: Not sure if this is relevant or not but possibly an alternative? (haven't tried it myself) The plugin installs OK for me and does run. However, although my laptop's webcam light turns on to indicate that the camera has been activated, nothing is shown in the plugin's preview window. When the Capture button is clicked, a progress indicator appears in paint.net's status bar but it animates forever and no image appears. An exception is raised when I close the plugin: Spoiler File: C:\Users\Martin\Documents\paint.net App Files\Effects\TRsSelfeez.dll Effect Name: TRsSelfeez.EffectPlugin Full error message: PaintDotNet.WorkerThreadException: Worker thread threw an exception ---> System.ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid. at TRsSelfeez.EffectPlugin.OnSetRenderInfo(EffectConfigToken parameters, RenderArgs dstArgs, RenderArgs srcArgs) at PaintDotNet.Effects.Effect.SetRenderInfo(EffectConfigToken newToken, RenderArgs dstArgs, RenderArgs srcArgs) in D:\src\pdn\src\Effects.Core\Effects\Effect.cs:line 169 at PaintDotNet.Effects.Effect.ClassicEffectRenderer.SetRenderInfo(EffectConfigToken newToken, RenderArgs dstArgs) in D:\src\pdn\src\Effects.Core\Effects\Effect.cs:line 565 at PaintDotNet.Effects.EffectDriver`1.ThreadFunction() in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\EffectDriver`1.cs:line 373 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at PaintDotNet.Effects.EffectDriver`1.DrainExceptions() in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\EffectDriver`1.cs:line 560 at PaintDotNet.Effects.EffectDriver`1.Abort() in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\EffectDriver`1.cs:line 512 at PaintDotNet.Menus.EffectMenuBase.<>c__DisplayClass47_4.<RunEffectImpl>b__9() in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Menus\EffectMenuBase.cs:line 1124 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 @Ego Eram Reputo tested it at release (in that thread), perhaps if he too now gets a hang the plug-in should be marked depreciated/obsolete? ... Unless someone can fix it? Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 6 hours ago, Tactilis said: The plugin installs OK for me and does run. However, although my laptop's webcam light turns on to indicate that the camera has been activated, nothing is shown in the plugin's preview window. When the Capture button is clicked, a progress indicator appears in paint.net's status bar but it animates forever and no image appears. An exception is raised when I close the plugin: Hide contents File: C:\Users\Martin\Documents\paint.net App Files\Effects\TRsSelfeez.dll Effect Name: TRsSelfeez.EffectPlugin Full error message: PaintDotNet.WorkerThreadException: Worker thread threw an exception ---> System.ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid. at TRsSelfeez.EffectPlugin.OnSetRenderInfo(EffectConfigToken parameters, RenderArgs dstArgs, RenderArgs srcArgs) at PaintDotNet.Effects.Effect.SetRenderInfo(EffectConfigToken newToken, RenderArgs dstArgs, RenderArgs srcArgs) in D:\src\pdn\src\Effects.Core\Effects\Effect.cs:line 169 at PaintDotNet.Effects.Effect.ClassicEffectRenderer.SetRenderInfo(EffectConfigToken newToken, RenderArgs dstArgs) in D:\src\pdn\src\Effects.Core\Effects\Effect.cs:line 565 at PaintDotNet.Effects.EffectDriver`1.ThreadFunction() in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\EffectDriver`1.cs:line 373 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at PaintDotNet.Effects.EffectDriver`1.DrainExceptions() in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\EffectDriver`1.cs:line 560 at PaintDotNet.Effects.EffectDriver`1.Abort() in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Effects\EffectDriver`1.cs:line 512 at PaintDotNet.Menus.EffectMenuBase.<>c__DisplayClass47_4.<RunEffectImpl>b__9() in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Menus\EffectMenuBase.cs:line 1124 Confirmed with exactly the same results. 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...
ScootCoot Posted July 14 Author Share Posted July 14 21 hours ago, Rick Brewster said: This isn't a question of having a plugin, it's dependent on your camera's drivers Thanks for the response, Rick... Appreciate it... Pardon the newbie question: Are there instructions listed in the forum as to how I go about checking the camera's drivers to show the camera via the 'Aquire' menu choice...? I use a Logitech C920 HD webcam... Thank you... Quote "...life is what happens to you while you're busy makin' other plans..." john lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactilis Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 4 minutes ago, ScootCoot said: Are there instructions listed in the forum as to how I go about checking the camera's drivers You can open Control Panel > Device Manager, right click on your camera and select Properties > Driver Details However, if your camera is currently not accessible via paint.net, then it is likely that the manufacturer does not provided drivers compatible with WIA. I've tried my Integrated Webcam, a USB Logitech Webcam, and a no-name USB Webcam. All of them are non-WIA and, as above, use the standard Windows drivers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactilis Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 An update on the above 👆 According to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wia/-wia-wia-camera-devices: Quote WIA does not support cameras in Windows Vista or later. For those versions of the Windows, use the Windows Portable Device (WPD) API described in the Windows Driver Development Kit (DDK) to acquire images from cameras. So it looks like you are out of luck because on Windows 10 and 11, WIA is only used for scanners. @Rick Brewster, should the menu be changed to just Acquire > From scanner ? I'm assuming that there is little appetite for adding support for WPD in addition WIA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Oh, that's new (to me) information! Yeah I'll file a bug for that. 1 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...
Rick Brewster Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 File->Acquire and File->Print both need to be ripped out and redone, I just haven't found a good time to do either. WIA is super legacy tech at this point and I'm surprised they haven't removed it from the OS yet. 1 1 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...
ScootCoot Posted July 14 Author Share Posted July 14 Thanks everyone for responding and helping out on this; really appreciate it...! Quote "...life is what happens to you while you're busy makin' other plans..." john lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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