APShredder Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 BlendModes Plus Have you ever wished that Paint.NET had more blend modes like some of those "other, more expensive" image editors? Well now your wish just came true! And now just for the low price of $500 FREE! This plugin can be found in Effects --> Tools --> BlendModes Plus. Basically, all you have to do is open the plugin, load an image, and choose your blend mode. Right now the current blend modes available are: Normal Additive Average Blue Color Color Burn Color Dodge Cyan Darken Difference Divide Exclusion Glow Grain Extract Grain Merge Green Hard Light Hard Mix Hue Lighten Linear Burn Linear Dodge Linear Light Luminosity Magenta Multiply Negation Overlay Phoenix Pin Light Red Reflect Saturation Screen Signed Difference Soft Light Stamp Vivid Light Yellow And even though this list is kinda long, I plan to add more blend modes before long.Blend Mode Descriptions: Here is just a quick rundown of what all the blend modes do. Hidden Content: Here are the to images I'm going to use.Normal I don't think this mode needs much of description. The final image is the blend image.Average This mode is good for blending two images together. Nothing special.Blue This mode replaces the blue channel of the base image with the blue channel of the blend image.Color This mode replaces the hue and saturation of the base image with the hue and saturation of the blend image.Cyan This mode replaces the cyan channel of the base image with the cyan channel of th blend image.DivideGrain ExtractGrain MergeGreen This mode replaces the green channel of the base image with the green channel of the blend image.Hard LightHard Mix This mode causes the resulting image to either be black, white, red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, or magenta.Hue This mode replaces the hue of the base image with the hue of the blend image.Linear Burn This mode will always make you image darker.Linear Dodge This mode will always make you image lighter.Linear Light This mode is similar to Linear Burn except the blend image is more noticeable.Luminosity This mode replaces the luminosity of the base image with the luminosity of the blend image.Magenta This mode replaces the magenta channel of the base image with the magenta channel of the blend image.Pin Light This mode causes light parts of the blend image and dark parts of the base image to show through.Red This mode replaces the red channel of the base image with the red channel of the blend image.Saturation This mode replaces the saturation of the base image with the saturation of the blend image.Signed DifferenceStamp This mode is good for applying textures to images.Yellow This mode replaces the yellow channel of the base image with the yellow channel of the blend image. The UI: And of course, all questions, comments, suggestions, and crash logs are welcome. :wink:Plugin Log: 3/24/10 - Organizer updated, multiple blend modes can be selected and moved at once. 3/13/10 - New blend modes added. (Additive, Color Burn, Color Dodge, Difference, Glow, Multiply, Negation, Overlay, Reflect, Screen) Maximum and Minimum renamed to Lighten and Darken. Organizational system added. 2/27/10 - New blend modes added. (Exclusion, Maximum, Minimum, Phoenix, Soft Light) 11/8/09 - Fixed some bugs. 11/8/09 - Copy From Clipboard Added, New blend mode added (Signed Difference) 10/30/09 - New blend mode added. (Vivid Light) 10/27/09 - New blend modes added. (Divide, Grain Extract, Grain Merge, and Hard Light) 10/25/09 - Plugin taken out of beta. 10/22/09 - Checkbox added to switch "layers". 10/21/09 - Beta version of plugin uploaded. DOWNLOAD: BlendModesPlus.zip 2 2 Quote BlendModes Plus | Dissolve | Extract Color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Brilliant! We need more like this. This is what a plugin should be. You know what? I don't care that it's still in Beta. I'm stickying it. :-) Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APShredder Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 WOW! That has to be the fastest sticky I've ever seen! Thanks David! Quote BlendModes Plus | Dissolve | Extract Color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Well, I tested some of yours against the equivalent blend modes in The GIMP - don't have Photoshop to test - and the ones I could test range from pretty close to spot-on. Burn and Color in particular don't seem to mesh luminosity-wise, but others - Dodge, Hue, Saturation, Value (Luminosity) - seem to be right close. I've uploaded a 90% quality JPG as well as a full-quality PNG, in case you want to take a look. JPG (1.37MB) PNG (5.22MB) Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APShredder Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Thanks CMD! They do look pretty close, if I do say so myself. Quote BlendModes Plus | Dissolve | Extract Color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Also, if you want some kind of suggestions on how the math works in The GIMP, you can always download the source Blend modes are in... /app/base/base-enums.h:68 is the enum typedef, /app/composite/gimp-composite-generic.c is where some math's at. Additionally, for the sake of simplicity and being able to expand without getting confused really quickly, make an enum with all your blendmodes in it and a function of two surfaces (left-hand side, right-hand side) that uses the blend mode. It will be far less confusing than a huge switch in the middle of your render function. And also, with that, your drop-down list can just return the struct name instead of a string. Just a suggestion. Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHATslash Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Wow, great work. I can definitely see a later version of this incorporated into PdN 4.0.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemaru Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Incredible. I'm downloading it right away! Quote Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. |fb(page)|portfolio|blog| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boude Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I love you! Quote History repeats itself, because nobody was paying attention the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipp92 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 fantastic plugin if this would be integrated in pdn it would be awesome so it's a bit complicated if you have to load an image before applying a blend mode :-/ Quote Personal Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 if this would be integrated in pdn it would be awesome ..or if there was support for blend mode plugins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Cool plugin. You should add a checkbox to switch the order of the "layers." Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APShredder Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Thanks everyone for your support and suggestions! @Illnab: I'm trying out your suggestions right now, but I think I might just keep it like I have it for now. @pyrochild: D'oh! I don't know why I didn't think of that. That'll be a great improvement for this plugin Thanks! EDIT: Just uploaded the version with the checkbox that switches the "layers". Quote BlendModes Plus | Dissolve | Extract Color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemaru Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I must say, you're one of the fastest plugin authors to update. Quote Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. |fb(page)|portfolio|blog| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flip Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 This looks really useful. Thanks a bunch. Quote Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blooper Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Excellent work, chap. Quote http://synthastic.deviantart.com http://soundcloud.com/siderealenterprise Lockerz invites are available, PM me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APShredder Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 Okay everybody, due to the great amount of satisfactory reviews I've been getting, I've decided to remove the beta label from the plugin. Everyone seems to be happy with it so far, and I haven't got a single complaint yet, so keep on enjoying it! Quote BlendModes Plus | Dissolve | Extract Color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFC4EVER Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 You, sir, make epic plugins. I thank you. Quote ☆★☆★Merry Christmas★☆★☆ .::.My Gallery.::.Make Gold Text!.::. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APShredder Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 You're welcome. Quote BlendModes Plus | Dissolve | Extract Color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Just downloaded the plug in and I`m very impressed. Well done. :wink: Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Great plugin and well done on getting it Sticky'd. Using it when I get home to my PdN computer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APShredder Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Thanks guys! I still can't believe how well this plugin has gone over with people so far. Quote BlendModes Plus | Dissolve | Extract Color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonlychad Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 wow i love this AMAZING :shock: if you are going for the GE plugin brilliance award you have my nomination i have been waiting for this for ages thank you so much man! Quote "Clearly it's a very serious and literal meaning. If you're not solving physics equations then get off my lawn!-Rick Brewster Paint.net Lead Developer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person_321 Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Heh, you got some of the blend modes from gimp didn't you :wink: great plugin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Cool plugin. You should add a checkbox to switch the order of the "layers." @pyrochild: D'oh! I don't know why I didn't think of that. That'll be a great improvement for this plugin Thanks!EDIT: Just uploaded the version with the checkbox that switches the "layers". Great, thanks! Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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