Betty 2 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I have printed the tutorial 'Fixing An Old Photo' and am trying to download the plugins Threshold and Alpha-mask tool needed for it but when I try to open the files I get a message saying files do not contain icons. My os is vista and browser is firefox. Can anyone help please Betty2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty 2 Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 I have read that topic but I am not getting the option to save to desktop, usually when I download and choose 'SAVE' another box comes up allowing me to choose where to save but this is not happening and it just goes into downloads then I get this c:\Users\Betty\AppData\Local\Temp1_EdHarvey-Effects-200808 26.zip\EdHarvey.Edfects.Common.dll:Decode error The File doesn't contain icons All of that might as well be in a foreign language for all the sense it makes to me. By the way just in case I get this sorted where do I find the Alpha-Mask Tool? Sorry this is so long but at a few weeks from 70 it takes a bit longer to grasp new things these days. Betty2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Right-click on link -> Save link/target as. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty 2 Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Sorry to be a pest but I'm still having some problems. I realise now that I was confusing 'extract' with 'open'. I have now successfully installed Threshold into effects, I also downloaded the pack which contains Alpha- Mask, and evrything in it is listed in the effects file in Computer but is not showing up in paint.net effects, I don't have effects/tools only tools listed at left side of screen but it is not in there. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks for the help already given Betty2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Any effects you install will be added under "Effects" in the program menu across the top. Depending upon the effect, it may end up in a sub-menu under Effects, but if so, most plugin developers will let you know in the plugin thread where they put it. 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...
Betty 2 Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 I have looked in all the sub-menus, in fact I've looked in everything in the menu but no alpha-mask Betty2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Betty 2: Please post a screenshot showing your Effects folder contents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty 2 Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 I know I'm thick but I don't know how to do that Betty2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Does Detect Plugin Problems (it's on that page) give you any pointers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) Betty 2: No worries. At the top row on keyboard is Prnt Scrn key. Pressing that will load the screen image into the clipboard. It won't give any indication of having done so. Next open Paint.NET and hold down the Ctrl key and press V. Save. Upload to Imageshack, copy Direct Link and post link here. See this: How to Post Images http://www.take-a-screenshot.org/ Post again if this is unclear. Edited April 8, 2010 by Sarkut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty 2 Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Don't know if you can make this readable, if not I,ll try again Betty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APShredder Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 It looks like the problems is that you have an Effects folder within your Effects folder. If you delete the second Effects folder, your plugins should show up properly. Quote BlendModes Plus | Dissolve | Extract Color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 ^ Make sure you cut/paste all your plugins from Paint.NET/Effects/Effects into Paint.NET/Effects before you delete the second Effects folder, though. 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...
Sarkut Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I second that said by APShredder and Crazy Man Dan. http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2181/21493201b.jpg ========================================= Edit- Errata removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 If you deleted the highlighted items, it will still work, yes, but it'll be harder for me to debug if it crashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty 2 Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 Sorry folks but I am really out of my depth with this, just can't figure out how to do the cut and paste advised here. I am thinking about completely uninstalling PDN then reinstalling now that I understand how to install the plugins ( I think), thanks to the help I've had here. Does this sound like a good move or will it not solve anything Betty2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 That seems a bit drastic. You can simply delete the Effects folder inside the Paint.NET Effects folder and then reinstall the plugins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Step 1 Inside of this folder: Click on any of the DLL files. Press [Ctrl]+[A] to select everything, then [Ctrl]+[C] to copy everything. Step 2 Click here to go one folder out: In the list for this folder, you should see a folder named "Effects", and probably nothing else. Click anywhere in the blank white area under the "Effects" folder in that pane, and press [Ctrl]+[V] to paste all your effects into the outer folder. They should all show up in the folder list. Step 3 Open Paint.NET, or if it's already open, close Paint.NET and open it again at your earliest convenience. You should now find the plugins in the "Effects" menu. 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...
Betty 2 Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 Done all that but still no joy Betty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Time for another screenshot. This time of the contents of your Paint.NET\Effects folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty 2 Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 I hope this is the right folder. I have actually found another Alpha-Mask in plugins which does install o.k. I deleted it to do this and I really would like to be able to install this bundle if possible. Betty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 He means the Paint.NET Effects folder (where you put effects). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Yes, what Simon Brown said, like this: http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2310/screenshot260q.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Hi Betty, All the advice here is spot on, may I ask you something.. Do you know how to run windows Explorer and navigate, using your mouse, to the C:\Programme Files\Paint.NET\Effects folder ? If you do........, try MOVING the entire contents of the SECOND "Effects" folder (which is below the first) into the "FIRST" Effects folder... You can "drag" them one by one, or............. click the first in the listing, press and HOLD down SHIFT (the UP arrow key) then click on the LAST file in the list, this will SELECT and HIGHLIGHT all of them. Now click AND HOLD the LEFT mouse button, and DRAG the files across to the first Effects folder, releasing the button will drop them in there......................... It is possible to also "COPY" them this way and "PASTE" them also..... but one step at a time I guess. Once the files are moved, you can delete the second, now EMPTY,.... Effects folder..... I am sorry if i am off track, just trying to help Regards Peter Quote When nothing short of Divine Intervention can get the job done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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