jerry533482 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 How many plugins do you have? I myself have personally searched the forum for every plugin I can find, I then keep them in a central folder called "application repository", and then I load them into PDN. I literally have hundreds of plugins; and the majority of them are always installed in case I want to tackle a new tutorial or learn a new technique and don't want to get caught without the right effect. The only issue; it takes ten seconds for PDN to load. Seriously, ten seconds! It seems like a lifetime when the app normally starts up in half a second. This has caused me to actually go in to the effects folder, find what I don't want, and junk em'. I "junked" about two-thirds of the folder's contents, and it still takes six seconds to load(yes, i time it). I don't know, maybe I need a faster PC, but anyway, have any of you guys ever loaded one too many plugins at one time, and decided, some of em' need to go? Or did you decide to put up with the sluggish speed because you love effects too much? :?: Quote Space...The Final Frontier. -James Tiberius Kirk; circa 2260s My gallery: Jerry's Paint.NET creations My tuts: sun galaxy rings My youtube: http://www.youtube.com/jerry533482 YLOD VICTIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontcannon Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I got the stickie'd PlugIn packs (MadJik, pyrochild, Simon Brown etc) and add new PlugIns as I need them. PDN still starts in about a second. Quote Night Vision Text Effect Tutorial Gallery reddit.com/r/futurebeats | My Mixcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry533482 Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Do stickie'd sets start up faster? Quote Space...The Final Frontier. -James Tiberius Kirk; circa 2260s My gallery: Jerry's Paint.NET creations My tuts: sun galaxy rings My youtube: http://www.youtube.com/jerry533482 YLOD VICTIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontcannon Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 That's why they stickie'd - the fastest PlugIns are the most popular, you know? Quote Night Vision Text Effect Tutorial Gallery reddit.com/r/futurebeats | My Mixcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EscapistAngel Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I've got approximately 170 plugins and it takes me 7 seconds from clicking the thumbnail to being usable and one second from the UI showing up to being usable. I don't find the wait too irritating Quote Please forgive my possible complaints. I'm but an annoying little perfectionist when it comes to using english... "I tremble in the presence of your terrifying skills of gardening." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yy10 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I basically have all of them. Quote deviantART sigs n stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 That's why they stickie'd - the fastest PlugIns are the most popular, you know? Uh, no. 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...
DarkShock Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I have about 130. I don't even use them all. I don't think anyone does. Quote ---- Gallery | Sig Tutorial | deviantART | Sig Videos | PhotoBucket ----DÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â EÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â IÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â NÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontcannon Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 david.atwell, you got me. Darn it. Quote Night Vision Text Effect Tutorial Gallery reddit.com/r/futurebeats | My Mixcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkullSplitter Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I have around 40. Quote My gallery Spider-man signature tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I have most of the packs, madjik boltbait ed pyro etc, and then a few others that I read about on forums as a good way to do something. Quote [Glass Ball Tutorial] [My Gallery] [starscape Tutorial] [My Sig Tutorial] [My dA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigabyte Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Never coundet them, but I'll say about houndread. i know that i misspeled 100, but who cares Quote Post above may contain sarcasm or humor.. or bad english! My Splatter sig tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjarni Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I think around 100. Quote Bye Bye PDN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myoriah Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Never counted them but I have a lot of them on both partitions. Haven't played around with some of them. So far the sticky plug-ins seem to be the most useful. Lately I've been using BoltBait's metallic plug-in and color adjuster a lot. Have gotten some interesting effects with the metallic plug-in. Quote When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, sure 'tis like a morn in spring. In the lilt of Irish laughter you can hear the angels sing, When Irish hearts are happy all the world seems bright and gay, And When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, sure, they steal your heart away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallschirmjäger Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Not enough. I have 38, I had almost 180 on my last computer, and I can't remember what most of them were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry533482 Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 I've recently bought windows 7 home premium full edition (my current OS was screwed up), and I've noticed a significant speed boost. Before, around a hundred plugins would take about 10 seconds to load, but now 212 plugins load in just 3 seconds. 3 seconds!! I've also noticed a speed boost while rendering. I don't know if it was the v3.5.3 update, or the performance differences between Win7 RC and the finished product, but I'm happy that I'll no longer have to scrap any of my plugins. Thank you Rick for your effort in PDN. Quote Space...The Final Frontier. -James Tiberius Kirk; circa 2260s My gallery: Jerry's Paint.NET creations My tuts: sun galaxy rings My youtube: http://www.youtube.com/jerry533482 YLOD VICTIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luther Keeler Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Forty-two. But seriously 130. It doesn't take me any longer to open the Effects than it did when I first downloaded it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNonsense Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Yeah Win7 rules, i've been using it for a month now and i think it's great, i was really a XP man, was anxious to change but very happy i did. 157 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandrake Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 i have 120 but haven't used them all yet! and Win7's great definitely better than vista and Xp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry533482 Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 Dang it. I've begun loading my apps back on, & now it's slow again. Still faster than Vista, though. Quote Space...The Final Frontier. -James Tiberius Kirk; circa 2260s My gallery: Jerry's Paint.NET creations My tuts: sun galaxy rings My youtube: http://www.youtube.com/jerry533482 YLOD VICTIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0(-.-)0 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Yeah Win7 rules, i've been using it for a month now and i think it's great, i was really a XP man, was anxious to change but very happy i did.157 High five. Quote - Any thoughts? - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Yeah, LOL. Getting 7 soon, hope it's better that XP. And, @The Topic, I got 225. Of which, maybe 35 are used daily, 65 weekly, 100 monthly, and maybe 150 yearly. Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axle Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 can someone that has like everyone f them or a lot please put them into a .zip or .rar and pm me please, (i'll send a link to send it to me) or atleast tell me why my plugins arn't working. i have a lot of them ('bout 70 or so) and only, like, 15 of them actually open, they are all installed properly but they don't show in the list for some reason, my special effects tab that makes it easier to see also isn't loading (i think that might be why the others arn't) help please peepz. Quote My Deviant Art | My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I have about 145? Somewhere around there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 can someone that has like everyone f them or a lot please put them into a .zip or .rar and pm me please No. Absolutely not. Most likely you just need to update them. 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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