MadJik Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Star Glow Plugin What's this? This is a plugin under Effect/Stylize menu. You should use it to add some shiny glow to your image. Faster than the sparkles effect, it changes the value of the pixels instead of drawing lines or circles. It just offers the possilibity to select the 8 radius to be on/off... Download the DLL Plugin StarGlow.dll Here is the DLL The MadJik's All plugins package is available ! http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=7186 How to install Close Paint.net Classic version of Paint.net Unzip and (re)place the DLL in your Effect folder usually: C:/Program Files/Paint.NET/Effects Microsoft Store version of Paint.net Unzip and (re)place the DLL in your Effect folder usually: /My Documents/paint.net App Files/Effects/ You have to adapt for your language My Documents The User interface This plugin is added to the menu Effects, submenu Stylize. Mini / Maxi : set the range of values for the luminosity to test. Each color found on the image between mini and maxi will be a source of a glow. Red / Green / Blue : set the color chanel to test or not. Ray/Diag Up/Down/Left/Right: check the box to draw the described ray. Black: check the box to draw the ray in black, instead white. Examples: Model / Result : Model / Result : Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptuZ Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 cool effect Quote My Forum Gallery My dA Gallery Graffiti tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokagirl Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Wow !! Thanks for creating this , going to download it right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo128 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Something wrong with this plugin?...doesn't work for me, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 20 minutes ago, Timbo128 said: Something wrong with this plugin? Something? What is that something? That is to say, what went wrong? Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo128 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, toe_head2001 said: Something? What is that something? That is to say, what went wrong? No matter the settings in the effect- (first pic is work layer) NOTE- using latest Paint.net version (4.0.21) Edited March 11, 2018 by Timbo128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo128 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 13 minutes ago, toe_head2001 said: Something? What is that something? That is to say, what went wrong? Of further note, can't seem to get the Lens Flare to work, either... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 7 hours ago, Timbo128 said: No matter the settings in the effect- The effect wasn't considering the alpha channel. Download it from the first post it should be better. 1 Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo128 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 On 3/11/2018 at 5:04 AM, MadJik said: The effect wasn't considering the alpha channel. Download it from the first post it should be better. OK, thank you, MadJik... will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeday Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Just for info MadJik The plugin doesn't work for me either. I downloaded the plugin again from this page above - but without success. It doesn't work for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Hi @lifeday I download and install the dll without problem. Could you try the effect with this image: edit: mini 254, maxi 255, radius 60 or give the image you are using... The effect needs to detect whitest pixels to draw a glow. Then it won't work on: -white image -monocolor image Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeday Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Hello, MadJik, thank you very much for the communication. I tried to draw out the glow on all black, of course it didn't work. Then I took my green fern image and the plugin reduced the size of the fern and conjured away the pixels at the edge. Now I will try again, just as you wrote it and then I will bring all your instructions to this plugin into German to understand exactly how to use this plugin. If I have a result, I will send it, good or not so good. Feedback must be :-)))))) greeting lifeday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) @MadJik! Thank you. Edited April 16, 2018 by Seerose Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeday Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) Hi MadJik, because I couldn't do it with my pictures, I copied your template and tested it. Once only bright lights and once shiny lights black. That'll work. So the question arises to me, does the shine only arise with very light colours? My pastel-colored image didn't work, the plugin removes the colors, I change the settings, nothing happens. Fact is: The plugin works, the rest may be practice? salute Edited April 18, 2018 by lifeday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 8 minutes ago, lifeday said: does the shine only arise with very light colours? Yes selection is made with mini-maxi 9 minutes ago, lifeday said: My pastel-colored image didn't work Could you share this image? Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeday Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Hi MadJik, because I couldn't do it with my pictures, I copied your template and tested it. Once only bright lights and once shiny lights black. That'll work. So the question arises to me, does the shine only arise with very light colours? My pastel-colored image didn't work, the plugin removes the colors, I change the settings, nothing happens. Fact is: The plugin works, the rest may be practice? salute Sorry, paint.net refuses to upload 33.0 kb. I'll try again later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeday Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) Hi MadJik, Now the upload worked, because I made one out of three pictures. Have a good evening! Edited April 18, 2018 by lifeday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 On your picture you could try this mini 120 maxi 120 radius 30 If you want to place the glow yourself: 1. add a layer, 2.fill it with black and 3.F4 to set the blend mode to Lighten 4.Spot white dots where you want the glow to be placed 5.Run the effect Star glow Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 @MadJik! I just edited the picture. I'm just reading this is the wrong way. 1 Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeday Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Tks MadJik for your answer. I tried it and it also works on this test painting, which is not beautiful but has served its purpose. I could not understand your second way, point 4: Spot white dots where you want the glow to be placed, gives me riddles. However, as these lights are only seldom used by me, I can live with the result. It is important to me that the plugin works and that I can use it when I need it. It meets both criteria. Thank you for the help and the plugin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 Layers and blending modes are really useful in a lot of cases. 1. add a layer, 2.fill it with black and 3.F4 to set the blend mode to Lighten 4.Spot white dots where you want the glow to be placed 5.Run the effect Star glow 1 Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeday Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Thanks a lot MadJik, I was able to set the points, but somehow it was not possible for me. I'm going to follow your great play. I am currently trying to delete my many photos so that I can get kB free again to send the really new pictures. Have a nice day lifeday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 @lifeday use a third-party image hosting service like Postimage or Imgur. You can post the links here and the images will not count against your forum allowance. 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...
lifeday Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) Hi Ego Eram Reputo, Thank you for your performance, I will look at these services. Usually I don't have that many pictures to post, but since I haven't been using the Paint.net forum for so long and a lot of plugins are interesting, the corresponding pictures were more. Now I delete the older pictures every 4 weeks (It's a pity, because as a newbie it helps if you see plastically what a plugin does), because 10 MB is not really much storage space, which must be owed to the size of the forum. Edited April 19, 2018 by lifeday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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