Bruce Bowyer-Smyth Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Hardware Accelerated Blur Pack uses your video card’s GPU to process images at a potentially huge performance leap. The blurs in this pack are modelled after the built in Paint.NET effects. Differences have been noted below.System RequirementsNote: These additional requirements are for this plugin pack only. They are not required for paint.net use in general. Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista with the DirectX 11 platform update (x86, x64). (Win XP is NOT supported as it does not have DX11) Latest Video Drivers from NVIDIA or AMD/ATI DirectX 10 or later video card that supports DirectCompute (see troubleshooting section for how to determine this) Installation Extract all files from the zip file into the Paint.NET Effects folder.Download for Paint.net v4.3 or later >>> Hardware Accelerated Blur Pack <<<Included EffectsMotion Blur (up to 54,800% faster!) Added Edge Behaviour option Radial Blur (up to 12,300% faster) No quality option but it is equivalent to high-quality "5" in the standard Paint.NET blur. Zoom Blur (up to 5,300% faster)Gaussian Blur (up to 3,000% faster) Main improvement is for large images or radius Added Blur Dimensions option (Horizontal and Vertical, Horizontal Only, Vertical Only) Added Edge Behaviour option Channel Blur (new effect) A separate and unique gaussian blur for each color channel Each channel has it’s own independent radius option Troubleshooting Device creation error message Firstly make sure you have up to date video drivers Download GPU-Z and confirm that the DirectCompute checkbox is checked. If it isn’t you may have an unsupported video card. This means for NVIDIA you need an 8 series or later. For AMD/ATI the HD 4700 series or later. Intel HD Graphics 4000/2500 may be supported but I haven't tested that. Out of Memory error message You now have a reason for that hardware upgrade. The image needs to fit into the memory of the video card. The amount of a ram you have determines the size of the image these effects can process. Version History3.2.0 - Support for PDN 4.3. 3.1.0 - Fix for Radial Blur in PDN 4 and images with sub-selections. 3.0.0 - PDN 4 compatible. Switched to use SharpDX. 2.4.0 - Bug fix for "tall" motion blurs 2.3.0 - Bug fix for partial image width selections 2.2.0 - Fixed plugin load wanring. Fixed some blurs being off by half a pixel. Added support for Win 8 software device driver.2.1.0 - Gaussian, Motion and Channel blurs can handle any sized image. Faster zoom. 2.0.0 - Faster Radial, motion and zoom. 1.0.7 - Increased perf on small to medium sized images for motion and gaussian blur 1 1 Quote GPU Blur Plugin | WMF File Plugin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontcannon Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 This needs to be pinned. Been using them since the very beginning and I'm very very pleased with the results Quote Night Vision Text Effect Tutorial Gallery reddit.com/r/futurebeats | My Mixcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Sucks I have Intel video card... 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...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 This needs to be pinned. I agree. <Pinned> Outstanding work Bruce! 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...
Bruce Bowyer-Smyth Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 Wow thanks for that and for the pin. As a celebration there is more free performance for everyone! Better handling of small to medium sized images for the motion and gaussian effects. This also helps break through the 30K% barrier on the motion blur. Enjoy. Quote GPU Blur Plugin | WMF File Plugin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Let's see if this can get it any more attention. http://blog.getpaint.net/2010/07/17/gpu-blur-effects-pack-for-paint-net/ 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...
Goonfella Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Damn! My ATI 4670 doesn`t support DirectCompute and has the latest drivers already so it looks as if I`m going to have to give this one a miss. 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...
Rick Brewster Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 It also won't support DirectCompute unless you're on Windows 7, or Windows Vista SP2 with the Platform Update. 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...
csm725 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 He has Win7. 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...
Goonfella Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 That`s right I do have Win 7. Looks like it`s the platform update I`m short of (whatever that is). 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...
Rick Brewster Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Platform Update is only needed for Vista. You have everything you could have. 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...
Bruce Bowyer-Smyth Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 My ATI 4670 doesn`t support DirectCompute ATI only support DirectCompute from the HD 4700 onwards. So it looks like you just missed out on this one. Quote GPU Blur Plugin | WMF File Plugin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Just my luck! 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...
jerry533482 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) I have an ATI radeon X1200, so no DirectCompute for me. PDN won't make DirectCompute a requirement for a while, right Rick? Edited July 20, 2010 by jerry533482 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...
Rick Brewster Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Paint.NET v3.5.6 will require a DirectCompute-capable GPU. It will be released next month and if you can't install it then tough cookies. 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...
csm725 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) Neevermind BAHAHA Edited July 20, 2010 by csm725 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...
Rick Brewster Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Paint.NET v4 will require Windows 7, quad-core, and 2GB RAM minimum. 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...
csm725 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I knew the 3.67-core 1.8GB RAM Windows Vista wasn't enough! 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...
Goonfella Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Paint.NET v3.5.6 will require a DirectCompute-capable GPU. It will be released next month and if you can't install it then tough cookies. Does that mean I`m stuck with 3.5.5 or can it still be used on a card that is not DirectCompute enabled? 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...
csm725 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 He was just kidding... He had me panicking for a second too... 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...
Goonfella Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Thank god for that! Guess I`m a sucker for good joke! 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...
Rick Brewster Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 We secretly replaced Rick's serious tone with a sarcastic demeanor. Let's see how long jerry takes to figure it out. 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...
jerry533482 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) A lot of people take your words seriously Rick. You are the author of Paint.NET, after all. Still, you had us all going for a minute. Edited July 20, 2010 by jerry533482 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...
Rick Brewster Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I was just trying to find a nicer way to tell you to stop asking "future policy questions" ... 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...
Lance McKnight Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Bruce, any chance of adding a screen shot of the UI? This plug-in pack will actually give me the incentive to purchase a new computer with Win 7 installed, or do some serious hardware upgrading along with a fresh installation of Win 7 to save the money. Quote Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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