oma Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 (edited) RAR is evil. exactly! I agree with pyrochild, just zip the thing "pretty please", as all the other plugin writers do. I'll retry to use the source file provided above if you refuse to use zip, but may need some assistance to build the dll. Last attempt I still received error messages. ciao OMA Edited August 14, 2010 by oma Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n d Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 sigh, sometimes I'm just way too nice person. ZIPPED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.d.melek Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 thanks for this nd. this plugin has great potential for non-artists like me.. thanks again my try at it http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/jdmelek/my%20PDN%20bucket/GRADIENTSPLAT.png regards j.d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 IMO n d, I have a licensed version of WinZip. I couldn't care less 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...
pyrochild Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Pyrochild, what do you have against RAR? It's proprietary, not documented, not free, does not achieve good compression ratios compared to 7Z, and does not have good compatibility compared to ZIP, and generally more confusing to non-geeks compared to ZIP. For some reason, the "Scene" has an obsession with packaging their stuff in 100-part RAR archives with little-to-no compression. The overhead of each file, then, makes the "compressed" version several hundred MB larger than the original file(s). Evil. 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...
Sarkut Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Comparatively speaking, which is more evil? Socks or RAR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Socks. No contest. 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...
oma Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 (edited) sigh, sometimes I'm just way too nice person. ZIPPED! LOL! and that's why I'm loving ya! thanks so very much you're a real sweety. ciao OMA Edited August 14, 2010 by oma Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n d Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 Hmm, interesting stuff about the rar vs. zip... A propos, what ever happened to ARJ? I remember when practically all packages used to be ARJ... this was before teh interwebs though, when people still used 1.44MB disks and needed to divide their packages to disk-sized portions... ARJ was convenient for that. Hmm, did I just answer my own question - did ARJ become obsolete with the introduction of larger HD:s and cheaper CD drives? --- Enough nostalgizing though, about the anti-alias thing again... I consulted BoltBait and took a peek at his code in Outline Selection, and for now it doesn't seem to be a feasible solution for this plugin. Perhaps someone who is less of a noob than me can prove me wrong, if anyone wants to play around with my source code I won't take offense... So anyway, since for the moment I can't see a way to implement a proper anti-alias function on the plugin, I'm thinking of releasing this on the general plugins forum... I can always post updates if I manage to write the anti-alias some day. --- Oh, and here's a workaround you can use - I use this lots of times when I have pixelation that is not on the edges, ie. can't be dealt with feather: duplicate layer, apply eigen blur with radius 1 & RGB only on the new layer, then reduce opacity somewhat and merge it with the lower layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 90% of the pdn plugins I've downloaded were packed as .rars You must be getting them from the wrong place. I don't see a single RAR file in the Plugin forum. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n d Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 Hm, yeah my bad. I was thinking of some other site with some other thing I've downloaded ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I love this plugin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sfifer Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I'm not too sure about the rest of you, but I've had a trial version of WinRar for about 3 years now and it's never expired Quote Blog Twitter My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontcannon Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 7zip can open .rars too, but it sometimes messes them up Quote Night Vision Text Effect Tutorial Gallery reddit.com/r/futurebeats | My Mixcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n d Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 Yeah ok, I will be packing everything as zips from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayor_McSteeze Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I'm not too sure about the rest of you, but I've had a trial version of WinRar for about 3 years now and it's never expired Yep, Iv'e had mine for longer then i can remember Quote Vortex Tutorial | Texture Tutorial | My Gallery | Glossy Water Tut | | deviantART | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n d Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 On second thought, I might start packing everything as ARJ just to piss you guys off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I can open those 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 August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 And I can remove them 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...
sokagirl Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 (edited) Never mind ... Edited August 20, 2010 by sokagirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Just downloaded and installed 3D Trail and Shaped Gradient. I notice there is no icon for either one when it`s listed in PDN. Will you be adding them? I know it`s only a small thing but it would be nice. Havn`t had time to try them out yet but I`m looking forward to it after seeing some of the images made here. Thanks n d 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...
tylervo Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Enough nostalgizing though, about the anti-alias thing again... such as website http://www.tvdrawing.com I consulted BoltBait and took a peek at his code in Outline Selection, and for now it doesn't seem to be a feeasible solution for this plugin. Perhaps someone who is less of a noob than me can prove me wrong, if anyone wants to play around with my source code I won't take offense... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAND33P Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Really good plugin, have actually been looking for something like this for quite a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Has been released here: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/19669-shaped-gradient-v15/ 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...
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