bending a picture

[Flipper]

First off I tried the mirror over line plug-in but unfortunately it crashes Paint.

What I have is a picture of a Lava stream.

(Yes it is only 32X32)

What I would like to do is make it go around a corner:

My solution so far:

copy image

paste into new layer

rotate layer 90

lasso select diagonally half the top layer

delete

Merge layers

Use clone tool to round of corners

(still only 32X32)

Problem is I need to repeat this 9 times with 9 different images with pretty much exacting results.

(this is an animation sequence)

Is there a script or macros tool (recorder) to accomplish this?

and if so, will it also work with the Quad Reshape? I need to convert these tiles to something like this:

(yes yet another 32X32 with at least 50% alpha)

Since Quad Reshap doesn't have values for the "handles" I must do it by sight and finesse (I got good sight but the finesse is lacking).

If I do it all in the same session it remembers the reshape but once I close..... must start the reshape process all over. I do try and use a layer to trace to, but it still a lot of trial and error.