plugins "heavyness"

[effemmeffe]

hello all.

a simple question: does the number of installed plugins makes Paint.NET heavier?

thanks in advance?

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Personally, I only noticed PDN worked slower on an older PC or laptop, but I can't say it was because of the plugins. I have a new laptop now and lots of plugins and the saving time is much quicker and doesn't lag.

[avim1968]

Hi

does not effect the program running, it just takes few more sec. to load all the plugins, if you really have many

of them as I do.

Avi

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Also, if you're working with many layers, it will slow the program down a little bit.

[effemmeffe]

thanks.

i'll go for all the plugins i can find!

[avim1968]

Hi

working with many plugins, causes the effects/adjustment menus to be very big/crowded/long which makes

finding the right effect you need for your job, hard to locate and you need to remember where it was.

which takes time, also there are few plugins with the same name and functions so you would have

a duplicated effects.

I used to work like this, but it was too hard for me to remember where everything was (old age memory problems)

so with few ideas from people here in the forum , I have made few changes which I think would help you too.

1. get all the plugins you want or find as you wish ;-)

2. place SOME of them in the effect directory and check them out.

if you like the plugin place it in a folder (name it "good/useful effects")

3. remove those plugins and place new ones, then repeat step 2 until you filter all the plugins you have.

4. I have created a number of effects directories and sorted the plugins I liked by the type of

effect and the type of image/project it would be good for.

5. each time i want to work on a project I replace the plugins in the "effects" directory with the effects

in the directory that I would use in that project.

(some plugins are found in a multiple directories)

6. I have a directory with all the plugins, which is used only to find an effect , then i copy it to the right directory.

I think that this is the way to go, and it helped me allot with my work.

take into account that every change in the effects directory would need to restart Paint.Net.

so adjust the directories content as you need 1st.

Avi

p.s.

I have asked long ago in the forum to enable a "Favorite" sub menu under the effects menu where

one can drag and place the effects he uses most. saving the time to look thru all the menus time and time again.

but this is currently low in priority (if at all)

it might even be linked to a "Favorite" directory under the effects directory but this would need more changes

maybe even to the plugins too as i was told , so i guess it is even lower in the list :-)

However Rick said some where he would deal with plugins after 4.0 is out :-) :-) :-)

Edited October 25, 2012 by avim1968

[effemmeffe]

thanls a lot for your suggestion!