Popular Post Red ochre Posted August 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2014 ::keywords::gear|cog|pulley|sprocket|chainwheel|nut|washer|wheel|bearing|involute|teeth ::Menu::Effects/Iterative lines ::Original release date:: 22nd of August 2014 ::Author:: Red ochre (John Robbins) ::dll name:: Gears An easy way to render a wide variety of gear and wheel shapes. Works well with 'clipwarp' - simply use 'overblur' on the gear object created and copy a metallic image to the clipboard then run clipwarp. Two examples below (with rotate/zoom & Pyro's 'Trail' added too).Red ochre v10 plugin pack Enjoy!- 1 11 Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDale Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Very nice. IOU a rep when I get my next batch, looks good, cheers Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Awesome plugin Red. Thanks very much. There is so much you can do with this one it`s amazing. Have a on me. (its sunny so I needs me shades) 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...
Roly Poly Goblinoli Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 This looks fantastic. You beat me to it; I was going to make a gear plugin . I guess I'll have to settle with other shapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Looks great! Thanks so much for all your hard work 1 Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoRobbo Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Nice Red, very nice, ran out of reps, catch you on the flip-side. We could have used this for the Planetoid animation Quote Go out there and be amazing. Have Fun, TRSome Pretty Pictures Some Cool Plugins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 Drew,Goonfella, AnthonyS, BBQ & TR - Thanks all for the positive feedback. Anthony - there a still thousands of ideas for plugins to invent - and there is nothing wrong with providing alternative versions of older plugins either. Plus there are new features in Pdn4 for authors to explore too - eg. clipboard alpha and AA'd selections, so don't worry about ideas for new plugins. Often, writing one leads to ideas for another three!(You may need another surface for your edge detect plugin to get around the R.O.I lines B.T.W - but Boltbait and TR are better to advise you on that.) TR - I thought this would be an easy one to write - I was wrong! - the G.D.I+ can be infuriating sometimes!(+Happy to edit the thread text when a searchable format for plugin index is agreed too). Thanks for commenting. I forgot to say - I'd love to see what images you can make using it and please post them here! 1 Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoRobbo Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Did this while family's getting ready to go to dinner. 1 Quote Go out there and be amazing. Have Fun, TRSome Pretty Pictures Some Cool Plugins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullbonz Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Oooo, this one looks like fun. I'll be back Quote http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/21233-skullbonz-art-gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDale Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Here is a quick example. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Another Fantastic Plugin @Red - now I'm off to play (alas, the ironing & gardening & cooking will have to wait) Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xod Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Thank you very much John. Very useful plugin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Red ochre! I really appreciate this and all your hard work. Thanks so much for sharing. 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...
Pixey Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 OK - I played and had so much fun with this. Wish I'd had the Plugin last week too . 4 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 TR - Thanks for posting the image - hope you're enjoying your holiday!Thanks Skullbonz.Drew - great image - I like the colour variations - thanks for posting it.Pixey - Ironing? - learn to love the creases, life's too short! - thanks for commenting.xod - excellent! - thank you, very clever use of the plugin.Seerose - thank you for posting the image, good to see you exploring the different options. Pixey - you just posted another excellent image - love it! - many thanks. Yes I thought the round spoke hole option could have helped on your film reel tut' (set the tooth height to zero). 1 Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoRobbo Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Unbelievable pixey! Thanks Red, back home today. And I'm going to keep calling you the Master of Mathematical Art until that title sticks 1 Quote Go out there and be amazing. Have Fun, TRSome Pretty Pictures Some Cool Plugins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 During development of the path tools I did an experimental gears on path plugin. But for sure this is much more powerful. Hope we can define at some point an interface so that a plugin can be called from another to render an effect on a path. What's the reason that this is in 'Iterative Lines' and not just in 'Render'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoRobbo Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 IMHO. I think render is too generic, Iterative is a good fit for parametric line drawings plugins not based on pseudo-ranomness (but may employ randomness). It sounds very elegant also. Much more so than parametric geometry or some other head scratcher. Quote Go out there and be amazing. Have Fun, TRSome Pretty Pictures Some Cool Plugins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 IMHO. I think render is too generic, Iterative is a good fit for parametric line drawings plugins not based on pseudo-ranomness (but may employ randomness). It sounds very elegant also. Much more so than parametric geometry or some other head scratcher. OK, I thought the reason to choose a submenu entry is that a user can locate it easily. My mistake (as with RBG ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 Thanks for the compliment TR! Midora - Yes the Submenu name should make it easier to find the plugin. However my Render menu is full, so I would expect regular users to also have the problem of finding any effect in that section.I created the 'Iterative lines' Submenu name mainly for 'Slinky', 'StringAndPin' and 'Helix' as they belong together and any user using one would naturally want to try the others. I then added 'Dryad' as it is closely related to the other three and invited TR to add his 'TreeMaker' plugin too. Now with 'Gears' added there are enough effects to justify its creation. If they had all been in Render users would spend all day scrolling up and down to find them! Gears uses two loops - one for teeth and one for spoke-holes, so it does 'iterate'. My plugins 'Squirkle','Highlight' and 'Gradients Galore' do not iterate in the same way and belong in Render.I agree with TR about Render being too broad a category but I do think seriously before creating a new SubMenuName.It is easy for the Effect menu to become overcrowded too.If you have plans to further develop your Path tools/Vector plugin I would be glad to share my source code (bear in mind my code is not as elegant yours though! ) - P.M. me and I'll upload to dropbox. Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullbonz Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 What I started with and ended up with in one picture. 3 Quote http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/21233-skullbonz-art-gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Its amazing how images develop from the simplest ideas. I remember one I did that started off with just one vertical line! Good work Skullbonz. ☺ 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...
Red ochre Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 Good work Skullbonz! Thanks for posting the image. (I'm currently out of reps ) Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullbonz Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 On my way to making space ships,, wahhhooo Quote http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/21233-skullbonz-art-gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 (edited) Here is what I am working on. I thought the perfect subject for this plugin would be a geared clock. I used an image to get a rough idea of where to put them and have sorted out where each gear is going and the basic design of the clock. I am now in the (slow) process of texturing all the cogs,gears etc. I have called it Clockworks. (by the way, the reason the hands are at ten minutes past ten is so the clock has a happy face. If you look in shops they are all like this as it makes people more inclined to buy them. A sad face ( 8.20 for eg.) is less likely to attract people. Funny how the mind works. ) Edited August 24, 2014 by Goonfella 3 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...
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