Tartan v1.5.2 (Jan 3, 2019)

[toe_head2001]

Tartan
Effects -> Texture -> Tartan

Description

• Provides a UI to build custom tartan/plaid patterns.
• The left side of the UI is the builder section.
• The right side of the UI is what gets rendered to the canvas.
• The Horizontal Set & the Vertical Set get repeated.

 

Screenshots
Images have been cropped to give more desirable edges.
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Change Log

v1.5.2 (Jan 3, 2019)

• Fixed: Incorrect rendering for selections

v1.5.1 (Sept 29, 2018)

• Fixed: HiDPI issues

v1.5 (July 3, 2018)

• Added: Support for the Dark Theme
• Changed: Moved to the 'Texture' menu

v1.4 (Dec 12, 2016)

• Changed: UI Corrections & Adjustments

v1.3 (Jan 22, 2016)

• New: There is now a preview box for the Line Style
• Changed: Minor UI Adjustments

v1.2 (Nov 7, 2015)

• Fixed: Crash caused by a race condition
• Fixed: Was using the wrong ending-coordinate on vertical lines

v1.1 (Oct 31, 2015)

• New: Save & Load tartan patterns
• Changed: Minor UI Adjustments

v1.0 (Oct 22, 2015)

• Initial release

 

Notes

• Thanks goes to @TechnoRobbo for his Color Wheel code, on which the Color Control in this plugin is based.
• Save & Load icons based on icons from from Fugue Icons.

 

Download

 

Tartan.zip

 

Source Code
https://github.com/toehead2001/pdn-tartan

 

Edited June 26, 2020 by toe_head2001
Fixed typos

[Ishi]

Form all them Scottish folks out there.

[Eli]

So nice I would give it a nickname "Plaids Galore" 

[lynxster4]

This is a great plugin, toe_head2001.    

 

I made you a little something....did it on my lunchbreak...not much time....

Edited July 27, 2017 by lynxster4
re-hosted image

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Fabulous looking plugin!

I have some Scottish ancestry. Reproducing my clan tartan would be cool - except that I'd have to re-enter it each time. How about an option to load & save patterns?

[Seerose]

This is a great plugin, thank you so much.   

 

[toe_head2001]

... would be cool - except that I'd have to re-enter it each time. How about an option to load & save patterns?

 

Version 1.1 posted with Save & Load functionality. I must say, it was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I thought I would have to define a custom XML structure and everything, so it was great to see XMLSerializer just simply knew how to structure the XML based on the existing code. Button icons from Fugue Icons. I also added a link to the source code; which I had forgotten to do last week.

Here's an example tartan you can load. tartan-example.xml

 

I've found that using the 'Grain' plugin afterwards will give a decent fabric texture to the pattern. Does anyone have some other techniques for making the tartan patterns look more like fabric?

 

Sorry about the broken images on all of my posts. My domain name was unexpectedly suspended today for reasons unknown to me. Hopefully that will be sorted out within a few days.

Edited October 31, 2015 by toe_head2001

[Eli]

It is not easy to add texture to pixels. But I tried something. I created a tartan pattern then I removed the white area and made it transparent. I duplicated the layer, I applied the Reticulation effect at the minimum settings and then I did a Color Flip. Finally I did offset the layer. And it looks like this:

 

This is a close-up and as you see, I think several colors are needed to have a textile texture. Perhaps a feature to create this type of patterns could be added to the effect.

Edited October 31, 2015 by Eli

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Version 1.1 posted with Save & Load functionality.

Bravo! Thank you.

I must say, it was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I thought I would have to define a custom XML structure and everything, so it was great to see XMLSerializer just simply knew how to structure the XML based on the existing code.

I'm really glad you figured it out

[Red ochre]

This is a really cool plugin! nice U.I. and useful. Thank you.
(Not a real tartan, just a first experiment)


Does this replace/supercede Gingham and Tattershall?
Perhaps a few .xml presets for tartans, tweeds etc. could be included in the first post ... just a thought.

By the way the first post screenshot image links seem to be broken. I should read more carefully!

Good images Eli!

 

Btw I used Furblur & Clipdisplace (I would, wouldn't I! ), to soften/distort.

[toe_head2001]

Does this replace/supercede Gingham and Tattershall?

Perhaps a few .xml presets for tartans, tweeds etc. could be included in the first post ... just a thought.

 

 While this plugin can do gingham and tattersall patterns, I would still recommend those plugins. If someone specifically wanted to create a gingham pattern, it is faster and less cumbersome to use the Gingham plugin.

 

If anyone wants to create some sample .xml files, they can send them to me a PM and I can add them to the first post. I only issue I foresee is that there currently is no way to edit the built lines (in the UI at least, one could manually edit the .xml file).

[MJW]

One way to add texture is to use my Texture Shader plugin.

 

I generated a cloth-like texture by the following steps.

A grid, using BoltBait's Grid/Checkerboard plugin, with spacing 5 and line width 1.

A Gaussian blur of 1.

Pyrochild's Stitch plugin, with everything default, except a distance of 1.

 

The result was:

 

 

I copied a tartan image to the clipboard, and used Texture Shader to produce:

 

 

EDIT: Another idea that seems to work well to produce the cloth texture is to start with a checkerboard in place of a grid. Also, following the Stitch step, adding a bit of noise (with Color Saturation set to 0) and/or applying the Frosted Glass effect seems to give good results.

 

EDIT 2: Thanks for the positive response to my comment!

I originally neglected to write down the Texture Shader settings, so I thought I'd add them. Better late than never.

Mapping Method: Surface Offset 1 (default)

Texture Height Scale: 5.00

Texture Displacement Scale: 1.00 (default)

Intensity Increases with Height: Checked (default)

Use Alpha from Texture: Unchecked (default)

Ambient Light Color: 0, 0, 0

Directional Light Color: 255, 255, 255

Directional Light Direction: 0, -135, 45 (from upper-left)

Directional Light Intensity: 2.00

Apply Surface Color to Highlight: Unchecked (default)

Specularity: 0.35

Specular Concentration: 8 (default)

Antialias: Unchecked (default)

These are not necessarily the best values, and may not be exactly what I originally used.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Very nice texturing effect MJW!

[toe_head2001]

Version 1.2 posted. Fixes two things:
-The effect would crash if the Tokens for the List Sets were updated while the render was in the middle of processing them. Had to wrap the relevant code in a try{ }
-The ending Y coordinate for the vertical lines was using the selection width rather than the height. This was only noticeable if you were working with a portrait selection/canvas .

[toe_head2001]

Version 1.3 posted. I've added a preview box for the Line Style.

[toe_head2001]

Version 1.4 posted.

 

This updates the Color Wheel control to one that matches the one from IndirectUI, and fixes the plugin on HiDPI.

[Eli]

Thanks for the update toe_head2001,

 

[NomBot]

As they say about whisky, 'they're all good but some are better than others' (I'm looking at you, caol ila and lagavulin)
it's also true about tartans. Now I need to drag my tartan out and try to reproduce it with this plugin.
But first I'll look at your code, which I've learned a lot from.
toe_head2001, This is a great plugin and I appreciate the work that went into it.

[Seerose]

 @welshblue! OMG!!!   You have produced a very good piece of work. Thank you very much.  

[Ego Eram Reputo]

12 hours ago, welshblue said:

and the possibility of seeing @Ego Eram Reputo in his kilt   (Ok that bit is slightly weird)

 

I'm believe I'm a Campbell - so these are my clan colors

 

 

I'd wear a kilt - y' got a problem w' tha' Jimmy?

[LionsDragon]

7 hours ago, Ego Eram Reputo said:

 

I'm believe I'm a Campbell - so these are my clan colors

 

 

I'd wear a kilt - y' got a problem w' tha' Jimmy?

 

A Campbell eh? Which branch, cousin?

 

After my mother's people left the Hardangerfjord, they married into the lords of the Orkney Islands--a sept of Campbell of Cawdor. Of course, we're also associated with Clan Stuart, but they don't like to admit to Maddad's children!

 

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Actually I'm not sure which branch. The ones who fought the MacGregors (it's a long story - which I don't fully know).

[toe_head2001]

I started playing with this plugin again, and got some ideas for new features. I might release a new version within the next week or so.

[LionsDragon]

On 8/31/2017 at 1:35 AM, Ego Eram Reputo said:

Actually I'm not sure which branch. The ones who fought the MacGregors (it's a long story - which I don't fully know).

 

Oh! Glenorchy then! So, technically you would wear Campbell of Breadalbane if you wanted something different from the standard Black Watch.

[toe_head2001]

I'm in the processes of updating my plugins with Custom UI to be 'Dark Theme' aware.  Lookie here:

I'll be posting these updated versions once paint.net 4.0.20 is released.