Majority Color Effect (ymd:100726)

[MadJik]

Majority Color Effect Plugin

What's this?

 

This plugin is added to the menu Effects, submenu Stylize.

In fact it was originally 99% made with CodeLab...(1% for external text editor, and for the icon).

This is based on the (french) cellular automat using the majority rule.

See the link for more... http://interstices.info/display.jsp?id=c_27035

The automate is based on boolean (0 or 1) cells. I had to adapt it for colors (0-255).

The principle is each cell will take the value of its neighbours that have the majority.

For each cell, I compute the average of the cell + its neighbours.

If the cell color is greater than the average then it takes the value of the greatest value found. Else it take the value of the lowest value found.

 

So there are 3 modes:

Keep original colors: use min/max values found separately for R,G & B.

Reduce to primal colors: use 0/255 separately for R,G & B.

Reduce to black and white: use min/max values found and take the average of RGB to have a grey color.

 

Download it!

Plugin Majority.dll

Here is the DLL

 

The MadJik's All plugins package is available !

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=7186

 

 

How to install

Close Paint.net

 

Classic version of Paint.net

Unzip and (re)place the DLL in your Effect folder usually: C:/Program Files/Paint.NET/Effects

 

Microsoft Store version of Paint.net

Unzip and (re)place the DLL in your Effect folder usually: /My Documents/paint.net App Files/Effects/

You have to adapt for your language My Documents

 

 

The User interface

...Choose the color mode: see previous explanations.

...Radius of tolerance: how many row/column to compute from the single pixel. Big values could take a long time to render.

...Color tolerance level: color level to define the default average between low or high colors.

...Include transparent pixels:Check to apply the effect on alpha channel as well.

 

 

Some examples:

1. Original model from http://www.photo-libre.fr

http://photoslibre.free.fr/photoslibres/gens/people/10.jpg

...and abstract Nebulous (from Codelab)

 

2. mode=0, radius=4, tolerance=127 (applied on the model)

 

3. mode=1, radius=4, tolerance=127 (applied on the model)

 

4. mode=2, radius=4, tolerance=127 (applied on the model)

 

5. mode=1, radius=1, tolerance=127 (applied on the model)

+ (run again) mode=2, radius=1, tolerance=127

  

[MadJik]

Another test of this plugin:

source:

http://photoslibre.free.fr/photoslibres/transport/12.jpg

Before:

 

After:

To do this I duplicate the layer 3 times and run the effect with differents settings, then cut out some dark/white sections to have a good (IMO)combination.

And for fun the 'Rick' effect:

[Helio]

Hey, this is actually pretty cool. It might produce a good result if afterwards using the Oil Painting effect.

[Leif]

Max tolerance gives a frosted glass effect. Really fun effect.

[natjo1986]

You kinda have to look for the link for plug-in, but off hand without testing it I really like #3 & #5.

[MadJik]

Max tolerance gives a frosted glass effect. Really fun effect.

Yes, I was just uploading images...

6. mode=0, radius=3, tolerance=0 on left 255 on right

Model to compare (look at the eyes!)

[Helio]

Yikes! :shock:

[barkbark00]

It looks like an aneurysm! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

[GangstaCrab]

It looks like an aneurysm! :shock:

Wha?

[barkbark00]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurysm

[wec12]

It looks like an aneurysm! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Thanks for giving me a nice laugh of the day :wink:

[Bob]

@BBk:I think the pic in this article is not really safe for children.

[Aron]

@BBk:I think the pic in this article is not really safe for children.

no its scarry :shock:

[MadJik]

updated for paint.net v3.20 see the first post...

[MadJik]

New version... Check out the first post!