Border / Stroke Effect Updated 5/21/2007

[moc426]

This "effect" will draw a border around image or selection with your primary color. This is like the feature in photoshop were you can "stroke" a selection. It had option to stroke outside, middle or inside. This does inside only. Perhaps I can make changes to give those options. Other enhancement would be so it can work with circular and lasso selections, not sure how I can do that yet.

Simple process, has a size from 1-25 and an option to make it dashed.

After border is created, distort and blur effects can be used to make it look much more interesting, that is were you get creative.

 

Border.zip

Effect is under Render -> Border.

 

Here are some screenshots with descriptions of what I remembered being applied:

Normal

 

Dashed

 

Dashed border, Clouds on selection, Waves, Dents

 

Dashed border, Clouds on selection, Dents, Curves

 

Waves

 

Radial Blur

 

Edit: Update 5/21/2007

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Added 2 new modes, since the dashed wasn't really dashed.

- There is now line, broken (old dashed), dotted and dashed.

Increased width option from 0-25 to 0-200.

*new screenshot added below

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Edit. source code, Codelab. Updated source added.

Spoiler

 

int Amount1 = 5; //[1,200]Thickness
int Amount2 = 0; //[0,3]Line      Broken      Dotted      Dashed

void Render(Surface dst, Surface src, Rectangle rect)
{
    // User Interface elements
    int GridSize = Amount1;
    bool line = (Amount2 == 0);
    bool broken = (Amount2 == 1);
    bool dotted = (Amount2 == 2);
    bool dashed = (Amount2 == 3);
    // Other variables
    PdnRegion selectionRegion = EnvironmentParameters.GetSelection(src.Bounds);
    Rectangle selection = this.EnvironmentParameters.GetSelection(src.Bounds).GetBoundsInt();
    ColorBgra CurrentPixel;
    ColorBgra PrimaryColor;
    ColorBgra SecondaryColor;

    // Get the current brush width
    bool fill = false;

    // Grab the primary and secondary colors (swapping if specified in the UI)
    PrimaryColor = (ColorBgra)EnvironmentParameters.PrimaryColor;
    SecondaryColor = (ColorBgra)EnvironmentParameters.SecondaryColor;


    if ((dotted) || (dashed) || (broken))
    {
        if (GridSize == 1)
        {
            GridSize = 2;
        }
    }

    int fillwidth = GridSize / 2;
    if ((broken) || (line))
    {
        fillwidth = GridSize;
    }
    // Loop through all the pixels
    for (int y = rect.Top; y < rect.Bottom; y++)
    {
        for (int x = rect.Left; x < rect.Right; x++)
        {
            // Only work with a pixel if it is selected
            // (this handles convex & concave selections)
            if (selectionRegion.IsVisible(x, y))
            {
                // Get the source pixel
                CurrentPixel = src[x, y];
                fill = false;
                if ((x < selection.Left + fillwidth) || (x >= selection.Right - fillwidth))
                {
                    if (dashed)
                    {
                        fill = true;
                        int div = rect.Top / GridSize;
                        bool even = false;
                        if (div % 2 == 0)
                        {
                            even = true;
                        }

                        if (!even)
                        {
                            fill = false;
                        }

                    }
                    else if ((broken) || (dotted))
                    {
                        fill = false;
                        int pos = (selection.Bottom - (selection.Bottom - y)) % (GridSize - 1);
                        if ((pos == 0) || (pos < GridSize / 2))
                        {
                            fill = true;
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        fill = true;
                    }
                }
                else if ((y <= selection.Top + fillwidth) || (y >= selection.Bottom - fillwidth))
                {
                    if (dashed)
                    {
                        fill = true;

                        int div = (x - fillwidth) / GridSize;
                        bool even = false;
                        if (div % 2 == 0)
                        {
                            even = true;
                        }

                        if (!even)
                        {
                            fill = false;
                        }
                    }
                    else if ((broken) || (dotted))
                    {
                        fill = false;
                        int pos = (selection.Right - (selection.Right - x)) % (GridSize - 1);
                        if ((pos == 0) || (pos < GridSize / 2))
                        {
                            fill = true;
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        fill = true;
                    }
                }

                if (fill)
                {
                    CurrentPixel.R = (byte)PrimaryColor.R;
                    CurrentPixel.G = (byte)PrimaryColor.G;
                    CurrentPixel.B = (byte)PrimaryColor.B;
                    CurrentPixel.A = (byte)PrimaryColor.A;
                }
                // Save the (modified?) pixel
                dst[x, y] = CurrentPixel;
            }
        }
    }

}

 

Edited July 3, 2018 by toe_head2001
Fixed broken DLL download & thumbnails

[usedHONDA]

This will come to good use. Nice for simple image editing.

So can I use it for the Plugin Pack I'm working on (supposing I was to finish it)?

[Akkarins_Spirit]

good plugin

[barkbark00]

Akkarins_Spirit, Nice use of the "wet floor" plugin on your sig!

[Myrddin]

Neat, as uH said this will indeed come in handy. Well done.

May I ask, what's your screen resolution?

[usedHONDA]

Neat, as uH said this will indeed come in handy. Well done.

May I ask, what's your screen resolution?

It looks like the same as mine-- 1280x1024 (I can tell by looking at the resolution of his picture).

@Akkarins_Spirit: Your sig is way to high.

[Akkarins_Spirit]

ok hope its ok now, thanks barkbark

[moc426]

Correct 1280x1024, I want a wide screen monitor!

Neat, as uH said this will indeed come in handy. Well done.

May I ask, what's your screen resolution?

It looks like the same as mine-- 1280x1024 (I can tell by looking at the resolution of his picture).

@Akkarins_Spirit: Your sig is way to high.

[Yata]

New pluggiinnn must have... :twisted:

[janet]

That's nice :3

[ncfan51]

Nice! My work:

I used orange border+dents+transparent gradient. I call it "forest fire!"

[dragonpyro]

Finally! A border plug-in. Thanks so much Madjik! I've been waiting a long time for one of these. I did find a bug: If you try to add a border to a circle, it turns out as a square with the corners cut off.

[BoltBait]

I did find a bug: If you try to add a border to a circle, it turns out as a square with the corners cut off.

Thus, his original post:

...Other enhancement would be so it can work with circular and lasso selections, not sure how I can do that yet...

[moc426]

As boltbait said, btw I am not Madjik.

Finally! A border plug-in. Thanks so much Madjik! I've been waiting a long time for one of these. I did find a bug: If you try to add a border to a circle, it turns out as a square with the corners cut off.

[moc426]

Sorry didn't see your question. Sure you can use it.

This will come to good use. Nice for simple image editing.

So can I use it for the Plugin Pack I'm working on (supposing I was to finish it)?

[pyrochild]

You can draw elliptical borders (among a variety of other shapes) with this:

http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=43191

[LimeLight]

Is there any possible way we could use this effect to outline objects instead of the work itself? Not sure if you understand what I mean, if you don't, ask, and if you do, please help me out. It would be greatly appreciated.

[MadJik]

Finally! A border plug-in. Thanks so much Madjik! I've been waiting a long time for one of these. I did find a bug: If you try to add a border to a circle, it turns out as a square with the corners cut off.

I felt I had something to do with it!

Try this with codelab:

(only for square/rectangle selections/images)

int Amount1=2;	//[0,100]Distance from the edge
int Amount2=2;	//[0,100]Border width

void Render(Surface dst, Surface src, Rectangle rect)
{
   PdnRegion selectionRegion = EnvironmentParameters.GetSelection(src.Bounds);
   Rectangle selection = this.EnvironmentParameters.GetSelection(src.Bounds).GetBoundsInt();

   long MaxX = (long)(selection.Right - selection.Left);
   long MaxY = (long)(selection.Bottom - selection.Top);
   ColorBgra PrimaryColor = (ColorBgra)EnvironmentParameters.PrimaryColor;

   ColorBgra CurrentPixel;
   for(int y = rect.Top; y < rect.Bottom; y++)
   {
       for (int x = rect.Left; x < rect.Right; x++)
       {
           if (selectionRegion.IsVisible(x, y))
           {
               CurrentPixel = src[x,y];
               if ((x>=Amount1) && (x=Amount1)  && (y                if ((x>=MaxX - Amount1 - Amount2) && (x=Amount1)  && (y                if ((x>=Amount1) && (x=Amount1)  && (y                if ((x>=Amount1) && (x=MaxY - Amount1 - Amount2) && (y                dst[x,y] = CurrentPixel;
           }
       }
   }
}

[moc426]

Not quite sure what you mean here, but if you mean I used your code as reference, I actually used boltbait's GridMaker for this one. If it makes any difference, I have referenced your code for a new plugin I am working on, as well as other code posted here by other members.

I think dragonpyro wants a border around a circular selection, pyrochild's shape thing plugin can do that -> http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=43191

Finally! A border plug-in. Thanks so much Madjik! I've been waiting a long time for one of these. I did find a bug: If you try to add a border to a circle, it turns out as a square with the corners cut off.

I felt I had something to do with it!

Try this with codelab:

(only for square/rectangle selections/images)

[MadJik]

Not quite sure what you mean here...

No pb! All code I could post here is for any forumer to use.

BTW I'm not saying you have used my code.

I think there is a missundertanding between our names by someone.

So as an answer I tried something to create a border (from scratch)...

[zisworg]

Awesome!!

It's the beginning of the masks management!

Thanks a lot.

[Tylast]

Nicely done! Anyway for the plugin to add the border to the outside of the photo & not on top of it so I don't lose pixels?

[Ash]

Image--->Canvas size---->Fill color in transparent areas.

[The Singing Elf]

I'm sorry, but I'm new to all of this, and for some reason, this plugin is in a different format that the others I've downloaded from here, and for some reason my computer won't open the file..

EDIT: Oops.. Silly me It works now

[tehphantom]

srry for renewing an old post but wen i try to move this dll to

my paint.net>effects... it doesnt work... wen i tried to do this tut: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5505

i also needed the shape3d and when i did save as... for the dll into the file it didnt work either

but when i Dl'ed the zip file, and extracted it to that it worked fine.. so iono if this works but

can you make a zip file for this? for some reason my effects dont show it =[