Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 (edited) So, I have a problem... My goal is to have my sun flare fade, yet it ain't so... how can I do this? (I just spent so long trying to do this and searching for it so I'm really tired... I probably missed something obvious.) Thank you guys. Several of the functions of this plugin don't seem to work for me properly, such as the gradient options. If they did work the gradient abilities of this plugin might have been your answer. Despite that, there are different ways and good methods to fading anything in Paint.NET. First, make sure your rays are on their own layer. Now, you have three options. -- You can either use the gradient tool. Set it to radial, change “Color Mode” to “Transparency mode”, and have your primary color be white and your secondary color be black. Then simply click on the center of your rays, hold your mouse button down, and drag. ( Need pictures? Just ask. ) -- Another way, is you could use the Alpha Blur plugin, which is found here : http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=24280 -- Or you can try the feather plugin : http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=2140 Tip, for sun rays sometimes blurring them, such as with gaussian blur, can add to their appearance. Edited July 19, 2014 by Cc4FuzzyHuggles Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanooka Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 YAY thank you so much I'm so happy. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gendalf Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 add ability to change primary/secondary colors while in the interface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Can't be done. Plugins don't have that ability. See Limitations of Plugins Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumu64 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 (edited) @Madjik, Thanks for this effect. I have one request though. Could it be possible to add more colors as in my example? Or better an option to load colors from a palette. Edited September 26, 2017 by Eli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 @Eli That's a good idea of improvement ! CodeLab shows the way to read the current palette. I'll have a look. Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 Tada! @EliBuild with the lastest version of Light Rays ! 3 2 Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) WOW! Thanks ! I am getting it right now. Edited September 28, 2017 by Eli 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 @Eli Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 1 Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) WOW! @MadJik! This gives much more fun to this plugin! Thank you!!!! Get your rep tomorrow.....(I'm out...again) Edited September 28, 2017 by lynxster4 5 Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 (edited) @MadJik! Thank you so much. Edited April 19, 2018 by Seerose 4 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...
Seerose Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 @MadJik! I have a please: can you add a "Reset" button? 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...
Seerose Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Dear Paint User! I give the points either tomorrow or Monday. Many thanks for your understanding. 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...
MadJik Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 On 30/09/2017 at 5:39 PM, Seerose said: @MadJik! I have a please: can you add a "Reset" button? The possibility should be added in a future version of paint.net. Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 For what it's worth, I liked the old UI a lot better, as it was much easier to use. Quote My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Your post comes to me at the speed of a light ray... I must agree but old UI (or Windows form) is a pain to maintain (as new Lens flare). I often start with CodeLab (and this tool is getting better and better). 4.0.19... 4.0.20... 4.0.21... Any news about a reset button? Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 40 minutes ago, MadJik said: Any news about a reset button? If you're asking about an IndirectUI "reset all" button, Rick has filed an issue in his official tracking database about this. But, don't hold your breath waiting for it as there are about a million issues in there and this one is very low priority. So, it will happen eventually, just not right away. 1 Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeday Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) A wonderful toy - with the effect of having discovered something new. Thanks for this great plugin, which didn't really happen to me - paint put it under render :-)))) greetings from Hamburg lifeday Edited April 18, 2018 by lifeday 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 @lifeday! Practice creates masters. Well done, thank you for sharing. 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...
lifeday Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Dear Seerose, Practice creates masters . . . . . . . Right -:-))) and it's a lot of fun. Thank you for your feetback, your praise makes me really happy! LG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gendalf Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) add an option to have gradient rays - going from or towards the middle, rather than along the rays - perpendicular to the ray. Basically, I mean godrays-like effect. Edited February 9, 2020 by gendalf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VL4DST3R Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) The anti-aliasing option doesn't seem to work if one of the colors is transparent, i get jagged edges with it regardless if enabled or disabled, even though in preview it shows up fine. Also even with randomness disabled there still seems to be some randomness present in the final result. This is why i came here, and while i discovered i had an older version of your plugin and was hoping updating it would fix the issues, sadly both are still present. Any hope for a fix? I have provided an example of the randomness in a simple straight line of one of the rays here. I adjusted the luminosity curves to accentuate the gradient differences, but other than that this is how the addon renders the lines with AA enabled. Second picture similarly shows how an even number of rays rendered -which should mirror perfectly in both directions with one another- are not the same on both sides. It can be observed in the zig-zagging line that forms between the gradients. There is also the fact that adjusting seemingly unrelated options causes the above mentioned patterns to shift, but never align or repeat properly Edited January 22, 2020 by Vlader typo Quote -- Formerly known as Vlader. -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkN13 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I may be WAAAY late to this plugin party... but... I've noticed that this plugin (installer or individual dll zip) as well as the others from this pack are unavailable for me to download... Whether I'm clicking (as usual), or following the instruction to open the link in a new tab --- which crashes and closes the new tab almost as quickly as I can open it and glance over to my "downloads" history to look out for some sign that it's successfully saving it/them... I took a snip of what I'm seeing just in case "this" could be the problem {see attachment} or if it's something else. All I can say for sure is that this is not a problem across the entire site or among others, so I really can't put my finger on what [maybe] I'm doing wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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