pyrochild Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Download from my plugin set Effects -> Object -> Outline Object... The area around the object you want to be outlined must be transparent. In other words, it should be on its own layer. edit: this is the three-thousand, three-hundred and thirty-third post in the Plugins forum. 3333rd! 3 3 Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzKill Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Thank you very much for making this one, pyro! Primary color determines the color of the outline. Suggestions: 1) Adjust the 'Width' inputs to only allow 1 thru 10. Anything above 10 is really overkill and will most likely never be used. 2) The 'Softness' should start at where you have the preset set at. Meaning, 127 should be the minimum. Only it wouldn't be 127 anymore... It would be 1. In the settings 126 and downward, the changes in roughness are extremely minute and hardly noticeable. Quote - DO NOT contact me asking for the .pdn of my avatar or the PDN logo. Thank you. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aile Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 YES! this should come in handy! i've always had trouble doing something like that manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiguelPereira Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 wat a nice plugin. mesa very happy good work pyro Quote [The stock on my sig is a photo I took not a render from Splatter] [My deviantART][My Gallery][My Space] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle jordan Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 This is a great plugin, I will use it a lot, but there is a but. But: It is kinda unstable, at least on my computer. Every time I am using it it works ok, except when I move the slider more than just a couple spaces. I keep getting a crash error and it closes, then saves the crash log on my desktop. =( Any fixes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 This is going to be one of my new favorite plugins. Great job! Quote Hmmm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Was this the 'blow your socks off' plugin you spoke of? Very handy indeed, thank you pyrochild. Quote How to Use Images in Your Posts, Signatures, and AvatarsHow to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 1) Adjust the 'Width' inputs to only allow 1 thru 10. Anything above 10 is really overkill and will most likely never be used. I use it...2) The 'Softness' should start at where you have the preset set at. Meaning, 127 should be the minimum. Only it wouldn't be 127 anymore... It would be 1. In the settings 126 and downward, the changes in roughness are extremely minute and hardly noticeable.But there is a difference. 0-255 is standard byte value, and controls the tolerance of the alpha-channel redefining. At 0, alpha values are either 255 (fully opaque) or 0 (fully transparent). At 1, they can be 255, 0, or 127 (half transparent). For only 1 notch of difference, I find that pretty significant.This is a great plugin, I will use it a lot, but there is a but.But: It is kinda unstable, at least on my computer. Every time I am using it it works ok, except when I move the slider more than just a couple spaces. I keep getting a crash error and it closes, then saves the crash log on my desktop. =( Any fixes? Can I see the crash log? And the crash message? I really don't see how this plugin can crash Paint.NET; it's very simple in its implementation. Are you having similar problems with Gaussian Blur? (This uses that...) Tried downloading the zip file - initially corrupted version, then succeeded in downloading but on opening found something else.Anyone else with the same prob? What is the "something else"? Was this the 'blow your socks off' plugin you spoke of? Very handy indeed, thank you pyrochild. Nope! That one is on vacation. It may or may not be considerably easier to create once Paint.NET receives its much-needed plugin-sys overhaul. Whoops! It's an empty zip! Seems fine here. Even opens fine in XP's default thingy. Try redownloading? Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineappleQc Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 YAY! This simplifies all my needs SO much. TY!! A little suggestion though: Could you please add a slider: Keep orriginal image 1=Yes 2=No That would be very handy. Quote "Ah, i love it when huge pineapples try to take over the world, it makes me sentimental :')" -Stephan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pyrochild Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 YAY! This simplifies all my needs SO much. TY!!A little suggestion though: Could you please add a slider: Keep orriginal image 1=Yes 2=No That would be very handy. Not sure I understand what you're thinking. Do you mean like having the outline without the original image on top of it? But then it wouldn't be an outline! Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineappleQc Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 I mean, keep only the outlines. Just like the "outline" effect, but use primary color and all that. Quote "Ah, i love it when huge pineapples try to take over the world, it makes me sentimental :')" -Stephan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Trying to download from the link: left click: Can't open the page! right click/save as: no problem! Trying the plugin: no problem! Except softness doesn't give a smooth gradient but 'stepped changing colors' Thanks for this one I will use it a lot! Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Great plugin, PC...I can think of tons of places to use this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moc426 Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Pretty good, mind posting the code? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzKill Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 1) Adjust the 'Width' inputs to only allow 1 thru 10. Anything above 10 is really overkill and will most likely never be used. I use it... Okay... 2) The 'Softness' should start at where you have the preset set at. Meaning, 127 should be the minimum. Only it wouldn't be 127 anymore... It would be 1. In the settings 126 and downward, the changes in roughness are extremely minute and hardly noticeable.But there is a difference. 0-255 is standard byte value, and controls the tolerance of the alpha-channel redefining. At 0, alpha values are either 255 (fully opaque) or 0 (fully transparent). At 1, they can be 255, 0, or 127 (half transparent). For only 1 notch of difference, I find that pretty significant. I never said there wasn't a difference... I was just simply stating that changes that minute seem trivial. That's all... But hey, it's your plugin.... Quote - DO NOT contact me asking for the .pdn of my avatar or the PDN logo. Thank you. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Yes! I've been waiting for an outline tool that didn't fill the background with white for a long time! Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frojo Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 This will save me a ton of time. I ussualy just tried to do this mannualy. Another great pyro-plugin Quote I'm still alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Ah pyro. Where would the world be without you? Probably less in flames, what? Great plugin. It works a treat! Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Pretty good, mind posting the code? Yes would be nice to have this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I haven't read the entire topic, but I'll post the suggestion anyway. Can you add the ability to shrink the object? Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 I mean, keep only the outlines. Just like the "outline" effect, but use primary color and all that.I could, but it would be messy ( in terms of code), slow, and frankly, I don't see the benefit. Sorry man!Trying to download from the link:left click: Can't open the page! right click/save as: no problem! MediaFire has been acting up lately. I'm going to move all of my plugins over to a better host soon' date=' once I set up a way to track downloads...Trying the plugin:no problem! Except softness doesn't give a smooth gradient but 'stepped changing colors' Yup!Pretty good, mind posting the code?I'm gonna tweak it some and work on a bug first.Yes! I've been waiting for an outline tool that didn't fill the background with white for a long time!To be honest' date=' My implementation is very basic. I'm quite surprised that BoltBait or MadJik didn't create something like this sooner.Ah pyro. Where would the world be without you?Probably less in flames, what? FLAMES!!!!! W00T!I haven't read the entire topic, but I'll post the suggestion anyway.Can you add the ability to shrink the object? How do you mean? Like, shrink the original image? Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 As far as shrinking the image, I think he means having the stroke on top of the source image, center-aligned on the edge of the object. Much like the Draw Filled Shape with Outline mode works, half of the outline is outside the center fill boundary, and half in inside. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 I'm still not sure what you mean. Can you show me? Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Left side - Translucent Black with Orange outline at 10px, drawn with Shape tool Right side - Black with Outline Object plugin applied at 10px Notice how yours extends 10px out from the edge, where the Shape outline extends 5px out and 5px in from the edge. I believe the request is to allow the user to set the orientation whence the stroke is drawn, so that a 10px stroke is drawn either from the edge 10px out, centered on the edge 5px on both sides, or from the edge 10px in. I'm not sure whether this is possible, since I'm not sure how you're drawing it. You're the smart one. :wink: Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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