blazing_angels Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 each time i try to install/download a plugin i always get a popup that says "the image type is not recognized, and cannot be opened" can someone plz tell me why? thanks, blaze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 This page describes how to install plugins: http://boltbait.googlepages.com/install 8) 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...
blazing_angels Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 thanks. i still have a problem i can download them all etc. but when i unblocked them only one plugin showed up on pdn out of several :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 We need more details... Which plugins did you try to download? Which version of Paint.NET are you running? 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...
blazing_angels Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 um it's version 3.20 codelab.dll-worked gradientbars.dll-worked evanescence condHSadj.dll edharvey effects water reflection madjik pack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Evanescent is not a plugin, it's a font. See this for help on installing fonts: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3393 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...
blazing_angels Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 oh yeh true my bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 What's about the other stuff? It would maybe helpful when you make a screenshot of your effects folder and show it to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazing_angels Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 mm-k do it in a minute, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 BTW, condHSadj.dll shows up in the Adjustments menu instead of the Effects menu. 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...
blazing_angels Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 ohkay. heres the picture anyways: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 See each of those icons with a file cabinet in a vice? Right-click on those (one at a time) and choose "Extract to here..." in the context menu that appears. You see, those files are compressed and Paint.NET can not read compressed files. By choosing "Extract..." you are uncompressing them. This should result in more DLL files in your Effects folder. Be sure to "unblock" each file, if necessary. 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...
david.atwell Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 You MUST un-zip the dlls from the ZIP files. You need to follow the instructions at http://boltbait.googlepages.com/install more closely. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Actually, David, I do not address unzipping files in my instructions because I do not compress my dll files. 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...
blazing_angels Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 thanks very much it worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 It was exactly as I thought. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazing_angels Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 haha thanks. okay last question, and i know it's probobly rediculusly stupid but how do you reduce pixel size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. But, you could try the following menus: Image > Resize or Image > Canvas Size 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...
blazing_angels Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 thanks. like when i try to upload an image into the signature it always says its over the 150pixel limit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Actually, David, I do not address unzipping files in my instructions because I do not compress my dll files. Oops. I didn't know. I must've missed that part. :-) It's been a while since I read the page... Oh, and blazing_angels - your sig is over limit because it's over limit. BoltBait's suggestion is correct - you'll need to use Image>Resize or Image>Canvas Size to shrink it down to 500x150. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazing_angels Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 okay thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generation IX Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 I agree with the first post on the first page. I'm using Windows Vista and have the same problem. For the dll files, I save then and place them in the effects folder. I then get to the point where I can choose unblock for the plugins I download yet it doesn't work. I either get the error message saying that the image type isn't recognized and can't be opened, or nothing happens. For the plugins that aren't dll, I saved them, extracted them and went to the file types folder, since that is where the non-dll plugins go, according to some of the tutorials on plugin installation. None of the plugins I've tried actually appear. Help :?: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 I agree with the post below.Wow! Psychic much? ;-)I'm using Windows Vista and have the same problem. For the dll files, I save then and place them in the effects folder. I then get to the point where I can choose unblock for the plugins I download yet it doesn't work. I either get the error message saying that the image type isn't recognized and can't be opened. For the plugins that aren't dll, I saved them, extracted them and when to the file types folder, since that is where the non-dll plugins go, according to some of the tutorials on plugin installation. None of the plugins I've tried actually appear. Help:?:There are no plugins that aren't dlls. If they're ZIP files, you'll need to remove the DLL from the ZIP and place that in the effects folder. And if you're getting an error saying that the image type isn't recognized, it means you're trying to open the DLL with Paint.NET. Don't do that. Just put it there, leave it, and restart Paint.NET.Try looking at http://boltbait.googlepages.com/install for more detailed instructions. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generation IX Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 I've extracted the plugins that needed to be and then I put them where the tutorials say to do, and it still doesn't do anything. Sometimes I'll go to the effects folder and it will say there are no contents in the folder, but when I download, there are. I'll still try what you said first though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 What version of Paint.NET are you running? What plugins are you trying to add? Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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