melanie m. 0 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Thank you both for your kind help! I see the problem was not closing the program & then reopening it. When I opened it today, the new features were there in the effects, as they should be. Again, thank you very much !!! This is a great editing, etc. program!...Peace. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EternalSorrow 0 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 I am very grateful for your hard work on the wonderful plugins you have created for paint.net, but I was curious if you could bring back the original feather effect and make the new effect separate (like Stephan recommended in an earlier post). My rendering days are over if I can't cleanly feather the outline of the objects. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ash 10 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 I am very grateful for your hard work on the wonderful plugins you have created for paint.net, but I was curious if you could bring back the original feather effect and make the new effect separate (like Stephan recommended in an earlier post).My rendering days are over if I can't cleanly feather the outline of the objects. The new feather can do everything the old one did. Why? Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to post Share on other sites
EternalSorrow 0 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 I am very grateful for your hard work on the wonderful plugins you have created for paint.net, but I was curious if you could bring back the original feather effect and make the new effect separate (like Stephan recommended in an earlier post).My rendering days are over if I can't cleanly feather the outline of the objects. The new feather can do everything the old one did. Why? Actually, the new feather effect is quite different because it causes stripes to appear on the outer areas of the image (look to Stephan's post for the 'stripe' appearance) rather than the smooth, transparent, shrinking effect it had before (as for rendering this image here). Thus the feather effect is now useless for rendering images with a clean outline. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
007 Nab 0 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 My guess is that's because of previous anti-aliasing. You need to make the edges opaque, so that Feather can do its job. Quote "pyrochild, you're my favorite person ever. We should go snowboarding some time."~ 007 Nab. Ish. PDN Gallery | I Made a Deviant Art! Link to post Share on other sites
Ash 10 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Feather effect strength=1 is like the old feather. (True feather) And what 007 Nab said too. Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to post Share on other sites
EternalSorrow 0 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 My guess is that's because of previous anti-aliasing. You need to make the edges opaque, so that Feather can do its job. I have no idea how opaque is created, nor even what it is. Can you clarify how to perform this task? Feather effect strength=1 is like the old feather. (True feather) I'm not sure if you're referring to using the True Feather option for the effect, or if that is it's true name. Regardless of the strength the True Feather option creates the same stripe effect, and the default Feather effect expands the outline of the image, thus still rendering it useless for smoothing the outline. I've also noticed that when attempting to sharpen the images, using either Sharpen or Sharpen+, the entire image is striped exactly how the new feather stripes the image. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
007 Nab 0 Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 My guess is that's because of previous anti-aliasing. You need to make the edges opaque, so that Feather can do its job. I have no idea how opaque is created, nor even what it is. Can you clarify how to perform this task? Yeah sure - just duplicate and merge the same layer that you want to feather, until there are no semi-transparent pixels left. Either that - or use Mike Ryan's Alias plugin, which does a very good job. Quote "pyrochild, you're my favorite person ever. We should go snowboarding some time."~ 007 Nab. Ish. PDN Gallery | I Made a Deviant Art! Link to post Share on other sites
jiZer 0 Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Thx! Quote Simplicity ftw! Link to post Share on other sites
Pantaleao 0 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 I'm not sure if you're referring to using the True Feather option for the effect, or if that is it's true name. Regardless of the strength the True Feather option creates the same stripe effect, and the default Feather effect expands the outline of the image, thus still rendering it useless for smoothing the outline.I've also noticed that when attempting to sharpen the images, using either Sharpen or Sharpen+, the entire image is striped exactly how the new feather stripes the image. From what you're saying I'd bet you're still using the older version of PDN; just update to the newest one and you're done! :wink: Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss Link to post Share on other sites
BoltBait 3,238 Posted September 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 [":1am3qmby]I recently downloaded your latest and greatest for 3.36, but the Steganography Reveals still dont seem to work (they do the same strip thing as your other plug ins did, before the update). I didnt see anyone else mention this, but I felt I would let you know. Thanks for the bug report. I've fixed that issue with this release. I recompiled all of my plugins and added 2 to the pack (Lomography and Flames). Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to post Share on other sites
vista? 1 Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Thanks for the update! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteelSky 0 Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Nice plugins, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neo_pets81700 0 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I have tried time and again to get this plug in to work. I followed the instructions on bolt's page to the letter for downloading plug ins but I still cant get it to work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oma 29 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I'm making an assumption that you mean feather. are you working on a separated layer? it requires transparent around the item. and no active selection anywhere on the layer. try that first. ciao Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to post Share on other sites
neo_pets81700 0 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Actually I mean any of the effects. They just dont show up. I'm not sure where I am going wrong in downloading it or using it. I followed the directions Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oma 29 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 they were zip files, did you extract them ? make sure they are in the Paint.Net effects file. and another thing to try is to close the program and then start it up again. Some plugins require a restart of the program. Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to post Share on other sites
Goonfella 220 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I am just curious - are Bevel and Bevel Selection two different effects? I only ask this because I already have Bevel but it is different to the one shown in your pack(no colour options in mine).If Bevel Selection gives a different effect I`ll install both . Sorry. Just had a proper look at the list of effects in the pack and I realize now it is different - along with feather and feather selection + outline and outline selection. Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to post Share on other sites
HauntingOfTheWicked 0 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 i downloaded the zip and extracted the files and unblocked them all. i then reopened paint.net and there is no change they are neot in the effects menu Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LFC4EVER 4 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2023 You should post there for problems with installing plugins and it also tells you how to install them in the first post of that topic. Quote ☆★☆★Merry Christmas★☆★☆ .::.My Gallery.::.Make Gold Text!.::. Link to post Share on other sites
Leif 2 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 BB Did i ever tell you that i use Feather and Outline allot for my drawings. I find loots of use for the capability to grow and shrink an object with a few pixels. Thanks for making and sharing them. Quote My DA: http://leif-j.deviantart.com/ -------------- Some people seek justice so persistent, that they will do great injustice themselves. Link to post Share on other sites
The_Sith 0 Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 This is the Best!!!! :twisted: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YARDofSTUF 0 Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 I was wondering if there is a way I can get the old feather tool back. These plugins as well as others are great and I'm glad you've made them, but after I updated my paint.net to the latest version I then went and updated all my plugins and now the feather tool works completely differently than before, causeing stripes and effecting the whole image now instead of just the edges where the transparency and the color meet like in the old one. The feather effect is probably the most often used effect by me, but I can't get the latest version to work well for me at all. EDIT: Nevermind, I'm actually just retarded. I guess after I downloaded all the effects plugins I skipped over copying the boltbait pack ones into the effects folder. When installed the feather effect works exactly as desired. lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gOUJOSAMMA 0 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Not to sound ungrateful, but could you point out (for us noobs) that if you haven't saved a palette, the proper folder will not exist to extract your palette to? I stupidly wasted about 5 min. (even thought it may be a hidden folder,etc) otherwise thanx a million for all the great estuffe. GS Quote My Stuff Link to post Share on other sites
Down 2 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Good work Bolt. But, I seem to have the same problem with the stripes when using feather. =\ Doesn't happen all the time, but it's annoying when it does and I don't know what causes it. I have the latest version, and have read the thread...I'll try installing the plugin again and see what happens. If you can help, that'd be great. EDIT: Just reinstalled. Works fine on most things. Gets funky on AA'd stuff, but that's understandable. Haven't gotten the stripes yet. Quote •♪♫♥♫♪• |- The Rules -|- çobblestones -|- CaMo -|- MeTaL -| ╠═╧╨»Φ«╨╤═╣ Link to post Share on other sites
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