romein Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Multi Color Gradient The Multi Color Gradient plugin helps you to create and edit a Multi-Color Gradient. Download Plugin from here: https://www.fotoview.nl/MultiColorGradient.zip To Install: Put the "MultiColorGradient.dll" file in the Paint.NET "Effects" directory This is usually "C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects" The effect is located in the Effects->Render submenu it now appears in the Effects Drop Drop-down Menu. How to use: Select the type of gradient, Linear, Radial, or Square. A Linear gradient is defined along a line specified by the width of the image and the direction of the gradient. A Radial or Square gradient is defined from the center to the boundary of the image. For a Linear gradient drag the Angle slider to change the direction of the gradient. Drag the Count slider to change the color count. Select the colors by clicking the color picker control. Drag the position sliders to change the positions of the interpolation colors. The color positions in the control specify percentages of distance along the gradient line. For example, a value of 20 specifies that this point is 20 percent of the total distance from the starting point. The positions in this control are represented by values between 0 and 100, and the first color in the gradient must be at position 0 and the last must be at position 100. Click the randomize parameters button (dice button) to try out random settings in the preview dialog. Click the default values button (arrow button) to restore the default values. https://www.fotoview.nl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vista? Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 this seems cool! well done and thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I was thinking about something like this a few days ago when I had to make multiple layers with a different gradient color over each. This sounds like it might save a lot of time. I'll have to give it a whirl when I get off work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 :shock: I haven't touched it yet, but it looks awesome! Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Would you be able to add an option to selectively define the center of the radial and square gradients? Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romein Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 Maybe in the next version. In the original design you can move, resize and rotate the entire gradient. Like a 'floating' selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Question: could someone explain to me how this one is different from the one under adjustments called gradiant mapping? Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Oma, This creates a gradient. Pyro's plugin adds a gradient map to your existing image. Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Ok I'll give it a whirl. see what I think of it. if there are any modifications I'd like to see I'll come back and mention them. ciao for now OMA Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 definetly a keeper plugin. like especially the ability to enter hex code values for colors on the pallett. it will most likely replace my use of hue saturation. and love the transparency. aspect. changed this picture on left to picture on right in just a couple of steps. cut out the polar at the top and used plugin on just the selected image added the maze underneath layer to check how opaci it was and just a bulge to show distortion. very good A+ for ease of use from a non programer point of use application. . Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I just tried it. Wow. This can be really useful. Thanks romein. Quote My DA: http://leif-j.deviantart.com/ -------------- Some people seek justice so persistent, that they will do great injustice themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Cuts out the middleman from pyro's Gradient Mapping method. Nice work! 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...
Dalton Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 :shock: I'll have to try this! Nice. :] Quote MyBB Tutorials, check out my site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiguelPereira Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Nice dude, keep 'em coming... 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...
pyrochild Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Nice-looking UI, but it seems sort of superfluous, especially since its output doesn't really depend on the existing image. So why have a window showing the original image? Unless I'm missing something here... 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...
oma Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Nice-looking UI, but it seems sort of superfluous, especially since its output doesn't really depend on the existing image. So why have a window showing the original image?Unless I'm missing something here... I'm missing it as well pyro. and the three sections could you explain that for me. pallett, named colors i think I understand but what is that third one system for? Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 oma: System is a set of colors defined by your computer - they may vary depending on what OS you are using (Windows XP, Windows Vista), what kind of color scheme you are using, or what theme (Luna, Royale, Aero, Classic, Basic) you're using. Nice-looking UI, but it seems sort of superfluous, especially since its output doesn't really depend on the existing image. So why have a window showing the original image?Unless I'm missing something here... Nevermind, I just saw the eyedropper.However, I did find some other problems: - When using the eye-dropper, and moving the mouse around, the redraw is excruciatingly long, and ends up with a trail of color-info windows several inches behind the cursor. Also, since you have preview windows, it's important that you- in the form's Load event- make sure to set the opacity of the dialog to 1 so what's under it does not show through, as that can really screw with what you think you see in the preview window. Better yet, use WinAPI to get the screen image so the eye-dropper doesn't need the preview windows at all. -The preview window is inaccurate - it shows the gradient spread over only the area shown in the preview window, yet when you OK the effect, the gradient is spread over the whole selection. Yet another reason to nix the pictureboxes and use the normal method of previewing on the canvas. 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...
pyrochild Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Here's a sample of the tails: 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...
Blooper Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Nice UI, I'm seeing a lot of cool looking interfaces now (Splatter, Psychedelic)... It's nice to see something else than sliders Good plugin, thanks Quote http://synthastic.deviantart.com http://soundcloud.com/siderealenterprise Lockerz invites are available, PM me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwimmer Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Is there a way to add an option for choosing a blending mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Unless I'm missing something here...The opacity setting... Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Unless I'm missing something here...The opacity setting... When messing with opacity settings, you can see your original image anyway... All I'm saying is this definitely seems like cowbell to 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...
romein Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 Maybe you are able to answer a few questions about the plugin interface. I didn't have the time to figure out how to use the srcArgs.Graphics object efficiently (that's why I use these preview windows). If I draw a gradient I use a PathGradientBrush and Graphics.FillPath(). This is a vector operation. Just like drawing lines, text, polygons. But in the plugin interface you have to fill each pixel for each rectangle (rois) like dstArgs.Surface[x, y] = pixel This is clearly a raster operation. How do you solve this efficiently without the use of clip regions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3VENGE Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 this will save me loads of time!! normally i have to make loads of layers and use trasparent gradients to get the other parts this will save me a lot of time thanks dude Quote psn id: R3V-fiR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 romein, can you please put a [serializable] attribute on any custom Types you are using in the EffectConfigToken, so that this plugin can be compatible with ScriptLab? 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...
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