PainShop Pro Scripting - New Script

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New Script - Stacker

Howard Dickson

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

Folks,

FYI, I've just uploaded a new script, Stacker.

This is just a fun way to display an image as a small stack of photos.
There are 4 styles to choose from (Neat, Split, Pile & Scatter).
You can also choose the background (White, AutoColour, and Choose Colour).
AutoColour automatically determines an average colour from the image.
Choose Colour allows you to select a colour, gradient or pattern from
the Materials palette.

You can download it free here...
http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm

All comments and feedback appreciated.

Rgds,
Howard
--

---oooOOOooo---

Sheilsoft
ComputerSystems

www.sheilsoft.com

---oooOOOooo---

bjeanneb

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

> Folks,
>
> FYI, I've just uploaded a new script, Stacker.
>
> This is just a fun way to display an image as a small stack of photos.
> There are 4 styles to choose from (Neat, Split, Pile & Scatter).
> You can also choose the background (White, AutoColour, and Choose Colour).
> AutoColour automatically determines an average colour from the image.
> Choose Colour allows you to select a colour, gradient or pattern from the
> Materials palette.
>
> You can download it free here...
> http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm
>
> All comments and feedback appreciated.
>
> Rgds,
> Howard
> --
>
> ---oooOOOooo---
>
> Sheilsoft
> ComputerSystems
>
> www.sheilsoft.com
>
> ---oooOOOooo---

Looks like a another good one, Howard. Thank you again for all of your
excellent scripts.

Jeanne

SuzShook

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

Love your new Stacker script, Howard. When you leave the white background,
there's a black 1-pixel line on the far right and the bottom. I see it for
the Neat, Split, and Pile styles, but it's not there for the Scatter style.
I'm running the PSP X version. Suz

Howard Dickson wrote:
> Folks,
>
> FYI, I've just uploaded a new script, Stacker.
>
> This is just a fun way to display an image as a small stack of photos.
> There are 4 styles to choose from (Neat, Split, Pile & Scatter).
> You can also choose the background (White, AutoColour, and Choose
> Colour). AutoColour automatically determines an average colour from
> the image. Choose Colour allows you to select a colour, gradient or
> pattern from the Materials palette.
>
> You can download it free here...
> http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm
>
> All comments and feedback appreciated.
>
> Rgds,
> Howard

Howard Dickson

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

OK Suz, I'll have a look at that.

Rgds,
Howard

SuzShook wrote:
> Love your new Stacker script, Howard. When you leave the white background,
> there's a black 1-pixel line on the far right and the bottom. I see it for
> the Neat, Split, and Pile styles, but it's not there for the Scatter style.
> I'm running the PSP X version. Suz
>
> Howard Dickson wrote:
>
>
>
>

--

---oooOOOooo---

Sheilsoft
ComputerSystems

www.sheilsoft.com

---oooOOOooo---

Howard Dickson

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

Suz (& others),

I 'think' I've resolved the problem of the small black line that
sometimes appeared.

Download the updated version...
http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm

Please let me know if you see this problem again. :)
Thanks for the feedback.

Rgds,
Howard

Howard Dickson wrote:[color=darkred]
> OK Suz, I'll have a look at that.
>
> Rgds,
> Howard
>
> SuzShook wrote:
>

--

---oooOOOooo---

Sheilsoft
ComputerSystems

www.sheilsoft.com

---oooOOOooo---

DrJoel

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

Howard Dickson wrote:
> Folks,
>
> FYI, I've just uploaded a new script, Stacker.
>
> This is just a fun way to display an image as a small stack of photos.
> There are 4 styles to choose from (Neat, Split, Pile & Scatter).
> You can also choose the background (White, AutoColour, and Choose Colour).
> AutoColour automatically determines an average colour from the image.
> Choose Colour allows you to select a colour, gradient or pattern from
> the Materials palette.
>
> You can download it free here...
> http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm
>
> All comments and feedback appreciated.
>
> Rgds,
> Howard
Thank you Howard another great script.

SuzShook

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

Works great now, Howard. Great script. Thanks. Suz

Howard Dickson wrote:[color=darkred]
> Suz (& others),
>
> I 'think' I've resolved the problem of the small black line that
> sometimes appeared.
>
> Download the updated version...
> http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm
>
>
> Please let me know if you see this problem again. :)
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> Rgds,
> Howard
>
> Howard Dickson wrote:

Howard Dickson

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

Suz,

It's a thin line between success and failure! :)
Glad it now works OK... thanks.

Rgds,
Howard

SuzShook wrote:
> Works great now, Howard. Great script. Thanks. Suz
>
> Howard Dickson wrote:
>
>
>
>

--

---oooOOOooo---

Sheilsoft
ComputerSystems

www.sheilsoft.com

---oooOOOooo---

SuzShook

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

So that was the meaning of that "line" on the right.....! :) Just kidding,
Howard - I know only too well that feeling. Suz

Howard Dickson wrote:[color=darkred]
> Suz,
>
> It's a thin line between success and failure! :)
> Glad it now works OK... thanks.
>
> Rgds,
> Howard
>
> SuzShook wrote:

PaulaPNL

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

Howard,
Thanks so much for this new script and all your others.. really enjoy using
them.
Paula

"Howard Dickson" <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43e73eda_1@cnews...
> Folks,
>
> FYI, I've just uploaded a new script, Stacker.
>
> This is just a fun way to display an image as a small stack of photos.
> There are 4 styles to choose from (Neat, Split, Pile & Scatter).
> You can also choose the background (White, AutoColour, and Choose Colour).
> AutoColour automatically determines an average colour from the image.
> Choose Colour allows you to select a colour, gradient or pattern from the
> Materials palette.
>
> You can download it free here...
> http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm
>
> All comments and feedback appreciated.
>
> Rgds,
> Howard
> --
>
> ---oooOOOooo---
>
> Sheilsoft
> ComputerSystems
>
> www.sheilsoft.com
>
> ---oooOOOooo---

Howard Dickson

2006-02-08, 12:25 am

Thanks folks for all your kind comments.

Gene - That's a lovely rose, thank you.

Rose - You don't have to run the script interactively. It'll run much
faster if you deselect the interactive button.

Rgds,
Howard

--

---oooOOOooo---

Sheilsoft
ComputerSystems

www.sheilsoft.com

---oooOOOooo---

Catlady

2006-02-12, 7:25 pm

Howard,
I thought the script is free ?

"Howard Dickson" <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43e73eda_1@cnews...
Folks,

FYI, I've just uploaded a new script, Stacker.

This is just a fun way to display an image as a small stack of photos.
There are 4 styles to choose from (Neat, Split, Pile & Scatter).
You can also choose the background (White, AutoColour, and Choose Colour).
AutoColour automatically determines an average colour from the image.
Choose Colour allows you to select a colour, gradient or pattern from
the Materials palette.

You can download it free here...
http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm

All comments and feedback appreciated.

Rgds,
Howard
--

---oooOOOooo---

Sheilsoft
ComputerSystems

www.sheilsoft.com

---oooOOOooo---

Howard Dickson

2006-02-12, 7:25 pm

Catlady wrote:
> Howard,
> I thought the script is free ?
>
Folks,

Sorry, the wrong page got uploaded yesterday.
You can now download this script free again here...
http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm

This will however go into the 'collection only' shortly,
so get it while you can. :)

Rgds,
Howard

--

---oooOOOooo---

Sheilsoft
ComputerSystems

www.sheilsoft.com

---oooOOOooo---

Catlady

2006-02-12, 7:25 pm

thank you Howard!
Diane

"Howard Dickson" <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43edb420_3@cnews...
Catlady wrote:
> Howard,
> I thought the script is free ?
>
Folks,

Sorry, the wrong page got uploaded yesterday.
You can now download this script free again here...
http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm

This will however go into the 'collection only' shortly,
so get it while you can. :)

Rgds,
Howard

--

---oooOOOooo---

Sheilsoft
ComputerSystems

www.sheilsoft.com

---oooOOOooo---

E.S.R.

2006-02-16, 7:33 pm

I was just wondering if any one else is having this problem...
I can run the stacker script with no trouble 2 or 3 times than nothing and
it says it was completed.
I have to delete it completely and redownload it for it to work, it will
work 2 or 3 times and again nothing,
I've tried this numerous times with the same outcome. I am running PSPX, I
never downloaded 10.02 patch.

This is a great script, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ed

"Howard Dickson" <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43e73eda_1@cnews...
> Folks,
>
> FYI, I've just uploaded a new script, Stacker.
>
> This is just a fun way to display an image as a small stack of photos.
> There are 4 styles to choose from (Neat, Split, Pile & Scatter).
> You can also choose the background (White, AutoColour, and Choose Colour).
> AutoColour automatically determines an average colour from the image.
> Choose Colour allows you to select a colour, gradient or pattern from the
> Materials palette.
>
> You can download it free here...
> http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm
>
> All comments and feedback appreciated.
>
> Rgds,
> Howard
> --
>
> ---oooOOOooo---
>
> Sheilsoft
> ComputerSystems
>
> www.sheilsoft.com
>
> ---oooOOOooo---

cosake

2006-02-16, 7:33 pm

Hi !

Really like the looks of this one -- it will be great to use on some
digi-scrapping layouts !

Am I too late to download free, or is there still a problem with the page ?

Thanks,

Colleen

"Howard Dickson" <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43edb420_3@cnews...
> Catlady wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Sorry, the wrong page got uploaded yesterday.
> You can now download this script free again here...
> http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm
>
> This will however go into the 'collection only' shortly,
> so get it while you can. :)
>
> Rgds,
> Howard
>
> --
>
> ---oooOOOooo---
>
> Sheilsoft
> ComputerSystems
>
> www.sheilsoft.com
>
> ---oooOOOooo---

JoeB

2006-02-16, 7:33 pm

"E.S.R." <rodgers3@ptd.net> wrote in news:43f0e578$1_1@cnews:

> I was just wondering if any one else is having this problem...
> I can run the stacker script with no trouble 2 or 3 times than
nothing
> and it says it was completed.
> I have to delete it completely and redownload it for it to
work, it
> will work 2 or 3 times and again nothing,
> I've tried this numerous times with the same outcome. I am
running
> PSPX, I never downloaded 10.02 patch.
>
> This is a great script, any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Ed
>

I use PSP9 and don't have a problem with it. However, why do you
have to keep downloading it? When it was downloadable for free
each time you downloaded it you got the same file as your
original zipped download. Just go back to the zip file you
downloaded and extract the file again.

Regards,

JoeB

>
>
>
> "Howard Dickson" <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:43e73eda_1@cnews...
AutoColour, and[color=darkred]
colour[color=darkred]
gradient[color=darkred]
>
>

Howard Dickson

2006-02-16, 7:33 pm

E.S.R. wrote:
> I was just wondering if any one else is having this problem...
> I can run the stacker script with no trouble 2 or 3 times than nothing and
> it says it was completed.
> I have to delete it completely and redownload it for it to work, it will
> work 2 or 3 times and again nothing,
> I've tried this numerous times with the same outcome. I am running PSPX, I
> never downloaded 10.02 patch.
>
> This is a great script, any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Ed
>
Ed,

That sounds like a strange problem indeed. As the script has run
continuously here, and I haven't received any other reports of this
kind, I can only assume the problem lies at your end with either your
PSP configuration or other Windows registry fault. It would be
interesting to see if it continued, if you were to upgrade to version
10.02. This version isn't perfect, but it has run OK for the type of
work I do (apart from the annoying PSPX clone cursors). Does it always
happen with the same image, or the same file format? Do you only have
one image open at a time? Having multiple images open will cause the
script to operate incorrectly. You shouldn't though have to 'redownload'
it for it to work again. There is no PSP process that would alter a
script to make inoperable.

Colleen,

Sorry, I updated the whole site today, and Stacker got taken off the
free list. I had to increase the prices slightly for the scripts
collection, because due to the very low price, a good deal of it was
taken with fees and conversion charges. I hope though that the new
reasonable, IMHO low price (£5, $8.50) still justifies a purchase and
offers value for money. Currently there are only 17 'premium' top
scripts out of a total of 46 scripts, and I feel that balance is about
right. I've also, due to some user feedback, added a means to buy these
scripts individually (£1, $1.75) so you don't need to purchase the whole
collection again, just to get the latest scripts.

Hope this is OK.

Rgds,
Howard

--

---oooOOOooo---

Sheilsoft
ComputerSystems

www.sheilsoft.com

---oooOOOooo---

DrJoel

2006-02-16, 7:33 pm

Howard Dickson wrote:
> E.S.R. wrote:
> Ed,
>
> That sounds like a strange problem indeed. As the script has run
> continuously here, and I haven't received any other reports of this
> kind, I can only assume the problem lies at your end with either your
> PSP configuration or other Windows registry fault. It would be
> interesting to see if it continued, if you were to upgrade to version
> 10.02. This version isn't perfect, but it has run OK for the type of
> work I do (apart from the annoying PSPX clone cursors). Does it always
> happen with the same image, or the same file format? Do you only have
> one image open at a time? Having multiple images open will cause the
> script to operate incorrectly. You shouldn't though have to 'redownload'
> it for it to work again. There is no PSP process that would alter a
> script to make inoperable.
>
> Colleen,
>
> Sorry, I updated the whole site today, and Stacker got taken off the
> free list. I had to increase the prices slightly for the scripts
> collection, because due to the very low price, a good deal of it was
> taken with fees and conversion charges. I hope though that the new
> reasonable, IMHO low price (£5, $8.50) still justifies a purchase and
> offers value for money. Currently there are only 17 'premium' top
> scripts out of a total of 46 scripts, and I feel that balance is about
> right. I've also, due to some user feedback, added a means to buy these
> scripts individually (£1, $1.75) so you don't need to purchase the whole
> collection again, just to get the latest scripts.
>
> Hope this is OK.
>
> Rgds,
> Howard
>
All these were done using this script and PSP 10. The only thing that
happened once was a white box was left on the screen. But it never
happened again. http://joelsphotos.waxman.org/Manipulations

Howard Dickson

2006-02-16, 7:33 pm

DrJoel wrote:
> Howard Dickson wrote:
>
> All these were done using this script and PSP 10. The only thing that
> happened once was a white box was left on the screen. But it never
> happened again. http://joelsphotos.waxman.org/Manipulations
Joel,

These all look great. I particularly like 'White on Black'.

Rgds,
Howard

--

---oooOOOooo---

Sheilsoft
ComputerSystems

www.sheilsoft.com

---oooOOOooo---

E.S.R.

2006-02-16, 7:33 pm

Sorry everyone the script works just fine I was getting it mixed up with
Faramir stacker.
I now have all my scripts set up in appropriate sub-folders.
Thanks for your help though.

Howard thanks for all the great scripts.

Ed

"E.S.R." <rodgers3@ptd.net> wrote in message news:43f0e578$1_1@cnews...
>I was just wondering if any one else is having this problem...
> I can run the stacker script with no trouble 2 or 3 times than nothing and
> it says it was completed.
> I have to delete it completely and redownload it for it to work, it will
> work 2 or 3 times and again nothing,
> I've tried this numerous times with the same outcome. I am running PSPX, I
> never downloaded 10.02 patch.
>
> This is a great script, any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Ed
>
>
>
>
> "Howard Dickson" <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:43e73eda_1@cnews...
>
>

cosake

2006-02-16, 7:33 pm

Howard,

This is certainly very fair -- you are very generous with all of your
scripts and must spend tons of time working on these. Your fees are
extremely reasonable !

I have a couple of questions, if you don't mind answering them for me.

1) I am using PSP 8 right now, but will probably move to PSP 9 soon. Will
the 8 scripts work in 9 ? If not, would I need to purchase a second
collection ?

2) If I purchase the entire collection, is the process set up so that I can
individually install the scripts that I want instead of the entire
collection ?

Thank you !! Colleen

"Howard Dickson" <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43f0fca8$1_2@cnews...
> E.S.R. wrote:
> Ed,
>
> That sounds like a strange problem indeed. As the script has run
> continuously here, and I haven't received any other reports of this kind,
> I can only assume the problem lies at your end with either your PSP
> configuration or other Windows registry fault. It would be interesting to
> see if it continued, if you were to upgrade to version 10.02. This version
> isn't perfect, but it has run OK for the type of work I do (apart from the
> annoying PSPX clone cursors). Does it always happen with the same image,
> or the same file format? Do you only have one image open at a time? Having
> multiple images open will cause the script to operate incorrectly. You
> shouldn't though have to 'redownload' it for it to work again. There is no
> PSP process that would alter a script to make inoperable.
>
> Colleen,
>
> Sorry, I updated the whole site today, and Stacker got taken off the free
> list. I had to increase the prices slightly for the scripts collection,
> because due to the very low price, a good deal of it was taken with fees
> and conversion charges. I hope though that the new reasonable, IMHO low
> price (£5, $8.50) still justifies a purchase and offers value for money.
> Currently there are only 17 'premium' top scripts out of a total of 46
> scripts, and I feel that balance is about right. I've also, due to some
> user feedback, added a means to buy these scripts individually (£1, $1.75)
> so you don't need to purchase the whole collection again, just to get the
> latest scripts.
>
> Hope this is OK.
>
> Rgds,
> Howard
>
> --
>
> ---oooOOOooo---
>
> Sheilsoft
> ComputerSystems
>
> www.sheilsoft.com
>
> ---oooOOOooo---

Howard Dickson

2006-02-16, 7:33 pm

cosake wrote:
> Howard,
>
> This is certainly very fair -- you are very generous with all of your
> scripts and must spend tons of time working on these. Your fees are
> extremely reasonable !
>
> I have a couple of questions, if you don't mind answering them for me.
>
> 1) I am using PSP 8 right now, but will probably move to PSP 9 soon. Will
> the 8 scripts work in 9 ? If not, would I need to purchase a second
> collection ?
>
> 2) If I purchase the entire collection, is the process set up so that I can
> individually install the scripts that I want instead of the entire
> collection ?
>
> Thank you !! Colleen
>

Colleen,

It's certainly a good move to upgrade to PSP9, which is definitely the
most robust and intuitive version available. You could, with a bit of
manual editing get some of the PSP8 scripts to work, but as I made use
of the new PSP9 tools when writing some of the scripts, and had to
degrade to a certain extent the script versions for PSP8, I would
recommend opting for getting the PSP9 versions. Honest, this isn't a
marketing ploy! I use PSP9 as my script development version, so the
scripts are optimized to work with this version. If I use a tool in
PSP9, such as DCNR, I have to find another method to achieve similar
results in PSP8. Often the effects are not as good, and there are simply
a few scripts which I couldn't convert down.

There is no install procedure with my scripts collection. They are
simply bundled in a zip file, which you extract to the correct location
(actually different from PSP8's script location). I would extract them
all, and if you really don't want to keep them all 'active', just delete
them from the default location. They're very small files, so personally,
I would just keep them all there. The file names all begin with Ssoft...
so you'll know which ones are mine, or you could place them in a sub-folder.

Hope this helps. :)

Rgds,
Howard

--

---oooOOOooo---

Sheilsoft
ComputerSystems

www.sheilsoft.com

---oooOOOooo---

cosake

2006-02-16, 7:33 pm

Howard:

Thanks for the quick reply. I've been dragging my feet about 9 because I've
temporarily misplaced my CD because I didn't install 9 as soon as I bought
it. Hoping that I'll find it soon while cleaning out a pile 'o important
stuff that I tucked away around that time. You know, trying to keep
everything in safe place . . .

I will probably snag this stacker script individually for PSP 8, and then
get the collection when I'm ready for PSP 9.

Thanks so much !! Colleen

"Howard Dickson" <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43f221e2_1@cnews...
> cosake wrote:
>
> Colleen,
>
> It's certainly a good move to upgrade to PSP9, which is definitely the
> most robust and intuitive version available. You could, with a bit of
> manual editing get some of the PSP8 scripts to work, but as I made use of
> the new PSP9 tools when writing some of the scripts, and had to degrade to
> a certain extent the script versions for PSP8, I would recommend opting
> for getting the PSP9 versions. Honest, this isn't a marketing ploy! I use
> PSP9 as my script development version, so the scripts are optimized to
> work with this version. If I use a tool in PSP9, such as DCNR, I have to
> find another method to achieve similar results in PSP8. Often the effects
> are not as good, and there are simply a few scripts which I couldn't
> convert down.
>
> There is no install procedure with my scripts collection. They are simply
> bundled in a zip file, which you extract to the correct location (actually
> different from PSP8's script location). I would extract them all, and if
> you really don't want to keep them all 'active', just delete them from the
> default location. They're very small files, so personally, I would just
> keep them all there. The file names all begin with Ssoft... so you'll know
> which ones are mine, or you could place them in a sub-folder.
>
> Hope this helps. :)
>
> Rgds,
> Howard
>
> --
>
> ---oooOOOooo---
>
> Sheilsoft
> ComputerSystems
>
> www.sheilsoft.com
>
> ---oooOOOooo---

Mary Young

2006-03-19, 6:29 pm

LOLOL , oh well, I'm always a day late and a dollar shot .. I went to the
download page but not a free filter anymore .. I guess I'll have to visit
the newsgroup more often!!
--
Take Care
Mary
"The world of reality has its limits. The world of imagination is
boundless." - Rousseau
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"Catlady" <not@mydesk.com> wrote in message news:43edeb81$1_3@cnews...
> thank you Howard!
> Diane
>
> "Howard Dickson" <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:43edb420_3@cnews...
> Catlady wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Sorry, the wrong page got uploaded yesterday.
> You can now download this script free again here...
> http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp/stacker.htm
>
> This will however go into the 'collection only' shortly,
> so get it while you can. :)
>
> Rgds,
> Howard
>
> --
>
> ---oooOOOooo---
>
> Sheilsoft
> ComputerSystems
>
> www.sheilsoft.com
>
> ---oooOOOooo---
>
>