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Thanks to the new Codelab plugin, the Beta version of PowerStretch 2.0
is available.
Now BoltBait will get his kids smiling in few seconds.
The previous version of PowerStretch is still available (see below).

Download Power Stretch 1.0
-Improved performance (good even with large photos)
-Improved rendering quality
-Random pixels bug fixed (perhaps not completely, but they are now very unlikely to appear)

Have fun.
Pyjo.




Let's see some example of this distort plugin.

With PowerStretch you can make an egg without being a hen

(Shape3D+PowerStretch)
And you can shape Eve's body without being God:

(Gradients+PowerStretch).

These two were 100%PdN examples. You can also use PowerStretch for photo editing.
For example you can change a cat or a sparrow into something other:

(PowerStretch only).

(Magic Wand, Basic Antialias, PowerStretch).

PowerStretch is also very funny, since it makes Mona Lisa smile even more than usual:

(PowerStretch only)

And now the bad news. PowerStretch isn't an easy-to-use effect. Here you can see how to use its controls:

Due to limitations of Codelab user interface, you cannot choose where to apply distorsion: the stretched area is always set in the center of the picture. You therefore often have to move the objects to be stretched.

The pictures I posted contain some suggestions for using this plugin. Please post comments and possibily some picture obtained with the plugin with other use suggestions.

Bye
Pyjo.

I've DLed it at once and i didn't need more than my two hands to use it...
The user guide is so clear and make the use of this intuitive...
I need to test it more!
Thanks.

I haven't downloaded it yet, but it seems to be interesting. Testing now...

can you add a thing somehow that is like on the bulge where you choose where its location is?

Great! Thanks!
My quick try here, from pig to bird (so pigs do fly after all! )


and from dog

to rabbit

yes! magnificent always could use distort type plug ins. have some amazing results already will be back to let you know what I come up with. Possibly tomorrow as I've birthdays partys to attend tonight.

ciao OMA

So, I tried this out and it is actually pretty cool. It does some really cool strange distorts.

Well done!

Well, and with another thing than codelab...?

Looks fun. And it sort of reminds me of Photoshop's Liquify. (not quite as easy to use, but still.)

I'm a happy camper.

very,very good plugin

he he pyjo! nice work, I had seen this plug in its early stages, looks like most of the problems have been sorted...

guess who this guy is...

From "Herbie the Love Bug"


to this:

Ah found me a leetle bug... just as well it's only beta and not a weta

Thanks for the comments. Here the replies:

@Fisherman's friend & D.C. (Conviction. I'm using Codelab since it is free and easy to use: in other words the best for non-professional developers. It has some limitation in the interface, but it is so useful that nobody can blame it for having these limitations. "Another thing than codelab" could be perhaps visual studio. I don't have Visual studio, I don't want to install it on my PC and don't want to learn how to use it. At least not at the moment. When I'll release the source code maybe some kind PdN developer will want to add a good user interface to it. (btw, until PdN3.20 was released, effects like Bulge or twist didn't give the ability of choosing where to apply distorsion: you had to move objects as with Power Stretch.)

@Ego Eram Reputo. Sorry for this hideous bug. The fix will come soon. EDIT: fixed. A little change in numeric values of the sliders, also.

@Topezia: thanks for the examples.

@autodafe: Thanks to you, too. Nice work. Now try to stretch the object in foreground without affecting the background, as in my sparrow picture.

EDIT: here my example.



Bye
Pyjo.