Making Plug-ins, how hard is it?
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:37 pm
I have a task that would be much simpler if a plugin existed for it. Trouble is, it's not a common application and so it's unlikely anybody will ever make a plugin for it... and I can't really afford to pay somebody to make it. So, the question becomes how can I make a plugin? Is it hard to learn, how time consuming would it be (especially since this is probably the only plugin I'd ever make), and where is a good starting point.
For the sake of the idea, this would need to
- determine the image dimensions, and if they are a certain size..
- add borders
- then slice up the image into tiles and move them to specific locations on the larger canvas
- then duplicate parts of the image to fill the remaining blank spaces
I have no doubt it's a complex set of instructions, but I've seen a lot of this done already as parts of other plugins but not in ways usable to this configuration.
Any insights?
Thanks.
For the sake of the idea, this would need to
- determine the image dimensions, and if they are a certain size..
- add borders
- then slice up the image into tiles and move them to specific locations on the larger canvas
- then duplicate parts of the image to fill the remaining blank spaces
I have no doubt it's a complex set of instructions, but I've seen a lot of this done already as parts of other plugins but not in ways usable to this configuration.
Any insights?
Thanks.