Filter Forge Site http://filterforge.com/filters/author5896-page1.html en support@filterforge.com (C) 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:58:44 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:58:44 -0400 http://filterforge.com/filters/6383.html KGtheway2B6383Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/6383.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/6383.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/6383-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>September 23, 2008, Editor's Pick</small><p>Plaster under attack. You can adjust this filter to yeild results similar to my other plaster filter, but if the rot is not needed you are better off using the less complex filter since it's likely quicker. Large portions are borrowed from Nutsy and his fantastic plaster filter. Enjoy!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/6133.html KGtheway2B6133Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/6133.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/6133.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/6133-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>August 25, 2008, Editor's Pick</small><p>Generates realistic rusty girders and trusses both with an without alpha transparency. This filter includes 6 different quality settings: 1: does the fastest black and white preview which is ideal for laying out your render 2: adds a simple metal texture which is passable for projects not requring a lot of realisim 3: adds an additional layer of rust and stains, gracefully borrowed from the excellent angelboii's filters. 4: adds a slight bumpiness to the edges of the truss steel 5: adds some slight reflection 6: adds refraction of the grunge along the angles of the various bars and is the slowest but nicest looking. There are a lot of controls, but they are simple and randomize well. Keep smooth low for better results. To adjust which bars stack on or underneath each other adjust the height sliders. Bars with the same height adjustment will blend into eachother. To hide any of the various features, simply set the height as zero, this will make that feature invisible.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/6968.html KGtheway2B6968Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/6968.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/6968.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/6968-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>August 11, 2010</small><p>Q: "Why?" A: ...Why not? A remake of Sjeiti's much more useful Lifesaver Filter, search for his if you actually need a texture. Thanks Sjeiti! Enjoy!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/7050.html KGtheway2B7050Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/7050.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/7050.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/7050-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 18, 2009</small><p>The new golden standard!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/7045.html KGtheway2B7045Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/7045.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/7045.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/7045-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 17, 2009</small><p>Slap some wear and tear underneath something that rotates.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/7044.html KGtheway2B7044Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/7044.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/7044.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/7044-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 17, 2009</small><p>This gives a bit more control over my other gunbarrel filter, but it includes a new feature useful for game artists. You can render this texture in two parts the "shiny lines" with an alpha transparency and the underlying base metal. When you put the texture on a rotating shaft, keep the shiny stationary and scroll the metal horizontally. Instant rotating shaft!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/7029.html KGtheway2B7029Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/7029.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/7029.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/7029-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 16, 2009</small><p>A few good techniques I use to make METAL! Feel free to use it in your own filters. Crediting is cool, but I'm not gonna freak out if you forget- It's hard to remember sometimes where something came from. Thanks Mike Blackney for your favorite noise!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/7028.html KGtheway2B7028Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/7028.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/7028.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/7028-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 16, 2009</small><p>This was actually a very early version of my "Trussome!" filter. Decided to submit it for kicks and giggles. (Mostly to get an even row of 5 filled out) Enjoy.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/7027.html KGtheway2B7027Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/7027.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/7027.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/7027-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 16, 2009</small><p>Y.A.M.F. Yet another metal filter. ENJOY! - Don't complain about lack of controls, you got 20,000 variations to play with, I'm sure there's something in there that's good. Don't forget to fiddle with lighting.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/7026.html KGtheway2B7026Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/7026.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/7026.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/7026-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 16, 2009</small><p>I used this to add a yellow haze to skyboxes in a map. I wanted the bottom to remain unaltered and I needed the top map to be fully covered. The gradient ensures there is a smooth transition in the final version.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/7025.html KGtheway2B7025Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/7025.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/7025.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/7025-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 16, 2009</small><p>Whipped this up when I needed to take an image and make it more simple. I noticed that it also made some impressive looking B&W conversions. Nothing too impressive here, but it's quick and useful.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/7024.html KGtheway2B7024Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/7024.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/7024.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/7024-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 16, 2009</small><p>Uses a selection and desaturates that area (or the inverse). Sure, it's a bit trivial and could be accomplished in photoshop with a simple control+shift+u but this gives you a bit of control over the b/w effect.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5979.html KGtheway2B5979Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5979.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5979.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5979-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 16, 2009</small><p>HALLO!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5977.html KGtheway2B5977Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5977.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5977.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5977-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 16, 2009</small><p>Filter lets you create simple doric columns. The "3d" mode produces a neat looking 3d preview but is limited in controls, 2d mode is recommended for any sort of texture application, it has much more control. You'll need to render 3 maps if you want a tall column (top, middle, and bottom) because a tall skinny imagesize will not work properly. If you are unhappy with the marble selections you can enable image mode and supply your own seamless image to "Column-ize". The controls are pretty straightforward, I recommend you use "fast mode" to tweak the settings then switch to one of the other types for the beauty shot. Credit for the "Non fast" marble types goes to: Genie, davidhyno, Artress Design, Miavir and ScaryKitty</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/6969.html KGtheway2B6969Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://filterforge.com/filters/6969.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/6969.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/6969-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 2, 2009</small><p>A useful wire mesh backed by a useless granite texture. The mesh between the alpha and the normal map is a bit wonky but as long as you don't care a whole lot about precision, this should work fine for simple 2d projects (plus it has a cool psudo-reflective look to the edges this way). Interesting tidbit: This actually started from a failed attempt to create a hexagon. I threw together some gradient lines in an attempt to get the right angles and noticed it make some interesting patterns, tossed an on-the-spot granite and voila.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/6888.html KGtheway2B6888Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://filterforge.com/filters/6888.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/6888.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/6888-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>February 9, 2009</small><p>Get a grip! This filter lets you create handles for valves, and err... more valves! Hopefully it will come in handy for someone! Lots of love to other filter artists, the radial spokes here would be impossible without their contributions.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/6845.html KGtheway2B6845Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://filterforge.com/filters/6845.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/6845.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/6845-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>January 26, 2009</small><p>I found this useful a few times and thought I ought to share it. A few thoughts to inspire: turbine blades, razor fins, hinges for machinery, spokes, hatch doors.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5980.html KGtheway2B5980Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5980.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5980.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5980-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>July 31, 2008</small><p>Not much to say here... it makes bottlecaps... preset 2 is default image size. Props go to uberzev (snippets) and ronivers (move/crop/resize)</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5203.html KGtheway2B5203Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5203.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5203.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5203-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>May 22, 2008</small><p>CAUTION! WARNING! HAZARD! This (fast rendering!) filter lets you create all sorts of variations of those warning stripes featured on stair edges everywhere. No tiling problems even with 45° rotation enabled! Flip and rotate the pattern with intuitive controls, control the color of the stripes and grunge, the combinations are limitless!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5304.html KGtheway2B5304Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5304.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5304.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5304-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 28, 2008</small><p>It makes rocks. Wet Rock toggles reflectivity making the texture appear shiny and reflective, as if the rock were wet. If you increase stretch and have large undesired dark lines, toy with the variation until you find something you like. Rendertime is fairly quick and I hope you enjoy making some rocks!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5420.html KGtheway2B5420Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5420.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5420.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5420-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 24, 2008</small><p>This one came out quite nicely, it's subtle, tasteful and repeats fairly well. The plaster idea was originally given to me by Por-Epic, thanks! I mimicked his style and added some nifty cracks in Filterforge.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5393.html KGtheway2B5393Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5393.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5393.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5393-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 22, 2008</small><p>I always see the Architecture Students on my campus walking around with cardboard cutout topograpical schemes. They look like they would be awful to do. (Hence the "torture") Did up this filter for kicks, it's not realistic by any means but is fun to toy with. Props to crapadilla for his ambient occlusion simulator.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5392.html KGtheway2B5392Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5392.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5392.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5392-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 21, 2008</small><p>It's really easy to make a sphere using the frame component, but doing so makes the "size" slider break the filter and give bad results. If you need a single sphere (perhaps the even number of rows in "tiles" doesn't work for you) use this technique to get a working sphere. This technique was swiped from Sjeiti, all creative credits go to him, I just made the snippet because it took me forever to find this and it needed to be shared. Good Luck!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5368.html KGtheway2B5368Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5368.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5368.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5368-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 21, 2008</small><p>This is a SNIPPET, please feel free to use it and copy it altogether. Credit if you want, I won't care if you dont. Turn Rotate off for snappier controls. The current quick/slow thing is great for these rivets but the whole rotating business could conceiviably be used for any shape bolts. Good Luck!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5347.html KGtheway2B5347Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5347.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5347.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5347-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 21, 2008</small><p>Jet Lag is a filter designed to mimic the riveted aluminum surfaces of aircraft wings and sidings. Work from top to bottom on the controls and activate the "preview mode" to quickly size the rivets as desired. Once you have the rivets sized properly, just uncheck preview mode and render-away! As usual, maxing out the sliders can remove the rivets completely or make the entire surface riveted, check out the presets for examples how.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5369.html KGtheway2B5369Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5369.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5369.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5369-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 16, 2008</small><p>I really hope this comes in handy for someone. It took me quite a while to get it going. A word of warning, don't use the "FRAME" component to create your basic bolt shape, doing so will cause the "size" slider to break the filter.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5350.html KGtheway2B5350Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5350.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5350.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5350-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 15, 2008</small><p>All Right, I know there's already a hundred and a half basic wood filters, but I stumbled upon a nice wooden perlin pattern and had to do my own. Simple filter renders basically instantly. Enjoy!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5349.html KGtheway2B5349Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5349.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5349.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5349-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 15, 2008</small><p>Filter designed for a very specific use, if you're not trying to make metal shafts, you don't really have a need for this. Hopefully it should come in handy for someone.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5342.html KGtheway2B5342Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5342.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5342.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5342-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 15, 2008</small><p>Mind the gap! This filter was created to mimic the classic yellow bumps you see in subway stations everywhere but actually works for some other textures as well. Take a look at the presets to get an idea of what this filter can do. Both the dots or Lines can be removed by maxing out specific sliders. I kept speed in mind when designing this filter and it's fairly snappy as a result. Enjoy!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5305.html KGtheway2B5305Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5305.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5305.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5305-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 7, 2008</small><p>I needed a rubber tread texture so I decided to see what I could do. Big props to Crapadilla I used a number of his techniques to get the pattern base going. The texture is fairly simple, but it renders quick and might be useful to someone somewhere. Enjoy and leave some comments or suggestions for improvement!</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5258.html KGtheway2B5258Tue, 1 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5258.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5258.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5258-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 1, 2008</small><p>This filter lets you choose a number of interesting patterns. Texture Slider Choices include: Grainy Texture, Rocky Texture or Plain. Pattern Slider choices include: Classic Pattern, Columns, Steps or Orbs. This filter produces very nice renders very quickly so don't be afraid to give it a spin.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/1802.html KGtheway2B1802Tue, 1 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/1802.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/1802.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/1802-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>April 1, 2008</small><p>Create Some Tasty Popcorn. Great for movies and general snacking. Note: Cheesy popcorn is no longer considered a healthy snack.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5204.html KGtheway2B5204Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5204.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5204.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5204-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 19, 2008</small><p>This filter lets you create all sorts of variations of grungy sci-fi walls. Flip and rotate the stripe pattern, control the color of the stripes grunge and metal and adjust the metal opening, there is a lot of control so be sure to experiment. You can also create a purely hazard stripe or purely metal texture just by maxing out the "Metal: opening" control. If you plan on doing a lot of hazard stripe rendering though I recommend my other filter, it's about 3x quicker.</p> http://filterforge.com/filters/5194.html KGtheway2B5194Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://filterforge.com/filters/5194.html <a href="http://filterforge.com/filters/5194.html"><img src="http://filterforge.com/filters/5194-small.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="120"></a><br><small>March 18, 2008</small><p>Travel miles underwater and discover the wonder and awe of the beauty and intricacy of Atlantian architecture. Toggle corossion if you want to clean things up a bit. Note: CHOOSE SEAMLESS TILING FIRST. If you like what you get without seamless on, it will likely change a lot if you turn it on. If you're getting flat patterns and you want something a bit more complex try lowering the Patter Stretch value. HUGE Props to Carl and his KG Filter, This is basically a heavily edited version of that.</p>