Cartography by Crapadilla

Ok...this one is one of the most creative filters i have seen lately. Very cool!

Rawn

Really like this one too!!! Very clever!!! I was wondering if you were going to submit it or not......along with your shark tank.....

Ah, just got it......all nautical themed

Oh heading over to grab a copy now~ I've been waiting for this one! Thank you Crapadilla!

I think gamers are going to love it too!!! .....especially with those types of additions to it.....

Nice one, Persidio, and you are welcome!

I'd love to see what you come up with for your 'site' map.



Regarding the 'Land of Filter Forge' map, there are several locations of absolute importance that we must not omit:

- the "Filter Forge", an ancient monumental temple that houses the mythical "Result component", from which sprang forth the whole of creation. Legend has it that a mysterious group of beings called "FF Team" make it their home, instructing those who seek knowledge of the art of 'filter authoring'. Since ancient times, the Filter Forge has been a place of pilgrimmage for all aspiring filter weavers of the world.

- the "Editor's Pick", a huge spear shaped tower that houses the hallowed halls of "The Editors" aka "Knights of the Golden Pick". The Editors are a sacred order that guards the balance of creation by hunting down all renegade 'Filter Weavers' that turn against the 'Codex of Gentle Filtration'.

- the "Filter Library", that is said to contain every filter every created.

- the "Halls of Vlad", where the sacred 'Rod of Generality +255' is enshrined, spreading its 'Aura of Generality' over the known lands. Named after the most famous of the "Knights of the Golden Pick".

- the "Snippet Isles" (namely Uber, Quasi and Ro), island domain of the mysterious three Snippeteers, guardians of the arcane. Travelers beware, for these islands are infested with the dreaded 'sock-puppets', who are generally not amused, mad 'curve-ops' and even worse.

- the "Sherry", a zone of wild natural media brush filtration that slowly spreads across the lands. Widely regarded as the best photo shooting location because of its marvelously 'handdrawn' and 'painted' landscapes.

- the "White Dove", the famous port and capital city where the yearly contest for "Queen of FF" is held. Ruled by Miss Congeniality.

- the "Worley Distortion", a giant maelstrom. All ye who seek the "Filter Forge" have to brave it!

& last but not least:

- "Lounge Lizard", a titanic leather sofa that roams the lands to and fro, never to be found in the same location twice. Home of Crapadilla and his bodyguard platoon of fruity strawberry cyborgs.

Did I forget anything?

What a wonderful filter and it's great to see every one having fun with it already! Love the list of locations Crapadilla and Persidio thought up the Land of Filter Forge, the injokes are awesomely hilarious, especially the Worley Distortion maelstrom ^_^

Hmmm... the only thing that seems missing in the concept land of filter forge is a place where everybody picks up their obligatory first Life Preserver to take to the Filter Forge on their pilgrimage -- after beating them into submission apparently first (In my whacked out imagination, the Life Preservers are all alive -- and focus on self-preservation -- but alas, their lack of external limbs limits their general lifespan) ^_-

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Zephos wrote: the only thing that seems missing in the concept land of filter forge is a place where everybody picks up their obligatory first Life Preserver to take to the Filter Forge on their pilgrimage -- after beating them into submission apparently first (In my whacked out imagination, the Life Preservers are all alive -- and focus on self-preservation -- but alas, their lack of external limbs limits their general lifespan) ^_-

Excellent. So an aspiring 'effect' filter weaver's first task is to hunt down one of these elusive creatures for use in his lab, so he can gain a weaving license and have a guinea pig to test out new 'filtrations' (i.e. filter magic). Due to their dependance on the life preserver, 'effect' filter weavers are generally looked down upon by elitist 'texture' filter weavers, who have mastered the art of creating filtrations out of the very horror of emptyness.

I don't know how you come up with so many original good ideas. I mean it is one thing to have 2 or 3 outstanding filters, but everyone of your filters are amazing. Good work.

Yep agree, another great filter Crapadilla...So months from now when someone bumps the thread maybe it will be known as the "Bump Map"

Another excellent work. To my tastes, it has too many controls which makes it unstable when randomized on Medium and High, but I like it anyway.

BTW, Persidio -- great example!

And don't forget raid mini-boss Bella. I heard she can be farmed for 'Hand-signed Cushions of Gentle Support'.

Wow! This rocks! I gotta get back on to my desktop (where resides FF) and download this.

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Crapadilla wrote: Due to their dependance on the life preserver, 'effect' filter weavers are generally looked down upon by elitist 'texture' filter weavers, who have mastered the art of creating filtrations out of the very horror of emptyness.

Hey! I resemble that remark!

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Crapadilla wrote: And don't forget raid mini-boss Bella. I heard she can be farmed for 'Hand-signed Cushions of Gentle Support'.

Forgot to mention: You'll first have to grind insane amounts of reputation with the 'Customer Support' faction before you can even think of encountering this hidden mini-boss.

i agree with steve. those two would go great together.

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Crapadilla wrote: I'd rather the user did the blending himself in his image editor of choice.

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Kraellin wrote: it's also pretty easy to just do two renderings, one with each filter and blend them in a paint program.

Exactly what I did on the image above.

That is cool looking

I think it's the colors on the lead preset that had me thinking about it.....maybe that orangy-brown with a darker brown in place of the green hue as the paper base.....then the darkest browns (and maybe some black singed areas) in the creases, along the edges, and some arbitrary areas.....

I'm surprised that no one has done a really good charred/singed edge effect yet....I think a jagged block noise type of blending might do the trick

hmm, why would you need a transparent on this one? seems the effect is the whole thing. or is this so you can do semi-opaques?

ah, ok. i got it

Interesting find... thanks!

omygosh! This filter makes beautiful images even out of simple shapes! Here one of the default presets: