Automatic iteration of values of components using Loops component

The loop component comes with add iteration button which returns you the iteration value. In your case, you'll want to figure out something to do with wrapping given its a 5x5 grid and not a 1x25 list. (Sounds a bit complicated to me!)

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Also I had the idea if it would be possible to tint and colorize shapes with different colors with variable values of the same component

If the letters align to a grid you can use the tiles component to feed in textures/colors. Use threshold to clip and mask colors to where necessary. There are tons of other ways of shaping how you color items it but this is far the easiest.



There are some pitfalls to this method: the key is that we're using the scale component to just add another column/row. If you really wanna get involved, we can use some profile gradients to create a grid that correctly wraps to a new column. Using profile gradients by far would reduce render times instead of using looping functions.

I'd say just don't over complicate what you're already saying. Lookup tables + iterations = can be cool but it's pretty advanced. The thing is there are things appropriate for FF and not. There are certain walls which we can get over by doing stuff but at the same time limits us to doing certain things. The trick is to know that limitation so you can either build a practical solution or tell yourself "ah wait, it can't happen because <reasons>".

But in this case, pretty sure everything you're saying is possible. It'd take quite an effort and a lot of programming but I wouldn't see it being impossible. Just a giant technical wall of hyper difficult stands in the way. I'd sit down and try it anyway haha.

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And I know that I really should not use any advanced or complex component, until I understand the more basics working of filter forge.

I just hope that advice I wrote a while back sinks in. However, sometimes, there's nothing too wrong with jumping ahead. It's just that discussions on stuff like this would fly over your head. I feel even with detailed explanations, you'd find a lot of difficulty understanding. We make certain assumptions when we talk so that's something you need to explore. A lot of the times when you say "it's not written in the documentation" it's part because you don't have the underlying idea of how and why the program works the way it does.

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SpaceRay wrote: ITERATION OF A LOOKUP TABLE

I've tried something similar, but some inputs get different meaning, for example - 360 rotation != 0 to 1 scaling, etc. Every different input type must be hard-controlled separatly

Look at the attached file.

I connected a checker and free gradients to a structure that is almost the same as SpaceRay did.
Something weird happened.
When I change the value of the two IntSliders from 1 to 5, everything looks fine, but the last value appears with a result that doesn't correspond with what should be.
As you see in the below picture, 6 Horizontal and 1 Vertical should not be on the blue range.
I'm probably making some kind of mistake, but what?

Test check.ffxml

This doesn't make sense. Are you looking up just plain colors within a grid or do you want a grid of images to be "Looked up"?

You want to use lookup with gradients that correspond with each coordinate on xy axis.

Yes because you have the incorrect value being added for stuff to be looked up.

The method described here requires you to have a gradient that corresponds to the grid you initially set up. So if it's a 4x4 grid, you need to have a gradient that corresponds to the x and y coordinates of where each image lies. This method does not work without some initial calculation.

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LexArt wrote: Hi, I have tried the first example given by SpaceRay in the first post but I get different result for the profile gradient

Hi, LexArt, sorry that I can not help you because this is NOT my filter, it is done by Velho and I personally have not used as I also could not make it work as expected, and Vehlo did not upload the filter itself, only the screenshot

And I am sorry that on the first post I forgot to tell that this comes really from another thread where Velho suggestion is made

although now reading this again I think that I have understood it wrongly maybe and you can not use this for images?

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Velho wrote: A basic lookup table. Edit: the lookup table doesn't have to be a square, you could position all the letters in a single line. Second thing, you can't add your own images to a filter, so the filter library will show only colorful squares (or perhaps nothing) instead of letters. There is a way to include an image inside a filter, but the resolution is too low and this method has a very limited use in any case.

Check out this thread: https://filterforge.com/forum/read.php...sage140331

So basically if you wanna make a grid of 6x6, the spacing of each cell would be 1/6th X and 1/6 Y.

In the other thread. ThreeDee did some magic to what I made so it automatically divides up the grid into small pieces.