Sakurama by Zephos

Wow ! Striking image, top notch stuff, and I don't even care about flowers, but that, is just amazing looking.

jffe

Thank you so much jffe and Kraellin for your kind words! ^_^ Yes, this was the filter that was used on Step 4 & 5 of my Filter Forge & Anime Art thread -- one of the six, so to speak, ahahah... errr *digs around in giant bottomless bucket of happiness*

For those who haven't seen it, please:

Take a look!

Sakurama was used to create the lily field in Step 4 and the floating sakura in Step 5. There's a lot of cherry blossom trees where I live and they are coming into bloom, so hopefully I'll have some first hand reference for the future soon! ^_^

Very cool filter

Thank you once again for all your support! Sakurama has now Leveled Up to:

Sakurama Lv2!

New features are:

Glow/Outline
Glow feature that when turned to black becomes an outline on the petals for giving that oh so distinctive ethereal or cartoon look! The glow works excellent on night time scenes as exhibited by the below image -- one of my digital paintings with Sakurama Lv2.

Advanced Shadows
No longer is there just a single wall shadow option for the petals. Now, shadows can either be against the wall or on the floor and have more detail and control on them as well.

Petal Storm
To give an extra level of depth, there is now a new option called Petal Storm that creates a third layer of flying petals in the distance for a more grand scope.

Wind Control
The wind that blows the petals can now be modified to go to a certain direction, either creating elongated feather like particles or a linear breeze of a much of leaves.

New Controls & Refined Structure
I have reworked the component structure for increased efficiency and there are also some new controls, such as being angle to adjust the size of the actual flowers on the field.


Currently, I'm looking into making Sakurama have different shapes of petals that are more realistic as well as trying to find a way to have the flower field always stick at the bottom on vertical images, I hope to be able to upgrade it in the future with these abilities ^_^ Well, thank you for reading, I hope you enjoy using Sakurama!

zephos,

that last pic was all done in FF? if so, that's quite amazing.

Reminds me of American Beauty.

ah, thanks, zephos

Thank you so much jffe! ~^_^~ That's an incredibly uplifting compliment you've give to me and hope to live up to it even more! I've been on upgrading mode lately with my filters so I haven't released any new ones for a short while now, but I hope to have some interesting new ones out shortly ^_^ Needless to say, I couldn't have create even half of the filters that I've made if it wasn't for the help and support the people on this forum have extended to me including you ^_^

I'm most honored by your kind words Crapadilla! Actually, when I first started using Filter Forge, I was a big fan of your filters and the person who introduced me to Filter Forge actually mentioned you by name as a person to look up to (Your wizard avi also caught my attention, ahahah) ^_^

Thank you all for your support ^_^ Creating filters in Filter Forge has been one of the most rewarding creative experiences I've had in years!

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Zephos wrote: when I first started using Filter Forge, I was a big fan of your filters

Yeah, I know. They get old quick!

Zeph, I just looked at this one.....and I have to say that it is the first filter to give me a "joyful" feeling. Again, nice work!!!

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Zephos wrote: Thank you so much jffe! ~^_^~

You're welcome of course, and you seem to have garnered many fans in a short time, so we both know I was right, yer filters kick teh butt.

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Zephos wrote: Creating filters in Filter Forge has been one of the most rewarding creative experiences I've had in years!

I definitely agree there. I'd been waiting and all but given up and real hope of Photoshop filters ever going the way of audio ones, in the roll your own, graphic modular environment way. I guess no one really believed it would sell, and hopefully FF proves that theory wrong.

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Zephos wrote: I've been on upgrading mode lately with my filters so I haven't released any new ones for a short while now, but I hope to have some interesting new ones out shortly ^_^

That's about where I was/am currently. That and experimenting with some slightly more complex/time consuming filters. No rush though, the library is already pretty massive, and what's needed now is quality, not so much quantity as was once needed.

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Zephos wrote: I couldn't have create even half of the filters that I've made if it wasn't for the help and support the people on this forum have extended to me

You probably could've thanks to the reverse engineering we have available, via opening the filters. It just might've taken a bit longer, and wouldn't have been as fun/motivating without the forums eh.

jffe