just some odd images here and there

thanks, carl

i removed the bottom half of the shadow and light routine and only used the top half. so, all the streaks are gone. instead of plugging the streaks into the offset, i plugged a new image component into the offset source, and then after that, i added a noise distortion, i think it was. i did a lilttle re-mapping, too, on one or two components. there might have been a tiny bit more, but i forget. that was the basics, though.

and yes, i like that one, too

and a second one...

and one more just for the heck of it.

and here's another, same filter.

and here's another pebble art, very similar to the first.

I really like the last three.....very different and interesting.....

Don't think for a minute that I've forgotten about the painting effects.....

ok, this one is highly experimental at the moment. i'm combining different filters going for some sketching effects, and maybe charcoal or chalk. those pics you posted of the sketches have been inspiring and challenging me, steve

with some more revisions (color is still possible):

nobody likes my sketches, huh? oh well.

how about some metal, slag, rock...

Which I don't.

Actually I think it looks really cool and now I want to make some sickly warped and customized version of it. It also looks great on my monitor, but I have seen some pictures that look really bad on other monitors.

I got bored and was making some weird metallic floorplate or shiny wallpaper thinger something thing tonight.

jffe

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Kraellin wrote: that's different. has a bit of a brushed metal look. nice.

----It's just stretched Pnoise for the brushed look. But thanks for the *different* comment, as like most people on here, I'm pretty sick of anything that I can look at for 2 seconds and just go "oh yeah, that's made with FF" ha-ha.

jffe

I think you should add some ambient shading to further give it the 3D feel, yeah?

thanks, jffe. that is what i was trying to do on those last ones. but, i'll take a look at that filter.

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jffe wrote: I got bored and was making some weird metallic floorplate or shiny wallpaper thinger something thing tonight.

Maybe its just me but its sometimes when you're bored that the filters look the best....

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Kraellin wrote: just looked at that filter, jffe... way too complex for what i need. it's a fairly big filter in the guts; it would weigh mine down too much,

----Well, it's the idea that counts, maybe you can come up with a diff/lower cpu way of doing a similar thig eh.

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CFandM wrote: Maybe its just me but its sometimes when you're bored that the filters look the best....

----It sure seems like the ideas come faster, or at least the random creating/starting part.

jffe

Added: The 'finished/gave up* verson of the swirly pattern thing.

how bout some carnival glass?

thanks, carl

now, what did you do with steve?

excellent! you know what else this reminds me of, jffe... outdoor patio tiles, those large cement things, where the round parts are the tiles and so are the square ones, but the gray/white other part is like gravel fill or something like that. and by putting a little roughness on the 'tiles' parts, it would be even more convincing that way. i like this. good pattern.

release any of them? nah, i just do these to tease steve

i've considered releasing a lot of them, but there is no incentive, particularly, to release them to the library. i already have my lifetime upgrades through HU's and i've even got enough for another one or two, if i wanted them. but, i have no big reason for getting another, at the moment. what i was thinking of doing was sending some to fred (sign guy), or at least, sending him some textures and seeing if i couldnt make a little $$ that way. i've already got the license agreements he sent and i've already printed them out to sign and send back. i just havent fully read them yet.

i seem to keep giving my art away, here, retouchpro and now a bit on facebook. it's been mostly a hobby, so i havent minded too much. and if folks responded more at least i'd get something back for my efforts. lol. you and steve have been great about responding and one or two others in the past, but of late, FF has kind of died in the forums a bit. but, never say never. i did release one not too long ago and i may release some from time to time, but not right at the moment.

have you noticed that most artists that come here dont tend to stay very long? i mean, foxxee, northernshadow... where'd they go? and i'm guessing you can think of others. and it's not the program. we know the program is great. but i just keep hitting against the 'ok, so why am i submitting these now?' barrier and i cant come up with a reason to get past that. the early incentive program is very good, very smart, but then it just dies and away goes the artist. i mean, they have to pay bills, too.

hehe, sorry, i didnt mean to write a book you asked a simple question and the simple answer is, uh, no, not right now

have you submitted anything recently?

well, thank you. i was glad to hear your thoughts on all this.

i hadnt looked at the gallery postings and seen any 'good' labels or 'bad' labels. i'll have to look again. where do you see these or is it more subtle? i saw the gallery as another 'uhm, why am i posting this? where is the incentive for doing this?' sort of thing again. i thought it was a great idea and perhaps even a move to get authors interested and maybe even heading towards something authors could use to earn rewards of some kind, but that hasnt happened. at best, it's a decent promotional tool for FF, but doesnt reward those that contribute to it and therefore, to FF's success.

i wonder if fred (sign guy) would consider selling photo art pieces along with some of the other stuff he's putting up now?

i'm a bit surprised that a third party site hasnt risen up to sell the filters themselves, let alone the products of FF filters. there's certainly that potential out there. i mean, FF, inc. basically seems to want to develop and sell filter forge, which we all want and vlad really doesnt seem that interested in taking on the responsibility of handling author products and services. i can somewhat understand that (though i think he could have a ball doing it). i mean, we all tend to drool and scream over version two waiting in the wings. so, vlad seems content to ride things like they are. that's no reason a third party couldnt step up, and, it shld be mentioned that fred has. i'm not sure wholly to what extent, but he has. a number of authors have submitted things to him for selling on his site(s). but, what i'm talking about is a true, third party FF site, one for authors with a storefront and upload capability and all that would go along with an author's products and services type store. filter sales, filter by-products, photo art, textures, and the whole lot. seems a natural to me. and again, fred does come close and i applaud him for that, but it's not quite a true FF third party service. it's more the commercial signs thing, which is fine, but i had always hoped vlad would fill this void with some extra services.

hehe, oh well... maybe after version 2?