just some odd images here and there

oh, i like it! you could use one of the shrink/zoom snippets/filters to reduce the scale, perhaps. but, i like it!!!

Hopefully you know what I'm talking about, but I think it should have a stretching effect curve like a Bias curve at about 83.333. As opposed to flat linear like this looks like.

hehe, you guys are reading my mind now. yes, i've thought about doing great variations in the water. it's a little too perfectly rectangular at the moment. it's ok if all you want is a thin sheet of 'water', but it does lack that natural, free falling, free flowing over other objects look. so, i'm quite aware of this. i've even been studying real waterfalls again, or at least, pictures of them. one thing you see in 99.9% of all waterfall pictures is blurred water and apparently, all moving water is white. so, i've been working on just that aspect for the moment.

i've also been re-doing the background again, incorporating more green in some of it. i liked what carl did with those recent pics, too. quite curious to see that one

flowing over rocks is actually one of the original ideas i had for this filter. in the originals the water was flowing down a stream, over rocks and stuff, but a very tall gradation, so, almost a waterfall. from there it became obvious that a waterfall would be even easier and more spectacular to do. ergo, ...

i worked on it some more last night. i'm up to version 7d or so. lol. you shld see some of the failures. i've also added in the new backgrounds and will probably continue to play with those. the 'mist' is also being exasperating. i need a better mist. and simpler controls and a new truck, and a new... uhm, never mind.

so, i appreciate the feedback. keeps me interested

betis, show me.

this one is from a mod of cf&m's 'alien building material'. very cool filter

thanks

there's lots of them, but i've already moved on, though i did spend a lot of time on it yesterday. it always amazes me with some filters that you can just keep on clicking the random button and see things you've never dreampt of before. very cool

wow that's really good depth on the bricks, it's hard to tell what texture you have on the mortar at that size [ yes when it's enlarged ] it appears that it could do with tonal variation or irregularity in the mortar .............. it's looking good

spit out aother sample pic if you'd be so kind

ok, here's another sample. this one is from a non-seamless and cut size, but you can get the idea

it would seem, from betis' picture, that i got so enamored with the height variations of that first brick, that i forgot to make the rest look like brick. so, i worked on that a bit. the mortar still isnt right, but i can improve that. this is a closeup of 3600 x 3600 section:

thank you! still working on it, but thank you

good to see you home again!

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StevieJ wrote: Some brown brick you got there

He's back and he is already making trouble

If you right-click the image, and then do 'View Image' or 'View Image in New Tab', it will be about 2x-3x as big.

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Kraellin wrote: it's a bit of a trick, to say the least

I have no trouble believing that

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Kraellin wrote: you were expecting dinner and a movie?

LMAO your right I should know better by now

there's always another page!

thanks. i like some of those bricks, too. that rough height effect is looking better.

ok, i put the brick down for a bit, but i'll be coming back to it. for now, i just tossed out a new distortion painter. this one combines a number of things besides distortion, however. and i'm liking the surreal/impressionist/van gogh sort of look to this one.

this is the original. it comes with vista standardly.

and here's another with less warp, but more saturation and final effects:

thanks, carl!

not sure if i can change the dark much, though there is a levels with black and white point controls, so that shld help. i'll have to look at it later. it's on the other machine.

yes, i may release it. i'm not releasing any pure textures these days, but effect filters i can do.

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Kraellin wrote: and this is the render:

I think I like this one better..

ok, here's how those two can look now. they can still look the other way, but this is, i think, what you asked for.

very cool ..... release, release, release

carl,

i submitted the art/impressionist/vangogh filter last night (early this morning) but it's not there yet. must have missed the deadline. but, it's in there somewhere

and from that same filter, how about some patio paving stones? (purposely offset and not seamless here to discourage unauthorized use)