just some odd images here and there

now, let's add one more factor

oh, my extras dont look real then? the nerve of some people! hrumph!

lol. ok, tell me what i need, then. gimme da critique.

and here's one more like with the thunderheads you talked about. i made the rainbow larger but more faded.

you realize that the more interest you show in this, the more i'll produce, right?

ok, no rainbow this time, but added the weather.

loooking good Craig your definatly onto something with a weather filter

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Kraellin wrote: and going a little darker...

the sample on this one looks a little weird on the bottom right

steve, am loving your ideas on this. so, here's some payoff i've also figured out some new ways of handling the perfect arc and rainbow filters, so those are going to get updated as well!

steve, yes, the originals were all black and white and blue. i'll see if i can pick out some good ones for ya. i may revise the clouds yet, though.

ok, i've submitted updates to 'perfect arc' and 'rainbow' using the new angle and zoom features. this simplified the rainbow procedure in some ways, allowing me to remove 15 components, though it added in the any angle and zoom components still, i think it was a fair trade-off.

ah, i rarely use any search than google. i normally just use their 'images' search. i'll have to look at the msn.com one. are those then picked due to 'free to use'?

I would suggest keeping the major elements, like clouds and rainbows, in separate filters to keep controls simplified. I think the "pros" would probably prefer it that way as well.....like with the rainbows on an alpha background that can easily be added.....which would also allow much better use out of randomization. Maybe you could do them in separate filters and also offer combination filters.....

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Kraellin wrote: are those then picked due to 'free to use'?

I would assume so......but I wouldn't use them in a commercial capacity without digging a little deeper into the specific ones you want.....

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Kraellin wrote: i suppose there's no reason i couldnt offer both, though, with the 'artist's palette' one as the ultimate of the group. that might work.

Exactly.....I don't think having both individual and combined filters will hurt usage at all.....the pros will want them isolated for ease of use.....and many will like the instant gratification of combo filters creating the whole scene for them.....

Personally, I would only have use for your clouds......and would love to have more distinct variations on the types of clouds in a specialized cloud filter as opposed to having other types of things added to it that I won't use.....or have to block out unwanted parts in between randomizations in order to get what I want from it.....

I can actually see you having several different types of cloud filters.....because there are all kinds of cloud types, lighting, and color effects that I think would be way too much to pack into one filter.....

I was also thinking that you could create a "sun" behind and peeking through the clouds......using blue hues for cloudy dawn effects.....and red hues for sunset effects......

I think that the biggest thing is to "keep it real".....photo-realistic so that viewers can't tell that it is artificially created.....which you have certainly done with those clouds.....

Kinda boggles the mind......because there is so much you can do with this.....

Some sun and cloud samples.....

hehehe, was that a hint?

hehehe

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StevieJ wrote: and if you do it, I would have no choice but to demote Dilla and make you the new FF God!!!

bribes? how tempting

this is from a different filter. i sort of rebuilt things, going back to clouds only; no rainbows, rain, sun or anything else. having put this down for a while, i'm not quite sure why there are so many controls in the thing, but the results are pretty good

ah, you do make me feel needed, steve. i do appreciate that

here's another, a bit simpler, but from the same filter.

hi carl,

i dont have a 'wind' control at all. interesting idea, though. i do have stretch and scale and contrasting and color control and blur and so on. i suppose the stretch could be used to simulate wind or i could add a motion blur, maybe. mostly, i've just concentrated on the actual cloud look, the blending of various color clouds. and of course, the previous filter with all the extras, rainbow, rain, sun, etc. i suppose there's a ton of things one could do here. this started out as a 'storm clouds' filter. it's now turned into a series, i think

as for publishing, i'm honestly reluctant. i was hoping more users would show up here in the forums and seek out authors. that hasnt happened. instead, we've kind of given away the farm, so why shld they show up, other than to download everything for free. so, whereas i'm glad that i could contribute, possibly, to someone else's survival, i seem to be missing the return flow of someone contributing to mine.

you, steve and some of the other authors are great fun to talk with and work with and show off with, but an artist creates FOR a public, hopefully, a broad public. artists creating for artists is nice, but it only partially fills the bill, or for that matter, doesnt pay the bills. so, for now, i'm publishing very little. you get what you reward, and since i'm not being rewarded, 'you' get nothing

there's little i enjoy more than doing custom work for someone. i've done custom songs, poetry, woodworking, graphics, filters, restorations and so on. i find it really quite rewarding to be able to duplicate what someone wants and thus provide it. i've earned all the reward points i need. heck, i've not even cashed any in, not even for the lifetime updates, since i fully expect to be in on the next beta; so, little incentive there.

and this isnt even a nag at FF Inc. to do something, either. it's really not. if they do do something more incentive wise, why great. if not, why ok.

i'm just tired of giving the milk away for free. so, while i'll continue to post teasers and comments and stuff, i'll probably not be publishing too much for a while. and i think other authors may be coming to this conclusion as well.