Scripiting Library.

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Carl said something like: where was that Totte?

http://www.filterforge.com/download/b...pting.html

Hmm. That file name changed radically from what I uploaded. Hope it works...

The basic output is this, iterations and bevel size are adjustable:

ThreeDee, thanks a lot for your mail and link.
Your filter has a right implementation of the rng algorithm. Nevetheless it works incorrect due to some technical FF features. FF doesn't guarntee consecutive order for image blocks rendering. If you even zoom or pan filter preview during rendering blocks order may change. It will cause changes in you rng sequence.
Just try to use your rng snippet with Bomber Rotation input, then zoom and pan during rendering and you see a lot of artifacts such as broken particles, strange dust, etc.
And of course, we are explaining this issue in FF help or wiki.

Size-independent proportional gradient

Fixed that Proportional Gradient so it 'ignores' the Size, pixels setting.

Proportional Gradient Scrippet.ffxml

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ThreeDee wrote: Fixed that Proportional Gradient so it 'ignores' the Size, pixels setting.

Nice....and thanks for sharing!!!

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ThreeDee wrote: What's the deal with the attachment file names changing???

+ 2 ???

LOL.... I guess we don't need to request this stuff from FF anymore....

That will definitely work!!! Thank you!!!

I feel like a kid in a candy store now.....all the possibilities with scripting.....especially in 3D, ray tracing, etc.....I'm now resolved to spend all my free time in it.....

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ThreeDee wrote: Size-independent proportional gradient

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ThreeDee wrote: Disable 'Size, Pixels' locally

Great stuff, ThreeDee. Thanks!

You should really submit these useful script snippets to the library...

Thanks ThreeDee

Well, I noticed today that my "Disable 'Size, pixels' locally" scrippet was messed up: It did the exact opposite calculation, doubling the reduction of the image.

And nobody said anything

Here's the correct version, also being submitted to the library.

Disconnect Size Scrippet.ffxml

Off topic, but everytime I see ThreeDee's avatar, I think the lightning is some epic glowing mo-hawk.

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Kraellin wrote: guys, post your filters with scripts in them or at least post the filter name in the library so i can look at the various scripts!

Which one(s) are you missing? Mine are all either on this thread or in the FF online library. Or are you having problem downloading them from the forum?

that happens to me as well .... always have to save as and add .ffxml or it just code

Okay, I see. It could be an idea to FF to have filters with scripts as their own category in the library. That way they would be easier to find. Or perhaps a way to search for filters with Script components in them in the library.

Yeah, forum downloads are still buggy. I have to do the same "save as..." +.ffxml as Carl.

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ThreeDee wrote: It could be an idea to FF to have filters with scripts as their own category in the library. That way they would be easier to find. Or perhaps a way to search for filters with Script components in them in the library.

yup, that would be great. you could even broaden that idea to be able to search filters by any component, though i dont know that that would be used that much.

Well, it looks as though scripting is dead (or at least this thread) but I'll go ahead and ask anyway (just in case any mods or the admin happens to read these threads):

Since FF doesn't give you any options for true animation of the filters on the command line (and since it can't be done even from PS) is there any way you can RENDER from a Lua script?

Ideally you'd be able to call an existing FF filter and do so, but even if I had to script it from scratch I'd be okay with that (I'm an expert Lua programmer). My idea is that I could then feed it a sequence of images and output them correctly (yes, it would be a "dangerous" script, according to you folks, but I'd be the only one using it so I don't care).

The problem as it stands is there are options for "animating" a single image, but none for the ability to progressively change the filter conditions for a SERIES of images (without which you lose the crucial ability needed for animated files). With it you could achieve some amazing handdrawn animations, and I'm sure the 2D animation community would then be much more interested in this program (which right now is only really good for the 3D animation community, or still artists).

Hi, just have found and discovered this thread that seems to be very interesting and useful.

Good to be able to learn more things

Thanks to all the ones that have contributed to this thread and shared the filter files

Although I do not make any kind of scripting as do not know how to do it