Curious, interested in buying

Hello,
I ran into this site while looking up the color theory meanings and I have a couple of questions because I don't have a whole lot of knowledge with this.
When I place an order, am I allowed to get a hard copy mailed to me, or does it have to be downloaded?
I don't understand the difference when buying something that creates our own filters. I thought that by using Photoshops filters, you were creating your own backgrounds etc. through those? Could someone please shead some light on this, because I don't understand the difference.
Thanks, Linda

If you find one filter is limited to a certain thing, you can edit that filter and create some new filter out of that one..

Well I did look through your filters, but still I thought that PS's filters already could do this. .. sorry, maybe this isn't for a beginner like me then? I would download the trial version, but honestly I hate to do that, I prefer to buy a full version if I think I'll use it.
Thanks, Linda

You might think this sounds silly, but could you tell me something about the programmer? Like is he from the USA? or over seas?
The tutorial that you showed me give me a pretty good idea and I would guess that I could always come here with questions also.
So if I download the free version, is it one of those things that I must save to a CD myself then.. and if I buy it, I only need a registration code to keep it running? or if I buy it, I can get the full version snail mailed out to me? It says that it is out in the first quarter of 2007, so do I still have to actually wait a few more months for the full?
Thank you, Linda

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lyndaschat wrote: When I place an order, am I allowed to get a hard copy mailed to me, or does it have to be downloaded?

Yes, you can get a CD by mail.

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lyndaschat wrote: You might think this sounds silly, but could you tell me something about the programmer? Like is he from the USA? or over seas?

Four programmers and 8 more employees, all physically located overseas (Russia) but the company itself is incorporated in the USA (Commonwealth of Virginia). Lawyers, patent attorneys and CPAs are in the USA as well.

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lyndaschat wrote: I only need a registration code to keep it running?

Yes, and even if you forget or lose it, you can always get a replacement code -- contact us and we'll look up your order in our database.

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lyndaschat wrote: I still have to actually wait a few more months for the full?

Hopefully not months, but I can't promise anything

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lyndaschat wrote: and I would guess that I could always come here with questions also.

Yep, always glad to help if I have an answer..

Well that tutorial tells me that I have options that I don't have. Did you ever follow it? Follow it and you'll see what I mean.. left and right is backwards compared to the objects in my program.
There's no foreground to choose and there's no reflection, and no Operations choice under the Components. I did choose All and found blend, but then like I said.. there's not a foreground to choose from. I do see "A" and "B".. but which is which?

Linda

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Vladimir Golovin wrote: As for the left-to-right orientation, that tutorial was written for the old version of FF, we reversed the direction of connection flow since then.

I'm still using the old direction. I hope it will always remain an option.

wasnt an option added to change the direction if you wanted to?

lynda,

open up filter forge, in the menu, go to 'tools' and pick 'options'. a new window will open that has tabs along the top. choose the tab marked 'filter editor'. in that view you can look about half way down and see 'direction of connections' printed there. click the one you want, left to right or right to left, and that will alter the direction of the components in the filter editor.