All Filter Forge Filters By lipebianc

Image Mask Frame

lipebianc — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST

February 18, 2013, Editor's Pick

Very fast filter that uses an external image as a frame mask that can be heavily modified by many cool tweaking controls so grunge/artistic frames (as well as photoshop brushes) can be easily created. ::TIPS:: - "MASK Squash" control will only have NO effect if "MASK Enlarge" is set to '0' (zero). - "Transparent" checkbox must be *ON* to preview the option "INVERT Transparency"! - On most presets, the Image Placement setting are set to "Strech"/"Mirror". Try other settings combinations and tweak MASK related controls for extra possibilities (Check Preset 9). - FF Built-In images can deliver a huge amount of variety, but try on your own images (textures, patterns, pictures, etc) for awesome and unexpected surprises.

Paint HDRtist

lipebianc — Thu, 5 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EDT

July 5, 2012, Editor's Pick

See comments for examples! Transform your images into impressionist/watercolor/abstract Pseudo-HDR paintings! Features: - 10 ART BORDERS - 12 EDGE Detect Modes - 3 independent TEXTURE Layers - 2 Tint Modes Contain parts of "Pseudo-HDR" filter by Gene S Morgan. TIPS: - For quick, small details paintings, 'Size, pixels' slider is your best friend! - Totally disable the HDR effect: set "Pseudo-HDR %" control to '0'(zero) - Try "EDGE Detect" modes 10-12 on abstract source images (reduce "EDGE Threshold" for thinner contours) - "EDGE Detect" modes 7-12 are based on the FF3 Edge Detector component, while modes 1-6 use classic detection techniques - Reduce shades: set "Pseudo-HDR Balance" to '100'

Mess Painter

lipebianc — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDT

October 13, 2011, Editor's Pick

(Check examples in comments) Turn your images into messy paintings/watercolors (realistic and abstract ). Includes dedicated controls for edges/contours, a simple BORDER and basic "Diff Tint" controls for some creative colorization. It uses parts of "StevieJ's GeometricGlass" and "Constantin Malkov's Sack Material" filters. TIPS: - To achieve a less messed painting, use both "MESS Level (4)" and "MESS Amount" lowest values. - Use low "SHARPainting" and low-mid "EDGE Smooth Radius" values for a soft watercolor effect. - To eliminate edges/contours, just reduce "EDGE Threshold" to "0" (zero) - Reduce "PRE-Saturation", boosting moderately "Wash & Lighten" and "POST Saturation" for bright, vibrant colors. - Texture and edges will NOT be affected by "SHARPainting". - Generate texture only: choose WHITE (255,255,255) as "Diff Tint" color, and set both "Diff Tint %" and "TEXTURE Amount" to its max values.

Graduated Pseudo-HDR Free Angle

lipebianc — Wed, 6 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EDT

June 6, 2012

Apply gradual Pseudo-HDR effects to non-square images at ANY ANGLE (Check examples in comments). Fix/enhance underexposed areas of your pictures while keeping other areas intact (great for landscapes) or use creatively to bring some extra life to dark zones on your photos. Based on "Pseudo-HDR" filter by Gene S Morgan TIPS: - For basic adjustments, tweak gradual smoothness and shifting using "Grad. Vertical Shift/Blending" controls. - For more advanced/creative control over the gradient curve, use the "Grad. Curve Editor". - Use the "Preview Mask (B&W)" option for a clear view of your custom gradient curve settings. - For full image Pseudo-HDR effect, set "Rotation" and "Grad. Vertical Shift" controls to "0"(zero). - Some polarizer fx simulations are possible (specially on skies) using high "Pseudo-HDR Balance" values

Graduated Blur Free Angle

lipebianc — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

May 10, 2012

Apply gradual blur/defocus effects on non-square images at ANY ANGLE easily. Extra "Focus Modes" are included for special fx like dreamy/soft focus, glow, fog, etc TIPS: - For basic adjustments, tweak gradual smoothness and shifting using "Grad. Vertical Shift/Blending" controls. - For more advanced/creative control over the gradient curve, use the "Grad. Curve Editor". (Check preset #4 for a tilt-shift example). - Use the "Preview Mask (B&W)" option for a clear view of your custom gradient curve settings. - For full image blur, set "Rotation" to "0"(zero) and "Grad. Vertical Shift" to "100"

Messy Art Frame

lipebianc — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDT

October 13, 2011

A companion for your artistic filters, works nicely on scrapbooking too. Based on my own filter "Mess Painter". It uses parts of "StevieJ's GeometricGlass" and "Constantin Malkov's Sack Material" filters. TIPS: - Try applying it on your image *before* processing on other artistic filters. - Try several passes with different presets. - To achieve a less messed painting, use both "MESS Level (4)" and "MESS Amount" lowest values. - Texture won't be affected by "SHARPainting".

Diff Tint Looks

lipebianc — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EDT

September 14, 2011

Stylize your images fastly with a cool variety of "Looks". Altough not designed to be a retro emulation filter, some effects like cross processing, analog film, sepia, lomography are possible thanks to the POST fx included. (Check comments for examples). TIPS: - DIFF TINT: The color you pick will colorize the Lows while its opposite color on the hue wheel will automatically colorize the Highs. Hit the "Invert" checkbox to the inverse process. - First try the presets, changing only the color picker's hue wheel. Adjust the "%" slider to fine tune the effect. - Set "PRE-Desaturation" value to "100" to play on the sepia/gradient-map territory. Also, tone down to "0" the "Diff Tint %" slider if you want only B&W effects. - Hit the variation button for unexpected creative Looks.

Sketch My Pic Up

lipebianc — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EDT

September 14, 2011

Turn your images into detailed single color countour sketchy drawings. Check examples in Comments! TIPS: - For sketches with smaller details, reduce "Size, pixels" and fine tune it with "EDGE" related controls. - "Shades Texture" controls adds an uniform grainy texture to Midtones. To achieve smoother results, try changing Anti-Aliasing from "Edges Only" to "All Pixels" (Check preset #20). - "Fix Solid Dark Areas" option is an experimental workaround to input images with pure black solid areas (Check preset #20). - "Special Mode" option turns "Coverage Softness" into grayscale tones while keeping countours colored. Useful for graphite sketch shading fx, but results will vary depending on the contour color chosen. - Avoid too much (re)compressed jpeg as input images (some blocky artifacts may appear on large areas with similar colors). Alternatively, you can pre-process your image through edge preserving surface blur filters.

Groovy Stripes Frame

lipebianc — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

July 11, 2011

This quick and simple frame filter is capable of some cool 2D simulations of wood, metals, fabrics and other materials as well as abstract shiny/grunge backgrounds with a "wavy' touch. 20 Presets! TIPS: - The grooves colors are, by default, Black & White only. Checking "Color Grooves ?" box will colorize them both with colors chosen previously for the stripes. - Backdrops can be easily created by increasing "Size,pixels" and "Frame Size" to its maximum values (Check Preset 20).

Artistic Noise Frame

lipebianc — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST

February 22, 2011

This filter combines different styles of noisy color borders to generate artistic/grunge crayon, chalk, charcoal-like types of frames. You can choose independent colors to (and also activate/deactivate) each border element. This filter is also a great companion to images processed by sketching/watercolor/painting FF filters. 20 Presets Available. TIPS: - Try applying this filter on an image BEFORE processing it by other artistic filters on FF library. Works great! - Try each preset checking and unchecking different combinations of borders checkboxes, to view the variations. - The "Unstable Tilt" slider may sometimes produce undesirable results (offset leaking). If you want to avoid this, either try reducing it to very low values or selecting anoter variation.

Film Grain

lipebianc — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST

February 11, 2011

This filter adds a variety of Monochromatic (Black and White) or Color Film GRAIN and NOISE to your images, from extra-fine to coarse sizes. 20 Presets available. An additional "Extra B&W Noise" option (with independent controls, different noise profiles and 15 blending modes) generates a bonus layer of monochromatic fine noise that mixed up with the grains provides even more organic and alternative results (It can be disabled). It uses RGB color noise algorithm concept from emme's "Analogue" filter. TIPS: - Lowering "Grain Saturation" slider to "0" (zero) and checking/unchecking "Color Grain" will render different types of Monochromatic (B&W) grains. Check preset 20 and compare results! - Reduce "Size, pixels" slider if you need even more fine grains/digital noise. Experiment on presets! - Analog film stock emulations/mutations can be created by pre/post-combining this filter with the awesome Retro / Nostalgic / LOMO filters available in FF library.Try it!

GradienTint Free Angle

lipebianc — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST

January 21, 2011

This filter allows ANY ANGLE simple gradual colorization of non-square images quickly and easily, with lots of different tint modes and 20 presets included. Gradual/Full monochromatic Grain and input image Desaturation & Soften controls are provided for extra creative flavours! APPLICATIONS: Free Angle subtle or agressive gradual color toning, movie looks/photographic filters simulation, gradient shadow/lighting, specific angle enhancement of skies, oceans, terrains and vegetations tones, etc. It works nicely on landscapes and portraits, but feel free to experiment on any source material! TIP1: To reduce Grain size and Soften radius just use the 'Size, pixels' slider! TIP2: Full image tinting is possible lowering to '0' (zero) both "Rotation" and "Grad. Vertical Shift" values. "Gradual Grain" checkbox will have no effect. (NOTE: "Invert Gradient" must be UNchecked!). ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: "Any Angle Gradient v2.5" snippet by uberzev (Thank You!)