All Filter Forge Filters By Kraellin

Simplifier - Buzz Style 1h

Kraellin — Thu, 7 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EDT

June 7, 2012

This was an attempt to make a simplifier filter, somewhat like the old Buzz filter.

Color and... 1i

Kraellin — Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EDT

June 5, 2012

I've used this filter in doing photo art. It's a fairly open filter, meaning i didn't reign in and restrict the controls too much. That also means you'll get some duds when you use randomization. Still, I think this filter warrants the more open approach. And yes, there's lots of controls, but that's all part of the open aspect of the filter.

If Noise 1d

Kraellin — Mon, 4 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EDT

June 4, 2012

A fairly simple texture filter for backgrounds or whatever you like.

Edge Wise 1e

Kraellin — Mon, 4 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EDT

June 4, 2012

A very simple filter using the edge detector component.

Dynamic Gamma 1c

Kraellin — Fri, 1 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EDT

June 1, 2012

This is a dynamic, high pass, gamma adjustment filter. It can be useful for 'bleaching' an image, toning it, or in some cases, making things pop a bit.

Charred 1c1

Kraellin — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

May 31, 2012

This filter simulates something badly burned and thus charred. It was originally made in Filter Forge version 2.xx but I never released it. I've now cleaned it up a bit, revised it slightly and all in version 3.xx. The filter, at first glance, wouldn't seem to have much variation to it, but if you add in ambient occlusion and play with the lighting settings, you'll find it's a bit more versatile than it looks initially. The color controls mostly control some of the noise pattern.

Dragonfly Wings 1k

Kraellin — Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

May 30, 2012

I don't expect everyone to get this. This is a very abstract filter. I like it because it reminds me of an old Chinese art style that i call "Bamboo Art". I don't know that that's its official name, but that's what i call it. It should make some nice bamboo sort of of water settings... abstractly. It could be used for backgrounds, also. Abstracts are all about what YOU see in the image. First impressions are key. You don't have to look for anything; it's just what hits you when you first look at it, or even when you look further at it.

Dirt - Stone - Earth 1d

Kraellin — Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

May 28, 2012

A fairly simple filter to simulate rock, stone, earth and like materials.

Earth, Ore and other 1a

Kraellin — Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

May 28, 2012

This started out as a 'Coal' filter and broadened out as I went. It may take some tweaking to get a decent variation as I didn't want to restrict the scope and scale of this too much. Thus, the "Next Variant" button may or may not produce a finished looking version each time. Take some time to get to know the controls. This filter can produce a fairly broad range of earthy type effects.

Children's Wallpaper 1 Simplified 1b

Kraellin — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

May 18, 2012

Just a simple texture filter that somewhat simulates some old wallpapers I remember seeing as a kid.

Chipped and Eroded 1a

Kraellin — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

May 18, 2012

This filter has seven branches to it. Almost every control has a number at the end of it's name. That number corresponds to the branch that control is in. Thus, changing all numbers ending in the same number would change just that branch. The final effect is made up of ALL the branches. Probably the best way to use this filter is to sel ect one of the 20 presets and work fr om there. Also note that anti-aliasing is turned OFF in most of the presets, so if you desire anti-aliasing you'll most likely need to turn it back on.

Bars - Prison 1c

Kraellin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

December 26, 2011

I know there are other bar type filters in the library. I just wanted to do one myself. This one should offer some options that maybe the others don't. I don't know; I haven't really looked over the others. One thing to be aware of is that by making this a surface type filter, when ambient occlusion is added the look can get a bit odd and you may have to adjust for it. Another thing is if you get a totally solid image just lower the "Frame Width" slider and it should be fine. I could have added some color control but blue and chartruese prison bars just didn't seem appropriate, so i didn't :)

Frame - Outside the Picture 1

Kraellin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

August 16, 2011

It used to be difficult to make a frame that didn't cover your image somewhat. This filter corrects that. It's all manual controls, so you'll have to adjust it to suit your needs. Perhaps someone else could make it automatic where the frame would adjust to fit around the image automatically. I'm putting this in the snippet category and as such, there are no fancy borders or frames on this one. Add whatever you like. I've also made it a surface filter, but you only need to turn the height under the lighting tab down to zero and it's the same as a simple filter.

Frame - Steel - 1e

Kraellin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

August 19, 2010

Just a simple frame filter. You can use it with an imported image or hit the 'Selector' button and you can use it with a transparent background.

Acoustic Ceiling Tile 1w

Kraellin — Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT

May 5, 2010

Increase the mortar width if you increase the repeat or mortar will not show. This is a simulation of those 12 inch by 12 inch acoustic tiles and some variants. It's a fairly simple and fast filter. I originally made this for Version 1, but decided to release it to Version 2 since a number of things were made easier and it just works better in Version 2. To increase the amount of texture, simply increase the "Surface Height" under the "Lighting" tab. I also made this a surface filter to increase the versatility a bit, but if you want to see it how it would be as a simple filter, simply turn the "Surface Height" to zero. The "Tiles - Number" slider will only work if you check the "Tiles - Add More" checkbox. The "Bevel - Multiple" will only work if "Tiles - Add More" is turned on and "Bevel - Single" works when that same checkbox is turned off. These are for controlling the bevels around the tiles.

Brushstrokes - Refracted - Distorted 1e

Kraellin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

October 14, 2009

This is an effect filter simulating various painting techniques. My favorite is one that can make a photo look a bit like a Van Gogh.

Impressionist - a mod of CF&M's "Curious Paint"

Kraellin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

April 21, 2009

This is a mod of CF&M's "Curious Paint". This is the last version of the filter. There are quite a few more, if anyone is interested.

Kaleidoscopic Swirls 1g1

Kraellin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

November 24, 2008

This is a creative, construction filter. It is meant to produce ideas as much as textures. By this, I mean that you can use this filter to derive ideas for other filters. It is an open-ended filter, meaning there are no limits or remappings to limit the number of effects possible. This does mean you have to learn a little bit about the controls in order to use this more effectively. The number one positions on the "Curves" selector is no curves are added. The rest of the positions all use different curve components. The same is true for the "Noise" selector. Position #1 is no noise. The rest all use different noise components. The Kaleidoscope checkbox cuts the kaleidoscope in and out of the routine. The curve controls are labeled simply 1, 2, 3 and so on. This is because using so many different curve components would be confusing to have controls for every curve node of every different curve component. #1 control is the first in every curve, and thus, the most important.

Rock Face - Hard 1

Kraellin — Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

October 6, 2008

This filter simulates rough rock faces, as in marble or granite out in the wild. This is NOT meant to simulate smoothed, finished marble as you might find on a countertop, though you might find some uses along those lines in some instances with some settings. My thanks to Steviej, who has been a great help in giving me feedback on my filter creations. Thanks, Steve :)

Background Backdrop Generator 1c

Kraellin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

September 11, 2008

This filter used to be called Color Background Generator. I changed it because i realized you could also do black and whites. At any rate, I used to do a lot of photo manipulations, erasing the backgrounds and replacing them with something else. Making those backgrounds wasn't all that difficult, but it was often limited to finding or making a gradient and then mixing it around so it didn't look like a gradient. Thus, when Filter Forge came along, I realized it could do this a lot quicker and a lot simpler with an endless variety almost at the push of a button. So, there ya go. Have fun, be productive!

Waterfall sub Falls 1z1

Kraellin — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

September 2, 2008

This filter simulate waterfalls, streams, falling rain and possibly other liquid forms. It's essentially derived from my Waterfalls filter with all the extra effects stripped out. When you set the checkbox to 'Refraction', there is one slider that only works with this, the 'Falls Seed Refraction'. Instead of using a blend component to blend two perlins together for the falls, it now uses a refraction compnent to do this. Thus, a slider was included to control how much refraction. All other controls work with all other settings. If you get a black line along the vertical sides of the 'falls', use the 'Falls Edge none - more' and/or the 'Falls Density' control to remove it if desired. This filter will not always work with non-square images due to the profile gradients.

Display Control 1a

Kraellin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

August 14, 2008

This snippet shows one way to control what gets displayed and what doesn't. There are any number of other elements that can be added to enhance all this. This was just to show the simple control.

Color Corrector 1i

Kraellin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

June 16, 2008

This filter adjusts colors, sharpness and blur by channels. It's fairly simple but quite effective. Turn the "Starts" all the way to the left for simple corrections. Move them right for more complex and strong changes.

Floor Coverings 2b

Kraellin — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

June 2, 2008

This is a pattern maker in the style of floor coverings, such as tile, hardwood, terracotta and so on.

HSL Contrast Manipulation rev 1j

Kraellin — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

June 2, 2008

This filter uses a number of hue/saturations along with tone curves to alter hues, lightness and saturations to another image.

Raised Relief Weave 1i

Kraellin — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

June 2, 2008

This filter produces a simple crossing pattern weave that will mix with your image. I cleaned up the sequence on this update and added some new features, particularly lines in both the vertical and horizontal. this is primarily an Art or Creative filter.

Rock - Wall - Old English 1k

Kraellin — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

May 20, 2008

Just an old English rock wall here. If there is enough demand, I'll make the capstone and wall have separate controls. For now, they are not for the sake of simpilcity.

Side Shadowing 1i

Kraellin — Sun, 4 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

May 4, 2008

Just a simple way to highlight or shadow from any side of an image.

Sphere - fuzzy 1e

Kraellin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

April 23, 2008

This filter simply makes black and white spheres, of a sort. the sort is, fuzzy ones, or more aptly put, spheres with a gradient across them. The circle base is of my own design (I think. Forgive me if I've copied this from someone else. It's been a while.) The grid behind the sphere is from Uberzev's "sphere".

Rainbow 1z1e

Kraellin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

March 24, 2008

This filter makes one type of rainbow. It utilizes my 'Perfect Arc' snippet to make the arc and alter the arc. You can have transparent backgrounds or normal image backgrounds with this. You may also vary the size, opacity, length and ends of the rainbow and the angle at which the rainbow is displayed. You will need to adjust the Offset controls as you change the rainbow size and arc to prevent the wrap-around of the image top and bottom. If your rainbow is invisible, simply turn up the Rainbow Strength control or adjust the offset controls. Use the zoom control to remove the wrap-around when the rainbow is on a diagonal. This filter will 'break' non-square images due to the profile gradients used.

Perfect Arc 1k

Kraellin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

March 20, 2008

The idea here is to make an arc and be able to bend it smoothly. That's about all this snippet does. You can alter the colors and width and vertical position as well. The original bend idea was borrowed from TaTa Pushkarova's Rainbow filter. I simply improved on that idea. Also instrumental in getting this bend correct was Ssamm. He helped me out a great deal! So, thank you to both!

Simple Kaleidoscope 1b

Kraellin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

March 12, 2008

This is jsut a simple, colorful display of kaleidoscopic patterns. Use it for whatever you wish :)

Plaids - Simple 1s

Kraellin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

January 11, 2008

This filter utilizes Uberzev's "Any Angle Rotate" snippet. For more of a rough texture, turn the anti-aliasing off. Not all of the colors will work for every selector position. Position 1 = colors 1 vertical and horizontal Position 2 = colors 1, 2, and 3 vert and horizonal Position 3 = colors 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 vert and horiz Position 4 = colors 1 - vert, 1, 2, and 3 -horizontal Position 5 = colors 1 - vert, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 -horiz Position 6 = colors 1, 2 and 3 - vert, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 horiz If you have what looks like a wavy pattern across the image, simply change some of the darker colors to brighter. It's the dark that is creating the look of depth and thus the waviness. Images that are rotated may not tile correctly in seamless mode. If your surface is too smooth, turn up the 'Height' control under the 'Lighting' tab.

First Snow

Kraellin — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

December 25, 2007

Just a little present for the holidays :) Merry Christmas, ALL! And a Happy New Year!

Color Dispersion Mixer 1f

Kraellin — Thu, 6 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

December 6, 2007

This filter disperses and mixes color values from color gradients fairly evenly across an image. It is about the best way I've found of making a dispersed, randomly mixed color field. Varying or changing any given color value will somewhat alter the entire field but keep the dispersion and random mixing of the colors. Switch positions correspond to the following component types: 1. 3 color gradient 2. noise gradient 3. spectrum 4. 5 color gradient Note that the color spectrum has no color inputs, therefore, no color controls in the main interface. Note also that you only need to use any two of the gradients. Just remove the rest from this snippet and plug your two into where the switches plug in. I added all the color gradients here to show how each works with each other.

Shingles - Asphalt 1

Kraellin — Wed, 5 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

December 5, 2007

This filter simulates North American style asphalt roofing shingles. It utilizes a stripped down version of the 'Zoomer' snippet by Uberzev to enlarge the size of the shingles. There are two shingle types represented, the elongated and the shorter version. Use the 'Shingle type' checkbox to pick the type you want. The 'Distort Edges' slider will make just the shingle edges distort a small amount to give a worn, aged or irregular look. No attempt was done to make shingle caps, flashing or any other roofing material here. The color controls vary the mix of the color of the shingles. Changing a single color control may not vary the effect very much, so play around for the final color combination you want. American asphalt shinges do come in various colors, but they tend to be very low-key, subdued. So, use the color controls sparingly, especially when going brighter

Framed Kaleidoscopes 1

Kraellin — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

November 22, 2007

This is based on an experiment with a 'frame' component and a 'kaleidoscope' component combined with a 'refraction' component. This is a combination that others have used in various filters and I just wanted to see what else could be done with this combo. A little more has been added for variety, but the basics are those three components. I'm not really sure what use some may put this to, but I found these enjoyable to view and hope you will as well. Anti-aliasing is turned off in all of the presets, so you may wish to turn some back on for better smoothing. And, like a lot of my pattern and artistic filters, I do not re-map the controls. This leaves the filter open to creating some real weird or undesirable results, but leaves more creativity within the filter. I prefer this trade-off in this type of filter.

Fall Colors 1g

Kraellin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

November 13, 2007

This is an art filter. It was designed around a photo by Danny Raphael, from RetouchPro.com. The photo was of a train tracks running through a woods during the fall, with all the leaves turning their brightly colored hues. Thus the name for this filter. It may not work well with other images and photos. I've tested it on a couple others and seems to have some merit, so I'm releasing it as is. The filter's primary components are high pass and refraction, with a twist of a tone curve and impulse curve thrown in for tinting. I hope you enjoy it.

Circles and Squares 1

Kraellin — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

October 29, 2007

Just a simple circle maker. You can have solid circles, line circles, and transparent backgrounds. So, this filter can be used with or without an imported image. If your circle doesn't show up, turn the 'Circle Opacity' slider down (left). If all three checkboxes are checked, there will be no part of the imported image showing through. This filter was NOT designed to use the 'size, pixels' slider. 'Next Variant will work fine.

Curtains and Drapes 3k

Kraellin — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

October 12, 2007

This is a texture filter. It simulates hanging curtains, drapes and other fabrics. This is a 'factory' or 'forge' filter. It is not a single effect type filter. The range of effects is similar to the original, but not exact. There are quite a few controls, but hopefully, these will be easy enough to use. This is the third version of this filter. It does NOT update and override the earlier version. It is its own filter. This version strips out a number of things from the first. Gone is the frame component and so are a few other things. It's been simplified and streamlined a bit, but overall, gives a more consistent result with fewer oddballs results. Randomizations will not be perfect every time. As a 'factory' type filter, this allows more creative control but allows also more room for error and non-optimal results. Move the 'Pattern Shape' slider to zero to have no pattern at all.

Outliner 1c1b

Kraellin — Wed, 3 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

October 3, 2007

I've seen a number of edge fingers, posterizers and so on in Filter Forge and just thought I'd do a variation of my own. It's a simple little thing and I hope you enjoy it.

Pink Sliders for Carl, Steve & Manon

Kraellin — Tue, 2 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

October 2, 2007

Ok, so this is a bit of a spoof with the title :) Nonetheless, it's a valid, sincere filter. The filter is great for images that are already somewhat pastel or light in color. It can produce some very nice tints. I didn't try to limit the sliders too much, so, it's possible to get some bad settings. I wanted to leave some versatility in there.

Ghost Rider 1z1h-submit

Kraellin — Tue, 2 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

October 2, 2007

This is not a simple filter. It is a multiple effect filter. It requires a bit of study and use in order to get familiar with the controls. No care has been taken to make sure that the 'size, pixels' slider will work correctly. No care has been taken to make sure bump maps, normal maps or any other maps work correctly. Some care has been taken to try to make randomizations work well, but I guarantee nothing with that either. The only reason this is a surface filter is because I wanted to be able to use the various lighting environments with this filter. Therefore, height controls may not work well. This is eseentially an art filter, a photo art filter. I use it to alter photographs and other images into something other than what it currently is for the purpose of aesthetic value. It may well not work very well on every imported image you try. It does work well on some. I'd suggest images larger than 600 pixels on any given side. Anti-aliasing is turned off on some of the presets.

Snow Covered Ground 1d-1a-1

Kraellin — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

September 14, 2007

This one makes rock, ground and snow textures, great for backgrounds. The controls should be fairly self-explanatory. 'Size' also works properly, as does the lighting. I left a few controls unplugged but there if you want to hook them back up. I really wanted to keep the control list down. Variation also works nicely. This one took a while to get right. My thanks to Ahimsa, StevieJ and Foxxee for their help and feedback through all this! Oh, and thanks to Crapadilla for all his help on using noise components!

Rock Wall 1

Kraellin — Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

September 5, 2007

I've been studying Crapadilla's 'noise lab' thread in the 'filter creation' forum on FilterForge.com. This is a result of that study. This filter simulates a rock wall face, often granite looking. The range of this filter does or can fall a bit outside of that look, but mostly not and I didn't want to limit some looks by having to re-map some of the controls. I did re-map quite a few to keep the range within a rock look as best I could while still maintaining a wide range of choices. The controls should be mostly self explanatory. The controls labeled 'shade' are modifiers to the main set of controls which don't contain that word. It's a very simple filter but has a nice variety of looks. The power of this filter can be explained by reading that thread started by Crapadilla. Great piece of work there, Dilla!

Blood Stain 1f rev 1b

Kraellin — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

August 27, 2007

This filter simulates blood stains and splattering. You can use it with an imported image or without. The 'Opaque - Transparent' control allows for the effect to be overlayed on another image or by itself with a transparent background. You might also find this filter useful as a paint filter. I've also added Crapadilla's suggested changes to this version. Thanks, Dilla. I also renamed 'Blood Stretch' to 'Blood Thinner'. And, I modified the texture leg to take advantage of Dilla's suggestions as well.

Replace Sky 1e

Kraellin — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

August 22, 2007

Got one of those blown out, dull, overly white skys? This will fix it. Use the sky controls to change that white sky to something more interesting. The 'Blend to Land' control will smooth out the transition from sky to land and even tint the land when you want (like when things are very overcast).

Silver Surfer 1b

Kraellin — Mon, 6 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

August 6, 2007

This is a modification (mod) of StevieJ's "Heavy Metal Chrome" filter. It's been rather heavily modded. I wanted a very specific range of looks, so this was an alteration of his filter to achieve this.

Monster Spawn 8c

Kraellin — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 30, 2007

This is another 'spawn' of 'the Monster', my rather large, unreleased filter. This one does a bit of distortion and noise and may 'break' on non-square images due to the profile gradient. I've also added a blur and a way to merge the effect with the original image, if desired.

The Original Monster's Monster 1L

Kraellin — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 30, 2007

This is the filter, which came from the original, unreleased filter, "The Monster", which spawned "The Beast". In other words, there was 'the monster', then this snippet which came from there and which then went on to become 'the beast'. There was some interest in the forums on Filterforge.com about the original snippet, so, I thought i'd release it. The only thing added to the original snippet are the controls and the levels component. I didn't alter the control names in this one (much). I figure folks that use this one will also be folks that make filters and they would be more familiar with the actual names. This one may take some practice to get exactly the effect you want. The presets were made with this in mind. Use them as a guide. And don't neglect the color control. This one can have profound effects.

Pattern Play 2c

Kraellin — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 25, 2007

Just a sequel to the earlier one. Added a couple things, altered a couple other things.

Pattern Play 1k

Kraellin — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 24, 2007

It's a pattern filter. What else do you say? Move the sliders around. Oh hell, I hate descriptions :)

Monster Spawn 7c

Kraellin — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 20, 2007

This is the seventh in the 'Monster Spawn' series. (filters 'spawning' from 'the Monster' filter. This one is more of a tone and shade filter. It's a very simple curves type filter. Basically, I was going for something a bit moody and dark, though it can do lighter as well. I also wanted some special lighting, maybe even some inverse lighting and some reflection lighting.

Monster Spawn 6e

Kraellin — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 20, 2007

This is the sixth in the 'Monster Spawn' series. This one only loosely conforms to the criteria set forth for 'the Monster', but I left it in just because it's so weird. Play around with it, toss it out, use it to throw darts at... I'll perfectly understand.

Monster Spawn 5d

Kraellin — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 17, 2007

This is the fifth in the 'Monster Spawn' series. This is another noise filter. However, this one uses your image to generate the noise and can also scatter that noise outwards.

Monster Spawn 4c

Kraellin — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 16, 2007

This is the fourth in the Monster Spawn series. This one was again, a routine taken from 'The Monster', but this one was further enhanced by additions. This filter alters color tones and relief or height. the color tones are altered through the use of a hue/sat component and an impulse curve component. The relief or height mapping is altered through desaturate, levels and gamma components.

Monster Spawn 3

Kraellin — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 16, 2007

This is the third in the 'monster spawn' series. This one is based on a wave curve component and will vary the color tones somewhat, along with a repetitive pattern. It's a very simple filter, but produces some nice effects on some images.

Monster Spawn 2a

Kraellin — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 13, 2007

This is the second of the 'Monster Spawns'. These are spin-offs from my multi-filter, 'The Monster' (which is not released). These filters are all image filters (using an image component) and a lot of them are noise filters. This one could probably also be classed as a noise fitler. The original routine from 'the Monster' was modified for this filter. The original was much simpler and I've included it with the filter.

Monster Spawn 1a

Kraellin — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 13, 2007

This is one of the 'spawn' of 'The Monster', a 'multi-filter' I made and continue to make. This filter is simply one effect from that larger, more un-weildy filter. This one is basically an 'add noise' type filter.

Window Frames 1s4

Kraellin — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 11, 2007

This filter makes window frames, both with and without an imported image as the background. This filter works best with square sizes, but, I was able to make it work somewhat with non-square sizes. However, there are limitations with non-square. The bars may not line up proportionally within the frame when using the repeats. Hopefully, a later version of Filter Forge will correct this.

Onion Skin Paper 1

Kraellin — Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 9, 2007

This simulates onion skin paper (though, it could be used to simulate other papers and textures). Use the 'opacity' control to add more or less of an imported image or just turn it down to 1 for all texture. The 'translucency' control is for when you want no imported image, per se, but do want the 'paper' to be somewhat see-through. The 'selector' switch simply changes the texture amongst various types.

Banded Adjustments 1c

Kraellin — Wed, 4 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 4, 2007

This filter is for adjusting 'bands' of highs, lows, and midtones. It's still fairly primitive but should work ok on most images. It's not quite a low/midtone/high adjustment filter. It works a bit differently, but does still make adjustments in those ranges.

High Pass Variations with Color 1

Kraellin — Mon, 2 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

July 2, 2007

This is the second version of High Pass Variations. More controls have been added and a colorizing ability has been added on also. This last part is optional with the checkbox. The High Pass filtration makes for pretty good edge finding. You can definitely see some of that in this filter. Controls with a numberal after their name indicate which selector position that control will work with. If there is no numberal after the name, then the control is global.

Cutouts 1d

Kraellin — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

June 25, 2007

This is a filter that uses one image or texture to cutout parts of another. You can plug your own filters into this one and use this or another filter to cut out parts of another. I've also allowed for having the background image show or not. Use the 'Use Image BG' for this.

Barber Pole 1f

Kraellin — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

June 21, 2007

Just a simple barber pole filter, or maybe a piece of a candy cane. You can have the pole with or without a background image. The pole may be moved side to side and you can alter the width to an extent. The shading is also variable but may not show up well if you alter the orgiinal color setting of red. And, you can rotate the pole. With a little bit of clever application, you could then animate the pole rotation.

Carpet Patterns 1k

Kraellin — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

June 20, 2007

This is a filter to create carpet pattern textures. The controls should be self-explanatory, for the most part. I've also added uberzev's excellent 'any angle rotate' snippet here to be able to rotate the 'carpet' to any desired angle. Use the 'texture density' control to alter the 'pile' of the carpet. This should also add or subtract the depth look of the texture. The 'Offset kaleid' controls alter the pattern, not the global offset of the texture. Use the normal 'Offset' controls for that. Also, one note on using the seamless tiling option. This will slightly alter the look of the texture pattern when turned on.

The Beast

Kraellin — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

June 13, 2007

This filter was designed to give "monster skins" to normal portrait type photos. It was tested using primarily just one such photo. There are 7 different "skin" effects which you combine using the opacity controls to create the look you want. There is also a built-in masking feature, which you use with the "picker" controls at the bottom of the control list. The masking cannot be exact due to certain current limitations but I got it as close as I could. Thus, you may need to take your finished image back into a paint program for more masking to allow features of your image to show. The filter also borrowed other filters made by other folks. "Brain Jelly Cuisine" by Ionic69, "Exposed Flesh" by Joe Brandibas, "Alien Armor" by CFandM, and "Alien Egg Cluster" by RawArt, were all used in some manner. No actual people or monsters were hurt or injured in the making of this filter.

Church II

Kraellin — Mon, 4 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

June 4, 2007

This is a pattern filter. The presets mostly reminded me of items in a church, either a stained glass window, a fancy, inlaid floor, or a rich, luxurious carpet one might see in such a setting. The repeat, and other controls, are marked according to 'channels'. Those channel markings correspond to the "Selector - Channels" control. The presets were all designed to resemble or remind one of something in a church. However, the "size, pixels", "variation" and "Next Variant" sliders can easily break that effect, so use those with that in mind. I have added back the refraction on this version. The presets are all set with anti-aliasing turned off for greater speed. The "Selector - Final" slider alters the first selection to an inversion in the second slot and an alpha channel transparency in the third position. Also note that non-square imported images will not render correctly. So, i've added an offset to help with this.

Steve's Cup 1f

Kraellin — Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

June 1, 2007

This is a bit of a study in black and white. I had recently suggested to StevieJ that he try one of his filters in black and white. So, I thought I'd do the same. This is also a filter based around one image; StevieJ's cup image, which he posted in the FilterForge forums. If you are ever lacking inspriation in making filters, take a single image from somewhere and build a filter around that one image. You can get some interesting results.

Church 1g

Kraellin — Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

May 28, 2007

This is a pattern filter. The presets mostly reminded me of items in a church, either a stained glass window, a fancy, inlaid floor, or a rich, luxurious carpet one might see in such a setting. The repeat, and other controls, are marked according to 'channels'. Those channel markings correspond to the "Selector - Channels" control. The presets were all designed to resemble or remind one of something in a church. However, the "size, pixels", "variation" and "Next Variant" sliders can easily break that effect, so use those with that in mind. Originally, I also included a refraction component, but the rendering time got quite long, as much as four minutes in some cases. Also, the presets are all set with anti-aliasing turned off for greater speed. Simply turn that back on for smoother results but longer rendering time. The "Selector - Final" slider alters the first selection to an inversion in the second slot and an alpha channel transparency in the third position.

Waterfalls 4a

Kraellin — Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

May 21, 2007

This filter makes waterfalls, a variety of waterfalls. The controls are labeled for easy understanding. The background selector will let you switch between five different backgrounds. The fourth background uses a variation of Vladimir's "Crysta" filter. All controls except one should work with all backgrounds. The exception is the 'rocks repeat' control. This will only work with one background, the first. This filter will 'break' if you use the "size, pixels" control on the bottom of the control list. Keep it slid all the way right. The "variations" button will work fine. My thanks to StevieJ, CF&M, Persidio and voldemort for their encouragement and suggestions throughout the making of this filter.

Soap Bubble 2

Kraellin — Fri, 4 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

May 4, 2007

This filter makes soap bubbles. You can make them by themselves on a transparent background or on imported images. These will not work correctly with non-square images. My thanks to CF&M for his snippet and help. Thanks to Uberzev also for borrowed pieces.

Five Stroke Scratchy 1f

Kraellin — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

April 25, 2007

This is a 'Scratch' type filter. It creates scratches on an image. Or, with a bit of imagination, pencil marks. It uses 5 different angles for these. This is a bit different from other scratch type filters in that it uses the original image to help create the scratches. One caveat here; if you lessen all the opacity controls you will eventually turn the image partially transparent. This may or may not be desired. The way to prevent this is to keep at least one opacity at a high setting.

Color Range Extractor 1f

Kraellin — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

April 25, 2007

The idea is to be able to isolate a particular color or range of colors. There are three ways to do this in this filter, by hue, by lightness and by saturation. Hue is the easiest and should be tried first. But, lightness probably works better when you want to isolate blacks and whites. Saturation I rarely use, but does have a use now and then. Because what you want to isolate often has a similar color somewhere else in the picture, I've included a way to somewhat isolote geographically, just one given area. The controls for this are at the bottom of the control list. It's easiest when using these to turn the saturation selector and saturation range selector up so that you can see most of your image, isolate your area and then turn the saturation controls down again. If you go into the editor, you can also see that I've included the base isolation routine, separate from the main filter, just in case you want to experiment.

Children's Wallpaper 1

Kraellin — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

April 17, 2007

Just a simple texture filter that somewhat simulates some old wallpapers I remember seeing as a kid.

Tone Trash 1g

Kraellin — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

April 9, 2007

This is a toning filter. It uses a great number of curve type components which can add or alter tone to an image. It is intended to work with imported images or through a graphic editor as a plugin. However, I also added some features to the end of the component tree to give it a more painted, brush stroke look. The name of the filter came about from using the curve components from another, larger filter. This was sort of the 'trash' of that one :) Use the 'Opaque Selector' to create opaque or transparent results.

Persian Rug 2o

Kraellin — Wed, 4 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

April 4, 2007

This is pattern filter. It's purpose is to simulate exotic carpets and rugs. Use the 'Import Image' control if you wish to load and use an imported image to make your patterns. I'd suggest using fairly strong colored imports with a lot of one color within. And in this version, only square imported images will work correctly. This version also includes fringe and controls for same. The corners are transparent on purpose. If you wish to save them as such, use .tiff or .png formats. .Jpg will not save transparencies. And thanks to Uberzev for the basic fringe routine.

Persian Rug 2

Kraellin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

March 30, 2007

This is a pattern filter. It's purpose is to simulate exotic carpets and rugs. Use the 'Import Image' control if you wish to load and use an imported image to make your patterns. I'd suggest using fairly strong colored imports with a lot of one color within.

Kaleidoscope Something 1i

Kraellin — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

March 28, 2007

Ok, this one is just for fun. I basically ripped this segment out of one of my mega-multi- filters and made it its own filter. After tweaking it a bit and adding to it a bit, I'm releasing it to the library. You can use this by itself or with an imported image. The imported image mode will use the import to form the kaleidescopic effect. So, different images will produce different effects with the same pre-set. The selector at the top of the controls will completely alter the type of kaleidoscope created. Using square imported images will give the effect in the same ratio as seen in the pre-set. using non-square imports may require using the offset controls to re-center things. All of the controls should work with all the selector positions.

Irridescent Illusions 2b

Kraellin — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

March 26, 2007

This started out as a mod of StevieJ's Extreme Glass filter. It's now quite a bit different. The idea was to make a filter that gave some irridescent colors to other images.

Kaleidoscopic Profile - Simple 2

Kraellin — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

February 26, 2007

This is an abstract shape and pattern generator. It just makes kind of interesting patterns. I was originally looking at abstract architecture using this. The color portion was added borrowing CF&M's "Color Shifter" filter. I cut part of it out and used the rest.

Luminance Masking 4

Kraellin — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

February 16, 2007

This filter allows you to mask some of the luminance of an image and alter the mask for further control over it.

Simple Basic Editor 1

Kraellin — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

January 29, 2007

The idea behind this filter was to make a simple graphics editor with Filter Forge. This came out better than i expected and there is room yet for improvement. The controls are laid out with the global controls coming first, followed by invidual groups of controls that can be switched on and off for the desired effects. Within both the global controls and the specials, each module type's controls are separated by a dashed line with a number at the end. The special group of 'Alpha' types may be a bit difficult to understand. The idea behind these is to be able to mask off areas of your imported image based on the colors present in that image. This routine was borrowed from one of the other filter makers and then modified by myself to attempt to add a second control color for more refinement of the mask. Feel free to modify and re-submit this filter. If you do, please choose another name than this one.

Curtains and Drapes 2

Kraellin — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

January 15, 2007

This is a texture filter. It simulates hanging curtains and drapes. There is an optional feature at the bottom for adding Kaleidoscope patterns to the filter. The selector for this is just above those controls. In the first position you have the normal, no kaleidoscope mode. In the second position you get normal plus kaleidoscope in series. In the third position you have normal plus kaleidoscope blended into each other in parallel. The optional kaleidoscope controls ONLY work when the selector is in the third position! The rest of the controls work all the time. You can also simulate other effects, such as fabrics. Simply lessen the 'shape' and 'stretch' type controls. Ignore the little checkboxes. They are only used to separate control groupings. So, it has no effect if they are checked or not.

Frosty Morning Window 1

Kraellin — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

January 11, 2007

This is a very simple filter simulating a frosty morning window pane. There aren't many controls. Just play around with it a bit and you'll get it. And don't forget the "Size, pixels" slider near the bottom.

Abstract Frames 2a

Kraellin — Tue, 9 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

January 9, 2007

This is another frame filter. The point of this filter is to make some non-mainstream type frames. It is somewhat inspired by CF & M's frames of late and I may have borrowed some of his code as well. I've also borrowed Richard Bartlett's "Color Isolate" routine for one of my switch channels. The controls are grouped by switch choice. So, if you move the selector to 1 you'll use the controls for that switch position. Thus, not all controls will be active at one time. The group with 'g1' and 'g2' are global and will work with all switch postions.

Rubber Face III

Kraellin — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

November 20, 2006

Just a simple little filter primarily for use with close-ups of faces, front on. The first set of distortion controls can alter faces on a fairly subtle basis. The 2nd set of distortions is for much wilder alterations. The 3rd set is set one and two in series with each other. The offsets are mostly for re-positioning your image after wild distortions. Selection position #1 and #2 are the 'finished' positions and work independently of each other. Position #3 is set #1 and set #2 in series and combines the two that way. #4 and #5 are just something I threw in as 'what if's'. When using the Selector in position #3, use the #3 distortions for wild variations and the first set of distortion controls for fine tuning.

Frame Offset-Warp 2

Kraellin — Mon, 4 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT

September 4, 2006

This is a filter for warping, altering and offsetting frames (see the presets). This composition is taken from my new Multiswitch filter with some upgrades due to the simplicity of this filter.

Underwater 2n

Kraellin — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

August 28, 2006

This filter was originally designed to show floods and underwater effects but has expanded into mists, snow, ice, toxic and other forms of gas and liquid. This filter will not work as intended if your base image is rectangular and the horizontal sides are shorter than the vertical sides. This is a side effect of the seamless nature of Filter Forge.

Frame Forge 3

Kraellin — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

August 25, 2006

This filter uses two frame components and allows some control over each and then blends the results into one. Every control below "--MAIN SELECTOR--" is on a switch and will only work when "--MAIN SELECTOR--" is turned to that switch position.

Text Offset 1b

Kraellin — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

July 31, 2006

This filter was designed with text applications in mind. It creates offsets of varying degrees to the fonts and allows a few other effects. When using the offset controls the best results on text are generally around 48, plus or minus a few points.

Waxy I

Kraellin — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

July 24, 2006

This filter produces a waxy, sort of cheesecloth effect on images with controls over color, blending, paper texture and some detail. Not all controls work with all Selector positions.

Glass Menagerie II

Kraellin — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

July 10, 2006

This filter will create a variety of glass effects, mostly clear glass. You can make glass bricks, broken glass, cut glass and so on. Future versions may include frosting and colored glass.

Sunsets V

Kraellin — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

July 10, 2006

This is a filter for altering the sky in landscape pictures, particularly for making sunsets within that sky. It relies on a variance between luminosity of the ground and the sky and will divide those areas within the filter and then alter mostly just the sky, with a smaller effect to bathe the land with the sky effect. If adjusted correctly, it should also show the sky effect on water as a reflection.

Colored Foil 1d

Kraellin — Fri, 7 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

July 7, 2006

Raise the contrasts for a more smooth look. Raise the refractions for a more blended look. Lower the 'Size, pixels' setting for a more banded look. if and when more control components are added, I'll most likely update this filter.

High Pass Variations 1

Kraellin — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

June 21, 2006

This filter explores some variations on the high pass filter component. It is used WITH an image imported into the filter. The Perlin controls will only work when the main selector is in the #2 or #3 postion.

Kaleidoscopic Effects 1

Kraellin — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

June 13, 2006

This is a kaleidoscopic type filter. Use the 'Blend with Image' slider to allow more or less of the original image showing through.