All Filter Forge Filters By ThreeDee

Top Secret

ThreeDee — Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EST

March 5, 2013, Editor's Pick

Think security.

Polygon Fill

ThreeDee — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST

February 19, 2013, Editor's Pick

Breaks the image down to polygonal color areas and reassembles it. You can choose up to 9 layers of colors for the image, plus one for the image mask and a background color. The image can be rendered with thin black outlines and drop shadows under each layer. Use Color Control with image input for the original image. The mask can be turned on by selecting the "Use transparency" option in the image input menu.

Spherical Displacement LE Surface

ThreeDee — Mon, 6 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EDT

August 6, 2012, Editor's Pick

Wraps the image around a sphere and displaces the surface with the image luminosity information.

Sine-O-Graph One

ThreeDee — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT

April 10, 2012, Editor's Pick

Sine controlled path plotting for decorative ornaments and more. Internal workings feature multiple simultaneous path drawing script. Select points or lines for style and experiment! Increase number of points to more accurately draw the path. Low Number of Points also gives very interesting results.

TD Europa Sans Caps Proc Font Advanced

ThreeDee — Fri, 6 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT

April 6, 2012, Editor's Pick

A procedural font with modifiable characters and text input capabilities. Character horizontal and vertical thickness can be modified independently, as can the roundness value of characters, making this a 'multiple master' font. There are four options for text: Alphabets, sample text, random text, custom input text. Custom input works through Bezier curve control which enables multiple characters to be input with a single component: Horizontal positions correspond to letters in sequence, 0.00 is first letter, 0.01 the second letter, 0.03 is the third letter etc. Vertical positions correspond to letters in alphabetical sequence, 0.00 is blank, 0,01 is A, 0.02 is B, etc. Input is fairly easy to do by selecting one input point and using the vertical offset slider to select the letter.

Suburbia

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

November 24, 2008, Editor's Pick

Hey, is that my house?

Forked Lightning

ThreeDee — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

November 17, 2008, Editor's Pick

A fairly constrained forked lightning, with color and glow controls. Variations change pattern within limits.

Halloween Party Drink

ThreeDee — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

September 22, 2008, Editor's Pick

I'll drink to that.

On the Road Again

ThreeDee — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

September 17, 2008, Editor's Pick

Hit the road and drive on the coastal interstate from one end of the continent to the other! Perspective transformation proof of concept, featuring sky, ground, water, road.

Welcome to the Matrix

ThreeDee — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

September 15, 2008, Editor's Pick

Turns the image into a 3-dimensional matrix of spheres in space. (Not that you are necessarily going to recognize the original image.) The stacking number of spheres in the direction of depth derives from image luminosity. Or you can choose to use random number for the depth. Various controls to fine tune the look are provided. Use Lighting>brighness to control lighting. Experimentation is the mother of discovery.

Fractal Tiling

ThreeDee — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

August 25, 2008, Editor's Pick

Image-based Fractal Tiling for your pleasure. Works up to 6 iterations, i.e. levels of detail, each one slower than the previous. For faster "preview," take iterations down a couple of notches. Fractal methodology combined with ByRo/Uberzev Spherize/Unspherize -based Radial Tiling are at the core of this filter.

Avatar

ThreeDee — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

April 15, 2008, Editor's Pick

I know it's a strange idea, but: Here come FF avatars. Since the fully shaded avatar is slow in rendering, there is a "Flat preview" checkbox that allow you to get a preview of the character without depth information.

Furry mascot

ThreeDee — Fri, 1 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

February 1, 2008, Editor's Pick

Somebody had to do it sooner or later... Furry Filter Forge mascots! Just because I felt silly today. Tip: Set Randomizer settings at high and click variations. Tip: Mood slider changes facial expression (mouth). Tip: The fur pattern is based on current image or flat color. Tip: To render without background in Photoshop, apply filter to a layer, not to the background. And turn off Background checkbox.

Skyscraper

ThreeDee — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

January 18, 2008, Editor's Pick

One of the most time-consuming parts of building a 3D city is making the texture maps. No more -- the Skyscraper filter makes them for you! Due to number of controls, they have been grouped by similar function. The first checkbox in a given set of controls (in CAPITAL LETTERS, such as "COLUMNS") turns on or off the entire set. IMPORTANT: SIMULATION MODE -- Turn this mode OFF for generating final maps for 3D modeling. Simulation mode gives you a preview with reflections similar to a 3D rendering, with sky and clouds (or the source image) reflecting from the windows and environment from the structural parts. "COLORS AS GRAY" makes the structural elements in shades of gray, using only the lightness of the colors. Leave unchecked to access full range of colors. Doesn't affect interior elements or glass. Tip: Build one building to your liking and do Variations with "low" or "medium" Randomization Level for Variations and Controls. For more info see Comments on Filters...

Roll of the Dice

ThreeDee — Mon, 6 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

May 6, 2013

Basic dice for FF games, use the Next Variant button to throw. For games that utilize Slider positions, make sure you have the Randomizer settings set to "Variation only."

Cube Wall

ThreeDee — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDT

March 18, 2013

Extracts your image as random 3D cubes. Note: Due to the inaccuracy of using Smudge Component to extrude, there are two controls, Edge Fix X and Edge Fix Y which can be used to place the shadows and highlights more accurately manually.

Digital numbers

ThreeDee — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST

February 28, 2013

Just another funky-chicken method of creating numbers. Proportionate to image.

Liquid Splash

ThreeDee — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EDT

August 14, 2012

Creates a splash of liquid of your choice based on your selection or a random pattern. Does water, paint, ink, quicksilver, most anything liquid. Reduce Size, pixels for increased details and closer adherance to original selection.

Disconnect Size Scrippet

ThreeDee — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

August 23, 2010

Disables global "Size, Pixels" locally.

Fill Proportionally Scrippet

ThreeDee — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

August 23, 2010

Fills the image proportionally with the repeat square content. Useful for making proportional filters. This version disables Size, pixels. To see how it works, create a filter with FF components and put the script as the last component before Result. Then make a non-square image. The result is non-square image filled proportionally with the (originally) square filter output.

Make Proportional Scrippet

ThreeDee — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

August 23, 2010

Makes any internally created (natively square) input proportional to image dimensions. This version resizes with the Size, pixels control while getting its proportions from the image. To see how it works, create a filter with FF components and put the script as the last component before Result. Then make a non-square image. The result is non-square image filled proportionally with the (originally) square filter output.

Diffuse Scrippet

ThreeDee — Thu, 5 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

August 5, 2010

Diffuses image pixels a given distance. Antialiasing settings can be used to smooth out image by oversampling.

Auto Levels by Channel

ThreeDee — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

April 14, 2009

Retrieving Minimum and Maximum values per channel and using them to automatically color adjust image. Custom shadow and highlight cutoff points. Preserve Color -control for when you just want to adjust the tonal range without shifting color. Not limited to External Image, you can use it as a snippet to automatically enhance anything created in FF to full tonal range.

Midtone Enhancer

ThreeDee — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

March 31, 2009

This fairly innocent-looking filter can be a good addition to your photo-enhancement arsenal. It increases contrast and detail in the midtones or shadows where they have disappeared into low-contrast insignificance. It almost seems to create new lighting and shadows in areas where there is just blandness in the original. Try it on your poorly exposed photos -- or even well-exposed ones for that additional "kick". Works miracles in bringing out detail where it has been lost. It works almost anywhere where there is lack of contrast in an image. Use the Gamma control to determine which midtone areas are affected the most: low Gamma affects light midtones (light shadows) most, high Gamma low midtones (dark shadows).

Color Palette from Image

ThreeDee — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

March 23, 2009

Creates a color palette from the image. Color bar heights are proportionate to how much of each color there is in the image.

Histogram

ThreeDee — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

March 23, 2009

RGB+grayscale histogram of the original image.

Metaballs

ThreeDee — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

March 10, 2009

Metaballs meld into each other as they come in close proximity.

Pixel-Based Grid Snippet

ThreeDee — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

November 27, 2008

This snippet demonstrates creating pixel-based calculations. The example shows a 100-pixel grid, optionally divided into 50-pixel and 10-pixel subunits. The grid is pixel-based regardless of image size. (This filter is limited to square images, 200 pixels or more, and "Size, Pixels" will break it.)

Pixel-Based Circle Snippet V2

ThreeDee — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

November 27, 2008

This snippet demonstrates creating pixel-based calculations. The example shows drawing a pixel-size-based circle. The background grid is relative to image-size. At default size (600x600), the grid unit is 10 pixels. The grid will change size depending on image size, but the circle will be drawn by pixel value. (This filter works with images down to 200x200 pixels, including setting "Size, Pixels" down to that size)

Pixel-Based Offset Snippet

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

November 24, 2008

This snippet demonstrates creating pixel-based calculations. The example shows moving a line 1 pixel at a time with the Offset slider control at any image size. The background grid is relative to image-size. At default size (600x600), the grid unit is 10 pixels. The grid will change size depending on image size, but the line will offset by pixel value. To preview the effect on larger images, please ensure preview is set to "Actual Size."

Game of Life

ThreeDee — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

October 13, 2008

The classic Game of Life brought onto the Filter Forge platform! Standalone instructions: 1) Generate a starting pattern. The pattern is controlled by Variation, Starting Level and Grid Frequency. 2) Save the resulting image (with 100% quality setting). 3) Turn off Starting Pattern 4) Load the image you just saved 5) Save the new image Do steps 4 and 5 repeatedly. Photoshop plug-in instructions: Do steps 1-3 above 4) Press control-F repeatedly Note: Seamless tiling ON makes the game "wraparound," OFF makes it "mirrored" at the edges of the image. See any good computer encyclopedia for further information about the theory behind Game of Life.

Rotatable Sphere Snippet V2

ThreeDee — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

October 10, 2008

A snippet (a rather large one at that) for rotating a textured sphere in 3D on all three axes. For simpler implementation, X-axis and Y-axis are relative to the sphere, Z-axis is relative to the viewer. This is slightly counter-intuitive but you can still rotate the sphere to any angle. Special thanks goes to Uberzev, whose snippets are used for polar coordinate transformation and Z-axis rotation.

3D Sphere

ThreeDee — Wed, 8 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

October 8, 2008

Not just any old ball, this is a 3D sphere with spherical image mapping that is fully rotatable on all three axis. From marbles to billiard balls and bowling balls, from beach balls and disco balls to planets, anything that fits the shape can be made with it. Just add texture. Rotation controls are slightly counter-intuitive, for y- and x-axis are relative to the the sphere and z-axis is relative to the viewer. Nevertheless, you can get the ball to rotate to any spatial orientation with a combination of the three. Special thanks goes to Uberzev, whose snippets are used for polar coordinate transformation and z- axis rotation.

Extrude Custom Shape Snippet

ThreeDee — Wed, 1 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

October 1, 2008

A snippet demonstrating basic extrusion of a shape using motion blur and threshold. Works with either the current selection or built-in-FF original shapes.

Bend Snippet

ThreeDee — Wed, 1 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

October 1, 2008

How to bend a textured "pipe" 90 degrees. Based on Byro/Uberzev spherize snippet.

Seamless Tile Rotator

ThreeDee — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

September 29, 2008

Seamless tiling with rotate image. This mad-scientist quantized rotation only allows angle/repeat combinations which result in seamless tiling of the image. The number of angles available depends on the number of repeats of the original image: For example, at one repeat 8 angles are possible, at two repeats 12 angles are possible, at three repeats 16, etc. The closest available angle is chosen based on the angle and repeat combination. Uberzev Flex Tiling snippet used for tile repetition.

Lathe Internal Profile Snippet

ThreeDee — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

September 24, 2008

A snippet demonstrating using an internal profile for a "lathe" (or "revolve") operation. The example is a noise curve. You would likely want to build the profile with curves -- with or without sliders attached -- as you can see the shape, albeit rotated, in the Editor preview.

Lathe Custom Profile Snippet

ThreeDee — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

September 23, 2008

A snippet demonstrating using the current selection as a profile for a "lathe" (or "revolve") operation. For sake of example, I've included a "random shape" generator in the snippet. The profile to be lathed goes in the left half of the image (the right side is ignored) and revolved around a vertical axis that goes through the center of the image. There is really no difference in how thick or thin the profile is; it works all the way down to 1/200 of the image width. Only the left edge of the profile is used, so it doesn't matter what shape the right edge is. In the presets, the green one uses current selection, others use "random shape." The random shape and the switch can be removed. I've separated the input and output sections from the core snippet by some distance. IMPORTANT: Even when using "Random Shape," make a selection in the image. The filter runs 20 times faster that way.

Process Transparency Snippet

ThreeDee — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

September 22, 2008

All this snippet does is take the current selection and apply it as transparency. Made to be used with two-stage filters, such as "Spherica Custom Double-Alpha."

Spherica Custom Double-Alpha

ThreeDee — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

September 22, 2008

The presets only give a small taste of what you can do with this. The true power of this filter actually derives from being able to use images with two alpha channels, one for transparency and the other for a bump map. This is a two-stage filter and works together with the "Process Transparency Snippet," which is run before this filter for best results. Procedure: Start with an image that has two alpha channels, one for transparency and the other one for bump. Step 0: Make sure that the image supports transparency (that it is not on the background layer of Photoshop) Step 1: Load Alpha #1 (or the transparency map) as the current selection and run the image through the "Process Transparency Snippet" filter. Step 2: Load Alpha#2 (or the bump map) as the current selection and run it through this filter. (Note: Turn off "Simulation Mode" -- it is there for the sake of the preset images.) See the thread "Two Alpha Channels" in the FF forum for more information.

Lathe Custom Profile

ThreeDee — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

September 22, 2008

Uses the current selection (or a random object) as the profile and the current image as the texture wrapped around the object. For fine tune control, turn on "ALL CONTROLS." This activates the controls in Mixed Case (when turned off, only the ALL CAPS controls are active). Fine tune controls: You can use any of the RGB channels as a Reflectivity, Reflection Blur or Metallicity Map. You can also invert the effect of the channel. In channel selectors: 1 = R, 2 = G, 3 = B, 4 = RGB, 5 = uniform IMPORTANT: Even when using "Random Shape," make a selection in the image. The filter runs 20 times faster that way. Better samples of this filter in action can be found in "Off the Deep End with ThreeDee" thread.

Pocket Etch-A-Sketch

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

September 11, 2008

Name says it all.

Multireplicate