All Filter Forge Filters By Robin Wood

Wood Lattice

Robin Wood — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

April 22, 2009, Editor's Pick

This is just a wooden lattice, like you can find at most lumber yards. Nothing fancy, really. You can set the width of the boards, the darkness and softness of the shadow, and the brad opacity. You can also have two different board colors, just in case you're making a fancy lattice for a special occasion. And, of course, you can set the lattice to be diagonal, for things like porches, or horizontal and vertical, for things like arbors. Because sometimes you need one, and sometimes the other!

Easter Egg Dye

Robin Wood — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EDT

March 31, 2011

This filter creates a texture that can be applied to easter eggs in a 3D app. It's really an adaptation of Grungy Hearts by Kochubey. (Thanks, Kochubey, for permission to post it!) Any inefficiency is all mine.

Art Glass

Robin Wood — Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

April 1, 2009

This filter is designed to make Art Glass, such as that popularized by Tiffany, to use in computer-generated stained glass windows. The filter will be more successful for that purpose if you use a light color for the Background. I've also found that setting the Secondary Color Blend Mode to 3 (Multiply,) 5 (Linear Burn) or 11-14 (Soft, Hard, Vivid, or Linear Light) looks more like glass; although you can get interesting effects with the other blend modes. Other than that, just have fun with it!

Ornate Kaleidoscope

Robin Wood — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

March 10, 2009

This filter puts a five color gradient through two or three Kaleidoscopes, with lots of controls so you can really play with them. The result is a series of extremely ornate patterns, perfect for any richly decorated surface. Or you can just play with the controls, and recreate the experience of looking through a real kaleidoscope! The Internal Mode affects the first kaleidoscope, which changes the design, but isn't accessible for direct viewing. Type 1 Mode affects the second kaleidoscope, and is what you will see if you use Type 1. Type 2 introduces veins to the design, but also distorts it, so it no longer appears to be the end result of kaleidoscopes. (Changing the modes and values of the kaleidoscopes upstream does have a dramatic impact on the design, though.) Type 3 runs Type 2 through a third kaleidoscope, and gives you the most ornate designs.