StevieJ's DreamScape-Tones by StevieJ
Carl
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StevieJ's DreamScape-Tones by StevieJ http://www.filterforge.com/filters/4820.html  I'm going to live forever or die trying
........Carl |
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| Posted: December 7, 2007 9:26 am | ||||||||||
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Carl
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Noice, this will be popular for all those romantic fools  I'm going to live forever or die trying
........Carl |
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| Posted: December 7, 2007 9:28 am | ||||||||||
| ssamm |
StevieJ,
I really like this one. I find the effects interesting for some of my projects and it has inspired me to try some new (personal) photo experiments with FF... |
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| Posted: December 7, 2007 11:11 am | ||||||||||
StevieJ
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I did this one special just for you.....so you could do a "noice" romantic picture of yourself to give to everyone for Christmas  ..... 
Glad you guys like it 
I made this series to use on family pics for Christmas.....so I thought that others might find them useful for the holidays as well. I would be interested to see what you come up with  Steve
“Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: December 7, 2007 12:09 pm | ||||||||||
| Kraellin |
i like this, steve. one suggestion, though. add your color shifter (hue/sat) slider to this. i know you've got that first control for changing things, but an extra hue/sat type here would allow just a bit more tweaking.
here's the default used on that poor woman i used in the monter pics  Ya can't sell art to artists!
Craig |
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| Posted: December 7, 2007 1:37 pm | ||||||||||
ronviers
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Very nice Steve - reminds me of how the girls looked on the Star Trek series. How do I look? You look ready... [Kill Bill] |
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| Posted: December 7, 2007 5:58 pm | ||||||||||
| ssamm |
StevieJ,
As far as image projects (with your filter) go, it would be too embarrassing to show them. (I don't consider myself a serious artist -- I just do it for therapeutic purposes. )
But as far as inspiring me on creating other filters, I'll attach what I came up with below. I was just experimenting, and I did get lost in a lot of tangents... It's just a (very) rough exploration -- I'd have to really trim it up for it to be more user friendly, but the few presets give some general ideas of where I might explore more... The inspiration from your filter was to experiment with masks with blur effects. (I still never got around to adding a Frame component for a vignette blur effect -- but I've been intending to explore into that area more too...) In any case, the results may not be too entertaining to you -- but it was some time-killing fun for me. blur experiments4.ffxml |
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| Posted: December 7, 2007 10:42 pm | ||||||||||
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StevieJ
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I don't think it can be done because the color shifter would completely change the picker color.....but I will test it out and see if there isn't something I can do there 
LOL..... yeah, that poor woman has been seriously used and abused
Glad you like the filter......and nice sample!!!
Thanx.....and yes, I never thought of it, but you are absolutely right.....they were all soft effects like this...... Those were the days.....William Shatner's over acting..... "Star......date......26......point......279!!!" LOL.....
I can't imagine it......from your filters.....and you know I'm a big fan of them
Your WIP looks good so far......and I never thought of using a mask
I was just eye-balling your Aether Dream filter (love the colorations)......and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind if "borrowed" a portion of it, reworked it, and incorporated it into this type of effect.....with full credit and cudos of course Steve
“Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 12:59 am | ||||||||||
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StevieJ
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 Steve
“Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 2:15 am | ||||||||||
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StevieJ
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 Steve
“Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 2:15 am | ||||||||||
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StevieJ
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 Steve
“Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 2:16 am | ||||||||||
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StevieJ
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  Steve
“Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 2:17 am | ||||||||||
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StevieJ
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Original... Steve
“Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 2:17 am | ||||||||||
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Carl
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certainly give a soft feel it reminds me of the old trick of vaseline on the lens - had a peep of your musing ssaammm and looks interesting, I like the distorted one I think it was preset 3 in particular I'm going to live forever or die trying
........Carl |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 3:44 am | ||||||||||
| ssamm |
StevieJ,
Hey, no problem if you take any ideas from Aether Dream. That filter was a pathetic attempt to recreate something similar I noticed to a Flaming Pear filter called "Aetherize". (If you google it, the "aetherize" filter may show up under Flaming Pear's sub category of Products -> Designer Sextect...) As far as any credit goes, it maybe should go to Flaming Pear... where I admit their "Aetherize" filter was what inspired me to create Aether Dream. (I guess I should have mentioned them in my filter description, but I thought my attempt was so pathetic/incorrect that they wouldn't care, and also with my "Aether" title I tried to make a tribute to them (for those that knew of that filter/plugin).) |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 4:17 am | ||||||||||
| ssamm |
Carl,
Thanks for the feedback. I'm not sure which direction I'll take that filter now (as I haven't slept for a few days) -- but if anything does turn out, I'll be sure to blame StevieJ for it. |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 4:38 am | ||||||||||
| Kraellin |
steve, i've been playing with the internals on this one. lots of possibilities here! and i dont mean as far as re-doing this one. i think you've got the right range on this one. but, other effects, borrowing off this one... some interesting things that can be done.
oh, and as far as my color shifting idea on the original here, i simply added a 'hue' control to that last hue/sat component and re-mapped it quite tightly on the min and max sides such that it only goes through the reds and yellows. i think that might stay consistent with the current filter and give a tiny bit more control. that's all i was really talking about. i think the re-mapping was something like minus 27.6 to plus 27.6 or something along those lines. Ya can't sell art to artists!
Craig |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 11:57 am | ||||||||||
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StevieJ
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I know.....this was the "base unit" The others employ more elaborate blend scemes and different types of blur/haze effects.....but I wanted to see how this one would be "received" before dumping.....errr.....submitting any more of them Steve
“Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 8:21 pm | ||||||||||
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ronviers
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Hey ssamm - I think you are the most naturally gifted artist at all of Filter Forge. I'm not saying you’re a master technician like byRo or uberzev, or a master craftsman like Crapadilla or Constantin Malkov, but if you would relax and allow yourself to play - you are capable of making the most beautiful filters that FF will ever know.
LOL How do I look? You look ready... [Kill Bill] |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 8:52 pm | ||||||||||
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StevieJ
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"StevieJ's Vaseline Lens" Hmmmmmmm.....
ssamm, I like the glass distortion preset #4 and REALLY like the chromatic preset #3......both could be their own filters
Thanx!!!
Looks pretty gosh-darn good to me!!! Steve
“Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: December 8, 2007 9:37 pm | ||||||||||
| ssamm |
ronviers and StevieJ,
Hey, thanks for the positive comments. You guys are too nice.
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| Posted: December 9, 2007 9:22 am | ||||||||||
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StevieJ
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Such as??? I'm always interested in your mad scientist experiments on my filters.....which have always yielded things that I have overlooked
I tried it.....but I'm getting colors that can be achieved through the color picker I think that I'm misunderstanding where you put it......Steve
“Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: December 10, 2007 1:29 pm | ||||||||||
| Kraellin |
ok, would you mind if i posted the modded filter here in the forums? i dont want to detract from the original. Ya can't sell art to artists!
Craig |
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| Posted: December 10, 2007 1:53 pm | ||||||||||
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StevieJ
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Well, can you send it to me via email??? I don't want anything to detract from the usage on this one just yet
If you discovered some cool things to incorporate into this one, I'll gladly give you full credit and cudos for it......or if it is completely different than mine, then I would say to go ahead and submit it yourself
PS.... All three of these 'DreamScape' filters in the recent submissions have been updated with a combined frame and threshold blur vignette that can go much heavier and tighter on the image. I also added a guassian toggle which creates some neat things using the regular blur..... I'm thinking about adding directional blurs to this......as well as glass vignettes Steve
“Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: December 10, 2007 2:09 pm | ||||||||||
| Kraellin |
mostly it's just adding some controls, though i did add a couple components here and there. so, i guess i wont post it here, since i wouldnt be comfortable submitting as my own on it yet. but, i do like the general layout and progression of what you've got and may borrow on that for something of my own.
and the hue/sat i was talking about is the last component before the result component. just add a hue slider in there and re-map it tightly so that you only run through the red and yellow range. rather than send you the filter, at the moment, let me post something to give you the idea of what i'm doing with it. the general idea is one of focusing by blurring. sounds odd, but by making a background more blurry, you can often make the foreground more focused without any sharpening of the foreground. it's an old trick and you probably are already familiar with it, but your filter technique just really lends itself well to this idea.  Ya can't sell art to artists!
Craig |
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| Posted: December 10, 2007 2:20 pm | ||||||||||