Glass Bricks by Carl

Kraellin Kraellin Posts: 8795 Filters: 79	Glass Bricks by Carl http://www.filterforge.com/filters/4995.html Ya can't sell art to artists! Craig
	Posted: January 11, 2008 9:16 am	Details E-Mail
Kraellin Kraellin Posts: 8795 Filters: 79	cool, carl can you turn the background image off on this one? Ya can't sell art to artists! Craig
	Posted: January 11, 2008 9:16 am	Details E-Mail
StevieJ Designer/Artist Posts: 9575 Filters: 163	Cheek.....cheek.....cheek.....Cheek of Earl Very noice!!! Yeah, I would take the external image out of this one......and call it "Glazed Ceramic Tiles"..... Excellent work!!! Steve “Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :)
	Posted: January 11, 2008 11:39 am	Details E-Mail
Kraellin Kraellin Posts: 8795 Filters: 79	i wouldnt take it out, i'd just make an option Ya can't sell art to artists! Craig
	Posted: January 11, 2008 1:18 pm	Details E-Mail
Carl c r v a Posts: 5108 Filters: 51	Thanks for poping in Quote Kraellin wrote: can you turn the background image off on this one there is an alpha switch, but I was tempted to put one in that had a white colour B/g Quote StevieJ wrote: I would take the external image out of this one Quote Kraellin wrote: i wouldnt take it out boy you guys know how to confuse a person There are a couple of glass brick filter in the library all pretty boring [ shameless bashing but true ] and I had this one in my pile so cleaned it up and here we are today thanks for commenting I'm going to live forever or die trying ........Carl
	Posted: January 11, 2008 8:15 pm	Details E-Mail
StevieJ Designer/Artist Posts: 9575 Filters: 163	Don't listen to Craig.....listen to me!!! Remove the external image!!! I don't think there are "Glazed Ceramic Tiles" ( ) like this in the library..... Okay, we're going to need a third professional opinion on whether or not to loose the external image.....I don't think it goes with it at all.....and much more usable without it..... Steve “Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :)
	Posted: January 11, 2008 11:23 pm	Details E-Mail
ronviers na Posts: 3485 Filters: 30	Very nice Carl. I remember I used to see glass blocks everywhere, especially in office buildings, but now I hardly seem them at all. I seem to remember mostly green glass. Quote StevieJ wrote: Okay, we're going to need a third professional opinion How about an opinion from the peanut section instead. I would definitely leave the image in and refract it a tiny bit (.5 or so) using the blur coming off the inverted gradient as the height - just to help sell the glass. I also prefer a normal (with opacity control) rather than a darken blend mode to tie the image to the glass. And like that's not enough I also think the refection blur broke out (limited to about 65%) with a slider really helps. These are just thoughts, I like it just as it is. How do I look? You look ready... [Kill Bill]
	Posted: January 12, 2008 4:51 am	Details E-Mail
Kraellin Kraellin Posts: 8795 Filters: 79	here's a thought, and bear in mind that i havent actually looked at the guts on this one yet, so maybe you've already done this, but, what if you set the image component to the height of the results component? the current image looks to be blended INTO the glass a bit on some of those presets, so, if you moved the image to the height control and darkened it a bit to set it further into the background, wouldnt that give you more separation between glass and background? and if that just mottles and warps the height of the glass, then perhaps another method for getting some separation in the depth of the two planes? Ya can't sell art to artists! Craig
	Posted: January 12, 2008 11:00 am	Details E-Mail
StevieJ Designer/Artist Posts: 9575 Filters: 163	Quote ronviers wrote: I would definitely leave the image in I concede defeat..... LOL.... Quote ronviers wrote: refract it a tiny bit (.5 or so) using the blur coming off the inverted gradient as the height - just to help sell the glass. Good idea.....definitely would be more like glass..... Quote Kraellin wrote: be blended INTO the glass a bit on some of those presets Yeah, maybe like inside the glass block.... Steve “Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :)
	Posted: January 12, 2008 12:02 pm	Details E-Mail
ahimsa Posts: 3052 Filters: 41	Variation 7 looks like it could have medical gum under it, you know, like for smoking. Pretty nice filter.
	Posted: January 13, 2008 6:38 am	Details E-Mail
Carl c r v a Posts: 5108 Filters: 51	Quote ronviers wrote: would definitely leave the image in and refract it a tiny bit (.5 or so) using the blur coming off the inverted gradient as the height - just to help sell the glass. I also prefer a normal (with opacity control) rather than a darken blend mode to tie the image to the glass. And like that's not enough I also think the refection blur broke out (limited to about 65%) with a slider really helps. These are just thoughts, I like it just as it is. Good suggestions Ron - adopted + other improvement - resubmitted - thankyou Quote StevieJ wrote: Don't listen to Craig.....listen to me!!! Quote Kraellin wrote: i wouldnt take it out Quote ronviers wrote: I would definitely leave the image in Quote StevieJ wrote: I concede defeat I'm so very wrong again Quote ahimsa wrote: medical gum interesting thought Quote ahimsa wrote: Pretty nice filter Sample of mod................ I'm going to live forever or die trying ........Carl
	Posted: January 14, 2008 1:50 am	Details E-Mail
ahimsa Posts: 3052 Filters: 41	That's actually better than the default.
	Posted: January 14, 2008 2:48 am	Details E-Mail
Kraellin Kraellin Posts: 8795 Filters: 79	by george, i think he's got it! the image now looks correct, carl, like it's under the glass instead of partially in it. well done! what'd you do to it? Ya can't sell art to artists! Craig
	Posted: January 14, 2008 9:12 am	Details E-Mail
ronviers na Posts: 3485 Filters: 30	This looks great Carl. I really like how you blurred the refraction then blended it back with screen. It really does look like glass. How do I look? You look ready... [Kill Bill]
	Posted: January 14, 2008 9:51 am	Details E-Mail
StevieJ Designer/Artist Posts: 9575 Filters: 163	I'm not convinced.... LOL..... JK.... Steve “Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :)
	Posted: January 14, 2008 7:37 pm	Details E-Mail
Carl c r v a Posts: 5108 Filters: 51	Been working on giving more depth to the bricks and I've added mortar, this has slowed the filter right down to 2.25 min on a quad so will have to speed up before resubmitting - if I get rid of the mortar it's alot faster I'm going to live forever or die trying ........Carl
	Posted: January 19, 2008 11:18 pm	Details E-Mail
StevieJ Designer/Artist Posts: 9575 Filters: 163	Love the filter, but not thrilled with the smooth mortar......maybe a rough mortar would look better..... Steve “Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :)
	Posted: January 20, 2008 12:26 am	Details E-Mail
ronviers na Posts: 3485 Filters: 30	I really like the mortar - I think it is much better with it. I am not sure what glass block mortar is composed of but to me it looks accurate. Too bad about the performance hit but isn't that the way it goes. Have you tried Sphinx.'s Forced Buffering Optimization on it? I have not had time to look at what it does but it looks very interesting and I would like to give it a try on a couple of mine one day. Good luck on the optimization. How do I look? You look ready... [Kill Bill]
	Posted: January 20, 2008 12:26 am	Details E-Mail
ronviers na Posts: 3485 Filters: 30	Quote StevieJ wrote: not thrilled with the smooth mortar Quote ronviers wrote: I really like the mortar We have not agreed about anything so far. How do I look? You look ready... [Kill Bill]
	Posted: January 20, 2008 12:28 am	Details E-Mail
StevieJ Designer/Artist Posts: 9575 Filters: 163	We agree to disagree..... Carl, just for sheeeots n' grins......try using mortar like the grout on this filter...... http://www.filterforge.com/filters/4351.html Steve “Buzzards gotta eat.....same as worms....." - Clint :)
	Posted: January 20, 2008 12:35 am	Details E-Mail
Carl c r v a Posts: 5108 Filters: 51	Ok here is a version with gritty mortar I'm going to live forever or die trying ........Carl
	Posted: January 21, 2008 1:57 am	Details E-Mail
Carl c r v a Posts: 5108 Filters: 51	I'm really not sure which is better I'm going to live forever or die trying ........Carl
	Posted: January 21, 2008 1:58 am	Details E-Mail
ronviers na Posts: 3485 Filters: 30	I think with the finer mortar the gaps should be smaller. Which is faster? I just did a google images for 'glass blocks' and it looks like a lot of people put what appears to be lumber in between them. How do I look? You look ready... [Kill Bill]
	Posted: January 21, 2008 2:01 am	Details E-Mail
Carl c r v a Posts: 5108 Filters: 51	Thinned it and added a bit of irregularities - what do you think I'm going to live forever or die trying ........Carl
	Posted: January 21, 2008 2:06 am	Details E-Mail
Carl c r v a Posts: 5108 Filters: 51	Lumber I'm going to live forever or die trying ........Carl
	Posted: January 21, 2008 2:08 am	Details E-Mail

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