The Orange Head
Indigo Ray
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Actually, i was thinking more on the lines of "reflections" by the foil surrounding the top and in-sides of the light. Is this any more convincing? Otherwise, I'm not sure what else to do with this filter.  "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 9, 2009 8:51 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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More importantly, I have updates to two submitted filters, one of them my own, the other not.
This is an update to my 3d landscape filter (which I might actually submit!). Previously, I had improved the clouds by adding an additional darker shade in the dense centers of the clouds. Now, I have changed the clouds completely. They now have 3 colors (two have controls, the middle one a blend of the two), and different controls (fuzziness and cloud cover). Since this allows for more stormy skies, I thought it would be nice to add some rain, courtesy of Lucato from Landscape LR.  "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 9, 2009 9:06 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Oh wait, I almost forgot!  A very nice sea foam filter was submitted not too long ago, and it inspired me to improve my own shoreline. I would like the foam to get smaller as the shoreline gets farther away, but I haven't worked that out yet.
 "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 9, 2009 9:14 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Maybe submitting an update for the landscape won't get my filter count off of 69  , but this one might. I'm not really sure how useful this might be as a flat texture, but I was proud of myself for figuring it out.
Take ThreeDee's Metaballs (no not meatballs  ). When two metaballs are in close proximity, they get attracted to each other and often partially meld together. But what if the metaballs repelled each other instead of attracting each other? What if you could control the strength of this "metaforce"? Well, that's pretty much what I've done. The one flaw with this is that the size of the metaballs can change a little when changing the metaforce, but the effect is all there.
 "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 9, 2009 9:24 pm | ||||||
Kraellin
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i like that landscape and the foam one is cool too. not sure about the metaballs one, but looks cool  If wishes were horses... there'd be a whole lot of horse crap to clean up!
Craig |
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| Posted: August 9, 2009 10:01 pm | ||||||
Carl
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like that ......... are you able to put in a second foam line as if it was the surf wave |
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| Posted: August 11, 2009 2:43 am | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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I'm not sure, brah. Surf waves would be gnarly, but in this filter they might be out of place. I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, here's a carpet.  "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 11, 2009 7:20 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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(see metaballs ↑) Metaballs V2.0.ffxml "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 11, 2009 7:24 pm | ||||||
Betis
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Looks a little grainy to me. But other than that it's good. Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF All my base are belong to you. |
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| Posted: August 11, 2009 8:09 pm | ||||||
Skybase
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They look like the carpet from my highschool Now is it just me or is the directionality a bit weird? |
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| Posted: August 12, 2009 12:01 am | ||||||
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Carl
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with all the carpet filter it's wonder no one thought to do a loop pile before, so good idea, I kind of agree with Betis about the graininess, apart from that looking good |
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| Posted: August 12, 2009 6:09 am | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Thanks all. This next pic should satisfy your complaints. The funny thing about this filter is, when I added a blur at the end, I no longer needed AA. This sped up the rendering time 4x!!! Who woulda thought...
 "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 13, 2009 6:58 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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And I think I'm getting too fast at this. I already have two new versions of my water caustics. Here's one on a simple sand background I whipped up in FF with depth and highlight control. I also have a phase control which should lead to animated water caustics 
 "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 13, 2009 7:27 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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As a surface filter...
 "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 13, 2009 7:29 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Hey, forget about caustics, this one's pretty nice as a water surface by itself
 "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 13, 2009 7:50 pm | ||||||
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Betis
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I don't know about those tight stretched waves, those aren't realistic. I would also suggest turning up some details. Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF All my base are belong to you. |
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| Posted: August 13, 2009 8:10 pm | ||||||
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Carl
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The carpet looks better, more fibrous which is good |
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| Posted: August 14, 2009 5:31 am | ||||||
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Betis
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On the contrary, I don't think the carpet looks better. The noise is good, but you lost great detail with the blur. Albeit the speed-up, which is great, I think it should be placed further back in the filter tree, and get some of the actual carpet back. Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF All my base are belong to you. |
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| Posted: August 14, 2009 12:27 pm | ||||||
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Kraellin
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yes, the carpet looks better. nice job. i see an EP coming on that one.
and the caustics are looking good, albeit a little colorless, but ok. the third one i have a bit of trouble with the fact that there are two kinds of ripples/waves going on there. the white ripples dont see to work right with the others for some reason, though, it's still pretty convincing. also, a question on the caustic ones, is it possible to do the water effect without the background effect? i mean, could we import our own background for these and would they work the same way? If wishes were horses... there'd be a whole lot of horse crap to clean up!
Craig |
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| Posted: August 14, 2009 1:27 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Thanks all for the input.
I happen to like them both. The first has more detail, but the second looks more soft, which is good for carpets. I tried moving the blur back, but no matter where else I put it, the results weren't that great. The blur amount can be adjusted, but it seems that there is no true middle ground between AA and blur.
I already have examples of that, with the life saver and as mods of other filters. Because I have several versions of water filters, I might eventually submit one. I'm not sure if I want to "give up" the carpet just yet. How about this oily one: Larger "small" waves, less frequent "thin" waves, and subtle spectra.  "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 15, 2009 9:15 pm | ||||||
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Betis
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That looks much better, but try less stretching on any noise. Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF All my base are belong to you. |
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| Posted: August 15, 2009 9:30 pm | ||||||
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Kraellin
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oily water... hmmm, now that's a challenge. i like how you've got the red/green/blue oily film on this. interesting idea, using your caustics for this. i may have to study this stuff yet If wishes were horses... there'd be a whole lot of horse crap to clean up!
Craig |
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| Posted: August 16, 2009 9:40 am | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Different artists may use the same media, but they each have their own style. So although we have several in the library already, it wouldn't hurt to have another another watercolor painting...
 "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 17, 2009 9:32 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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I've gotta hand it to FF; This watercolor filter makes way more realistic paintings than I do by hand.
 "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 17, 2009 9:36 pm | ||||||
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Kraellin
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be sure to check out northernshadow's watercolor filter, as well. If wishes were horses... there'd be a whole lot of horse crap to clean up!
Craig |
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| Posted: August 17, 2009 10:51 pm | ||||||
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Carl
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I like it, the only thing on the town one is the orange edge on the roofs is a little to harsh, a better build up blend over the entire roofs would give it a more natural look |
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| Posted: August 18, 2009 2:00 am | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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I've already downloaded it and love it.
Yeah, the one problem with my filter right now is the lack of color. I tried boosting the saturation at the end to make the sky bluer (w/o changing the paper color), but that ended up making the roofs unproportionally oversaturated. I'll see what I can do. Now check this one out: 3D landscape meets water caustics! Underwaterscapes!  "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 18, 2009 10:04 pm | ||||||
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Kraellin
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very freakin cool on the underwater one! If wishes were horses... there'd be a whole lot of horse crap to clean up!
Craig |
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| Posted: August 18, 2009 11:56 pm | ||||||
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Carl
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wow the sea bed works beautifully, the water surface not so convincing, improve that and you'd have another ep |
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| Posted: August 19, 2009 2:35 am | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Thanks! Not sure what to do with the surface yet, I put that one there just to have one.
I've also been working on a charcoal filter. It's simple in design, but I haven't seen one quite like this in the library.  "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 21, 2009 9:56 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Well it's not quite like actual charcoal drawings is it, but I still think it's promising.
 "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 21, 2009 10:00 pm | ||||||
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Kraellin
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yes, i'd say it's promising. 'chalk' and 'charcoal' have been attempted several times in filters (including my own) and i havent seen one yet that truly does them justice (including my own ). so, good luck If wishes were horses... there'd be a whole lot of horse crap to clean up!
Craig |
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| Posted: August 22, 2009 8:22 am | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Same charcoal goal, but with an entirely different approach, this one using blurs and noise distortions. Looks 1000x better IMO
 "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 22, 2009 8:45 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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eye for comparison (same filter innards): "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 22, 2009 8:59 pm | ||||||
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Kraellin
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nice, indigo.
i did a search on google images for 'charcoal painting'. i was a bit surprised by what i found; one, that there are so many, and two, that there are so many different types. i also found that you have to be careful in studying charcoal images because there are a lot of digital artists doing 'charcoal' in photoshop or paint shop pro and such, so if you want to see real charcoals you have to be a bit careful. anyways, i like both your methods. and, i'd love to see a bit of the sketch lines in some of these, not that that's necessarily required for 'charcoal', but it might help sell it in some cases. If wishes were horses... there'd be a whole lot of horse crap to clean up!
Craig |
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| Posted: August 23, 2009 11:22 am | ||||||
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Betis
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Yes, they are nice.
Could I get the original picture of that eye so I can study it in hopes of improving my EyeCraft filter? Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF All my base are belong to you. |
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| Posted: August 23, 2009 12:30 pm | ||||||
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Carl
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as a charcoal lover my two cents worth would be to combine the 2 approaches, so lighter toned areas are soft, while darker accentuations are more grainy |
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| Posted: August 24, 2009 3:44 am | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Well folks, charcoal V1 (with the streaks) has gone through an update which excludes lots of unwanted noise. Honestly, this looks just as "pencil" as it does "charcoal".
 "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 26, 2009 7:12 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Charcoal V2 (with the smudges) also has been updated (I replaced blurs with motion blurs). This made it a bit cleaner, but it essentially looks the same, so I won't post the image.
I would, however, like to show off this:  "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 26, 2009 7:15 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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And this  "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: August 26, 2009 7:15 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Hm... what to share today...
How about an update to my carpet? I finally figured out how to implement images and patterns into the filter. With the saver:  "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: September 5, 2009 7:56 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Are you getting the whole image on that one, 'cause to me the bottom is cut off. Well, you get the idea. Let's try this pattern pic (using a high-contrast large-scale perlin and a kaleidoscope): "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: September 5, 2009 7:59 pm | ||||||
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Indigo Ray
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Hey FF, what's going on? "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana." -Groucho Marx |
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| Posted: September 5, 2009 8:00 pm | ||||||
Crapadilla
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Very nice carpet you got there, Indigo! --- Crapadilla says: "Damn you, stupid redundant feature requests!" ;) |
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| Posted: September 6, 2009 2:52 am | ||||||
| Constantin Malkov | Good start, Indigo. You can also learn this experience if plan to continue this filter: Comments on Filters > Carpet v2 by G.A.G. Althrough G.A.G.'s version doesn't look very nice at present moment, I think that he started in correct way. | |||||
| Posted: September 6, 2009 9:35 am | ||||||
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