Rough Plastering by Crapadilla

Whoa, a new Crapadilla filter! When I first saw this, the word "realistic" definitely came to mind. I think I'd like to use it with partial opacity on photos and such to give them added texturing. I think if Rough Plastering was applied and made very light and desaturated, it'd also be a fine sort of paper grain for use in other apps like ArtRage.

Another superb work in your oeuvre, Crap!

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Kraellin wrote: ah, NOISE! cool. thanks, dilla

Do I read a little bit of sarcasm there, or is my internet-detector malfunctioning again?

ok, i had a look at the filter, dilla. i added two controls. i added a distortion control on all three noise distortions (one control controlling all three) so i could vary the pattern more and i also added a brightness/contrast after the offset and ran that to the height in the results component and put a control on the contrast and did nothing to the brightness. that allows for more smoothing of the effect.

i'm NOT suggesting you do this as an update. you can if you wish, of course. i just wanted a bit more effect and a bit more control. so, it just extends the range of the filter without changing the base effect or presets.

it's a cool filter. i particularly like the clay effect. that was something i had tried to get months and months ago and gave up on. that was before 'noise lab' and i dont even remember how i tried to achieve that look. all i remember was that i didnt get it and decided to put it aside for a while

Thanks, all.

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Kraellin wrote: i'm NOT suggesting you do this as an update.

I would certainly consider it. However, I'm not clear about the purpose of the B/C after the Offset. Couldn't you do something similar with the 'surface height' slider under the lighting tab?

Furthermore, I'd need a good name for the 'distortion' control. 'chaos' is already there...

Great filter very realistic

Very good example of how using Filter Forge You can make photorealistic textures

And I still don't know what's impossible for FF...

We're limited only with our fantasy.

ok, had another look. you're right about the surface height. it does exactly the same thing. duh! oh well, now you see why i have no editor's picks congrats on that, btw

Update incoming!

I added a 'Craig' slider...

now THAT's clay! great sphere boy, is that what that 'craig' slider does, make 3d spheres? i want one!

ah. well, i'll trade you the 'craig' slider for the 'crapadilla' slider any day

Thank you, Mike!

I can only advise filter authors to persue their own "explorations into noise". Many gems lie undiscovered in that area...

It's good to have you back, Steve.

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StevieJ wrote: 'tremors in the force' and troubles with the 'collective' so to say

Isn't that the norm these days?!

Updated:

- Added a 'Detail Level' slider that controls global noise detail. At the default of zero (which is adjusted for the default image size of 600x600) the filter is now significantly faster without visibly sacrificing too much detail!