Let's agree on a second base image

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uberzev wrote: Seamlessly Tiles (Is this really that important for showing off effects?)

No, it shouldn't be in my opinion. FF is pursuing the tiling mantra and automatically tiling everything that goes into the library.....so it should probably be a tilable image.....unless FF decides to stop the library auto-tile.

I would suggest at least an image with a full range of color and detail.....and does not have any depleted detail areas in it. The preserver has a couple of washed-out areas which can mislead someone to thinking that their filter is no good.....like what happened to Carl.....

Maybe one with a .66666 aspect ration for photographers.

I'd like to see something with depth [ not a landscape but an image that can be tiled ]most importantly, and it would be nice to have a larger colour range/detail, which then would be the opposite to the LP............... Carl

and that technical stuff of course

actually, having one with the no detail areas is a good thing. would carl have found he needed to change some things otherwise?

and yes, more color or even a color gradient would be good and likewise the depth.

also, you dont have to wait for FF to change the default image. you dont have to have the life preserver as your default image. take any 600 x 600 image in the .bmp format and swap it out with the 'default.bmp' image in filter forge\previews. just make sure the one you put in there is also named 'default.bmp' and is truly a .bmp image.

and if you really want it right, in not only the main preview window, you'll have to change out the other ones as well.

attached is a screenshot where i did just that; i replaced the life preserver with steve's rose. notice the smaller preset previews are still the life preserver, but that's just a matter of making a smaller image and swapping out the default there too.

and here's another where i changed the preset preview to steve's flower image this is a little trickier since FF cache's these.

Great Idea Uberzev!
it would be really tough to come up with an image that met everyone's requirements but not impossible I don' think...

Requirements? (anything to add? opinions?)
1. Seamlessly tiles - even though it's not neccessary for image effects it's still necessary for pattern effects that are based on an image.
2. 600x600 - yes (easy to keep it standard and quick?)
3. High Quality - definity!
4. Proper License - absolutely!
5. Full Range of Color and Detail - as much as possible! ideally all primary and secondary colors plus solid black and white... clear detail and blurred areas (out of focus might give some depth?)

any ideas about subject matter? the color requirement makes it quite a bit tougher... a thought would be a still life type photo of crayons or some other art tools? ... or some books? or what else?

Kraellin we're not going to change the default image. This is just a way to show off how an effect looks on an additional image we're all familiar with.

So someone suggest an image already.

(I think a portrait would be interesting)

Maybe there should be a set of pictures as in a portrait,landscape etc as often when one does test filters they suit certain pic and not others, so maybe one isn't really solving anything.......... Carl

Why not have one default image for each category of filter.. in addition to the global default?

Still noone has suggested an image!

Ad Mjorem Dei Gloriam wrote:

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Vlad could use a scenic picture of his neck of the woods (like the Irfanview guy does) for the misc or stone category.

That's not such a bad idea~ I understand from the posts I've read they are based out of Alexandria Va? Correct me if I'm wrong on that.

If I am correct that means he is near 'Old Town Alexandria' which is a 'beautiful' area and also... and a historic one. It has tons of charm~

Not to mention the Potomac river wouldn't be that far away... and the C.O. canal that runs along the Potomac.

((Sorry I've lived all over the U.S. and used to work outside D.C. ----> which brings me to... he could use photos of the Capitol; he's certainly close enough.))

Anyway I like the life preserver but I'm open to other images~ Whatever everyone decides.

Jean