Non-square Results

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db walton wrote: I had a need for non-square results. Specifically, in generating a picture frame png that is NOT square If so, does someone have an example of a filter that has such a slider?

Well, you can make NON square frames inside Filter forge, BUT the filter you want to use must be already converted or compatible with NON square output.

There are a lot of frame filters available but regrettably I do not know which one can output a NON square image.
Do you have any frame filter that you want to use and like?

for example Wood Frame By Kochubey and in the description is told that ".
This filter also works properly with NON-SQUARE images"

Another example The Frame Game By Boogie Jack Works with square or rectangular images.

I have found these two by simply using the search with "frame rectangular"

I have seen in some other forum thread, that if you have a filter that is not NON square there is a way to convert it to be able to do what you want to have rectangular frames, but regrettably I do not remember now where is it or how to do it, I may search and if I find it put it here.

all this is the same for ANY filter and not only for frame filters

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db walton wrote: Is there a way to tell it to generate a frame that instead of 600x600 is 600x400 or 400x600?

The way to tell that you want to have an rectangular 600x400 output render result is simply by modifying the output size in the New Image menu option

Then it all depends on if you are creating a filter or using one that is in the library. I have created some that are square only and have some workarounds for that. But you will need to chop the frame like a real frame in a graphics app. Here is one of the methods in this thread.
Old Wood Frames

I never understood why so many filters are for 1:1 images, they should be clearly separated in the catalog. A few months ago I started to use Filter Forge intensively and I had to remove half of the filters that unfortunately can't be applied to rectangular images or videos.

When FF started life it was square only and all of the components were square only. Then after a couple of versions the "free" components were introduced and so was support for non-square components and images. Some of the earlier versions of filters were designed on this square principle and components. So if one were to add non-square support for that filter it will change the look of that certain filter. It might also be too much work to re-design that filter for non-square usage.

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Ghislaine wrote: For a filter already made by someone else, open the filter editor and change the default size by Image Bounds at XY anchor when this possibility is offer on a component.

This is the only thing that is needed to change to convert any square filter into a non-square filter that is able to render with rectangular size?

Will try and see how this works

The only components that you can find XY Anchor are : all transform components (as scale, offset, rotate, flip, lookup) and also one gradient as free gradient (not the others gradients) and some patterns called free (as free polygon, free ellipse and free rectangle). You will not find XY Anchor no where else. You do not need more anyway if you use these components, or few of them, you just have to check all that you use with Image Bounds. First, you have to choose the resolution of your blank image.

The frame can be create with a free rectangle.