I'd like to commisison a filter

I would like a filter created. As someone with very minimal programming experience, the filter editor is NOT proving to be easy for me to use.

An example of what I want it to do can be seen here:

http://www.erinkoski.com/images/DSC_6...00TEST.jpg (I have also attempted to attach it to this post, but am not sure if it worked)

Ignore the figure in the foreground - that was just a throw-away test. What I'm looking for is a filter that will do the background - border/frame, dividers and desaturate the image and re-color each chunk of it a different color.

Ideal customization:
1. width of outer border
2. width of dividing lines
3. rounded edges or angled edges (to dividing lines/inside of border)
4. angle of dividing lines
5. number of segments the image is divided into
6. the colors used for the segments
7. contrast slider applicable to entire background image

I don't have a large budget for this project, but would love if someone was interested in helping me. Please respond here or to my email nerwign@sonic.net

Thank you for your consideration.

~Nerwign

Thank you for the tip. It looks like I will still need something created for my purposes.

Hello, I think that what you want would not be difficult to make and easier to make than the Mondrian filter by Skybase, that is more complex than your request.

Surely this is possible to make in Filter Forge.

Maybe the Mondrian filter could be modified in some way to be made what you want, although it should be the original simple version and not this one more complex

I have just tried to make it and got something but the problem is that you can´t control and define where to put the colors and can not customize the size of the blocks and where will they appear, and how may of them will appear, you can´t put big blocks as you want, just small ones. So I think that this way will not work for you.

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Nerwign I thought that I could start by using the filter called "Fake Comics" the behind-the-scenes of the filter and it was so complex I couldn't understand it at all

I agree with you that if you open this Inujima´s filter it will look very complex at first BUT if you look closely, most of the filter is to be able to do all these cool abstract writing, the ballons and the comic effect and the images distribution, and I have been looking more into this filter and have been able to isolate only the frames configurations and remove the rest, BUT the problem is that painting inside the small frames with colors is not something I can do.

Please, is something like this shown below what you want?

Be aware that the color one is done in Photoshop and not in filter forge

Well here is just a very beginning on this but one of the methods that I was thinking about was this one....A method to control the color and the amount of color per square....Of course it will take more then just one multiblend...

Color Blend.ffxml

Yes so whats your point
All of the components in the FF4 version are in the FF3 version so there is nothing new that I am using......besides what version I use depends on what version Nerwign is going to use..
If Nerwign wants me to do this filter then I will use whatever version they want...If its going into the library then I will use version4....

btw here is the FF3 Version..

Color Squares.ffxml

Nope this filter does not deal with those key components yet...This was just a very very early start on addressing one issue only...When making filters it helps to take one step at a time...Such as this filter that you need...

Thats quite alright you are not exploiting my spare time since I like building filters in my spare time anyway..
I have also sent you an email....

Well I always work with the latest version unless specified..
btw here is another color test with FF3......

Color Squares.ffxml

One more test...

Then another method for color sqaures in this one...Seems to get a better result with HDR then the previous method....This is for FF3..

With HDR.ffxml

Here is a start that I used the above color method with....This version has only four squares for the moment but they are adjustable for size, position and color..There are dividing lines that are sizable as well as a boarder.....Still need more squares.....Sill far from done..

Colorful Square.ffxml

Cool and unusual way of creating the different parts, rectangles and squares and how they mix together.

Thanks for sharing the filter and see the evolution of the filter and how have you solved the problem, and is great how the filter is exactly the same as the first post given by Nerwign, congratulations

Interesting thread with some good filter-ideas.

Below is an attempt I started with during the weekend, modifying one of my previous mapscripts to draw the basic windows:



Rounded edges should be possible with some more work.

I have seen that this could be also useful for not only using plain colors overlay as shown here, but also using textures to be overlaid over the original, just activating the "allow images"

Some previews of my new filter, using the same picture:







This filter will appear in the library during the week and is shared for free.

Random dividing script based filter.





Dividing.ffxml

最初開けたとき「すっげぇ」って口に出してしまった。

First time I opened it I just said "that's amazing" without thinking.

Nice one, inujima! Good basis for a "ceramic tiles" style texture...

Great solution inujima...

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Ozmandias Are any of these filters capable of simply creating the frames and leaving the inside of the frames transparent?

Well I have seen that with Inujima´s filter the transparent frames are very easy to do, I will upload the fix for this

Here I have made an update to Inujima´s filter

Have added:

* Transparency checkbox so you can erase all the content of the inside frames

* Now you can have also optionally a image inside the frame and not only plain color, this can be good for loading textures inside the frame, or make it golden or silver, or...

* Have added some drop shadow although is very simple and global and does not have any lighting direction. This drop shadow can also be used as an outerframe for the transparency inside the frames, see preset 14 example

* Now there is 33 presets

I had added a outer frame for each of the frames, but I run into some problems when activated together with the transparency, so I have disabled it, and is available only in filter editor but not connected, I will see how I can fix it.

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Ozmandias I do not have FF4 though so please make it compatible with FF3

I am sorry but Inujima has made it on FF 4.0 and I do not know how to convert it to FF 3.0 or how to copy the components from one version to another, so is not possible

Are you using the FF 3.0 trial or do you own FF 3.0? Because if you own already FF 3.0 you should have also FF 4.0 Beta for free.

Dividing Frames more controls.ffxml

Gotcha! Thank you!!