Sequins & Dazzled Fabrics

Probably a good start here: http://www.filterforge.com/filters/5088.html Cheers!

Hey,

Here's another approach I threw together using the bomber method:

Sequined.ffxml

Surely, no problem, could have been done in version 2, but...

At 25 min for a 25 all anti-aliased pass it needs some optimization but a good start anyhow.

No worries, it pleases me to be able to solve a problem. Hope that you can get version 4 working.

Here's a much faster and improved version, I couldn't put this one down!

Amazing how one little blur early on in a chain can increase the time 6 fold.

SequinedV2.ffxml

Very good filter I was going to make something similar but I did not have enough time to do it, and you have already done it very well.

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xirja 4:33 minutes with 25 AA!

Is this for the 600x600 preview with 25 AA samples with Edges only ?

Because I have made the same render using preset 3 and it takes only 1:13 minutes

Also I have tried Preset 2 600x600 with 25AA edges only and takes 2:05 minutes

Using Windows 8 64 bit (just installed with a total fresh start) and the latest FF 4.0.6 with the silent update using Intel Quad Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz

The "All" setting was used.

2010 was a great year!

YAY! I managed to get the FF 4 Demo to work but needless to say I will have to get the new version in 29 days! LOL

I played with the curve settings, and some of the brightness and this is what I got. I tried to refine the edges a bit but I could not figure out how to add a slight drop shadow to separate the sequins. I also tried to get them to overlap vertically over each other and side by side a little better but that did not work out for me. I was hoping to get it to look more realistic...LOL

Let me know what you think...

Thank you so much for helping me, I really appreciate it it!

Cheers!

SequinedV3.ffxml

"Spoiled" as in faster than most other people's computers.

Need to work on the edges on the input image/mask for custom shapes, and as it stands the thread is slightly re-colored like the particles, but more or less this is on target. Plus Parametric Depth Sorting! Copyright, trademark, patent, kill! Damn friggatriskaidekaphobia!

Good job, Xirja! I like shiny things! You may want to add drop shadows or something to give it an extra sense of depth. Also, speed tip (just a little faster):

WOW!!! xirja your sequins filter looks really very good and is much better than I could imagine.Awesome the image example you have showed here above for the latest version.

USE IMAGES SOURCE TO COLORIZE THE SEQUINS INDIVIDUALLY?

I have one further suggestion and idea for the colorization of the sequins that I got after I have seen the filter Image Knit by Sharandra where every knitting knot is made from ONE plain color taken from the original image source.

So what I want to suggest is that instead of the knitting knots, they could be replaced by your sequins, and so loading a source image would colorize each of the sequins with a plain color taken from the source image

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xirja The main thing is to understand how the 'depth sorting' and 'density' settings affect particles in the bomber.

Very good to know what is the main trick or tip behind this but I have never understood what the bomber depth sorting is for and how to use it

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Skybase "Spoiled" as in faster than most other people's computers.

Well, if this is the reason, I want to say that I have never wanted to brag or boast about my computer perfomance and was not at all my intention to show that my computer is faster than the one from xirja, I did show my time because my intention was that it could not be probably possible that I had over 1 minute and xirja had over 4 minutes, AND I thought that maybe could be a bug or have something wrong inside the filter, or something bad in the FF Mac version.

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Yep, the green sheen of envy and the tears on my part. Just joking around.

As said above never was my intention to give you envy in any way and to make you feel bad because you have a slower computer, as said, I thought to show this only because you may be having something wrong in the filter or with your computer FF settings, or perhaps some other software was obstructing and making FF slower. Sorry to bring you tears for your old computer.

I'm affraid Holographic Refractor is going to be just a mod of the background reflection method used in this one.

The depth sorting is still a mystery I'm unravelling too.

IndigoRay, thank you, truly, about twice as fast! I feel magnetically drawn to if's, this is going to be a hard habit to break.

Not at all Skybase, please...

Hey,

As long as you can relate to my suffering, all is well.

So, for the thread, a gradient component (mirrored and repeated) sent to a rotate, and then to a blend (50% linear burn) with the color should do it.

Thankfully the layering is just a matter of 'connecting a checker to the depth sorting on the bomber' TM©PP LOL. For a repeat of 5 on the bomber, a corresponding 5 repeat on the checker, and all other combinations for different layering patterns.

Changing the bevel (smooth mode) and width on the polygon will give the nice edge.

Hi Xirja and Space Ray,

Thank you both for the feedback. It was very helpful but I think I got lost on a few steps. Lord have MERCY! LOL I know you are making me work hard for this one!!! LOL

This filter has so many components! OY! The good news is I got the threading with your notes, I could not get the thread have the "shine" effect that your thread has. What did I miss?

I have no idea how to get the drop shadow effect your thread and above the sequins. I got lost with the edge refinement part.

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Thankfully the layering is just a matter of 'connecting a checker to the depth sorting on the bomber' TM©PP LOL. For a repeat of 5 on the bomber, a corresponding 5 repeat on the checker, and all other combinations for different layering patterns.

By the way, what is TM©PP? LOL

If it helps to upload the file let me know and I will. Could you help a girl out a bit more to make this perfect? How did you get the animals shapes or bottom reshaped like that? I tried changing the lighting to try to improve the beveling but as you can see it did not work out to well. I could not get the dispersement variation down either. Once I start jumbling the thread and the sequin it looks blurry. I have been playing with these settings all day... I am all over the place with my thoughts... Sorry

I hope you are not giving up on me yet! LOL

Thanks guys!

I have seen the Armor filter is not using the bomber to make the design, and they are just using the same round shapes input two times with offset and then blend both to get the effect shown on the filter preview, so to be able to make the exactly distribution, and if you want to make this with bomber, probably it should follow the same example and get the bomber result two times with offset and blend them.

I also will try to make the distribution of the sequins in the same way as the "Armor" filter without bomber and replacing the "Armor" round shapes with the sequins shapes.

I will try to make something with this and see what happens

Well After some time I have got something that seems to be better, using the original filter by Xirja Sequined V2 and mixed with the "Studded Scale Leather" way of distribution shown here above.

This one here is the version without any metallic shade

Here is the filter I am making and still in development as the metallic look is not good and do not really know how to make it as beautiful as xirja has made above

See the about tab in the filter for information

I have organized better the distribution of the sequins and so they look tightly organized in alternative rows, also have added some shadows and now you can choose to have random plain colors OR have them image based so you can load your own colors through File--> New..

To Use the Image based colors you need to activate it in the checbox, AND this will disable the PLAIN COLORS controls

SequinedV4.ffxml

But in the mean time, better thread bending, and horizontal flipping (2 particles per bomber):

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Sharandra Ray: Using the bomber to create the pattern lets you create those chaotic patterns and different shapes as in the first post. Your approach is totally fine if you do not need that

Yes, you are right, if you want to have a moving, not ordered and chaotic sequins pattern you must use the bomber, unless anyone could find another way.

Xirja way and the results shown are much better than mine, but I do not know how to make it better

Happy New Year 2014. Best Wishes