4 outrageous fun filter ideas

1. Pigeon droppings - Because it's not a truly significant statue, monument, building or public square if it doesn't have any pigeon droppings on it. The more droppings, the more important.

2. Duct tape - Supposedly, the only thing you cannot mend with duct tape is a broken heart but I'd like to try. I would also use such a filter to fix any other thing or person that is broke. I'm sure you've heard the old expression, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Well, I've never let that stop me.

3. Elvis spotted - this filter would allow the user to place a ghostly image of Elvis at graduation ceremonies, retirement parties, funerals, family get- togethers, etc. Presets would include a number of sequin-encrusted costumes with a slider to increase/decrease the number of sequins.

4. UFO filter (Unidentified Filter Object) - Let's face it, with all the advances in computer graphics we are still seeing images that look as if they were taken with a Brownie or Instamatic camera and then photocopied with copies made of the photocopies before distribution. I find that totally unacceptable. We deserve a filter with a choice of UFO styles, sizes, colors, flying formations and number of craft at minimum.

Lacking such a filter, in desperation I was forced to use a squadron of pink flying pigs over our downtown courthouse when what I really wanted were shocking purple and lime green UFO's in a "V" formation.

Pigeon droppings, Duct tape, Elvis spotted, and UFOs.

opossum, aren't those the 4 building blocks of life?

Somewhere between my camera and computer I lost Duct Tape Fix Image#5 but Teddy Bear really likes to ham it up so you can count on him making an appearance in some future post.

Unfortunately Mardar, I frequently get the 4 Building Blocks of Life confused with the 5 Major Food Groups, the 7 Deadly Sins and The 7 Virtues. Over the years, these sudden confusions have gotten me into some really unusual predicaments but none of them have involved the use of duct tape either as a tapor or tapee in case you might be wondering. So far, my love of duct tape has been strictly platonic. Really.

BTW, Mongoose. People who purchased Duct Tape after reading my post also added Galvanized Metal Roofing to their Shopping Cart. If you thought duct tape was exciting, you'll positively have a Forgeasm when you see pictures of 5V crimp metal roofing or as we affectionately call it, "barn metal", "5v crimp tin" or just plain ol' "5V crimp".

That's a start, SpaceRay but the silver-gray semi-reflective color and surface texture is really what makes duct tape so special.

Also, duct tape does not tear like the torn pieces in your example. The tears are usually uneven like the tears in my images. If the ends are cut with scissors, the images will not look like duct tape any more. Sorry that the photos didn't show the characteristics of the tape as well as I would have liked. Had to use a flash.

Buy a small roll of the stuff and experiment with it. That's the best way to understand how to make such a filter. You won't be throwing your money away. You'll find all sorts of real uses for the tape.

Those transparent tape filters are great. I never would have thought to search FF for that. From now on, any graphic I need to create, I'll search here first. Well, almost any graphic.

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opossum wrote: Photographed on maple butcher block.

Why would you butcher a maple? I thought you only milk them

I see now that what you want is MUCH more than a simple grey tape, and you want the ends to be much different from a normal tape, and is a very good idea to have this kind of duct tape you are suggesting. Good idea

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Morgantao wrote: Why would you butcher a maple? I thought you only milk them

Milk a maple ? Sorry but probably I do not know enough english but for me a maple is a tree.

How can you milk a tree ? or is it a kind of animal I do not know ?

Could you please explain the joke, thanks.

According to Wikipedia shown here

Acer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as maple

And if you make a Google images search for "maple" you will see that most of the results is for a tree

And making a Google Images search for "maple butcher block" as shown here shows clearly what it is

Mongoose-

I have three rolls in my shop. All three by different manufacturers. It looks like the warp and the weft varies according to the manufacturer and/or the grade of tape ie. standard grade, heavy duty, etc. The tape shown in the pics is probably the most common color sold in the U.S. It's what Wal-Mart stocks.

We use duct tape for taping down instrument patch cords so no one trips over them. It's more readily available and lots cheaper than gaffer tape. After a few beers, no one cares that you can see the stuff. Reusable black Velcro straps and/or black plastic cable ties (non-reeusable but cheap)work best for other qucik setups and takedowns.

Velcro (hook and loop fastener) might make an interesting subject for a filter since the stuff is now found on so many other products.

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opossum wrote: SpaceRay Maple syrup is obtained by milking maple trees. The process is similar to the way that real rubber is obtained by milking rubber trees.

Sorry, of course, the famous and known Maple Syrup, I have totally forgot about it.

Maple syrup

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Maple syrup is a syrup usually made from the xylem sap of sugar maple, red maple, or black maple trees, although it can also be made from other maple species such as the bigleaf maple. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before the winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in the spring. Maple trees can be tapped by boring holes into their trunks and collecting the exuded sap. The sap is processed by heating to evaporate much of the water, leaving the concentrated syrup

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Here I have found some examples of grey duct tap BUT is the way that you do NOT want it with very well cut ends, so you want them aged, broken and worn

Where's the image?