NE56 Tapestry Fabric by ahimsa

NE56 Tapestry Fabric by ahimsa
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/4535.html

You've got the stitch or is it knit feel better than any other author at ff excellent

A few samples of fabric that can be made from this filter.

good samples but a bit hard to see detail

Dear Carl,

To see the details
click on the small pics

Your pal,
Manon

I go and look at people's samples and most time forget that they can be enlarged.

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Last one

Thanks Rawn! I'm hoping some 3D people can see a use for this filter.

Thank you for noticing.

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PS..... I would steal......errr......borrow Craig's drape effect and put these textures on it

You think he would notice? These would make nice cheap motel curtains though...

I like the last one best.

I'll think about adding to this one. I prefer it this way as it works better for upholstry and clothing textures. Somehow I doubt anything I make here will get HU...ceiling is in the way.

Ok, ok...you and Steve distract Carl while I swipe his drapes. He get's upset, I'm blaming the two of you.


Looks like someone already stole his drape effect as there is none in his library.

I'm legally blind so I didn't see the name right. Sheesh, you're a pain sometimes.

Well now it doesn't seem half as fun as it did when I was going to swipe it from Carl. Craig is being all willing and stuff.

Here's a sample of what a Craig & Manon filter union creates.



PS...yes Steve, you were right.

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StevieJ wrote: PS..... I would steal......errr......borrow Craig's drape effect and put these textures on it......

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Kraellin wrote: oooh, that's a good idea!

Hmmm...you said it was a good idea, so I didn't actually steal it.

Too late, I already submitted it, but don't worry, I have only earned one HU out of all my filters. You should get yours just fine. This one will get used probably and like many of my others, just hover in smelling range of the HUs.

As for taking the high road and blame Steve...shoot, no matter what road you choose to take blaming Steve for whatever and everything always feels good.

well, i may have to steal your thunder in return, manon. i've been playing around with combining these two filters as well. hey, it is a good idea and i'm quite sure our means and ways of combining will be different. i also see some wallpaper in the way i'm combining them, so maybe i'll go for that look. or maybe i'll just rip off one of steve's and crowbar it into all this. nothing like a little glass drapes to dress things up

tired of the ceiling? not sure what you mean. what ceiling?

and no, dont have them delete it i'm quite happy to have you submit it. in fact, i'm dying to see how you connected the two.

and why your last? that seems a bit odd from someone that makes such good filters.

wow. well, i dont know who the 'favored people' are, unless it's uber and dilla, but they've become 'favored' simply because they make really good filters and deserve the status and HU's from what i can see. so, not really sure who you mean here.

and, you've already got your free copy, right? so, i dont worry about it too much for myself. i like getting HU's. it's a nice validation, but, if that's what you're really only going for, well, that can be a disappointing journey. i never expect my filters to make HU, or rather, i do try to make them of a quality that they will make it so, but i prefer to concentrate on making filters that make me happy or that make one of you guys happy. i dont know the folks that are adding to the HU usage, so, i dont know them. i know you guys, the folks in the forum. so, i tend to make my filters based on what you all like or, what i like. it's lot less worrisome than waiting for 'the masses' to show whether they like a filter or not. for instance, tailoring that one filter to what YOU wanted was quite fun for me and a nice challenge. i enjoyed that. so, if you, by using it, gave it a personal HU, then i'm pleased as punch and the heck with if it made it HU in the library.

i find this same thing on retouchpro at times. i make some piece of photo art that i really like and post it and nobody even says boo about it. i've got thousands of images i've never even bothered to post because i dont get any feedback on what i do post at times. and for me, it's all about someone else enjoying what i do. i mean, i like my own stuff for the most part, but if i can get one 'wow!' or one 'i really like that!', then i'm a purring kitty for a day but, sadly, folks dont always comment and they dont always like what i like. it's part and parcel with being an artist. the disappointment at times can be almost debilatating and the lack of feedback quite frustrating.

i used to watch the number of 'views' on a thread at retouchpro when i'd post something. you watch the views count go up on the thread and nobody posts. did they like it, did they hate it, did they think it was just so-so? what? say something! lol. often, the view count would go to 50 or even 100 or more and no comment. how odd. are these views from folks not logged in that cant post or what? it can really drive you nuts. 'art' is above all, communication. communication says, i say something to you and you then say something to me. so, i'm there communicating, but getting no reply. quite frustrating at times. and it wasnt just me and my postings. it's the common thing. an artist can go straight into apathy and think nobody likes his/her stuff because there's never any return communication. "hey! i'm trying to say something here! anyone there? i can see you lurking in the shadows! speak up!" drives me nuts at times.

but there's another side to that coin. am i commenting on other's works? ah, that one will really trip you up. oops. i'm lurking too. i didnt say anything after looking at 50 different pieces. oops.

the wrong thing to do is to quit communicating. i'm going to quit doing what i love doing just because nobody spoke up or i didnt get an HU? nah, that never works well. i love this stuff! and i'm pretty sure you love this stuff too. i've even tried prodding a thread at times. you post something, nobody speaks up, so, you give things a bit of a nudge. 'what do you think?' would someone care to critique this?" or anything else that will evoke a response. i even threw a tiny tantrum once and finally got a response to that. lol. well, it wasnt exactly the response i wanted, but at least it was a response

another thing i've tried is, opening up my own lines of communication. like i said, communication is a two way street. so, sometimes i'll do nothing but respond to other's threads and posts. i've taken to making it a habit on retouchpro to try to comment on at least one gallery post per day or per each time i log in over there. i find it almost as rewarding as posting something of my own. there are really some remarkable talents out there and they want to be 'seen' also. so, i just let em know someone is there.

i dont know if there's any 'conspiracy' for HU's. and i dont really care. if someone is finding a way to pad their HU's, well, that's rather sad. but, that's them and not something i'm going to lose sleep over. i suppose if i really suspected someone of it, i'd simply report it via the FF contact email thing and move on.

and as for rudeness in the forums towards you, i dont see it. most folks here are pretty cordial. i've seen some light-hearted banter and teasing but not much outright rudeness. i do know that you tend to take some things folks have said as personal attacks on yourself when they really, probably werent meant that way. the whole thing with putting one's name in one's filter, that just seemed odd to me that after that discussion you changed and started using NE56. i thought you were perfectly justified in putting your name in there and was disappointed to see you cave a bit on that one. the hell with what 'everyone' says, at least at times. so, i know you can be overly sensitive to things like that. it's a trait of someone who's been hit one too many times. one starts looking for attacks where no attack exists. one can start 'reading between the lines' looking for that sort of thing when there's nothing really there. ya know? and that's what i mean by 'overly sensitive'.

you're a good person, manon and talented. i'd hate to see you just walk away. you do have friends here.

O no this is no good - I know personally I get pleasure out of getting HU and there are filters I've worked long and hard on which slip down to low which I find worse than not getting a HU [ taints the filter against people in the future trying it as well, ya know it's low so it must be crap ] and some I try and improve others I've had deleted [ time for another culling LOL ]. So what I'm trying to say is feeling disappointed I think is completely understanding - to me the nature of any art is for others to like and approved of or notice [ even by a small minority ] denial of this is delusional, if you don't need this, one would never put anything into the public arena.
I also understand the comment side as in posting and being ignored and feeling it's a personnel slight and rude [ there are others who only post on there own filters ] - my solution is to not post comments in there filters and think lowly of the person - there is really only a very small group of regular poster - people come and go and chat where they think it will gain them the program then disappear [ I've seen it happen over and over again ] ironicly we would happily include anyone who wanted to join in our chats -
What do they say, body language is 80% of communication, it leaves electronic communication well short of ideal interreation with others and misinterpretation a likly consequence - which I know I'm guilty of doing [ this is not infering that you do ] I've read post in the forum where I interpret differently to the reaction of the people involed, persidio was a classic for over reacting and misinterpreting.

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Kraellin wrote: you do have friends here.

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ahimsa wrote: I had rose colored glasses on for awhile and thought the people here were all nice.

unfortunatly it mirrors the really world where there are few genuinely nice people who aren't motivated by selfish ends - but and it's a big but we have got a small nice group which you are an important part off so don't be upset be happy and I'm sure craig wasn't trying to be mean

Is it baby day it's the 17th here

Great as long as I'm not on the bottom

LOL.....

Manon, I understand how you feel......and agree with some of it to a certain extent. Personally, I think that there has been some "questionable" activity alluding to some "hanky panky" with the usage stats and rankings. I believe that some authors have used second machines to run up usage on their own filters.....and I also believe that FF is also doing some manipulation to "guide" FF in a desired direction.....

As far as author abuse is concerned, I don't think FF is expending too much time and energy to police it.....unless it has been brought to their attention.....or they catch a really obvious one popping out of the woodwork.....like the "PT1" incident.....

As far as FF manipulation is concerned, Vlad owns this program (all or in part with his associates in Russia).....and he is clearly predisposed to wanting realistic textures along with skilled theme filters. I don't agree with his approach of showing favoritism towards just the types of filters that he likes.....instead of giving all filter types equal promotional weight and encouraging all authors equally.

I can also empathize with you on some of this because Vlad has never made a single comment on any of my filters.....nor have any ever been chosen as Editor's Picks.....when I have made some good HU filters (believe it or not ) that are clearly worthy of being up there......especially in comparison to some of the low usage ones that have been left up there.....probably out of loyalty and appreciation towards some of the founding authors. There's definitely something "askew" if I can't get one while all those low usage filters and filters like "Coffee Stain" (no offense to the author) is being left up there. I don't know if it is personal or not (kinda feel that it is), but it has led me to believe that nothing I create will ever be made an EP no matter how good it is.....so I have given up on submitting my best filter works.....and have relegated myself to just submitting simple basic effects that I think people will find useful.....and just get pleasure from hearing if someone likes it and finds it useful.....

I don't let it bother me anymore......because the bottom line is that this is Vlad's baby, he put alot of hard work into this, and he is entitled to do whatever his heart desires with it......which is exactly what I would do if I were him......guiding towards wherever I wanted it to go.....

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Kreallin wrote: you could wait till mine has a chance at HU

Craig, this is my fault and I appologize for it.....you are correct, it does infringe upon usage of your filter.....I was just trying to help Manon and didn't think of it like that.....