Generate Tiles by ronviers

Very cool looking!!! This is the best use of the HDRI images that I've seen!!! Better watch it, your creativity is showing

Thanks StevieJ and Kraellin - I'm not sure how it could be used either – I was thinking that a wall with tiles like this or a wall with one of these tiles could play an important role in a scene that needs to build suspense. A distant character or object could be seen in the reflection. A camera could linger at one of these tiles or maybe a change in DOF could correspond with some subtle movement. Although in the case of a single tile, say at the end of a hall, the filter would have more value if I set up a toggle for the object so the wall would blend – maybe I will do that. Sometimes I wish the FF users would make more requests from us, regarding individual filters/texture, so we would know exactly what they want.

I went ahead and added the option of removing the object. Here is a simple example of how one pass can be used to create the wall tile and another for the object tile. Notice how any character could be easily seen moving on the bridge.

Thanks for checking it out Carl!

Nice new avatar - my favorite will always be the 'Minute two minute' one but this one is very nice too.

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I'm not going anywhere. I just don't get to work on FF as much as I like. I use FF as a reward for success in other areas.

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Carl wrote: how is Maya going

It's a struggle but I'm lucky to have the opportunity to pursue it.

How is all the new software coming? Do you have a handle on how best to continue? What have you decided to concentrate on first?

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I would be going crazy waiting for the new one to arrive. I just checked out the XPX 720 at Dell and it looks great. How much memory did you get? Did you go get any extras like a super fancy graphics card? Did you go with Vista?

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Carl wrote: Golive which ties together with photoshop etc nicely and sound easier to learn being more visual than code/visual, then go back to Dreamweaver

I find Adobe's products very confusing in this area - there seems to me to be a lot of overlap.

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That looks like a good choice and a smart decision - a good place to spend a little extra.

Wow. All new hardware and software - for people like us it just doesn't get much better.

I don't remember ever seeing this one. Very nice!

I alway though the name didn't do the filter justice/ appropriate......... it is a beautiful filter

Sorry I was a bit rough on you you do make the best shiny filters in the library - seriously

no things are bit slow hu wise lately at this end what about you any joy

LOL I had one go hu that took a year but have never save one from lu, they are dead when lu, though Steve said one of his went hu from lu

yes and it's very unkind of them don't they realize blood goes into these filters LOL

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ronviers wrote: mine were too slow

I hate that, some complex one are impossible to make quick

LOL I wish I had there comprehension