Collage by Sphinx.

Collage by Sphinx.
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/9982.html

Very well done and truly artistic, Lots of possible combinations with many images input and ways to mix them. Really wonderful. Congratulations!

The mix with the images is very well done and gives a very artistic and lovely effect

Here below is one example I have done. ALL has been done with this filter, EVEN the frame, because I used a anemona flower with white background AND made a black frame around, so the textures from the filters are shown only on places that are not white.

And the same photo, but with the flower with a Black background and white frame you get this

As usual, SpaceRay gives an example of how wonderful a filter can really be. Good filter, and good examples!

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Morgantao wrote: As usual, SpaceRay gives an example of how wonderful a filter can really be. Good filter, and good examples!

Indeed! Splendid examples, SpaceRay!
I love this filter, it shows the awesome potential of external imagens import in FF 3!

Redbubble.comI love this filter and what it can accomplish. I find it to be amazing and an instant favorite! Thank you very much!!!

i have just found this again, and have to say again that is awesome and great, original and cool idea to make it mix the images in this artistic way

please, Sphinx, could you explain more how this filter works?

i have read the description in your filter but I do not understand it fully

Does the 6 source images in the color controls have not the same weight and importance without smooth activated?

How they are blended together?

any additional suggestion on how to the best out of this filter?

What I mean is not a technical explanation on how it was built, and what I want is to know how it works so I can then choose more carefully and specific the images to be loaded to experiment and see some good results, and try to prepare and think before adding any image

Also how important is the main source image content for the final result? As shown above if there is some plain white, it be kept as full white and if there is some black it will dissapear and removed

Thanks for your help and must congratulate again for the idea

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This filter compares six control images/colors with your main image and uses the best match as output. The comparison is separate for each sample, which results in a rather spectacular collage. When "Smooth" option is checked, all of the six inputs are used in a weighted manner so the best matching input is most visible, and worst match is least visible - "Contrast Boost" slider is useful in this mode ."Slide X/Y" sliders shifts the position of all the input images before matching. This way you can tweak the final collage so specific features of the main image stand out better."Input Blur" blurs the input image before going into the matching logic - useful if the main image stands out too perfectly. IMPORTANT: If one of the six control image inputs contain your main image, you have to use blur or slide to ensure differences (otherwise you'll see no/little change).