StevieJ's ParticleDiffuser by StevieJ

StevieJ's ParticleDiffuser by StevieJ
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/4525.html

Preset size is maximized for the close-up life preserver.....so adjust "size, Pixels" in combination with the "Diffusion" control for the desired amount of effect to your image......

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or three

as far as i know, yes, it's lynn's. nice pic.

and yes, the blur in the threshold looked interesting. might have to experiment with that a bit.

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about time you fixed that lovely effect

steve, i've been playing around inside your filter. you may have just given me one of the best ideas i've ever had for an art filter

also, i take back what i said about removing the color shift. leave it in!!

here's an example of what i did.

well, i find myself playing with your filters a lot. they inspire me quite often. and when i saw your brush strokes in this one, i just kept thinking about various effects folks try to achieve in the photo art section of retouchpro. and i've been trying to simulate some of that in FF for a while. i wanted multi-directional strokes or, something impressionist. i think this hits the latter.

yeah, i've tried using noise for brush strokes before and was never happy with it. it's ok for seeding the brush, but not really for the final look. refraction, yes. that can help. but it's the noise distortion that really has the potential and that's what i've been playing with in yours.

as for going surface, not yet, i think. i put in a foreground sharpen, background blur routine for the depth instead of going surface. that routine wont always work, though, so i might change to surface down the road.

well, dilla is responsible for the recent noise work, so i credit him

and as for the last point, it wasnt me, i wasnt there that day; the devil made me do it; i blame it on carl; nobody informed me; there wasnt any time; the mailman was late; i blame it on carl; the dog ate it; must have been someone that looked like me; i'm barely responsible for my condition, how could i be responsible for yours; carl made me do it; god was whispering in my ear; and yes, i have liability insurance.

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Belushi in the sewer with Carrie Fisher

classic

well, that image i posted is sort of a dapple brush effect. and yes, i've played with a number of components and arranagements thereof to get good brush strokes of different kinds, but i've never really been happy with too many of them. so, that dapple effect i kind of like and gives me some new ideas.

excellent mirage craig