Add Atmosphere by ronviers

Works beautifully I really like the colours adding

I'm on and off fine at moment waiting for Dell help so not on my PC talk when back on line

I wanted to show how this filter can be used with non-square images by first setting the canvas size to square then cropping after the filter has been applied.

before

another

Last one

cool trick ron, it's so simple but i would have never thought of that. i too was lamenting that i couldn't use this with non-square images, but it just takes a little ingenuity and all is well. thanks!

I TOO was lamenting that it isn't easier to use this beautiful filter with non-square images; the trick is doable but inconvenient over time, especially if you've got a pretty large canvas in the first place !=)

ronviers, this is a new fave of mine, and while I haven't used it a lot yet, it makes me smile. Kind of feels like "light coming through venetian blinds", only more creative and stylized, and I bet I could pull off some cyberpunky madness in the tone of Blade Runner with this.

Thanks for such a fun filt!

Quote
Torley wrote: inconvenient over time, especially if you've got a pretty large canvas

Sad but true. The good news is its relatively fast and Photoshop is an industrial product capable of handling billboards.
I like the idea of a Blade Runner mood. Maybe I could add some smoke particles and a color cast for a theme based atmosphere – now if I could just think of a way to add a Rachael checkbox.

Thanks and good luck using it.

Here are the steps I used to work with a non-square image for this sample – here is the before.


Image>Canvas Size
The width of this image was 994x1448
Make a note of size of the height and width
Copy the larger number and Paste it over the smaller number
In this case the image is now 1448x1448
It's a good idea to choose a canvas color that contrasts well with the image but really not necessary
I chose black for this one
Filter>Filter Forge
Apply the filter
Select the Crop tool and put the original height and width values into the height and width boxes of the options bar
Cropping is then easy because PS will constrain the size of the cropping tool and the arrow keys can be used to place the crop before it is accepted

If anyone has any questions they can use this thread or the 'E-mail' link.

ok, so you changed the aspect ratio in photoshop before applying the filter and then changed it back after applying FF. is the crop tool the same thing as the resize in paint shop pro? that might be what was throwing me on this. because, i think of cropping as cutting part of the original image off.

lol. i do hope you're kidding

oh, ok. now i see why you're using the crop. ok. you're changing the canvas, not the image size or aspect ratio of the original image. clever

Thanks for the vote of confidence Carl. Funny, this filter feels like cheating because it is FF that does all the work all I did was plug in a few components.

Btw, I figured out how to subscribe to your filters. Now when you make a new one I will get an email - pretty cool.

Quote
Carl wrote: Is that with the RSS

Yes rss, but before when I clicked on it nothing would happen. Now I right click on it and 'copy link location' then paste that link into the box at this site 'sendmerss.com'. After that the updates come to my inbox. I guess it would work with forums but that might be a lot of emails. Also there may be a lag.

Quote
Carl wrote: Maya stuff

Still modeling. I had a serious conceptual delay last week. In Maya I have to be able to move easily between spaces like world, local, object, normal, gimbal and even localized temporary spaces defined by a point, edge or face. My problem was that I kept trying to break the xyz up by defining a space for one axis but have the other two axes remain in a previous space. It took me three days to find my error – that's the problems with trying to do this while not being very smart. If I had been in school it would have put me hopelessly behind. But now I'm back on track.
I will be glad to put polygonals behind me. Then I either have to do NURBS or do some texturing then come back to NURBS. Texturing is by favorite; I like 2d and 3d procedurals but I also like hand painted too. After texturing and NURBS this project will require rigging, animation and dynamics. So I am a long way from posting anything.
Now with you fancy pants new computer this would be a great time for you to download Maya. You know you might as well get started.

Quote
Carl wrote: Ok what's that - is that another word for geeks

When modeling with polygonals the vertices are connected using straight edges while in NURBS modeling the vertices are connected using curves - the curves are very similar to the Bezier curves used in AI.
Come to think of it, that's a pretty darn geeky thing to say.

Quote
Carl wrote: looking around for a good 2d animation program

I know this is not a viable option but I have been noticing that Maya is a very powerful 2D editor in that it allows for the characters to be designed and animated in 3d but then rendered in 2d using Maya's vector renderer. For me this would you easier than trying to illustrate each frame.

Quote
Carl wrote: I think I'll have to do it secretly so you won't expect me to understand what the hell I'm doing

I do not entertain any illusions of understanding what I'm doing – I just want to make things that are pretty.

Howdy there Ron that's very thoughtful of you, after I make a few posts as they have backed up will check it out - how have you found the program is it good no no don't tell me I'll check it out Thanks most kind, I'm building up a bit of debt

Hey it's pretty cool the only drawback seems that you can't save it as a gif or in a format that allows the animation to be saved only as statics or I'm mnissing something well have another look tomorrow ......... have you seen this before

Thanks Ron I'll have to sit and study up a bit, it does look like the paid version can do the gif/png............ don't seem to have enough time for everything at the moment which is frustrating and I know you would have same problem............ hope you have a pleasant Xmas/New year and all your Maya dreams come true

Hey Ron, sorry I was skipping this one.....thought it was an older one that you were conversing with Carl in.....

I just checked out your samples.....very clever filter indeed!!!

Well, I've been fighting against the light scheme artifacts......and you turned around and harnessed them in this one. I could definitely stand to think more like you.....and take advantage of these things.....

I may be learning 3ds Max, V-Ray, and maybe even Maya coming up one of these days.....and I think Carl is thinking about it too. Maybe we could all collaborate sometime in the future, eh???

If we don't talk before, I hope you have a great xmas!!! You're definitely one of the good guys, Mr. Ron Viers!!!

PS.... I always check out your filters..... ......

LOL....

Quote
ronviers wrote: When I get the modeling and rigging done on my first project maybe you and Carl will agree to be sworn to secrecy and provide me with critique and suggestions for texturing

Sure, you can send things over to me anytime.....and I'll give an honest opinion, critique, suggestions on anything you come up with.....

Quote
Carl wrote: Guaranteed Ron Hu on this one and you can hold me to that Wink Smile ...... Carl

I guess you can relax. Too bad, I liked having you on the hook for it.