Foxxee's Cut N' Carved Gem And Jewels by Foxxee

Hey Foxxee (Yikes, that sounds like a pickup line ).....love how you have the gemstones with the cut and inner refactive lines.....totally cool!!!

foxxee, (going into simon cowel mode here) i like the looks of these, but most dont convince me of jewels. like, 1, 2, and 3 are nice, but dont really look like gemstones. there are internally too rough and the patterns only vaguely remind me of any stones i know of.

#4, 5, and 9 are much more what i would think of in gems. they have facets and cuts and the internal look isnt too variegated in height. and 9 looks the most like an actual gemstone.

so, whereas you do have some interesting patterns here, the name says gem and jewels and i'd love to see you refine this one more into the gem look and less of a pattern filter with a gem shape.

keep this one. that's fine. but another with more refined 'gems' would be great! we actually have very few gem and crystal filters.

(end of simon mode)

ok, all that being said, i do like these. very colorful, inventive and creative and they dont really all have to be exactly like real gems to call the filter a 'gem and jewels' filter. it would be fun to do a whole 'jewelry' filter, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, the whole sha-bang. who was it did a clock filter? i would think a 'watch' filter would be even more tricky.

and sorry about simon; i normally keep him bottled up

#8 looks like a crazy amethyst stone. You might update it to make them look a bit sharper edged, or make a new filter that is simplified in look, but that creates more of that cut-edges look that gemstones used in rings have. Just an idea.

jffe

Foxxee this was a very difficult filter to undertake! And you pulled it off beautifully!!~ Stunning filter!

Personally I think this one will go HU~ Crossing my fingers for ya!

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I think you are mistaken as to your full understanding of what the word Gemstone encompasses when it comes to rock minerals that are considers not only just 'precious' but also 'semi-precious'.

ok, i stand corrected.

what i shld have said was could you do one of just precious ones?

oh, yes, steve might take it up

Good work on this difficult filter Foxxee but yes I've got a suggestion too, some different shapes for the gems would add to the filter - Voldemort has a snippet called " Shape Bonanza [ Snippet ]" which maybe a way to do hexagonal etc shapes

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Foxxee wrote: 'Snippets'

There sole purpose in life is to be - copy and pasted or reassembled to improve or allow the growth of ideas - some people like a little tribute in the by line of the filter

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Foxxee wrote: Goodness, now my brain is wide awake again with all these new ideas and I was going to try and get some sleep last night too.

Look like there is another victim of ff - we are going to have to start up "ff anonymous"

LOL don't worry I'll keep your secret it's just between you and me

when you have the bug, you have the bug. the bug must be fed

Working now - I've taken Voldemorts snippet and simplified out one shape range - if you want to restrict the shapes -adjust the remapping on the spokes. Obvious cause of my simplification it's got my name on it - the credit is Voldemort. If you choose to use it not, either way it's totally cool - if nothing else you may understand how I choose a set of parameters and got rid of everything else, so you could choose a different shape set from the original snippet and modify it in the same way - also put the final snippet shape through the kalidescope to get other varieties

anyhow hope this is of help

Foxxee jewel shape.ffxml

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I haven't been able to respond or do much else but look in on the forum yesterday as my keyboard died on me.

I was wondering what happened to you~

Welcome back!

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t's only been a day

LOL

Well okay... but you were missed~

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Last time I had to leave my computer it was for health reasons

Glad you are better~

Last time I had to leave it was ... argh... a family issue... painful, emotional... yada yada... argh... all is fine now...

Take care~

Well looks like I need to get outside and pull weeds... BBL

I really like this filter, but a few things I'd love to see in (the next version? )
-the ability to change the size of the stone (yep, right up to the preview frame edges thingie)
-the ability to increase the number of facets and bevels (unless that is currently available and I just need to play more to find them)so that stones can take on a realistic appearance (like diamonds and rubies that I will only ever dream of ever owning)
-the ability to change the shape of the stone (square, pear, round, etc)
-the ability to telepathically change the stone from FF to real and on my hand. I understand that may take extra time to work out... I'm patient.

overall, lots of fun, great filter, thank you so much for sharing your talent