block tunnel by voldemort

block tunnel by voldemort
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/3630.html

thanks

Yeah, the presets on this look totally wicked amazing, I'm just scared of the render time. <crosses fingers and hopes it's not too bad>

jffe

Some test pics to create presets.....

Thanks StevieJ I havnt been around as much as I would like or participating in the forums as much as I would like either since Im engaged in a lot of other projects Im getting ready to look at your spheres and see if I can fix the offset issue for you
I wouldnt hold your breath as far as counting on me finding a solution though but I will give it a go

My first take would be to try a portion of the resize crop and move snippet --in particular the resize --use that on your gradiant then plug it into a tile component
if its 100 size no tileing should occur but you can then tile when reduceing with out the after effects you described --this way the user dose not need to use the size slider in the settings tab but instead will use your sizeing component and should not suffer those problems
now as far as tile offset with a sphere refraction --Ill have to get back to you on that one
still looking into it myself

Okay here is where I got
i did 2 versions of the refraction one with the image left alone the other with the source image offsett
then I blended the 2 using a step gradiant and seems to work well
tested the results on 3 differnt style photo and seemed to work fine

give me a bit I only prototyped I didnt actually save anything if you know what I mean
so I will need to make it for you since I only tested components initially

they look great

Sorry with kids its hard to get much done at night here is the refraction fix I prommised.

the selector goes
org --original
stg1 -first stage of the fix process
final --ofcourse the fixed version so you can compare the original and final output easier

refraction fix.ffxml

Thank you so much for that!!! You're definitely right....taking the time to help each other out makes this an exceptional place to be.....

Very much appreciated!!!

I wish that I could return the favor, but you are clearly well beyond my skill level. If you post a challenge, I'll give it my best shot.....and maybe I'll surprise myself by getting one of them

Well Ive got a solution it works but it isnt preaty to look at its guts but it renders in decent time

Ill look at that as well where you using a stair curve?
my solution is ugly i pre-rotate the image 7 times then use various layers of alphas to blend tile results --it works