Old Brick/Stone/Ruin Wall Maker

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Hi, I'm new here!

Hey MeKenzie Welcome Aboard!~

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And yeah, I figured that it'd be a good start with my first post...

Great start for a first post~

Fantastic Filter!~ And the moss is great. When the filter is in the library be sure to drop a link to it from this thread.

Welcome to FF!

i like the general idea of this one. would like to see a bit more definition in the stone so that the 'old' is a little less subdued. the moss is also a bit overpowering to the stone. the stone is the main feature.

it also has a bit of a sod look to it, like those old plains sod houses, though those werent quite so light as your stone/brick here.

havent actually played with it so i dont know if you can tailor the wall height, but that would be good if you can.

Good news everybody! The filter is now accepted in the library!

http://www.filterforge.com/filters/2876.html

P.S. If you dont like the roughness of it, you can just tune down surface opition.

hi mekenzie and welcome to FF,

in general, what i was trying to say yesterday was that, in the image you posted, i saw an awful lot of distressing and not enough brick/stone. i just wondered if you could adjust things to see more brick/stone and less of the aging/dirt.

i've now actually got the filter and i can see that you can do that. so, that's fine.

and the question about the wall height was just that, wall height, not brick size. i was wondering if you could cut the height down with a transparency at the top to make the height of the wall less and have that adjustable. it would give the filter a bit more versatility.

it's a good filter. i like that you've given the user the abiility to make all those adjustments like the colors of the elements and the warping of the stone and so on. it reminds me of one of those old english walls separating fields.

Persidio,
Thank you! And yes, I have a lot of graphic background for both professional and hobby use. I have experiences in 3D program (Blender remains to be my favorite software and I give it full credit for giving me experiences in node-based system), 2D programs such as photoshop for anything from photo editing to digital painting, and traditional painting. I also have some experiences in commerical art. Basically, I'm addicted to art and always will be! Right now, I'm seeking a job as a freelancer (my previous job's company crashed due to not enough funding) and while at it, I'm building my portfolio with new textures.
Anyways, I'm glad you noticed those settings because that was my intention to target it to both beginner and advanced users so they can use it and create thousands of different textures without having to change anything in advanced filter editor.

Kraellin,
I see what you mean, it can be done easily so I'll see what I can do. It'd be a nice feature. Thanks.

Now, I'll comment on Crapadilla's post later... I got headache so I'll go and lay down to recover. Thanks for the comments everybody!

Hi Mekenzie~

Yes go lay down----> I get mirgraines from computer eye strain so I know what you mean. Posts will be here when you get back~

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digital painting

Keyword for me... my ears went up ... perk... digital painting... My avatar is one of my mouse paintings scaled down. ((I know I need to redo her nose--- polish filters washed it out)).

I could tell you had a digital art background. There is no way to hit the ground running with FF like you did without one. I started April 16th,,, and Mystic Raven also new... both hit the ground running----> both have art backgrounds... so it's easy to spot when someone is new to filter forge and brings a ton of art experience with them. It's wonderful to have you on board... Watch out for eye strain and migrains.

You'll know when your addicted to making filters when you get to the forum web pages and instead of using the scroll bar you attempt to drag the page to where you want it to go~ LOL

Jean

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Kraellin, I see what you mean, it can be done easily so I'll see what I can do. It'd be a nice feature.

cool beans

i'm hoping that in the next version of FF we get more versatility in brick sizes and sizing. that would really do some of these filters nicely. and just a for instance on that, try to make a concrete block wall and you'll see what i mean.

UPDATE:
Wall height, faster rendering, more dirty settings... can reduce strands if you want, round to flat settings...

Other sneaky preview while the updated filter is on its way to the library... feel free to compare it to the original image.

Other demostration..

i'm glad Kraellin, i was thinking of adding other updat that will be able to smooth out the wall height if needed (if it's too rough for your taste or whatever) since it's based on brick noise to calucate the result so it uses brick details setting for now and I think I might need to fix that a bit since in most detail, it becomes more paper-like cut look if that makes sense.

Yeah I know what you mean. And imo the mask isn't needed. I just need to put "restrictions" on roughtness for noise distortion that I used for brick distortion.. so it won't be too paper-torn alike. It's a simple solution, but I can't update that til this current update is accepted. :/