Plant Leafs

I have been working on this one. Its a leaf generator of sorts. Heres some picts so far..I need to figure out a way to cut the leaf out of the background to make it work
with the stems and branches..

Anyone want to give it a try please do..

Leaves.ffxml

Thought I would post this here since this filter came from this idea...Still working on this one..Still need a name, maybe Abstractus, Organicus.

Preset5

Definitely unique.....like some kind of alien metal. The leaves are coming along nicely

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CFandM wrote: still need to figure out how to cut the background out

I'm very interested in finding out how to do that too.....

I'll post the filter here once I figure out why the middle turns out black...

Are you going to change the center black to different gradiented colors for the flower.....or do something else like add another interior pattern?

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StevieJ wrote: Are you going to change the center black to different gradiented colors for the flower.....or do something else like add another interior pattern? Smile

Well that black center is what I did not want and that was what I was trying to figure out how to get rid of..
I am going to try and figure out some type of veins or maybe another color...
Right now its just plastic leaves..
Heres the FF file so far..

Leaves.ffxml

I tinkered a bit, but I don't know if this is the direction you want.....

^ Haha one of those looks so much like a marijuana leaf!

Thanx I didn't know if CF wanted to loose those longitudinal leaf lines.....because a realistic 'Beech Tree' leaf could be created by keeping them and putting in random angled cross-vein lines.....and popping the height in between....

You are probably right about turning down the height.....maybe just a little too much 3D.....but I think that it does add some 3D realism to it.....

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Torley wrote: Haha one of those looks so much like a marijuana leaf!

Its not my filter I'm holding for a friend....hehe

StevieJ: post more picts when you get them, looks interesting so far..

Yea the height was a little to strong on that one Stevie. But I am at that experimental point on this also..At least the main part of the leaves is done
the basic shape of a leaf anyway...But still can experiment with that also..
So there is no direction of the leaves at the moment..Or there might be different versions...Heres one I was playing with as far as the surface...

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StevieJ wrote: This idea was making me think of a 3D side-angle arrangement of flowers and/or greenery....which could be very useful in design renderings as well as artistic..... What do you think??? Smile Anywho, you've peaked my interest.....and I'm into gardening like others are into golf Smile

Yea that would be a good one. Maybe put them in a vase or some kind of pot...

I kinda used your idea Stevie. With the noise connected and streched a bit..Took some
fiddling with to get it to where it looked good and blended in with the leaf..

yup, that's coming along nicely, CF.

boy, do we need a fractal generator.

Yep It keeps looking at me all day wanting to be finished...So hopefully sometime
this week it'll be finished...I only have presets and info to make..

OK this one may be to slow to submit...But I will post it here if anyone wants to mess with it..

Leaves.ffxml

PS..... Every time I look at this, I wonder about using the curve profiles to create side views of plants, trees, greenery, flowers, forest, etc.... It's a crying shame that it takes so long to render.....because it is such an excellent concept!!! I wish that FF would figure a way to make filters like this run faster.....like a programmed accelerater similar to what is found in graphic card software.....

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Kraellin wrote: whip the hamster a little harder

LOL..... I'm beating a dead horse I'm seroiusly considering a new multi-processor graphics computer. I'm starting to do things with high res images that are bogging me down time wise. Funny, what I have works slick for large AutoCAD renders.....and not so well with extreme high res image files.....

Latest single pentium M in base unit......connected to a slower multi-processor Compaq Server for storage. Three ViewSonic PS graphic monitors.....for different simultaneous design views and separating work. Matrox graphics.....etc....

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Kraellin wrote: a dual or quad core would improve things

That's exactly what I've been thinking.....

Yeah, time is everything with me.....sometimes I have myself strung out pretty thin juggling everything

Now that the resolutions of digital are starting to meet and surpass that of film, I've completely dropped photography altogether.....cutting out all of that photo darkroom, processing, scanning time.....and all those photo expenses.

I just sold all of my camera equipment on Ebay.....and very thankful that there are still photo buffs out there.....because sooner than later, photo is going to become totally obsolete....

Don't get me wrong, I still use photo technology towards making prints. I've been having my digital images shot to make cybachrome prints.....the depth and richness is just unbelievable.....

Oh yea by the way Stevie, like the new avatar

Hi Steve~

Hi CFandM~

Your leaves are done right? Thought I'd show you a project I'm working on (not leaves----> but sure looks like it at the moment.

It's almost 4am here so going to bed.
Nite,

Jean

P.S. Sorry about the color but they currently have to be in this color family to get the leaves to show like this. My project has tin and metal on them with the life preserver. (((Tired- going to bed))). LOL. Nite.