Ghost Rider!

#2

and #4

thanks, steve.

so far, #2 is my fav, too.

thanks, jean

well, it's evolving. i've got an image or two i want to post showing more examples, but i'm going to have to get permission on that one first. i've also got another whole feature i'm thinking of adding to this, but have to perfect it first and then see how it looks in this.

thanks, rev

hehe, wasnt really trying that time.

this one's going to take some work, so dont expect anything any time soon. (how's that for a tease? ).

I really like the 1st and 4th one the best, 2nd and 3rd one are pretty cool also. All in all great job

the ghost is back!

the ghost refined more:

i'm definitely starting to grin a bit:

I really like that 2nd to last one......like the image is subtly thresholded thru the soft noise.....very nice!!!

PS..... Are you doing anything with that excellent smoke effect from your first samples here???

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Kraellin wrote: for heaven's sake, go look at your artgloss thread. been dying to hear your comments on what i did to it

LOL..... Okay, Okay, I'm on my way.....hey, I made a rhyme LMAO..... Sorry I missed it.....kinda flying thru today.....

NOW i'm grinning

thanks, steve yeah, sort of an unexpected, serendipity.

i've added in one more control since the above image. this will enable more of the image or less of the image to come through. this one has me a bit perplexed, though, on whether to re-map some of the controls. i think i'd prefer to leave them un-mapped, but randomization could produce some very undesireable results if i do. i'll figure it out

and another with steve's vase:

One word:

Kewwwl

I really like the effect you got on the blue vase sample.....the posterized stalks.....cool

#8

#10

thanks, steve

as the filter library continues to grow, with no real end in sight, i'm beginning to change my policy on filters and how many effects to put in one filter. i'm beginning to feel it might be better to have 1000 filters with 10 different effects, than 10,000 different filters with one effect. so, i probably wont separate anything out here. in fact, i'm actually adding more legs to this one, putting them on a switch. this started yesterday as an experiment with some of the blending on this filter, but i'm beginning to like it and thinking of keeping it. i dont really need the HU's from 10 different filters, so why not just put it all in one? i also find for my own use that having one filter i can go to instead of 10 is a lot easier on me, but that could just be because i know the filter having made it myself. for new users especially, it makes a lot of sense to do single effects but multiple filters. get those HU's. but, i've always been the king of multi-filters and multiple effects in one filter and i think i'm just going to go back to that more and more now. i could probably get 50 separate filters out of 'the monster' with no problem, but then i'd have to be able to find each of those and swap one to the other when i wanted a change. i like that 'the monster' just has presets you move through instead of filters

oh, wow, that just gave me an idea. actually, it's an old idea but has a new purpose now. what better way to organize a slew of filters than to simply combine 20 or 30 of them into one multi-filter! lol. i'm gonna be the death of vladimir yet sorry, vlad

yup, exactly like that. by putting separate filters into one filter and just using a switch, you dont increase the render time of any given filter and could then group all similar filters into one filter.

and btw, where did you write that? i dont ever recall seeing that before. but yes, that's exactly what i'm talking about in the 2nd part of my last post.

in the first part of my last post, i'm simply talking about bigger filters with more variety in them instead of trying to make 20 filters with little variety in them. there are a lot of advantages doing things this way. for instance, and this isnt to make you wrong for how you did this, but i could probably take 10 of your filters and combine them all into one filter with 10 different looks. there are pros and cons each way and we've debated that endlessly. but, with the library growing and growing like it is, it's starting to weigh more in the direction of putting many effects into one filter rather than splitting each effect off into its own filter. so, that's what i'm moving back to with ghost rider. lol, it's suddenly grown in scope and effects

I like it because you can't tell what it is.....and can interpret it in many ways.....like I see some kind of Werewolf creature in there......or I need some psychological help