just some odd images here and there

yes, i'm not real happy with the vertical banding either. it was originally just a quick way to introduce color. it still works that way but it's got some quirks now too. you can, currently, eliminate the banding by simply picking colors more closely relateed to each other, but yeah, i'll keep working on it

yeah, van gogh is toughie. i can get a few decent strokes, that if i squint real hard i can sort of make look like van gogh hafta keep workin on that one also. so, i'm glad to hear you have one too. seems an inevitable step in the life of a filter maker

indeed

thanks, beliria and yeah, i cant wait to see it either

well, thought i'd put some more time in on van gogh. had to change quite a few things. it's still a long ways off and certainly no van Gogh maker yet, but some progress has been made.

thanks i'll take all the encouragement i can get at this point i do have an idea of where to go next, but, from what i have done so far and can see, this is going to be a large filter... if i can get it done

any more progress with your Van filter

Hey Craig, I was missing the 'good old days' with you and the rest of the FF old-timers gang.....

I have a question for you......remember when you had created HDRI images from my "ExtremeGlass" filter??? I was wondering how you did that......because I've just started learning about them.....and it would be something to be able to create high dynamic range HDRIs from FF......

Ah, thanks for the info!!!

I think that you mentioned extracting HDRIs from my "ExtremeGlass" filter in the comments here.....

http://www.filterforge.com/filters/discuss2061.html

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Kraellin wrote: i also do have one program for doing hdri, which can be done on the 3 exposures or kind of fake it by using only 1 shot.

What program is that???

Thanx!!!

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Kraellin wrote: i've got my hand in way too many pots and i keep forgetting this and that.

Well, your also a moderator at ReTouch (I believe???).....so you must have your hands full.....

Kinda a "jack of all trades.....and master of none" type of thing, eh??? LOL.....

I can empathize.....ther'es soooooo many neat things to learn out there.....and not enough time in a day to do it all.....

You're not alone.....

Right now, I'm mostly in the middle of doing steel fabrication plans for a hostpital addition up in Maine.....while working on getting my "outlaws" out of my house so I can breath again.....

Well, technically they are not my "outlaws" because I'm not married to my girlfriend.....but they are all from her family.....all good people.....but enough is enough.....I want my house back!!!

How about you......what have you been up to lately???

I started out as a Civil Engineer......moved over to Structural Engineering.....got into architectural/landscape design.....then went back to school for two more degrees in Fine Art Photography and CADD.....so I'm basically an engineer/designer/artist jack-of-all-trades.....

About two years ago I started doing fine art sculptures with steel framework, lead-free solder, glass, semi-precious gems, translucent minerals, etc.....alot of kiln work, welding, and soldering. Most of the work is soldering because I use it to cover entire pieces in a silver liquid metal texture using a 300 watt industial soldering iron.....which is seriously time-consuming.....but reflected in the asking prices.....

I used to be into music as well.....but now I only occasionally play around with rifs on my keyboard.....

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Kraellin wrote: setting up my old midi rig. i'm getting a real freeware studio of sight and sound going here with all the varous open source stuff i use

Sounds very interesting.....jffe mentioned that he was doing something like that as well as others here. I'm not up to date on all the neat new things that can be done with music nowadays.....but I'm sure you have some really cool stuff going on.....

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StevieJ wrote: used to be into music as well

what songs did you play

if you were playing neil young in high school, i'm guessing you are about the same age as me... or maybe a touch younger

ah, ok. i was close then. i put you between 44 and 56. you might be insulted by the 56, but i'm gauging that by my own 58 and i was listening to neil young in high school also...or maybe it was junior high school

Pearl Jam, wow, that seems like soooo long ago, never heard of the Neil fella though

jffe

LOL.....

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CFandM wrote: better when he was with CSNandY

Yeah....."Woodstock" is still one of my favorite tunes.....and actually liked a couple of Neil's later 'techno' songs.....like "Sample and Hold".....

Craig, I haven't forgotten about posting that pic of my sculptural work.....I will try to get to it later today.....if I can get the family to leave me alone so I can get some work done.....

oh cool! what are all the materials there i'm seeing? and what's the size/scale of this? and where's mine?

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StevieJ wrote: "bling"

looks cool, what size is it

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Kraellin wrote: shot from the update

the water and down pour look excellent, reflection cool, mist atmospheric, not so keen on background and it's probly a dream - casading over rocks breaking the direct straight flow - pretty hard to do agreed

Glad you guys like it.....

Sorry about the poor quality pic......was kinda in a rush.....but it is actually perfectly square.....

It's 2' x 2' x 3/4"......welded steel rod sub-structure.....all filled over/in with lead-free solder that is 7% silver.....which gives it the "bling" after it is polished up......

I should have taken it with backlighting so you could see how the translucent materials really "pop out" in a window.....maybe I'll take another pic of it like that when I get the chance......

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Kraellin wrote: that's smaller than i thought. i was thinking in the range of 6" to 12".

Sorry, it is larger.....it's 2 foot by 2 foot.....but is one of my smallest works.....most are much larger, stand-alone sculptures.....built to be near a light source or to have one placed in the center of the base......

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Kraellin wrote: i'd love to see it in its finished state!

Yeah, it really "blings" when finished......and looks like it is solid silver.....