The Monster

Wow!!! That last one really gives a "piercing" look to her.....awesome!!!

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Kraellin wrote: ya know, i could also combine this thing with my 'rubber faces' filter. that shld be good for some halloween fun

LOL..... Love to see some samples of that

FF villagers chasing you with pitchforks and torches, eh??? LOL.....

yeah, #2... those eyes!

hey, can i milk a thread or cant i?

ok, been feeding the monster some more...

i dare not quit

well, the nature of this thing is a 'multi-filter'. and it's never been finished. my definition of multi-filter is that it's NOT a one effect type filter. it's an anything goes type filter. when i hit 'next variation' i never have any clue what might be coming up next. it's truly just a plug it in and see what comes up type.

the monster does have one rule, however. it must use an image and must be such that the image doesnt become too obscured by the effect. and that's really the only rule. the number of controls is unimportant. ease of use is unimportant, especially since i mostly just hit 'next variant' to produce the effects. number of presets is unimportant; i save tons of them. in fact, in this filter, the presets are king. that's how i find effects i've used and liked in the past, but even more so in this behemoth than in other, normal filters. like that last image i posted here. that's now a preset.

so, all of my multi-filters are somewhat this way. they are experimentation filters. and i rarely throw anything out on one of these. some effect may look horrible on a newly loaded image, but the preset may have been made for a specific image that is now long gone. but, that effect stays nonetheless.

it's actually an interesting exercise in seeing what FF can do and i'd recommend anyone doing at least one. the basics are simple. set up a switch and add more switches to that. then just fill in the sub-switch nodes with various effects. or, if you're really brave, substitute multi-blends for the switches

i've spawned off several filters from my multi's and will be doing more. in fact, i've actually started on doing a series from the monster. the first one is already almost done. i think i named it 'monster's spawn #1' or something like that

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Kraellin wrote: when i hit 'next variation' i never have any clue what might be coming up next. it's truly just a plug it in and see what comes up type.

Yeah, that's what I've come to like about it. You were right, Photoshop can already do the selection and masking.....so why re-do it. For me and my work, I love the draw of the unexpected and unpredictable. For example, some of Carl's filters are very unpredictable.....and users seem to love that about them.....so I think that this approach would work for the "Monster" filters as well.....with all kinds of crazy selection methods.....

I was also thinking that combining filters for the "Monster" would alleviate your 'enfringement' concerns.....like using your combination of my "ElectroGlo" with your "Church" filter. Just about every one of my filters can be plugged into other filters for new viable effects.....so pillage away.....and should have 500 new filters before you know it

That's cool....metallic noise speckling!!!

One more thing.....combining two effects with threshold along with the "Monster" selections would yeild all kinds of dramatic unpredictable effects.....the crazier the better.....and I for one would love it.....

Hehehe..... "Spawn of Monster 201x subsection 3b" LOL.....

hehehe, yeah, could make a completely new library section.... "See: 'Monster'"

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Do one effect on 'high' and the other on 'low' with the straight image as the source.....

hmmm, interesting idea. i might try that. the 2nd way i'm not so sure about, but maybe. the other thing about combining other's filters is that, it's really easy. so, i dont ever feel like i've authored anything, so why take credit

and yes, yours and volde's might make for really interesting effects. dilla's and uber's and volde's and yours....now there's something i'd like to see might be fun just to see what comes up

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Kraellin wrote: interesting idea. i might try that. the 2nd way i'm not so sure about, but maybe.

Yeah, several different ways to experiment with.....there's those two ways.....or blend the two effects, use as threshold source, image with effect #1 into low, image with effect #2 into high, then use Monster selection to apply threshold amount of final effect to original image.....all kinds of ways to experiment with it.....and actually sounds like alot of fun to make

Beautiful!!

thanks, gunsan

thanks, steve

having fun doing these.

and this is from the fourth in the series. i just submitted it. this one is also a curves filter and is more for altering color tones. this one also includes a relief heighten control for when you want more or less depth/roughness/texture in an image.

i lost you there, carl. what is LP? you mean when i release the monster itself?

and thanks

thanks, steve.

two candidate filters? combo monster? no idea what you're talking about.

Sparkly - excellent

gunsan, get 5d if it's out. a bit better than 5b.

#6 and 7 are submitted. no preview pics on 6... it's just too weird

lol. well, this one wasnt meant as a teaser. it just barely fits the motif of 'the monster' in that it's a bit of a stretch for my criteria there. it's just a little frame playing

that's #7 and it's submitted also.

and #2