Be able to import AND EMBED images inside the filter and submit to FF

Hello,

I had one idea that I do not know if it would be possible to make, but anyway I will explain it.

I have the suggestion that to open the FF filters to a new world and open new doors to creativity, could there be a way to be able to import your own images, and then use them to create creative things and effects with the components, AND THEN KEEP THIS IMAGE (or images) EMBEDDED INSIDE THE FILTER so you could submit it to the FF library, and then others could use the filter WITH those images you have put inside and NOT only with the built-in images.

I think this could open a whole new way to make effects and filters as this could rise much the possible texture creations and be able to make much more patterns WITHOUT having to always make them using ONLY the FF generated textures as it happens now.

I mean, this would be like it happens in Microsoft Word, you make a letter and you include in the document some photos toghether with the text, and then you send this letter by email WITH those photos EMBEDDED inside the same file and so the receiver can see those photos too without having to send them separately.

I do not know if you can imagine and think about the great and huge potential that this could offer to Filter Forge and change the way filters are created and offer much more versatility and creativity.

CFandM is right: Filter Forge won't have an easy way to embed images due to copyright reasons. But there is a workaround for those who know what they're doing.

There is no hardcoded resolution limit but bitmaps over 100x100 will be very slow to process in Filter Forge.

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GMM wrote: CFandM is right: Filter Forge won't have an easy way to embed images due to copyright reasons.

OK that copyright could be a problem, but it cold be put some rules to NOT use any kind of brands, or famous persons, or other copyrighted things.

And also surely the embedded image will be transformed and changed, OR if it used with Bomber will be much different fr om the original.

BUT OK, if this could be a source of problems and much work for FF Inc. I agree to not to do it.

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GMM wrote: But there is a workaround for those who know what they're doing. There is no hardcoded resolution limit but bitmaps over 100x100 will be very slow to process in Filter Forge.

If the limit is 100x100 this is really useless and not worth at all.

How would you get something interesting with 100x100 images ????

And if used larger would be very slow, so there is no choice.

Sorry but I am not interested in this workaround. Could you have any other idea ?

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Morgantao wrote: Oh, another thing I wanna ask... If 100x100 pictures are OK, will having 10 images that size take as long to process as a 1000x1000 image, or will it be considerably faster?

Will this 10 images be different ? Or the same one multiplied by 10 ? (Suposse is the first one?

I think this would depend also on how many images you can use using this workaround with the LUA Script.

IF I have just ONE 1000x1000 image and then I cut into 10 images of 100x100, would it work better and faster as suggests Morgantao ?

I want to put and example of what I mean with images embedded inside the filter, because as said an image is better than a 1000 words.

For example I have seen this filter Beetle collection by Sjeiti



As you can see this are like small "photos" of real bettles but really they are built with FF components and are not photos.

SO I want to ask HOW could build and generate THIS image collage below with FF components?

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Morgantao wrote: Start with one flower and advance fr om there

Of course, thanks, you are right, this best thing to do, and how to start, but please, where is the flower generator component in FF, I can´t find it