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Geometry Spinner by Rachel Duim

Ramlyn — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:41:37 -0400

Ramlyn, Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:42:19 -0400
Geometry Spinner by Rachel Duim
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/16681.html

Ramlyn, Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:42:54 -0400
Nice and colorful. ;)

Rachel Duim, Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:11:32 -0400
Thanks Ramlyn :) Here's an animated example, right click Open Image in New Tab for a larger version.

SpaceRay, Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:41:37 -0400
Oh! Wow! I had missed this absolutely awesome and amazing well done carefully created filter with such big amount of animated geometric shapes in such creative ways

Thanks really very much for creating this as apart from being great and lovely, it is also really great and useful for learning how to be able to create such wonderful animations in such great way and so can learn how to make other additional ones if wanted

And also for knowing how to animate other things in FF too

I tried myself but did only basic things, but you have made such interesting and creative group of different animations that brings much power and help much

Best wishes and thanks very much for all the work done to make this and again I am sorry that I did not see this before

And thanks for showing a preview of the animated preset 1

About using Filter Forge for processing a video file with filters

SpaceRay — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:23:16 -0400

SpaceRay, Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:59:21 -0400
video processing help page for processing a video file with filter forge filters.

Is curious that this has been available since long time ago but I have never tested it myself yet and is a very interesting thing

Has anyone of you already tested it and have modified videos with filter forge filters?

I will see how it works and I put this thread to share any possible tips, hints and recommendations about this topic here

Thanks very much to you for possible help and to the filter forge team for making it possible

CFandM, Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:31:48 -0400
I have tested it quite a while ago with a public domain video. I did upload the results found here
Video Test

CFandM, Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:46:03 -0400
Remember to choose the filter that you want to use carefully since each frame is an image to be rendered. I am using a watercolor filter edited for animation on a portion of a public domain movie as a test. 1500 frames in this test will take over an hour and this is a quick filter. The video will end up being a minute or so in length so even a short video takes some time...

CFandM, Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:39:46 -0400
Here is a little video tutorial I created years ago on creating a simple animation. There are some FF effects in the beginning and the end of the video as well....
Text Animated

SpaceRay, Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:23:16 -0400

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CFandM wrote: Here is a little video tutorial I created years ago on creating a simple animation

Thanks very much and is very helpful and useful to see it and have an example and it looks good.

I am going to test it soon myself

Adaptive Tiling by byRo

Vladimir Golovin — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:56:58 -0400

Vladimir Golovin, Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:41:16 -0400
Adaptive Tiling by byRo
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/471.html

Vladimir Golovin, Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:43:11 -0400
byRo -- I've just approved the update, excellent work!

Northernshadow, Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:37:42 -0400
Ro, this is great!

Crapadilla, Sat, 17 Jun 2006 04:23:00 -0400
Simply amazing!

Firemup, Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:17:23 -0400
Really nice work.

SpaceRay, Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:53:09 -0400
Amazing and awesome filter that makes so beautiful and wonderful designs.

Really nice work and very well done.

Is a pity that the only comments are from 2006

uberzev, Fri, 08 Jun 2012 23:23:00 -0400
This comment is very 2012.

SpaceRay, Thu, 07 Mar 2019 03:33:41 -0500
Using Pinterest I found this image that was made using the Processing.org language for creating generative art (continue reading below)

SpaceRay, Thu, 07 Mar 2019 03:39:19 -0500
and after seeing the above image I remembered that I had already seen something similar and thinking where it was, and it was here in FF with the Adaptive Tiling by byro

Adaptive Tiling by byro

And now I think that it is an underrated filter and is curious that being from 2006, nobody else (including myself) has made any variation of it, as I think it may have a great potential to be used for other additional things and do other cool things

The way it subdivides the squares is very good and interesting

When I have time will try to see more uses for this awesome filter

Ramlyn, Fri, 08 Mar 2019 03:46:09 -0500
He! He! This is a great filter.

I used this same idea for other filters. But I don't simply like to copy, so my results can look very different. :D

David Roberson, Sun, 26 Apr 2020 05:32:44 -0400
I saw this and downloaded it thinking it might feature some kind of image sampling to get the tile colors. I'm hoping it's not an intrinsic feature of a pattern component, because I wanted to try something like this with more "organic" shapes, generally for setting x and y centers for lookups...

Fingers crossed (as I now go to FF to look under the hood).

Edit: Darn. The sampling is internal to the Tile component. The question remains open though. FF does, at some level, do "cell" sampling. I've seen other examples, like "Seamless Bomber Centers" and kinda think it'd be useful to feed a sample color into a Threshold, or something similar...

Rambling. Pardon me. Back to tinkering.

SpaceRay, Mon, 27 Apr 2020 03:34:25 -0400
This is really a awesome filter and have loved it since 2012, and now I am making a modified and updated version that could use much more things and so it has more flexibility

SpaceRay, Tue, 29 Nov 2022 12:20:37 -0500
After 10 years that I have discovered this awesome and excelent filter effect I have found something that I did not have thought before about it and is that you can MODIFY the plain square that is used to create the tiling and add additional shapes to be overlay the design

You could use any kind of transparent design as overlay that would let show the background original colors

Here is a example using an X inside the tiling square

SpaceRay, Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:29:09 -0500
Here is another example

SpaceRay, Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:33:55 -0500
(Please start reading from 2 posts above this one, the post with the pink woman X image)

The image above here comes fr om this youtube video that is shown the animation of the adaptive tiling

And here it brings us to 2022 wh ere has been released Filter Forge 12 with video animation, and so I think it could be possible to make something like the video shown in the link shown here in some way.

There is a plugin addon for Adobe after effects that is able to make this but it costs 299$ the plugin alone, so I thought that maybe could be possible to use FF to make it, although much slower, as I do not have After effects and also would not pay for the plugin.

ivkis, Wed, 26 Nov 2025 01:52:09 -0500
This is a very beautiful filter. But maybe someone can help me with this one? I want to create a similar effect as in the photo. This filter does the first part of the job and divides the photo into parts, but how can I make each part have multiple organic shapes? I saw another filter(Chuckify and ChuckClose2) that does something similar, but I can't figure it out. I would be grateful for any help.

ivkis, Wed, 26 Nov 2025 01:53:09 -0500
This is a very beautiful filter. But maybe someone can help me with this one? I want to create a similar effect as in the photo. This filter does the first part of the job and divides the photo into parts, but how can I make each part have multiple organic shapes? I saw another filter(Chuckify and ChuckClose2) that does something similar, but I can't figure it out. I would be grateful for any help.

ivkis, Wed, 26 Nov 2025 01:53:26 -0500
Maybe someone can help me do this or suggest ways to solve my problem.

SpaceRay, Thu, 25 Dec 2025 04:48:25 -0500

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ivkis wrote: want to create a similar effect as in the photo. This filter does the first part of the job and divides the photo into parts, but how can I make each part have multiple organic shapes? I saw another filter(Chuckify and ChuckClose2) that does something similar, but I can't figure it out. I would be grateful for any help

Well, is curious and surprising that you have had the same idea as me, as I have been trying to do something similar where instead of simple adaptive dots it could create dots in the chuckify or chuck close style

but the bad news is that I may be doing something wrong and do not have knowledge about how it works that I am still trying to find a way and figure out how it can be made

This adaptive dots technique is really awesome and amazing but if could be used with custom shapes

SpaceRay, Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:09:29 -0500

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ivkis wrote: I want to create a similar effect as in the photo above

I found also this other image that seems to be also adaptive tiling with geometric shapes

Ramlyn, Thu, 05 Feb 2026 06:19:16 -0500
I made a new filter starting from Adaptive Tiling by byRo.
Clearly, highly modified, but the basic system is the same of this filter. I uploaded today, then it should appear soon.
Some examples of the presets:

Ramlyn, Thu, 05 Feb 2026 06:19:43 -0500
Another:

Ramlyn, Thu, 05 Feb 2026 06:20:09 -0500
Another:

SpaceRay, Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:06:35 -0400

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Ramlyn wrote: I made a new filter starting from Adaptive Tiling by byRo. Clearly, highly modified, but the basic system is the same of this filter.

WOW! This looks really awesome and amazing and great idea and lovely that you are so good to be able to do it in such great way

Will see more how it works and tell more later in the filters own page

Ramlyn, Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:56:58 -0400
Thanks! :D
I hope that everybody will enjoy to use it.

Flipping Image Animation by Rachel Duim

SpaceRay — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:58:02 -0400

SpaceRay, Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:20:38 -0500
Flipping Image Animation by Rachel Duim
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/16441.html

SpaceRay, Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:26:46 -0500
WOW!!!, I have just seen that I did not comment anything about this awesome and amazing filter clever and perfect filter that is really very well done and is customizable the time between images and works incedibly well, really exactly what I wanted to have

Please see the demo preview of the animation created shown in the link of the thread below, also see the explanation of how this works
This is the original thread where this was suggested
How to animate 20 different images in 20 frames per second in FF11/12

I really want thanks a million really very much to Rachel Duim for making this and is a huge great help and very useful and love it much
It is also very fast rendering on a slow computer for a 700x700 gif

Using video editing software to make this kind of animation is more difficult and complex for me and I can only use the Free Davinci Resolve 18 but yet do not know how to make this

SpaceRay, Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:33:21 -0400
Dear rachel I can not thank you enough for making this that is so well done and gives such awesome effect':loveff:') (':ff:')

by the way the above gif is uploaded to the forum and is only 500k at 300x300 made using the compression and resize of EZgif.com

Rachel Duim, Sun, 09 Mar 2025 21:21:34 -0400
Thanks again SpaceRay! That's a good way to deal with GIF files ( ezgif.com ). It's tricky doing it manually, but I have done this off and on for a long time.

SpaceRay, Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:02:30 -0400
Please, I wonder if there could be a possible way to bring this awesome animation to bomber plus

I mean that there could be possible to create a grid with random squares that the starting image is chosen randomly and so each animation on the grid would be different

I am now trying to find out a possible way to do it if possible

Thanks very much for any possible help

Rachel Duim, Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:17:08 -0400
It is possible. Many questions.
1. The current list is linear. Image 1, then 2, up to 20. The best solution for adding this to Bomber+ would be a randomized list, for instance 13,5,7,12 and so on until the whole list uses every image, but in a different order. Not an easy thing to do in FF, using the Randomizer for a list would probably create repeats or miss images. Another way is to use the fixed list of 1 to 20, but have each part of the grid start at a different frame. But this has the same issue, there could be repeats in the grid.

Looking further, what I need is called a "random number list without duplicates". Python has a function random.sample() to do it, but it requires programming to do it in lua. I'll leave that to someone else. I may do it in some psuedo-random way if I can think of one.

SpaceRay, Tue, 01 Apr 2025 22:11:53 -0400

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Rachel Duim wrote: It is possible. Many questions.

Thanks very much for your ideas and is great how you are able to make it, but as you have told your way is complex and difficult to make or even require scripting but maybe I think that maybe I did not explain it correctly.

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Rachel Duim wrote: Another way is to use the fixed list of 1 to 20, but have each part of the grid start at a different frame. But this has the same issue, there could be repeats in the grid.

The way I have thought it would be possible I think is what you say here, Have 10 different switch components with each one have different arrangements of the images and then use the bomber plus randomizer and the selector of all the switches

I do NOT want that each one in the grid is different, just only that there are 10 different animated squares randomly arranged in the grid

To continue explaining it better I have made this other thread
Flipping Image Animation with bomber plus with 20 images in 10 groups

SpaceRay, Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:58:42 -0500
I have found a very good example that uses this kind of flipping image to create a awesome animated typeface

In. this link you can see the video showing them

Sketchbook Fun Type By Spirala Studio

These Letters are single video files for each one that have this kind of animated style shown here with this awesome and well done filter

Rachel Duim, Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:54:33 -0500
Looks like a fun project. When I find time I’ll post an example. Animating text was on my list of things to try. May go slow, super busy for the moment.

Rachel Duim, Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:36:11 -0500
Here is a proof of concept for animating flashing text with a moving background. I'll probably post in Chaos Fields after this.

SpaceRay, Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:58:02 -0400

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Rachel Duim wrote: Here is a proof of concept for animating flashing text with a moving background

Wow! Is this done in filter forge ??

When I suggested it I did not told that it could be possible to be done inside FF just outside of it

Amazing and awesome

Multicolor Plasma Waves by mgreen

The_Funktasm — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:58:15 -0500

The_Funktasm, Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:57:49 -0500
Multicolor Plasma Waves by mgreen
http://filterforge.com/filters/15260.html

The_Funktasm, Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:58:15 -0500
Reminds me a lot of old Windows screensavers.

Minimalistic Patterns by Ramlyn

SpaceRay — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:50:38 -0500

SpaceRay, Thu, 25 Dec 2025 05:02:53 -0500
Minimalistic Patterns by Ramlyn
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/16697.html

SpaceRay, Thu, 25 Dec 2025 05:04:15 -0500
This is well done and great artistic geometric shapes in different sizes together that makes this in such beautiful pattern, well done

Ramlyn, Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:50:38 -0500
Thank you! :D

I got inspiration for this filter from some electric devices parts.
The beginning I was thinking also to make a filter that could be applied as tiling effect to an image, but the result was too slow, so I decided to make only a texture.

Circumball by Ramlyn

SpaceRay — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:42:42 -0500

SpaceRay, Sun, 07 Jan 2018 18:25:06 -0500
Circumball by Ramlyn
http://filterforge.com/filters/14466.html

SpaceRay, Sun, 07 Jan 2018 18:29:26 -0500
WOW!! Excellent and awesome geometric designs with the added balls, really cool and original and shows what FF can do

congratulations for your original and cool creations that you are able to make and for sharing them with us

Ramlyn, Mon, 08 Jan 2018 01:03:18 -0500
Thank you! :D :D :D

Many times I did filters that generated image effects.
They are very impressive at a first glance, but, at the end, the final result depends on the image. If the image, for some reason (too complex, not enough colorful, too small, etc.) is not fitting, the result is not nice as in the examples.
Then I thought to do more things that were independent from the image. They may sometimes be less impressive, but the result is clearer and they may also be easier to use.

SpaceRay, Thu, 25 Dec 2025 05:13:02 -0500
I still think as said above that this really excellent and awesome, creative and well built in such great way

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Ramlyn wrote: Then I thought to do more things that were independent from the image. They may sometimes be less impressive, but the result is clearer and they may also be easier to use

Yes, I agree that these are good thing and make independent custom shapes in the unique and special way you have the awesome skills and ability to make

and although it may be less impressive, what is important is not what you see, is what you can do you with creativity and how you can use this together with other things

Also this "simple" things could be maybe used as source shapes for other filters, I have just thought after seeing the presets that maybe it could be possible to use them in multiple variations with bomber and make a grid or random collage with many of these beauties

Ramlyn, Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:42:42 -0500
Thank you! :D

Rough Wood Planks by emme

Redcap — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:26:32 -0500

Redcap, Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:28:38 -0400
Rough Wood Planks by emme
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/8892.html

Redcap, Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:29:17 -0400
Where's the editors pick this is downright amazing!

Beliria, Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:15:01 -0400
I agree Redcap, just been playing around with the filter.

Mind looked inside no FF2 componants, shame wasn't created in FF1 would have allowed them that still use that version to download this filter. Not sure if that would effect getting a EP?

cfree68, Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:06:47 -0400
Love it.. I just got through doing some 3d wood floors but now I need to do them all over again thanks to this awesome filter.

ronjonnie, Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:21:04 -0400
Hey Everyone,

I agree, a very cool filter!
Maybe they missed this one :?: ??

Have a GREAT day! :)

Ron

Kraellin, Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:34:42 -0400
seriously good. EP +1

Unreality3D, Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:49:42 -0400
Awesome! I was trying to concoct something like this using Totte's Aged Wooden Floor, but I like your version much better than what I was able to come up with.

emme, Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:49:01 -0400
Thanks everyone! Glad you like it :)

Quick test with Lightwave, just some blocks textured with FF maps. This one also went through the Analogue -filter http://www.filterforge.com/filters/8838.html

martadella, Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:12:58 -0400
Really great and realistic wood texture. Thank you for sharing your talent with us :)

Burt, Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:41:26 -0400
Very nice filter. The wood looks great.

brgljezdesign, Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:04:25 -0400
great 1

Erik Pedersen, Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:26:32 -0500
This produces one of my all-time favorite backgrounds. I use it as-is as a background on my iPad, and have several desktop backgrounds featuring this filter. Still appreciating it every day even after all these years!

Text Circular Art by Ramlyn

Rachel Duim — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:52:09 -0400

Rachel Duim, Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:14:49 -0400
Text Circular Art by Ramlyn
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/16685.html

Rachel Duim, Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:18:56 -0400
Very nice! Ampersand art. A little bit like knotted art. I’ve been thinking about a text project, maybe animated. Keep it up.

Ramlyn, Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:52:09 -0400
Thank you! :D
I'm trying to find interesting ways to use the new components.

Multi Image Stacked Swirl by CFandM

CFandM — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 22:14:10 -0400

CFandM, Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:08:00 -0400
Multi Image Stacked Swirl by CFandM
http://filterforge.com/filters/16682.html

CFandM, Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:08:51 -0400
A fun preset that I did not include with this one..

CFandM, Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:09:29 -0400
Here are the settings for the image....btw this is a square image.....

Rachel Duim, Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:11:46 -0400
Nice work. Right up my alley. Have you thought of a drop shadow (or a dark outer glow)? just a thought, probably will slow it down.

Here's a few settings changed from the default preview:

CFandM, Tue, 30 Sep 2025 22:14:10 -0400
Thanks.. :) Thought about that and with that nested loop it does not play nice with shadow methods.

Stacked Swirl by CFandM

Ramlyn — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 05:08:11 -0400

Ramlyn, Mon, 06 Oct 2014 06:32:28 -0400
Stacked Swirl by CFandM
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/12530.html

Ramlyn, Mon, 06 Oct 2014 06:35:24 -0400
Nice idea! :D
Good filter. ;)

DJI, Mon, 06 Oct 2014 11:01:39 -0400
I think this is the first loop filter i've seen that I actually like. Nice. :)

Ramlyn, Mon, 06 Oct 2014 16:44:00 -0400
To be sincere, when I saw the thumbnail of the filter, I thought they were two branches or two tentacles covered of thorns. Ha! Ha!
Then, I went to the filter page and I saw... the truth. :P

( Two tentacles could be a god idea too for a filter )

CFandM, Mon, 06 Oct 2014 18:30:04 -0400
Thanks DJI and Ramlyn.. :)

hehe...guess that thumbnail did its job... ;)
As usual I have a couple other filters based on this one...One also uses an ellipse
with a bevel in the loop...What makes that interesting is it makes this one have a blur without actually having a blur... ;) :) So this one is pretty quick...

Ramlyn, Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:30:34 -0400
Oh! Nice. It could become another good filter. ;)

SpaceRay, Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:51:54 -0400
Very good and great idea, like it much, although I regretably do not have time to test it and see what can be done.

Ramlyn, Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:28:11 -0400
Yes, SpaceRay, I guess you are busy. No new filters from you recently.
Same for me. I did nothing new this period ( I only posted 2-3 filters made many months ago ).
( By the way, I sent you an email. Got it? )

Sharandra, Wed, 08 Oct 2014 16:52:23 -0400
Very nice! :-)

CFandM, Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:32:37 -0400
Thanks Sharandra..Its another many purpose filter.. ;) :)

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Ramlyn Wrote: Oh! Nice. It could become another good filter. smile;)

When I get a chance this will be the next one to submit.. ;) :)

Thanks SR...

CFandM, Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:20:29 -0400
Here is the above version with some color and design....

SpaceRay, Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:49:32 -0400
This is really great, now I have been able to test it and like much all the possible options. very good and well use of the loop component

Please, would be possible that you could be so kind to explain how it works and how you have used the loop component so I (and possibly many others) could understand and learn how it works as you surely know well how to use it

Thanks very much

Possible ideas and suggestions that are ONLY ideas and you are totally free to do it if you want or not, you decide, as it is your filter, I could do it myself but I do not know how unless youc ould be able to explain how it works.

I do not know if these suggestion would make the filter much more complex or not

1 - Be able to have each of the arms with different images, so it would have 2 source images, one for each arm

2 - Be able to have 2 source images but interwoven on both arms, I mean that in each arm it would be image 1 and then after image 2 and then again image 1 and so on

3 - The same as number 2 but instead of 2 source images, to have 4 alternated images in each arm

4 - Now there is 2 arms, and I wonder if it could be perhaps possible to also have the option to have 3 and 4 arms.

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CFandM wrote: Here is the above version with some color and design....

Thanks very much for sharing this other version that is also very good and nice

I am seeing right and this version has 5 arms instead of the 2 on the original version?

as shown on this image here where is shown 5 arms with numbers

SpaceRay, Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:07:19 -0400
Also this other one that is also from the second color version but without the impulse component

CFandM, Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:29:25 -0400
Well I don't have much time for any mods of this filter but have at it... ;) :)

SpaceRay, Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:26:01 -0400
Ok, does not matter, is not important, I of course understand that you may be busy and do not want to bother you, I will try to keep trying to learn how to use loops In another way

What I still do not know how the first version from FF library uses 2 arms and then after the color version has 5 arms

Thanks anyway

CFandM, Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:31:07 -0400
Its the scale and rotate in the loop that affect this......Just open up the filter and play with those settings and watch what happens to the final render....

SpaceRay, Thu, 29 Oct 2015 04:54:43 -0400
OK, thanks to know that it is based in the scale, I will try it

I admire and glad that you (and many other Filter Forgers) are able to understand, and be able to use the Loop component in such great and creative way.

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SpaceRay wrote: Please, would be possible that you could be so kind to explain how it works and how you have used the loop component so I (and possibly many others) could understand and learn how it works as you surely know well how to use it

To avoid any possible confusion, I do not want that you explain how ALL the filter works, just the part of the Loop involved and why is built this way. But of course I understand well that may be busy and you do not have time, so do not worry. I just told it because the same as Skybase, you explained very well all the shapes creations.

SpaceRay, Fri, 30 Oct 2015 07:58:47 -0400

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CFandM wrote: Its the scale and rotate in the loop that affect this......Just open up the filter and play with those settings and watch what happens to the final render....

Well, I have done it and I have tested that is true that modifying the scale main and rotate main you can change from 1 arm to 5 arms (or even 6 perhaps), but the scale is much less important than the rotate main for this, as is the most important to get the effect and changing it very slightly the rotation main value, changes much the result.

Thanks for the advice and now I can use it more

So now I need to discover how the images are processed and distributed to change them, will try to find out later.

CFandM, Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:11:49 -0400
Well I put together a couple of really quick loop filters for study....The first one is a ball that moves with every iteration....This is a simple loop filter...The offset in the loop controls the rate or spaces in which the ball moves...You can control the x and y and when the settings for that are at zero then the ball will not move in that direction....

CFandM, Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:21:20 -0400
Now here is the same loop with a blend added and the ellipse attached to that so it stays in one place when going through the iterations....Compare the Loop Design2 and 3 to understand movement....You could even replace the offset with a rotate or scale to understand how the loop works in general.....

CFandM, Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:26:48 -0400
Now here is the harder one as far as movement in the loop....This takes the ellipse and repeats it via..(Profile gradients, Lookup)....Then does a Polar Coordinates..(Free Gradients, Lookup).....Now when you use the iterations lets say 5 the Repeat and Polar Coordinates will repeat 5 times...This is the basics of loops....Of course its gets much more complicated but this is very basic in this post....

CFandM, Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:44:39 -0400
So with the Loop Design 1 with only a couple of things in the loop you can get some interesting results.....

SpaceRay, Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:09:44 -0400
Thanks very much for your help and the filter examples, will see them and tell you later then

Surely you are one of the masters and expert of loop component because as far as I know you are the one that have shared and published more filters including loop than anyone else and in original and creative ways

SpaceRay, Thu, 05 Nov 2015 02:37:03 -0500
i have seen the filters you have done some days ago and forgot to give a great thnaks for making them, and be able to learn in this good way, now I will study and analyse more what you have done and try to use ir myself

Ramlyn, Mon, 30 Jan 2017 01:51:31 -0500
This filter is not working in FF6. The reason is connected with the double loop.
I attach here a temporary version tested in FF6, just in case somebody needs it. CFandM will surely make a better update very soon.

CFandM, Mon, 30 Jan 2017 05:42:35 -0500
That was a bug in FF that was fixed in the latest version 606 of FF....
I just checked this filter and it does work.... :)
Nested Loop Bug

Ramlyn, Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:11:57 -0500
For me and for another user the nested loops don't work. I have the updated version of FF 6.006 for Windows.

CFandM, Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:51:48 -0500
I am using the latest build.....Check the number and date build...I am using Windows7 x64 so perhaps its one of those Os specific things....Where it needs to be fixed on different systems....

SpaceRay, Sun, 21 Sep 2025 14:52:57 -0400
I have found the image below and then I remembered that I had seen an awesome filter that could this and is this one here created by the talented and creative CFandM

Although the image below has 8 fractal arms instead of two, but I think it can be done probably duplicating the arms available in the filter, unless there could be a technical problem

CFandM, Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:26:41 -0400
I have not had much time for FF but since you posted about this one. ;) I was thinking about a multi image one so here is a start. I did not update anything fr om the old version but just added the spot to add more images in the filters tree. So if you want more images you could edit the filter and add the components to add them wh ere the multi-blend is located....

CFandM, Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:21:58 -0400
Worked a little more on it. Added some more spots for images. There is 7 images that can be loaded and each one has rotate, scale and offset controls added so each image can be tweaked in the swirl. It is mostly for square images at the moment but after I finish this version I will look into a non-square version.....

CFandM, Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:34:13 -0400
One more with the 7 images.....

CFandM, Thu, 25 Sep 2025 05:25:43 -0400
Here is another version with 7 images and the ability to scale. rotate and offset each image.

CFandM, Thu, 25 Sep 2025 05:26:03 -0400
One of the presets

CFandM, Thu, 25 Sep 2025 07:11:37 -0400
Working on the final version for uploading this weekend. Here is one of the presets....

CFandM, Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:30:43 -0400
A little tweaking on the settings and some strategic placement of the images one can also do non-square images with this filter soon to be submitted..

CFandM, Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:47:13 -0400
I just submitted this filter to the library. :D

CFandM, Fri, 26 Sep 2025 05:08:11 -0400
You can now find the update in the library HERE

Manson Grudge Border by Jaret

Minko — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:58:06 -0400

Minko, Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:54:55 -0400
Manson Grudge Border by Jaret
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/8879.html

Minko, Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:55:31 -0400
Can you add a transparency setting?

SpaceRay, Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:58:06 -0400

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Minko wrote: Can you add a transparency setting?

Do you mean a transparency setting for the grunge border itself? I mean that you want that the opacity of the grunge border could be custom variable?

If what you want is that the transparency is about the image itself you can simply add a blank transparent background from the menu

Here is the help for how to add how to add a new transparent background to the filter

You must use the fill color to make the alpha channel transparent

Kaleidoscopic Variations Vol. 2 by jhantares

Haras Arch — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:46:08 -0400

Haras Arch, Sat, 22 Jul 2017 01:03:02 -0400
Kaleidoscopic Variations Vol. 2 by jhantares
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/14367.html

Haras Arch, Sat, 22 Jul 2017 01:04:55 -0400
I think I've downloaded ALL your kaleidoscope filters now!!! Thank you so much for all your work!!!!

jhantares, Sat, 22 Jul 2017 03:00:55 -0400
Thank you :)
There are about 100 more on my pc. I will submit them from time to time. There are some new filters for ff7 on my pc.

Haras Arch, Sun, 23 Jul 2017 02:05:14 -0400
Wow! I'll look forward to more being submitted!

Willow, Sat, 06 Sep 2025 08:15:59 -0400
I took some art I'd created into FF and this filter specifically. My original art is 3600x3600 and is 300dpi. After running the first selection in Kaleidoscope Variations Vol.2, it rendered at 3600x3600, but 72dpi. Why did it do this? I didn't see any selection to click or unclick to designate I wanted the render to be low resolution. I just assumed it would render at the 300dpi my original art was. Help?

Rachel Duim, Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:10:07 -0400
I just tested FF14 Mac standalone, it took my 6144x4608 300 dpi PNG and output 6144x4608 72 dpi. No loss in quality, changed dpi. I normally set dpi indirectly at print time by setting the width/height and the print driver sets the correct dpi for you.

I don't use the plugin, but I believe it does not change the dpi of the image.

It would be nice if the standalone version had an option for
a) Keep input DPI or
b) Set output DPI to xxx

There are online tools + Photoshop, GIMP etc that can change the dpi of an image without losing quality.

SpaceRay, Tue, 09 Sep 2025 05:25:43 -0400
seems that it is still happening these problems that FF standalone will change
any dpi you may have to 72dpi
Will change any color profile to sRGB

But the good news is that as told in this other thread shown below this does not happen if you use FF as plug in because it only applies the filter to the image but DOES NOT SAVE IT, so this is why it does not change the image to 72dpi and sRGB IF you use FF as plugin

Please, for more information and an explanation of what happens see this other thread

FF is killing the resolution but only on standalone version

jhantares, Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:46:08 -0400
I can only get in touch now because I'm sick. But I think everything has already been said.

Polygonal Images Set by Ramlyn

Erik Pedersen — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:22:17 -0400

Erik Pedersen, Wed, 03 Apr 2019 13:11:23 -0400
Polygonal Images Set by Ramlyn
http://filterforge.com/filters/14922.html

Erik Pedersen, Wed, 03 Apr 2019 13:11:47 -0400
Slow clap.... Niiiiiiice! Thanks for sharing!

DJI, Wed, 03 Apr 2019 13:30:54 -0400
Hey! Sweet stuff man!:D This is a nice change from the other filters that have multiple images.

Ramlyn, Thu, 04 Apr 2019 02:18:38 -0400
Thanks Goggler! Thanks DJI! :)

It was originally a request from SpaceRay.
The filter can use up to 18 different images. Every image is surrounded by a resizable border, giving the chance to create many images compositions.

SpaceRay, Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:41:19 -0400
WOW !!! You have taken my original idea and made it much better and made a much bigger filter with much more possibilities and in such awesome and great way, love it.

Amazing that you have made it to be used with polygonal shapes

AND is fast and you can use up to 18 different images !!!!

Now I Will see more how it works and how to use it, and what can be done

Ramlyn, Wed, 17 Apr 2019 07:58:07 -0400
Thank you!! I was happy to make it. He! He!

westdale, Tue, 09 Sep 2025 03:49:30 -0400
This looks really promising for posters/announcements of events - I am currently working with a walking festival.
I have a suggestion for an option - that the default colour of a shape can be set to the background colour...
When I move the top image in the 4th preset I am given a bright green space and I have to find out which shape that is to set its colour to hide it?
Maybe I misunderstand?
Excellent work and I think it will be really useful.

Ramlyn, Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:15:51 -0400
Hi Westdale.
When you move the first polygons away, you can see the polygons that are behind. If the image of the polygons that are behind is not selected, you simply see a colored area. It can be green or a different color, depending on what color you select.

Ramlyn, Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:34:26 -0400
As you can see in the previous image, for Polygon 08 an image (Lionfish) is selected, but for Polygon 09 the green color is selected. That's why you see a green color area if you move the first 8 polygons.

If you don't want to see the green color, you can:

A) You want an image instead of the green color.
Select an image instead of green color for the polygons that are behind. You have a total of 18 polygons.

B) You want less than 18 images but still use the polygons.
That case you can select the same color of the background (or also a different color) for the polygons and use the polygons as you want.
For example, let's suppose that you have an image in Polygon 02 and you want to hide part of it. You can use the background color for the Polygon 01 and put it in front of Polygon 02 to cover part of it.

C) You simply want less than 18 images.
This case you can add images in the polygons that you want to show and the color of the background for the polygons behind.
Otherwise, you can simply move away the polygons that you don't need. You can use the controls Offset X and Offset Y to move away what you don't need.

westdale, Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:22:17 -0400
Thanks yes - so the obvious one for me is to create a preset where all the polygons are 'off screen'
I can then move in the ones that I want when I come to a project.
Cheers :)

Channel Glitch by Martin Naumann

SpaceRay — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 06:31:11 -0400

SpaceRay, Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:57:44 -0400
Channel Glitch by Martin Naumann
http://filterforge.com/filters/14653.html

SpaceRay, Fri, 22 Oct 2021 05:03:51 -0400
I have just seen this searching for another thing and I think is great and powerful creatively expressive colorful.

Will test how it works with some other images

SpaceRay, Sun, 31 Aug 2025 06:31:11 -0400
I have just seen that this filter has a high usage reward and surely it is well deserved for such well done, creative and unique way of doing this amazing glitch effect with channels chromatic distortion

With the right source it can be very good

ANIMATION OF THE GLITCH RGB

I have just thought that to make this is even more awesome and spectacular I will try to animate this filter and see what you can do as it could look really incredible

Circuit Glitch by Martin Naumann

txnomad — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:52:17 -0400

txnomad, Sun, 29 Apr 2018 19:20:37 -0400
Circuit Glitch by Martin Naumann
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/14654.html

txnomad, Sun, 29 Apr 2018 19:25:03 -0400
Great pattern. Works well when using it to make gray scale displacement:
nomad4d.tumblr.com

Martin Naumann, Mon, 30 Apr 2018 04:09:35 -0400
thank you!

xirja, Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:01:00 -0400
Indeed, as you brilliantly showed:

Martin Naumann, Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:25:36 -0400
:D a lot of people were asking for it, so there you go :)

thank you too xirja!

dem10, Thu, 03 May 2018 03:00:58 -0400
i like it Martin :) thank you for the sharing.

dem10, Thu, 03 May 2018 03:01:19 -0400
and another one

Martin Naumann, Thu, 03 May 2018 04:22:36 -0400
holy shit o.O

that's so cool, I'm glad I uploaded this one haha

dem10, Thu, 03 May 2018 05:01:41 -0400
haha if you want to upload to more be my guest :) especially this one haha. anyway thank you again!

dem10, Thu, 03 May 2018 09:44:49 -0400
here comes to martin's filters again;

SpaceRay, Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:03:42 -0400
I really like this very much and is good and well done, cool and interesting.

This may have a big potential if used correctly with the right source images

SpaceRay, Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:52:17 -0400
I have found this again and think is really awesome and amazing effect, creative and very well done In such unique ways and it can be used in many possible different ways

The result will depend very much of the source image you use, maybe for pure normal photos it may not work right and do not give any impressive and awesome result, but if you choose wisely and correctly a possible image it could give amazing result

One way is to combine two of these together with blend modes

Another way it could be also if you make it a circle as shown below using the filter of FF polar distort or other similar available

Groovy Rays by Ramlyn

SpaceRay — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 01:05:57 -0400

SpaceRay, Wed, 27 Aug 2025 02:26:51 -0400
Groovy Rays by Ramlyn
http://filterforge.com/filters/16569.html

SpaceRay, Wed, 27 Aug 2025 02:29:18 -0400
I had missed this incredible awesome masterpiece, so creative, unique and amazing

love it really very much and is really great and admire how you have had a hard work creating all these great amount of variation and made such high quality result

Ramlyn, Sun, 31 Aug 2025 01:05:57 -0400
Thank you! :D :D :D

Striped In Light by Ramlyn

DJI — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:22:33 -0400

DJI, Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:36:28 -0400
Striped In Light by Ramlyn
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/14734.html

DJI, Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:39:41 -0400
Hey! Great stuff. Reminds me of this gif. :D

Ramlyn, Sat, 01 Sep 2018 01:15:12 -0400
Thank you! :D
Yes, I also saw many times similar striped spheres. They are generally made with 3D graphic programs. I like them. And I thought we could do in FF too. This filter is my attempt. :D

SpaceRay, Tue, 27 May 2025 14:40:01 -0400
Oh!! I did miss this beauty and amazing filter creation

I personally like very much because I really love very much striped 3D sphere and thought it was not possible to make it in FF, but you have done it very well and will see how it works and what can be done

Thanks very much for creating this as is very unique, special and interesting

Ramlyn, Wed, 28 May 2025 23:57:57 -0400
Thank you! :D
I hope it will be useful to make nice pictures.

SpaceRay, Sun, 20 Jul 2025 09:51:03 -0400
I think that this has a great a potential for bigger and even more alternatives than the ones show.n here and I will try some

Ramlyn, Mon, 21 Jul 2025 01:20:50 -0400
If you have any nice idea that you would like to use for this filter, I am surely happy to listen and see if I can make an update or a completely new filter. :)

SpaceRay, Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:22:33 -0400
This may be underrated as it is and can be done many great things with alternative ways increasing the amount of spheres available and shown

I really love very much striped 3D spheres and you have used such clever and amazing way to build them using the available components in such unusual way

Circular Flowers by Ramlyn

SpaceRay — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:05:46 -0400

SpaceRay, Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:58:29 -0500
Circular Flowers by Ramlyn
http://filterforge.com/filters/16528.html

SpaceRay, Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:05:48 -0500

OH!!! I you have done another of this incredibly awesome, amazing, creative and very artistic filter that is able to generate such huge amount of different results for EACH one of the tiles and that all are different and have such huge amount of variety and none is repeated or the same

I really love very much how you have done this and I am breathless and really wish if it would be possible to make a 3rd filter with this topic as you are so incredibly creative, unique and special.

I must give a you a big congratulations and express my big admiration for how you are such expert in FF to be able to do this kind things so well done

Being picky and sorry, I really prefer from my own taste just the plain square without any of the possible distortions shown on the variations

Ramlyn, Fri, 26 Jan 2024 01:55:46 -0500
Thank you! :D :D :D

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SpaceRay wrote: I am breathless and really wish if it would be possible to make a 3rd filter with this topic as you are so incredibly creative, unique and special.

Yes, maybe I could do. I will try to find an original idea for a new one.

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SpaceRay wrote: Being picky and sorry, I really prefer from my own taste just the plain square without any of the possible distortions shown on the variations

Ha! Ha! No need to be sorry. We all like what we like. :D
Many times, when I make some pattern filter, I just want to create the first preset, as I did with this filter.
Then, to have more variety and more options, I sometimes add some distortion or other effect.

Ramlyn, Sun, 28 Jan 2024 02:18:13 -0500
Done.

Ramlyn, Sun, 28 Jan 2024 02:18:52 -0500
It can also do some 3D effect.

Rachel Duim, Sun, 28 Jan 2024 15:25:16 -0500
I didn't see the cube as an option... are you updating this? I like it, it's a good general purpose modern/retro look and fast. Great job! King of patterns! (remark inspired by SpaceRay)

Ramlyn, Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:17:36 -0500
The filter is in the library now, then you can check it. :D :D :D

SpaceRay, Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:34:34 -0500

I think that this static images feels like screaming "Please, animate me!!" because is the perfect example to use the FF studio animation in the best way

Ramlyn, Sun, 23 Feb 2025 22:35:45 -0500
Ha! Ha! Yes, you are right. I still didn't seriously work on the animation feature of Filter Forge, that's why all my filters are only static. I will do as soon as possible.

SpaceRay, Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:05:46 -0400
I have just found filter while searching another thing, and I feel that is really
Very creative
Super colorful
incredibly awesome,
amazing,
Visual stunning,
jaw dropping,
Marvelous
Brilliant
Remarkable
Exceptional
Unique
Extraordinary
Special
Impressive

I am over reacting? No, from my point of view and since I began using Filter forge in 2007 This must be a a real gem, and not only because of what it is in itself, it also applies on how is built the filter and the way it works and showing so many hundreds of different variations of the circular shapes so well done

BEING PICKY FROM MY OWN POINT OF VIEW

In the same way as I have said is awesome, I need to say also that all the alternative distortion effects available and shown on the presets are from my own personal point of view awful and do not like them, but of course this is my own personal taste, so I can not judge in any way to Ramlyn for doing it and is not wrong, is only that I personally like it without any distortion. If I do not like the chocolate ice cream, does not mean that it is bad, there are many people that likes it much

ANIMATING IT

As I have said above, I will see if it can be animated using procedural animation, or maybe it can be only done in keyframe animation will test it and see what I can do

Graphic Moth with Image by Ramlyn

DJI — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 01:23:58 -0400

DJI, Sat, 09 Jun 2018 16:15:47 -0400
Graphic Moth with Image by Ramlyn
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/14678.html

DJI, Sat, 09 Jun 2018 16:16:19 -0400
Hey! Nice one dude. :D

SpaceRay, Sun, 10 Jun 2018 17:11:09 -0400
Oh! You have also made available, this one with my suggestion of replacing dots with transparent circular images, awesome and great, thanks very much

Ramlyn, Sat, 16 Jun 2018 02:15:07 -0400
Thanks DJI and SpaceRay. :D :D :D

To SpaceRay : yes, sure. You asked for it, so it was right to post it. ;)

I think that everybody should upload their filters in the library when they are worth.
I saw many images of beautiful filters in our forum, but they were never uploaded in the library. Pity.

SpaceRay, Sun, 20 Jul 2025 06:55:53 -0400
Now that you have updated and shown it again this beauty and cool filter, that is well done, and I like it

I wonder if there could be possible to have 5 or 6 different images instead of just 2. So it could be more random view and not static. I will see myself if it can be possible in some way.

Ramlyn, Mon, 21 Jul 2025 01:23:58 -0400
Ok. I will see what is possible to do. ;)
I also was thinking to increase the number of images, maybe even randomize them. I will check if the final results look nice or not.

Triquad Painter by Rachel Duim

Ramlyn — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 21:15:20 -0400

Ramlyn, Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:20:19 -0400
Triquad Painter by Rachel Duim
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/16663.html

Ramlyn, Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:22:39 -0400
Very nice filter. Thanks for uploading it. :D

SpaceRay, Tue, 29 Apr 2025 01:38:18 -0400

WOW!!!!!! THIS IS REALLY AWESOME AND AMAZING. Incredibly artistic and super love it very much.

Absolutely creative and love much how you have been able to make such triangular compositions in such cool and impressive ways

Congratulations and thanks very much for creating and sharing this

SpaceRay, Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:22:01 -0400
After testing some things I can say that is even better than I first thought and is really creative and amazing the possible variations and settings that can make amazing things

This one below is using Preset 1

SpaceRay, Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:26:09 -0400
this one is using default preset 4 to create this complex creation

SpaceRay, Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:12:56 -0400
And this is another using preset 1 and is really awesome and impressive for me how this filter can be able to make such cool and amazing complex composition very easy in such great way

SpaceRay, Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:40:05 -0400
And here are some shading colors that are very good and awesome tones

SpaceRay, Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:43:44 -0400
And this is even more complex with preset 9, is really awesome how the filter can make such triangular composition so well done in such creative way

SpaceRay, Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:52:22 -0400
And it works also very well with simple plain colors that makes this amazing composition

SpaceRay, Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:57:56 -0400
and using shades of colors to make this amazing

Rachel Duim, Mon, 05 May 2025 23:21:54 -0400
Thanks SpaceRay for all your examples :D Especially like the last one.

SpaceRay, Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:12:20 -0400
I want to thanks again very much for this as it had help me feel again the power of creativity although I regrettably have not been able to earn any amount of money from any creative thing I have created

But this filter has triggered in me my passion and love for geometric patterns that is well done, awesome and amazing that I could never imagine that this could be possible and is all thanks to you that with your great FF knowledge and skills you have been able to create this beauty of creativity

SpaceRay, Sun, 20 Jul 2025 09:58:40 -0400
PLEASE CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT MORE ?

I really love this one and Is really creative, artistic and unique as it can be very impressive but I can't really guess or use it with control because I do not get yet how it work and the sliders

I mean about the
Brush Size,
Small grid
Contour Radious

Obviously rotation grid is pretty simple to understand

Portrait/Landscape is to choose how is the source image square or rectangular

Rachel Duim, Sun, 20 Jul 2025 21:15:20 -0400
Here you go:
Brush Size - the size of the grid, from small cells to large
Small Grid - there are 2 different sizes, at 100 all the grids are small, 0 all the grids are large
Contour Radius - should probably be rotation variation, uses the derivative value to pick which way the cell points

Geometry Animated by Rachel Duim

SpaceRay — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 06:50:40 -0400

SpaceRay, Sun, 20 Jul 2025 06:49:23 -0400
Geometry Animated by Rachel Duim
http://filterforge.com/filters/16666.html

SpaceRay, Sun, 20 Jul 2025 06:50:40 -0400
Sorry I could not be able to see it yet, but I give my congratulations for making it and that seems to look cool as shown on the preview you have given on your chaos fields

Lines World Cup SQ - Lite by Ramlyn

EAdams — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 01:16:49 -0400

EAdams, Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:59:31 -0400
Lines World Cup SQ - Lite by Ramlyn
http://filterforge.com/filters/14710.html

EAdams, Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:00:05 -0400
Sigh - another filter that is so great that I have to think up some project to use it in. ;)

Ramlyn, Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:36:59 -0400
Ha! Ha! Thanks EAdams! :D :D :D

Ramlyn, Mon, 09 Mar 2020 05:28:12 -0400
High Usage Rank!!

Thanks to everybody to use this filter!! :D :D :D

Rachel Duim, Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:02:07 -0400
Missed this first time around. Very nice! Reminds me of a basketball team logo:

Ramlyn, Fri, 06 Jun 2025 01:16:49 -0400
Thank you! :D
Yes, they have something in common. ;)
I wonder if doing a variation of this filter using also curved lines could generate nice results. I may try.

Monoscope by Ramlyn

SpaceRay — Tue, 06 May 2025 02:33:56 -0400

SpaceRay, Tue, 29 Apr 2025 01:30:56 -0400
Monoscope by Ramlyn
http://filterforge.com/filters/15394.html

SpaceRay, Tue, 29 Apr 2025 01:35:01 -0400

This is really cool and I did miss this before, and must congratulate for the patience and hard work for being able to build this perfect TV signal with so much detail and quality

Is awesome and amazing how you made it

And being this a filter forge filter, you could also replace the plain colours, with different bit of images that my be input individually instead of just plain colours as this is the beauty and power of FF

Ramlyn, Thu, 01 May 2025 08:26:31 -0400
Thank you! :D

I will check about your idea to allow images to be used instead of colors. At first glance it seems difficult. Because it should also allow to offset and resize every single image, otherwise it would not be possible to center the images in the right spaces. It would require a lot of controls, making the filter rather complex to use. Anyway I will try. Let's see.

SpaceRay, Thu, 01 May 2025 13:51:20 -0400

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Ramlyn wrote: I will check about your idea to allow images to be used instead of colors. At first glance it seems difficult. Because it should also allow to offset and resize every single image

I am very sorry that I did not clarify and put it right as you showed it could be understood wrong, because I did not want to replace every single color with images.

I am just ONLY refering to just only the 6 COLOR CENTRAL SQUARE images in the center, because this are easy to replace with source images

sorry for the possible confusion

Quote
Ramlyn wrote: It would require a lot of controls, making the filter rather complex to use. Anyway I will try. Let's see.

sorry, is not needed to add any offset controls as it would be just the central squares and not the other ones.

Ramlyn, Tue, 06 May 2025 02:33:56 -0400
I think I will make a new Monoscope filter. I plan to add writings too. ;)

RollStar Infinity by Ramlyn

Rachel Duim — Sun, 04 May 2025 09:09:04 -0400

Rachel Duim, Sat, 05 Apr 2025 22:22:48 -0400
RollStar Infinity by Ramlyn
http://filterforge.com/filters/15712.html

Rachel Duim, Sat, 05 Apr 2025 22:27:35 -0400
Interesting series. One day I will look inside to see what's going on. I can see using higher resolutions (say 2048x2048 or higher) will help with the minor aliasing issues at low res (600x600). The main preset is slow (I can see why) but geometrically beautiful.

Ramlyn, Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:08:15 -0400
Thanks! :D
I made many of these filters. They remember me some artworks I did when I was in junior high school using colored threads and pins.

SpaceRay, Wed, 16 Apr 2025 05:30:00 -0400

I have seen that I did not comment on this and is really great, creative and artistic and love it much

Quote
Ramlyn wrote: They remember me some artworks I did when I was in junior high school using colored threads and pins.

Yes, is true I also did the same in school with wood board and pins on a strategic linear positions with colored threads made by hand that was a lot of work

But now thanks to incredibly well done work of Ramlyn we do not have to bother anymore of doing it by hand and what is more important you may have infinite variations, so I want to give you my best thanks for having been able to create these 3 filters series of filters about this topic

ANIMATE THESE GEMS
And the other difference is that the real life wood versions was obviously still, but now thanks to Ramlyn and FF Studio you can be able to make these animate and move, rotate and offset, and zoom in an out, change colors and mix them together.

Ramlyn, Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:14:34 -0400
Thanks SpaceRay. :D :D :D

I made other 2 filters of this style, with completely different options. I will test them again and see if one of them is worth to be uploaded.

SpaceRay, Sun, 04 May 2025 09:09:04 -0400

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Ramlyn wrote: Thanks SpaceRay.

Thanks to you that you are really the master and unique creator of all these creative beauty

Quote
Ramlyn wrote: I made other 2 filters of this style, with completely different options. I will test them again and see if one of them is worth to be uploaded.

Whenever you want and can that you have time that would be a great idea and if you can decide that this are worthy would be great to see them. It does not need to be perfect.

If they have completely different options it can be really cool maybe as I really do not know

Thanks very much and admire your creative creations

Flipping Image Grid by Rachel Duim

SpaceRay — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 04:40:20 -0400

SpaceRay, Tue, 29 Apr 2025 04:37:59 -0400
Flipping Image Grid by Rachel Duim
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/16662.html

SpaceRay, Tue, 29 Apr 2025 04:40:20 -0400
Oh!!! Thanks really very much for being so kind and help me make this awesome filter in such clever way

Like it much and is well done will see how it works

Colorful Painterly Swirls and loops Photo Effect by DJI

Chris Goldthorpe — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 04:05:27 -0400

Chris Goldthorpe, Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:35:49 -0400
Colorful Painterly Swirls and loops Photo Effect by DJI
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/15822.html

Chris Goldthorpe, Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:38:14 -0400
That's a really ingenious filter - I like how it uses the colors from the original image when creating these patterns.

DJI, Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:34:52 -0400
Thanx Chris Goldthorpe! :D I appreciate your comments. :) I have a modification of it in the pipeline. It's a texture that uses a number of 5 color gradients. Here's a screenshot.

Chris Goldthorpe, Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:17:27 -0400
Here's one way to use the filter - I used the object select tool to select and mask the subject then applied the filter to a layer containing a copy of the original image.

DJI, Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:25:02 -0400
Sweet! :D Leonardo eat your heart out. :)

Here's a few examples of wjat this filter can do. :)

Original #1.

DJI, Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:25:31 -0400
Result #1. :D

DJI, Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:26:27 -0400
Original #2.

DJI, Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:26:57 -0400
Result #2. :D

DJI, Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:27:42 -0400
Original #3.

DJI, Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:28:19 -0400
Result #3. :D

DJI, Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:30:54 -0400
Original #4. This is a layering job I did a while back in Paint.net.

DJI, Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:33:37 -0400
And result #4. :D

SpaceRay, Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:38:28 -0400
WOW!! You have made it available from your experiments, I think this is very well done, awesome, amazing, very artistic and very unusual, is a very interesting idea to be able to make such excellent swirls and lines from the source image, and you have shown great examples.

like really much how is done and what can be seen in the presets shown, as I still have to see how it works. It surely makes something unique and special combination and mix the source colors in such a great and artistic way.

DJI, Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:02:59 -0400
Thanx SpaceRay! :D Your comments are always appreciated. :)

SpaceRay, Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:17:17 -0400
Thanks DJI, you deserve it for making this kind of things

I have tested little but seems that it does not support transparency, I have thought that maybe this would be even more cool if this could be used with objects with transparency, I mean like the built-in images with transparency.

SpaceRay, Sat, 24 Apr 2021 21:51:43 -0400
I have tested now more and I was wrong, this already supports transparency correctly, I have seen that it is already possible to use images with transparency with preset 14 and uncheck outline and then it will work correctly, the only thing is that the effect is really wild on other presets that will modify really much the edges of the source, so it must be used carefully if you want to use transparency

here is the example of preset 14 with Kingfisher and transparency

SpaceRay, Sat, 24 Apr 2021 22:00:39 -0400
This can mix the source colors in such incredible, awesome and wild way that looks really artistic and stunning

I have tested a work of great artist Fahrelnissa Zeid that can be seen here Abstract Parrot

the name is abstract parrot, but as you can see in the link you can´t see any parrot, and is the same as this filter, that you know that there is a kingfisher in the preset but you can not see it, and this is really lovely and great also if you want this kind of effect.

SpaceRay, Sat, 24 Apr 2021 22:26:33 -0400
Above example is using preset 14 without outline

Here is another example on how awesome this filter can be and can´t believe what you are able to get with this, so cool

Google dedicated one of their doodles to celebrate Fahrelnissa Zeid 118 birthday as can be seen here

so I have used the image in the link and here below is the result using preset 14 without outline

If you may be interested in more works by this great artistic woman here is a google images link in large quality
Google Search of the artworks of Fahrelnissa Zeid

SpaceRay, Sat, 24 Apr 2021 22:45:20 -0400
and here is the same source image as the above but using the Preset 1 without outline that will make it really wild and more artistically awesome mixed

DJI, Sun, 25 Apr 2021 03:10:33 -0400
Excellent work SpaceRay! :D 8) You really do a great job. :D

DJI, Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:49:04 -0400
Thanx everyone who made this a high rank filter.! :D

EAdams, Sat, 05 Apr 2025 16:38:16 -0400
I loved this filter when it was released and just re-discovered it. I could spend hours just generating new images and admiring them!

SpaceRay, Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:06:23 -0400

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DJI wrote: Thanx everyone who made this a high rank filter.

this is really very well deserved for making such and awesome and amazing filter so creative, artistic, unique, special and well done

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EAdams wrote: I loved this filter when it was released and just re-discovered it. I could spend hours just generating new images and admiring them!

I totally agree with you and is true

SpaceRay, Tue, 29 Apr 2025 04:05:27 -0400
WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO ANIMATE THE SWIRLS?

Hello, I have tried to animate this awesome and amazing filter so the swirls could move, as I think it would look great, but really after some testing I still do not understand and found out if it would be possible and admire really much how many of you are gods of FF

Because the range of movement of the swirls seems to be very little and maybe was made only for still images

I will continue trying to see if there could be a way. I do not want to bother you but if any may know how to do it would be really appreciated, thanks very much

Swirling Dervish by Rachel Duim

SpaceRay — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 05:05:15 -0400

SpaceRay, Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:36:04 -0500
Swirling Dervish by Rachel Duim
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/15351.html

SpaceRay, Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:41:40 -0500

I have just found this awesome effect filter that makes this great ripples waves that looks very good and I am not the only one because it has won an High Use award.

I think that from the still image it would be seem that maybe if it is animated, it may be seen as if the rain is dropping on the liquid image, will see how it works with animation

Rachel Duim, Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:25:42 -0500
After gaining some insight I figured out how to animate this. I will probably release this as an update.

SpaceRay, Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:50:13 -0400

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Rachel Duim wrote: After gaining some insight I figured out how to animate this.

WOW!! This is very well done and now really with the animation it really shines , congratulations

And I have an idea for this to make it even more incredible

Rachel Duim, Sun, 09 Mar 2025 21:17:59 -0400
Thanks SpaceRay! What is your idea?

SpaceRay, Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:20:28 -0400

This animations created by Rachel is from my point of view and taste, is really awesome and amazing how the flow looks really like liquid waves so well done and I like it very much and is a pleasure and relaxing to see it and admire how the waves move and is able to transform a still 2D image into a 3D anímated water pool

SpaceRay, Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:18:35 -0400

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SpaceRay wrote: And I have an idea for this to make it even more incredible

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Rachel Duim wrote: Thanks SpaceRay! What is your idea?

It is a simple and easy one, and is to duplicate it and have two different results with two different images and then Blend both with a blend mode option.

I have been able to create the double image effect and is even better that what I may have thought

Because not only the image is covered to liquid, the liquid itself is tinted with the second image colors using blend modes

This is the FF Lifesaver and then using the Violet Flower built in image as second image

SpaceRay, Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:30:06 -0400
And if combine the green blue kingfisher shown animated above and then overlay the animation of the violet Flower you can be able to get this below

Later will put here the full animation

SpaceRay, Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:44:28 -0400

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SpaceRay wrote: And if combine the green blue kingfisher shown animated above and then overlay the animation of the violet Flower you can be able to get this below

here is the animation from the above, sorry that the quality is bad but must be like this to put here in forum

SpaceRay, Wed, 16 Apr 2025 05:05:15 -0400

here are a little bigger although it looks worse quality

These GIFs have been reduced and optimized to fit here using EzGif.com from 30 MB 600x600 to 900Kb 200x200

Formosity by Carl

Carl — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:51:14 -0400

Carl, Tue, 16 May 2023 04:47:23 -0400
Formosity by Carl
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/16439.html

Carl, Tue, 16 May 2023 04:48:23 -0400
the rectangle presets

Carl, Tue, 16 May 2023 04:49:12 -0400
2 rectangle

Carl, Tue, 16 May 2023 04:49:42 -0400
3 rectangle

Carl, Tue, 16 May 2023 04:50:21 -0400
rectangle 4

Carl, Tue, 16 May 2023 04:50:48 -0400
rectangle 5

Carl, Tue, 16 May 2023 04:51:15 -0400
rectangle 6

Carl, Tue, 16 May 2023 04:51:48 -0400
rectangle 7

STEPH08, Wed, 17 May 2023 14:23:27 -0400
Great, I have already used it in one of my projects :D
I wish you all the best, because miracles happen.

Carl, Wed, 17 May 2023 17:38:10 -0400
Very glad you found a use for it. The miracle already happened , I got a turn at life :)

SpaceRay, Thu, 18 May 2023 01:00:55 -0400
Great and welcome to see another filter from you

This is well done, artistic, cool and interesting. Will see with more detail how It works and what It can create

You are able to create such Creative and artistic things, and still remember much your awesome Romancing the Gorilla

Carl, Thu, 18 May 2023 19:40:58 -0400
Thanks you spaceray and for all your support over the many years, you have kept the forum alive, all the best for your future. If I can get it together I'll do a filter dump, I have so many filters ideas that are almost there that just need polishing or have concepts that can be separated and used to construct filters, it seem such a waste to let them die with me, hopefully the community can find them useful.

emme, Sat, 20 May 2023 19:14:48 -0400
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing all your work over the years Carl - it has been inspirational :)

Carl, Sun, 21 May 2023 16:26:57 -0400
Emme thank you again for your help and the amazing filters you've created, I have gained so much help from looking at how you created your filters, how you worked things out is simply brilliant.

Cato99, Fri, 26 May 2023 05:30:11 -0400
CARL, SENDING YOU MUCH LOVE!!!
I really need to thank you for your generosity, sharing your filter knowledge and expertise over many years. I love your filters, they have really helped me achieve success. I can't thank you enough.
I am deeply saddened reading your comments in the Formosity Filter. So many people I know have been effected by, or currently have similar afflictions. For you to work through your illness and be concerned about placing more filters on this site is remarkable.
Thank you, and again much love.

Carl, Fri, 26 May 2023 20:55:18 -0400
thank you for your lovely comment, it meant a lot to me, all the best for your future

Rachel Duim, Sat, 27 May 2023 10:44:45 -0400
Great filter. Thanks to emme as well. Your filters have always been great and your spirit will always be here with us! Peace.

CFandM, Sat, 27 May 2023 18:03:48 -0400
Another stand out filter Carl. Thanks for being here sharing all of your artwork and filter works over the years.
As Rachel put it your spirit will be here always!

Carl, Sat, 27 May 2023 20:30:09 -0400
Rachel Thank you for the lovely comment, you've kept the forum alive and interesting with your creative explorations and experiments, you deserve a long happy life, peace to you too.
CFand M Hard to believe it's been 17 years with ff , it's been so wonderful to create our own effects, enjoyed immensely the program and interactions in the forum over the years. It's nice to feel one has left a mark some where in the world. Happiness to you.

SpaceRay, Sun, 11 Jun 2023 02:46:18 -0400

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Carl wrote: It's nice to feel one has left a mark some where in the world

Yes, you have left a very good and artistic mark here and want to thank you for your artistic experience on making all these filters

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Rachel Duim wrote: Your filters have always been great and your spirit will always be here with us! Peace.

Yes, is true your filters are really great and I agree that your spirit will be here too. Peace

EAdams, Wed, 12 Mar 2025 07:34:16 -0400
I am absolutely devastated to learn that Carl succumbed to glioblastoma in January 2024. I haven't been a regular visitor to FilterForge for several years now and today's visit to see what Carl has been up to has shaken me to the core. I wish I could have told him how much I admired and appreciated his work.

CFandM, Sun, 23 Mar 2025 12:01:27 -0400

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EAdams wrote: I am absolutely devastated to learn that Carl succumbed to glioblastoma in January 2024. I haven't been a regular visitor to FilterForge for several years now and today's visit to see what Carl has been up to has shaken me to the core. I wish I could have told him how much I admired and appreciated his work.

As well as I was to hear this during that time. We also lost Craig as well so may they both rest in peace. Kraellin

EAdams, Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:56:53 -0400
Oh no, I didn't know about Craig either. I am so sorry!

Indigo Ray, Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:35:55 -0400
Thank you for letting us know about Carl and Craig.

If I remember, they were around Filter Forge from the beginning, just about. You know, it's been almost twenty years.

SpaceRay, Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:51:14 -0400
I totally agree that it was very bad and I felt it so much that such awesome and amazing persons like Carl and Craig are no more here. They were very creative and special.

Really FF Forum has lost ( not because of death as I think most may be still alive) a huge amount of powerful, awesome and amazing persons that had been involved very much in the past and contributed very much to make FF shine and give their unique ideas and skills and I really miss very much when FF was a thriving forum.

Metatron's Cube by Rachel Duim

Indigo Ray — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 06:28:56 -0400

Indigo Ray, Sat, 20 Jan 2024 10:31:26 -0500
Metatron's Cube by Rachel Duim
http://filterforge.com/filters/16531.html

Indigo Ray, Sat, 20 Jan 2024 10:33:35 -0500
Rachel, that's so funny, I was just talking about Metratron's Cube with my friend this week! I like the shading.

Ramlyn, Mon, 22 Jan 2024 06:31:23 -0500
Nice! :D
I saw your previous posts about this subject and I was wondering "Will he post the filter in the library?".
Here it is! :D
Thanks!

SpaceRay, Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:53:15 -0500

OH!! This is really awesome, amazing and impressive, excellent idea and very creative to add tiled images

You are the queen of Tiling as you have made so many well done and perfect tiling images filters

Congratulations and really thanks very much for making this gem

The variations are really well done and specially the one with just lines that is incredible

Rachel Duim, Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:14:58 -0500
Thanks Indigo Ray, Ramlyn and SpaceRay! Was accidentally inspired by the Cube showing up in my feed on Facebook, so I looked into it. "Queen of Tiling"... hmm, might end up using that in my CV :D

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:25:48 -0400
Of course that I know that the main purpose and reason to make i
This filter is for tiling textures in 3D shapes

But as you have also included the original metatron's cube

I have found two other different ways to see it in another cool unusual way with animation in 3D

metatron's rotation with spheres

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:33:53 -0400
Here is rotated a little more

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:39:57 -0400
And here is another animated version with cool animated metatron's interior geometric shapes

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:46:26 -0400
And then using the interior as triangles with stars

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:49:16 -0400
And this one that is textured

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:50:50 -0400
And more colorful

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:51:59 -0400
More textured metatron's and with flower of life

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:54:36 -0400
And another with mystic blue

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:59:08 -0400
And what happens if you combine 3 metatron's together vertically

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:01:14 -0400
A different design that really is only similar in design

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:03:02 -0400
Another metatron's art

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:04:32 -0400
Even more complex and intricated

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:05:41 -0400
Or this other one

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:07:43 -0400
List of Sacred geometry shapes that can be combined together

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:25:10 -0400
Colorful metatron's with 3D wire Geometric shapes of the 5 platonic solids

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:29:13 -0400
And if you combine metatron's with the 5 platonic solids in this complex way you can get this

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:34:12 -0400
And now discover the secrets of metatron's shapes by reading this full guide showing it

or same full guide showing it on pinterest with additional related things

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:48:18 -0400
And here are shown how the 5 platonic solids can be found inside the metatron's cube as they are all integrated

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:53:09 -0400
Andwhat about this super complex and intricated metatron's design

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:58:30 -0400
And metatron's is also related to how the mandelbrot fractal works and kock snowflake

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:02:39 -0400
Another more colorful metatron's cube with textured background

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:07:33 -0400
Cosmic metatron's cube with wire circles

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:10:03 -0400
Inside a circle and star shaped background

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:15:18 -0400
Metatron's cube nebula

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:16:31 -0400
Metatron's cube with fractal flames

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:18:48 -0400
Metatron's cube with fractal flames and flower of life

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:21:13 -0400
And now a fully zentangle style colorful metatron's cube

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:29:28 -0400
Metatron's cube surrounded

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:30:17 -0400
Metatron's cube fractal

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:36:48 -0400
Red spheres metatron's cube

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:38:16 -0400
Alternative version with highlighted triangle from metatron's cube in purple

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:39:18 -0400
Artistic textured metatron's cube

SpaceRay, Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:40:04 -0400
Multiple metatron's nested

SpaceRay, Sun, 13 Apr 2025 23:41:08 -0400
First of all, I am very sorry that all the previous posts are based not at all on the 3D and only about the simple 2D incredible version of Metatron´s cube and did not value and show the really hard work and much effort to create 3D shapes with such perfect tiling

Hello, congratulations on the idea of being able to animate this awesome and amazing 3D shapes that you created with tiling so well as seen here

SpaceRay, Sun, 13 Apr 2025 23:53:26 -0400
But maybe I am missing something because when downloading the update there is no timeframe available and not available the animation. And also inside the complex and amazing filter that it has a hard work, there seems to be none FF animation components.

I have the FF studio edition

In the FF filter it is shown that this can be animated but there must be something wrong because is not true

Rachel Duim, Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:30:38 -0400
I deleted Meatron's Cube in FF14 Mac and reinstalled no problem, animation available. Check to see if the default preset matches the website. If not, update failed somehow. Trying deleting (right click) Metatron's Cube and reinstalling as a last resort.

SpaceRay, Mon, 14 Apr 2025 06:28:56 -0400

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Rachel Duim wrote: Trying deleting (right click) Metatron's Cube and reinstalling as a last resort.

Thanks very much, I went to FF 14 Studio, and deleted the filter and then downloaded it again and it now shows correctly the timeframe and animation options

So it is fixed, and learnt something new

Floofs by Pawprint

EAdams — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:37:24 -0400

EAdams, Tue, 31 Dec 2019 07:32:23 -0500
Floofs by Pawprint
http://filterforge.com/filters/15253.html

EAdams, Tue, 31 Dec 2019 07:33:44 -0500
Thank you for this great filter. You can make really nice brushes from this image!

DJI, Thu, 02 Jan 2020 01:44:05 -0500
Sweet! Good stuff man. :D

SpaceRay, Fri, 10 Jan 2020 04:01:44 -0500
WOW!! This is very cool and well done, interesting cool, beautiful and awesome effect, very well done

Sjeiti, Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:37:24 -0400
Ooooh, nice one!

Kaleidoscopic Tiling by Rachel Duim

Rachel Duim — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:22:33 -0400

Rachel Duim, Thu, 20 Mar 2025 23:23:09 -0400
Kaleidoscopic Tiling by Rachel Duim
http://filterforge.com/filters/16659.html

Rachel Duim, Thu, 20 Mar 2025 23:25:35 -0400
Here is the Tile List for the filter.
Username: filter
Password: forge

SpaceRay, Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:32:47 -0400
WOW!! When downloading and open it is really much better, clever, awesome and amazing how you have been able to create this in such creative way and with huge potential for a great amount of different possible results

here are awesome and amazing animated GIF videos of what can be done

DESCRIPTION OF WHAT DOES MEAN TECHNICALLY ABOUT THE TILINGS USED

Here below is description of each of the tilings used as shown in the file attached above

Below is a detailed explanation of each example shown in the document above, along with additional examples and links to images that illustrate similar tilings.

Background on Uniform and Related Tilings

In tiling theory, a “k‑uniform” tiling is one in which there are exactly k distinct orbits of vertices under the symmetry group. (In a completely vertex‑transitive tiling the tiling is 1‑uniform, and these are sometimes called Archimedean or semiregular tilings.)

Other terms you see include “demiregular” (where only some—but not all—vertices share the same configuration) and “semiregular” (often used interchangeably with Archimedean tilings). The document you provided groups examples by both the number of vertex types (e.g. “3‑uniform”, “4‑uniform”, etc.) and by additional set designations (for instance “Set 1” or “Set 2”) that likely reflect how these tilings were constructed or classified.

Each “Type” in the list is a particular example within a larger catalogue. Below are the explanations:

Type 1: “4‑uniform N‑Uniform Tiles Set 1 Type 8”

What It Means:
This tiling is a member of the 4‑uniform family, meaning that there are four distinct vertex configurations in the tiling.

The label “N‑Uniform” is used here as part of the classification (possibly to distinguish a specific method of construction or normalization) and “Tiles Set 1” groups it with other tilings built by similar rules. “Type 8” indicates that within that group the example is numbered 8.

Additional Example:
An example of a 4‑uniform tiling is one in which four different kinds of vertices occur—for instance, one might see a tiling where vertices have configurations like (3.3.4.3.4), (3.4.3.3.4), etc.

Image Reference:
For an image gallery of k‑uniform tilings (including many 4‑uniform ones), you can visit:
Tilings Gallery – University of Bielefeld

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Type 2: “3‑uniform N‑Uniform Tiles Set 1 Type 1”

What It Means:
Here the tiling belongs to the 3‑uniform family, so there are three distinct types of vertices. It comes fr om the same “Set 1” as Type 1, and “Type 1” indicates it is the first in that subgroup. In a 3‑uniform tiling the different vertex figures might involve different combinations of regular polygons.

Additional Example:
A common 3‑uniform tiling might involve vertices with configurations such as (3.3.4.4) and (3.4.3.4) arranged in an overall periodic pattern.

Image Reference:
For a visual reference, you might check the “k‑uniform tilings” section on Wikipedia:
Wikipedia – Uniform Tilings

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Type 3: “3‑uniform N‑Uniform Tiles Set 1 Type 10”

What It Means:
This is another member of the 3‑uniform tilings in Set 1, but it is numbered “Type 10.” Although it still features three distinct vertex types, its arrangement of polygons is different fr om Type 2.

Additional Example:
There are several known 3‑uniform tilings; for example, a tiling with vertex figures such as (3.3.3.4) alongside another configuration could be found in similar catalogues.

Image Reference:
Again, the Tilings Gallery – University of Bielefeld is a good resource to browse different 3‑uniform tilings.

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Type 4: “7‑uniform N‑Uniform Tiles Set 2 Type 4

[36; 32434; 3342; 3426; 3464; 346; 3636]

What It Means:
This example comes from a more complex family—7‑uniform tilings, meaning there are seven distinct vertex types. It is grouped in “Tiles Set 2” and is the fourth type in that set.

The sequence of numbers in brackets appears to be a shorthand notation that encodes the various vertex configurations or even symmetry‐orders. For instance, “36” might indicate a vertex wh ere a triangle (3) and a hexagon (6) meet, while longer sequences might denote more complex configurations.

Additional Example:
There are other 7‑uniform tilings that can be found in the literature which feature even more varied vertex configurations; these are often used in advanced studies of tiling symmetry.

Image Reference:
For more images and details, one can explore specialized tiling databases such as the one at Tilings Encyclopedia or search for “7-uniform tiling” images online.
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Type 5: “5‑uniform N‑Uniform Tiles Set 2 Type 6”

What It Means:
This tiling is from the 5‑uniform family (featuring five distinct vertex types) and is part of “Tiles Set 2.” It is labeled as Type 6 within that grouping. Its structure is less complex than the 7‑uniform examples but still shows more than the classical 1‑uniform (Archimedean) tilings.

Additional Example:
Similar examples of 5‑uniform tilings include those with mixed vertex figures such as (3.3.4.6) and (3.4.4.6) arranged in a periodic manner.

Image Reference:
Again, resources like the Tilings Gallery – University of Bielefeld provide numerous images of various k‑uniform tilings.
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Type 6: “Regular Wallpaper Group 17, Trihexagonal tiling
[(3.6)2]”

What It Means:
This example is a regular tiling that belongs to one of the wallpaper symmetry groups (group 17 in this classification).
It is known as the trihexagonal tiling because its pattern consists of alternating regular triangles and hexagons.
The notation “[(3.6)2]” indicates that at each vertex the pattern of a triangle and a hexagon repeats twice (i.e. the sequence is triangle–hexagon, triangle–hexagon).

Additional Example:
The trihexagonal tiling is a classic example of a semiregular tiling that appears in many natural and artistic designs.

Image Reference:
A detailed image and explanation can be found here:
Wikipedia – Trihexagonal Tiling

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Type 7: “2‑uniform Demiregular Tiles Type 10”

What It Means:
This tiling is 2‑uniform, meaning it has two different types of vertex configurations.
The term “demiregular” is used to denote that while the tiling has a high degree of symmetry, not every vertex is equivalent (in contrast to fully uniform tilings). “Type 10” is its classification number within this subgroup.

Additional Example:
Other examples of 2‑uniform (or demiregular) tilings might include variations on the snub square tiling or other patterns wh ere two distinct vertex types appear.

Image Reference:
To see more examples, you might search for “2-uniform demiregular tiling” in image galleries such as those on Wolfram MathWorld – Uniform Tilings.

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Type 8: “Semiregular Semi‑regular Tiles Type 3, Truncated Square tiling
[4.8.8]”

What It Means:
This is a semiregular tiling (also known as an Archimedean tiling) in which every vertex has the same configuration. It is identified here as the truncated square tiling.
The vertex configuration [4,8,8] tells us that at each vertex a square (4) and two octagons (8,8) meet. “Type 3” is the classification number within its subgroup.

Additional Example:
Other well-known semiregular tilings include the truncated hexagonal tiling ([3,12,12]) or the snub hexagonal tiling.

Image Reference:
You can view an image and description here:
Wikipedia – Truncated Square Tiling

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Additional Resources and Image Galleries

For further exploration and visual examples of each type of tiling, consider these resources:

Tilings and Patterns Database:
Tilings Gallery – University of Bielefeld
This site provides a comprehensive collection of k‑uniform tilings and other periodic patterns.

General Information on Uniform Tilings:
Wikipedia – Uniform Tilings
This page offers an overview of the theory and examples, including many of the tilings discussed above.

Mathematical Art and Tessellation:
Tessellation Archive
A resource that shows a variety of artistic and mathematically inspired tilings.

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Summary

Each “Type” corresponds to a specific classification of tilings based on the uniformity of their vertices and the set (or method) by which they were constructed. The numerical labels (like “Type 8” or “Type 10”) identify individual examples within these groups. In addition to the examples in your document, similar tilings can be found in the extensive online galleries and articles referenced above.

Rachel Duim, Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:22:33 -0400
Thanks SpaceRay! Another level of detail and knowledge of uniform tiling for an interesting (nerd zone) learning experience. Here are some links to support this topic:

Created in 2002, this is the most detailed listing of the higher uniform tiling, all the way to 7-uniform tiling:
n-Uniform Tiling by Brian Galebach

Here's some scripts that have generated up to 11-uniform tiles:
k-uniform solver by Fulgur14
13-uniform tiles on Reddit

Wikipedia resources, lots of tiling pages, great images as well:
Uniform tiling
List of Euclidean tilings
Euclidean tilings by convex regular polygons
Wallpaper group
Demiregular tiling
Trihexagonal tiling
Truncated square tiling
List of k-uniform tilings

Tiling Encyclopedia - University of Bielefeld

Uniform Tessellation from Wolfram

Here is the list of FF filters that I borrowed from to make this filter:
Wallpaper Group 17 p6mm
Semi-Regular Tiles
Demiregular Tiles
N-Uniform Tiles Set 1
N-Uniform Tiles Set 2

RadiCircular by Ramlyn

SpaceRay — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 03:15:05 -0400

SpaceRay, Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:19:48 -0400
RadiCircular by Ramlyn
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/16057.html

SpaceRay, Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:25:23 -0400
The above thumbnail does really not show the real result so I put it here

This is really awesome and impressive, love and like it very much with all the different sizes stripes and rings available. This is a great work and have spent much time to do it with all the many possible combinations and different options and with 9 rings carefully built.

I have seen that is a clever idea that you have made the edges to make it all blend together and cut and mark all the edges of each of the rings as without the edges it does not look the same and it has been well thought.

Although you forgot to tell that the Presets/custom switch will disable all the customisation, I thought that the filter was broken, because none of the custom settings did work until I unchecked this, I think that I would recommend and suggest that you should be more clear and explain it in the about tab description to avoid confusion.

I installed a copy of the OS in an external hard drive so I could be able to instal the FF 11 Trial on another place that is not my main computer, so now I am able to test myself your filter and see how it works

I additionally also like very much and is awesome the fractal infinite shape that can be found and done as shown here

Ramlyn, Tue, 15 Mar 2022 22:57:53 -0400
Thanks SpaceRay! :D :D :D

Yes, I may do an update and add the explanation that you said. It can be a good idea.

SpaceRay, Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:52:11 -0400

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Ramlyn wrote: Yes, I may do an update and add the explanation

Good to know, and also why this is needed, because I could not find out and do not know why.

Also could be good that you uncheck the boxes of the titles of the menus so this way it will leave clearly labeled the Presets/custom checkbox active or not and you would know that this is available

SpaceRay, Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:55:10 -0400
Here is a custom design I have done and is very easy to use and configure the amount of stripes and rotate the ring to where you want.

I like much how you have made the corners design very well and they would tile perfectly if you may want to duplicate it and make a pattern.

SpaceRay, Thu, 17 Mar 2022 07:16:07 -0400
Now that I have seen more of this and how it works I like it more although still do not understand why the presets that need the presets checkbox does really need it. I mean why these custom made presets can not be made directly with the settings themselves, I may be missing something.

Although I really like much and love the Black and white design that looks very much like Op Art and is very well done with the color only shown in the circle edges, that is really a good design and awesome, I have seen that this could be used also alternatively with individual colors for each circle

And I have taken the time to add 18 Color controls (2 for each circle) and so you can then combine multiple colors together.

SpaceRay, Thu, 17 Mar 2022 07:46:31 -0400
and what is good in filter forge is that you can ALSO replace the plain colors with textures and images

Ramlyn, Thu, 17 Mar 2022 11:09:11 -0400
Thanks SpaceRay! :D
I have just uploaded the update with the explanation.

Ghislaine, Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:58:22 -0400
Nice work, I like it.

Ramlyn, Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:05:12 -0400
Thanks Ghislaine! :D :D :D
I'm happy that you like it.

SpaceRay, Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:18:27 -0500
I still think that this is really incredibly amazing and awesomely created in such high quality way

Each time I see this video New Order - Blue Monday (Official Lyric Video) I remember that I must try to animate this filter rotating the different created wheels

The link of the video shows an animation of this shown here below

sorry, Being picky, I wonder why this filter does not have the keywords radial, circular and discs as it would help much to find it in the library

Ramlyn, Sun, 23 Feb 2025 22:32:21 -0500
Hi SpaceRay! :D
Thanks for the suggestion.
I made an update adding those keywords and separators (before there were unused controls to divide the menu in three parts because this filter was made when the separators weren't still available).

SpaceRay, Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:59:10 -0400

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Ramlyn wrote: I made an update adding those keywords and separators

Thanks very much and I think this has a huge potential for using multiple colors and have available lots of different patterns available as shown as example in the presets

and thanks for the new separators

Ramlyn, Sat, 15 Mar 2025 03:15:05 -0400
Recently I'm trying to update many filters adding separators. They make the settings easier to understand, especially in filters that have many controls.

4x4 Colors Machine by Ramlyn

SpaceRay — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 22:39:41 -0500

SpaceRay, Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:26:11 -0500
4x4 Colors Machine by Ramlyn
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/13908.html

SpaceRay, Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:28:30 -0500

I have just found this filter and I think it may have some kind of artistic magic and being awesome in some way, specially with a higher resolution to be able to recognize and value much more the intricate and complex artistic pattern created

will try to use with other images and see how it works.

Ramlyn, Sun, 23 Feb 2025 22:39:41 -0500
Thank you! :D :D :D

Sky Phase by Rachel Duim

SpaceRay — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:49:50 -0500

SpaceRay, Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:48:39 -0500
Sky Phase by Rachel Duim
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/16655.html

SpaceRay, Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:49:50 -0500
cool and great idea to make this kind of nice and well done sky animations that look very good

Retro Sun by Ramlyn

CFandM — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 06:07:22 -0500

CFandM, Sun, 07 Apr 2024 09:08:15 -0400
Retro Sun by Ramlyn
http://filterforge.com/filters/16449.html

CFandM, Sun, 07 Apr 2024 09:09:44 -0400
I remember a graphic like this being on a t-shirt back in the day. ;) :D Does make me want to print out a big image and stick it on a wall. :)
It is a good one Ramlyn.

Ramlyn, Mon, 08 Apr 2024 01:55:14 -0400
Thanks CFandM! :D
I still have some ideas for similar filters, as adding buildings, a volcano or a car instead of the mountains/pyramids. Maybe I will make them.

EAdams, Fri, 14 Feb 2025 03:10:45 -0500
Beautiful. I love it!

Ramlyn, Fri, 14 Feb 2025 06:07:22 -0500
Thank you! :D :D :D

Allways use the softener by Ramlyn

Ramlyn — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 08:46:50 -0500

Ramlyn, Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:15:19 -0400
Allways use the softener by Ramlyn
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/13878.html

Ramlyn, Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:16:55 -0400
Wow! A new Editor's Pick. Thanks Filter Forge. :D :D :D

CFandM, Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:37:35 -0400
Way to go on that EP Ramlyn.. :)

Rachel Duim, Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:39:33 -0400
I'm jealous. ;) You are prolific and I would call you a pattern impressionist. Good work!

Ramlyn, Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:52:01 -0400
Thanks CFandM. ;)
I'm trying to find new ideas. I hope my next filters will be even better. :D

Ramlyn, Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:59:24 -0400
Thanks Rick! :)
No reason to be jealous. You made many beautiful and innovative filters. I really like your works.

Maybe you are right about the "pattern impressionist". :D :D
I made a lot of filters using Bomber or Bomber+ with different shaped particles.
I want to make something completely new, before that my filters may become boring. Ha! Ha!

DJI, Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:06:26 -0400
HEY! :D Congrats dude! ;)

SpaceRay, Sat, 25 Jun 2016 01:05:05 -0400
WOW!!! This is really good and gives a beautiful awesome effect, and this is why it surely deserves the EditorÂ´s Pick award. Congratulations

Ramlyn, Sat, 25 Jun 2016 14:06:46 -0400
Thanks DJI!! :D :D :D

Thanks SpaceRay!! :D :D :D

It's nice to see that so many people likes my filters. It gives me good feeling to make new and better ones. ;)

LexArt, Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:57:32 -0400
Very nice effect, artistic and well done. like it. Good idea.

Congratulations for the Editor's Pick

Ramlyn, Thu, 30 Jun 2016 10:09:13 -0400
Thanks LexArt. :D :D :D

It is very nice that I got some Editor's Pick this period. I didn't expect to get them, so they all were a surprise. :)

SpaceRay, Wed, 06 Jul 2016 07:21:56 -0400
Today has been featured in the Facebook as filter of the day. Surely deserves it

Ramlyn, Thu, 07 Jul 2016 04:11:44 -0400
Thank you!! :D :D :D

JackMagus, Thu, 07 Dec 2017 02:18:10 -0500
Is this filter broken now? It's creating a mirrored image for me.

Ramlyn, Thu, 07 Dec 2017 03:21:04 -0500
Hi JackMagus. Thank you for the message. ;)
I think you tried the filter with a non squared image. Some filter work better with squared images.
Anyway I made an upd ate. It should appear soon. The update allows you to scale, squash and offse t the result. This way, if you get a mirrored image, you can choose to move your image in the center and resize it to fit your needs.

Kraellin, Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:19:22 -0500
good job! love the title :D

Ramlyn, Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:19:17 -0500
Thank you. :D :D :D
The title is someway a joke and a words play.
"Always use the softener", thinking about the fibers made soft.
And "All ways" to "use the softener", referring to the filter presets.
So finally "Allways use the softener". Ha! Ha!

Boogie Jack, Sat, 23 May 2020 14:54:56 -0400
Nice update! I like it. :)

Ramlyn, Sun, 24 May 2020 01:47:42 -0400
Thank you! :D

I think this is the best way to make also other filters work well on images that are not a square.

SpaceRay, Thu, 19 Nov 2020 03:29:41 -0500

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Ramlyn wrote: "Always use the softener", thinking about the fibers made soft. And "All ways" to "use the softener", referring to the filter presets. So finally "Allways use the softener". Ha! Ha!

Ha, Ha, at first I did not notice that the name has one more L as "ALL" and is funny and great how you have made the name, cool.

As have been said, this deserves totally the Editor´s Pick because it converts a very simple and plain image as the FF Ladybug into a very artistic version with such awesome fibers and different tones.

SpaceRay, Thu, 19 Nov 2020 03:39:49 -0500
And here is using the your own Q-Rotor filter (Spectrum color based) and preset 1 where can be seen all the many details and tones it creates

Ramlyn, Fri, 20 Nov 2020 06:21:26 -0500
Thank you! :D

This last update I corrected a small thing in a connection. Now it works better.

ficus, Fri, 31 Jan 2025 06:34:44 -0500
Hello, Ramlyn
I'm a FilterForge user making images for mailart [I'm an 'artist' who can't draw] and find some of the filters very slow on my old i5 8400 windoze box so I bought an i9 12900K windoze box and so far, filters seem just about as slow. This after FilterForge help person said speed of filters was related to speed of CPU.

I address this to you but not feeling that you are the correct person to ask for help but because I first noticed this behavior using your softener filter.

So, any helpful comments from you would be a step on the way of speeding up my use of FilterForge.

Y'r [new] ol' Buddy, Fike [short for Ficus strangulensis {sometimes AKA Forrest Richey}]

Ramlyn, Fri, 31 Jan 2025 08:46:50 -0500
Hello :) .
The speed of a filter may depend on many factors.
Surely, one can be your computer, but not only that.
Some filters are slower than others because they are more complex or because they use components that are slower (if you open the editor, you can easily verify this by yourself).
Another reason can be if you have other programs that are running when you use the filter, because they can take away resources fr om Filter Forge.
Other factors can be the size of the image where the filter is applied, and also your selections in the Settings. Example: controls like Repeat and Density, that are connected to a Bomber component, may change the speed of the filter depending if you reduce or increase their values.

The main preset of this filter took exactly 1 minute to be complete in my computer, that is an old Windows 10 without any special graphic card. When I did it, I was also using Firefox to download several files and other two graphic programs to do some work.
Then.... I think this filter is probably not the fastest one, but not even slow.

Try to check if there are other running programs (especially internet browsers) and close them. This may help.

Psychedelic Machine by Ramlyn

SpaceRay — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:33:42 -0500

SpaceRay, Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:49:42 -0500
Psychedelic Machine by Ramlyn
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/16602.html

SpaceRay, Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:00:09 -0500
I have just found this awesome, amazing, creative, carefully created and lovely effect that you have been able to built in such clever way that is able to make this Psychedelic Machine, and is really a machine when you ANIMATE this filter ( there can be multiple ways to animate this)

You have done a big work creating all these cubes in such great way with much work

I am very sorry but have to say that the main thumbnail choosen is wrong from my point of view because the real and true power is with multicolor as shown on preset 8

This shows really the big power and potential of this filter, so it would be maybe easy that if someone just ONLY see the main thumbnail without seeing this other variation preset could be mislead and wrong and thinking that the name of the filter does not reflect the image shown.

and with the scale option you can zoom out and get even more awesomeness that get a great distribution of the colors in a great way

SpaceRay, Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:12:49 -0500
And not only can be used as it is, I have thought that it could be used as an overlay to other source image blending

and it works correctly with landscape images

Ramlyn, Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:33:42 -0500
Thanks SpaceRay! :D

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SpaceRay wrote: I am very sorry but have to say that the main thumbnail choosen is wrong from my point of view because the real and true power is with multicolor as shown on preset 8

No need to be sorry. He! He!
You are giving your opinion and your suggestion. I really appreciate it. :D

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SpaceRay wrote: And not only can be used as it is, I have thought that it could be used as an overlay to other source image blending and it works correctly with landscape images

Good idea and very nice result!

TextureSynth by Zoltan Erdokovy

Zoltan Erdokovy — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:57:43 -0500

Zoltan Erdokovy, Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:18:24 -0400
TextureSynth by Zoltan Erdokovy
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/11002.html

Zoltan Erdokovy, Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:26:05 -0400
Here are a few results while I finish the reference article detailing the controls and general usage.

Base image 1 - Generated image 1

Base image 2 - Generated image 2

Base image 3 - Generated image 3

Base image 4 - Generated image 4

SpaceRay, Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:42:52 -0400
WOW!! This is really well done, interesting and useful to make different seamless textures

Well done examples you have shown here.

Although I like ALSO some of the preset that are available and curious

Although you have done ONLY 3 of them as the other are self generated by the submit wizard and are not available.

Here is one example I have done with a photo of cut in half kiwi and the FF Lionfish as blend map.

SpaceRay, Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:08:51 -0400
And here is the same with different setting that gives really different result

SpaceRay, Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:10:59 -0400
And the same again with other setting that it looks like kiwis slices in milk or white cream :D

Sharandra, Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:23:53 -0400
Very nice! Works great :-)

SpaceRay, Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:23:58 -0400
And what happens when you use some colorful stripes ? as this will break all the lines and would give a really mixed stripes and I like the result I have got

SpaceRay, Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:25:02 -0400
and with a colorful peeling paint texture that makes a great mix of all the bits

SpaceRay, Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:40:16 -0400
and can also bring some kind of destruction ;) :D as this is from a very old and rusted factory bridge with motors and this filter makes a demolition :D

SpaceRay, Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:47:38 -0400
This makes an excellent work on some complex things too as I have put some ball bearings and this filter have multiplied and mixed them very well and keeping the shapes.

SpaceRay, Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:52:30 -0400
and another example on how great is for multiplying and mixing things in a very well done way as shown in this ohter example that I have used ONE white peeling paint line over a whole red and orange paint background and after the filter you get a FULL covered red paint background with lots of white peeling paint lines well balanced and beautifully done.

Zoltan Erdokovy, Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:21:45 -0400
Wow SpaceRay, I didn't expect this amount of enthusiasm. :)
Never really thought of the abstract uses of the filter,
good you have that covered.

Skybase, Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:40:35 -0400
Thumbs up for being extremely useful.

Skybase, Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:42:32 -0400
Bonus points for technical achievement.

Morgantao, Sun, 14 Oct 2012 03:24:30 -0400
Not bad! Not bad at all! :D
I was skeptic at first, then I saw your examples. WOW! 8)

SpaceRay, I like this one very much :)

Sharandra, Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:31:03 -0400
Bonus points also for the clever way of sneaking in seperators in the controls! :D

Nice examples Ray, I especially like this one

SpaceRay, Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:54:56 -0400
Glad you like the examples and this really has a great potential and is really very useful when you know HOW to use it and if you feed with interesting source images and gives really surprising, unexpected and amazing results.

Here I have been surprised with this that the original have ONLY FOUR simple gears and the result has lots of them

SpaceRay, Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:56:26 -0400
different setting same source

SpaceRay, Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:57:39 -0400
I agree with Skybase that this is extremely useful and great technical achievement that works very well and love the results

Vurt, Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:21:39 -0400
Very cool, many thanks for sharing :)

Ghislaine, Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:01:29 -0400
Cool :)

Zoltan Erdokovy, Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:39:45 -0400
Thank you guys for the kind words! :)
Here is the link for a longer explanation of the controls:
Reference article

SpaceRay, Sat, 04 Jan 2014 01:57:07 -0500
I knew about this filter, but I could not remember the name or any reference to it, but finally I have found it, this filter is really great, interesting and useful, love the textures that can be done with this and the many possible variations that can be done.

SpaceRay, Sat, 11 Jan 2025 04:58:06 -0500
I have just found again this awesome, creative, lovely, artistic and amazing filter and want to give again my congratulations for making this

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SpaceRay wrote: this really has a great potential and is really very useful when you know HOW to use it and if you feed with interesting source images and gives really surprising, unexpected and amazing results.

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Skybase wrote: Thumbs up for being extremely useful. Bonus points for technical achievement.

Regrettably after so much time it has a low usage

Zoltan Erdokovy, Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:57:43 -0500
Thank you Space Ray, I'm very glad this filter still sees some use, after all these years! :)

Animated Noise by Kochubey

SpaceRay — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 09:40:15 -0500

SpaceRay, Sat, 11 Jan 2025 09:38:37 -0500
Animated Noise by Kochubey
http://filterforge.com/filters/16642.html

SpaceRay, Sat, 11 Jan 2025 09:40:15 -0500
Thanks very much for creating this awesome and amazing example and for FF team to be able to animate noise components that will give a really huge potential for creative effects

To be able to see this animated just go to the Animated Noise help page where is available the video loop

Here is a copy of the text shown

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Algorithms for Perlin and Worley noises are inherently 3D. Previous Filter Forge versions implemented noise as a two-dimensional slice cut from a three-dimensional noise space. Filter Forge 14 adds the Phase parameter to all Noise components that shifts the slice plane along the Z-axis (perpendicular to the screen, or back and forth from our point of view). It gives filters authors a "boiling noise" effect often used in animation. And there's more to that: not only all Noises have received a parameter that can be animated, but they are also able to loop the animation within a given time frame. All Noises have the same looping settings — in other words, they can be used together in a single animation, and they all have the same duration of the animation cycle. Like many other Filter Forge parameters, Noise Phase can be mapped — its value can be controlled by other components and vary for different areas of the image.

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Algorithms for Perlin and Worley noises are inherently 3D.

Previous Filter Forge versions implemented noise as a two-dimensional slice cut from a three-dimensional noise space.

Filter Forge 14 adds the Phase parameter to all Noise components that shifts the slice plane along the Z-axis (perpendicular to the screen, or back and forth from our point of view). It gives filters authors a "boiling noise" effect often used in animation.

And there's more to that: not only all Noises have received a parameter that can be animated, but they are also able to loop the animation within a given time frame.

All Noises have the same looping settings — in other words, they can be used together in a single animation, and they all have the same duration of the animation cycle.

Like many other Filter Forge parameters, Noise Phase can be mapped — its value can be controlled by other components and vary for different areas of the image.

mw_Studio Light_Stars by marwyn

SpaceRay — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:43:21 -0500

SpaceRay, Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:42:20 -0500
mw_Studio Light_Stars by marwyn
http://filterforge.com/filters/11189.html

SpaceRay, Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:43:47 -0500
WOW! Like it much, and the preset 1 is very beautiful and well done, and 9 too, and also has many possible variations.

Skybase, Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:35:18 -0500
These will come extremely handy for a variety of lighting situations. I'll probably post some demos of this thing in use. :)

MKBreuer, Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:57:00 -0500
Hy Skybase!
Thanks! I am delighted to read this.
And I be anxious to, what you do with it! :)

SpaceRay, Sun, 25 Aug 2013 23:17:52 -0400
I have found again this filter searching for another thing, and I still think that is very beautiful and colorful and gives lovely results.

Skybase, Mon, 26 Aug 2013 04:13:55 -0400
Since this post came up... I think this is the intended method of use.

Handy!

SpaceRay, Mon, 26 Aug 2013 05:36:42 -0400
Good idea Skybase, and well done, like it

And you have gave me an idea to use this filter to make square images to be used with the [C]uberism Mapped by uberzev

Skybase, Mon, 26 Aug 2013 07:29:58 -0400
Yeah, these make nice light gels and also nice incandescence sources for lighting. :) Great 3D stuff. I think I can do some quick model light tests for these. I just realized I haven't done any.

Looks also handy for other kind of designs.

SpaceRay, Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:35:34 -0400
I have made this other design, that is based on the the first preset without the black circle, like it much how delicate and great the effect is done and the glow

Also like the idea of how the colors are made and how they are applied, interesting and useful

SpaceRay, Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:19:49 -0500
I just found again this awesome and beautiful filter that such lovely effect and after many years still love it much

by error I had an landscape loaded while loading this filter and discovered something interesting as I did not know you can extend the effect further away from the main circle and get other things

SpaceRay, Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:26:38 -0500
and what I mean that the effect goes much beyond the main circle is that experimenting and just only adding a scale component at the end of the filter got this incredible effect

SpaceRay, Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:34:07 -0500
and using preset 1 and only just modifying the settings of Frame Margin and Frame corners to zero you are able to get this awesome and amazing image shown below using a square source image (have not tested any of the other presets)

If I did not had by error the landscape image I would have never been able to discover that this filter can offer really much more than what was shown by default

So thinking about this maybe other filters also may hide hidden treasures and could be discovered just adding a scale component

SpaceRay, Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:38:52 -0500
I was tempted to test another preset and used preset 9 and the result is another beauty

SpaceRay, Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:43:21 -0500
and using prest 9 with the same scale value of 0,2 and modifying the setting of Ring Corners to zero you get squares

Colorful POP Abstraction by Luis Valoyes

SpaceRay — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:42:00 -0500

SpaceRay, Sun, 05 Jan 2025 01:39:53 -0500
Colorful POP Abstraction by Luis Valoyes
http://filterforge.com/filters/16418.html

SpaceRay, Sun, 05 Jan 2025 01:45:20 -0500

Wow !! This is very artistic and creative, and love much the way it is built, and the settings available and the options.

Great idea to include the different patterns to choose and mix with the source image

Also the awesome effect of the multicolor grid that gives such amazing result

Thanks very much for creating this and is really worthy and lovely

SpaceRay, Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:35:27 -0500
I have just tested with another built in image and I think it has a great potential if you choose the source image right

SpaceRay, Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:42:00 -0500
and using an abstract image I got this great result

Globes 9x9 by Rachel Duim

Rachel Duim — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:52 -0500

Rachel Duim, Sat, 07 Dec 2024 23:46:02 -0500
Globes 9x9 by Rachel Duim
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/16635.html

Rachel Duim, Sat, 07 Dec 2024 23:59:59 -0500
I created a version of this with a 10x10 message board, but it had too many controls to submit (120). Here it is for your use in FF13.

Globes 10x10 beta

Ramlyn, Sun, 08 Dec 2024 10:12:17 -0500
Thank you for the 10x10 version! :D

Rachel Duim, Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:45:01 -0500
Found a bug in the Offset Vertical code. Here's the fix.
Globes 10x10 beta

SpaceRay, Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:00:34 -0500
This is really great and amazing what you have been able to make and is really impressive and give my congratulations for all the big and hard works to put all the parts together and bring such clever result

SpaceRay, Sat, 04 Jan 2025 03:55:09 -0500
Want to really thanks a million for having you done this amount of components group with all the alphabet is very useful for me and is really very worthy and a treasure to have, I appreciate it really much

Rachel Duim, Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:52 -0500
Thanks SpaceRay! Here's an update of the 10x10 message board with the new FF14 fonts:

Firewatch 0.1 by truman

Indigo Ray — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 03:16:35 -0500

Indigo Ray, Mon, 06 Mar 2017 21:19:29 -0500
Firewatch 0.1 by truman
http://filterforge.com/filters/14253.html

Indigo Ray, Mon, 06 Mar 2017 21:25:58 -0500
I wrote a script to count the number of components. It counted 3,413. Granted, some of those are groups, controls (like sliders), and loop slaves. Did you know 3,413 is a prime number?

Oh, what about the aesthetics? Um, it looks nice, I guess... I like trusses... 8)

Erik Pedersen, Mon, 06 Mar 2017 23:23:40 -0500
Niiiiiice! Thanks for sharing!

Skybase, Mon, 06 Mar 2017 23:44:15 -0500
Absolutely amazing, very detailed!

truman, Tue, 07 Mar 2017 04:04:44 -0500
wow thank you all and thanks to FF for the Editor Pick!

@Indigo Ray: I knew the filter was huge, but 3.413..?? Amazing... thank you for sharing that info!

DJI, Wed, 08 Mar 2017 13:36:13 -0500
Hey! Indigo Ray. :) This is really find work. Congratulations. :D

Erik Pedersen, Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:55:51 -0500
Hey Truman, there is an odd "half tree" towards the right. Any idea what that is all about? I tried fiddling with settings and couldn't get it to either fill out or go away, but haven't looked any further into it. Really, seriously awesome idea and execution!

And Congrats on the well deserved Editor's Pick!

truman, Fri, 10 Mar 2017 04:36:15 -0500
Hey Erik, thanks for reporting the bug! It's a problem with a threshold intended to reduce trees rendering time. I've just fixed it and submitted the update.

Thank you again for your compliments! It's my first EP and it made me happy :)

raabix, Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:46:27 -0400
How bored must a person be to make such a filter... Wow, great look in fact. Also the trees and everything has been done with a lot of attention to the details, really impressive and a well deserved EP.

Just out of curiosity, how long did you work on this?

pudo, Mon, 04 Mar 2019 06:15:11 -0500
@raabix I don't really know.. I made it in my spare time, little by little, when I was feeling it. It started as a way to practice loops, then it got out of hands. (sorry for the super late reply, I didn't notice you commen..).
More obsessive and geeky than bored, btw ;)

Grimbly, Sat, 06 Apr 2019 01:09:54 -0400
About halfway down this page.
https://marmoset.co/hexels/

You'll see :)

EAdams, Fri, 20 Dec 2024 03:16:35 -0500
What a great filter! I was extremely impressed the first time I saw it years ago, but I didn't know its significance back then. I had never heard of the video game Firewatch and the filter was merely a beautiful scene to me. Just recently (Dec. 2024) a video talking about this game popped up in my YouTube feed, and I thought - "hey, that looks a lot like the beautiful FilterForge filter!" So I searched for the filter and discovered in the filter description that the game was the inspiration for the filter.

DLI_FireFlow by Scazzino

Clint — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:08:57 -0500

Clint, Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:25:55 -0500
DLI_FireFlow by Scazzino
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/11236.html

Clint, Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:27:52 -0500
These look great, Scazz! I'd be interested to hear how FF can do Batch Rendering. I can't find any function anywhere in the software to get it to perform this. Could you please enlighten me? Thank you! And thanks for these filters! :)

Scazzino, Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:11:15 -0500
Hi Clint,

DLI_FireFlow, DLI_WaterFLow and DLI_LavaFlow can all be animated and rendered with the FilterForge batch renderer. The batch renderer is a standalone command line application that's included with FilterForge. On the Mac it's in the FilterForge App folder and it's named FFCmdRenderer. It can basically render a filter over and over while cycling (or randomly changing) through a set of values for any of the filter's settings. Filters designed for this, like all my "flow" filters, typically will have a time setting that can be used to cycle through a seamless loop. To make using the batch renderer easier I use the front-end GUI interface for it FFBatchMaster for Mac OS X.

One tip, if you want to use the transparency available in DLI_FireFlow you must specify a blank transparent source image for the batch render, otherwise it will render the filter over a white background rather than a transparent background.

I may do a blog post with a quick tutorial on my DreamLight facebook page if there's enough interest, and when I have some spare time.

Here are some links that should help get you started.

My DLI_Flow animated filters
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/au...page1.html

Filter Forge Command Line Renderer
http://www.filterforge.com/more/help/...derer.html

FFBatchMaster for Mac OS X
http://www.filterforge.com/forum/read...0&TID=7051

Batch rendering and alpha transparency?
https://filterforge.com/forum/read.php...MID=115947

Scazzino, Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:24:48 -0500
BTW: Here's my DreamLight facebook page. I have a few animated previews of all three "flow" filters posted there if you'd like to see what they look like animated.

DreamLight facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/DreamLightIncorporated?ref=hl

Burt, Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:06:57 -0500
Good looking filters. Haven't tried the animation, looks like it could be useful. Will keep an eye out for your tutorial.

Scazzino, Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:27:14 -0500
Thanks for the positive feedback guys!

Knight81, Sun, 12 Oct 2014 03:00:42 -0400
That you can change the time is amazing. Should be on all filters so that you could make an animation of them. :)

Rachel Duim, Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:08:57 -0500
A decade later I turned this into an animated filter. Here's the filter in FF13, the only change is replacing the Time slider with Normalized Time.

Default preview animated: https://duim.com/animate/fireflowB.webm
Right click to loop

Hyperreal Wood by raabix

DJI — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 05:21:46 -0500

DJI, Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:06:55 -0400
Hyperreal Wood by raabix
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/14972.html

DJI, Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:10:51 -0400
Sweet! Many moons ago when I worked construction we used to install Composite Wood Panels and Decorative Surfacing that looked like this. :D

dactilardesign, Fri, 08 Nov 2024 05:21:46 -0500
Hey this wood looks great.

Arial TD Font Snippet by ThreeDee

SpaceRay — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 01:21:51 -0400

SpaceRay, Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:15:45 -0400
Arial TD Font Snippet by ThreeDee
http://filterforge.com/filters/11541.html

SpaceRay, Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:19:03 -0400
Great and very good that this is available already in the online library AND now it has the transparent background that is much better than having it with a white background.

It is very well organized and well done, thanks very much for all the hard work and all the time you have spent for making by hand each one of the individual letters and arrange all of them in clean organized groups

Sphinx., Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:25:14 -0400
That took some time to make! :D

Lucato, Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:29 -0400
I had to log-in just to say congratulations to you, because what a hard work you have passed through! Amazing job!
Thanks for sharing such snippet.

It will be great if one day we get to select a filter/snippet and into FF select "Make a Component". :0)

Have a great day and congratulations once again.
Lucato.
Log off. ;0)

SpaceRay, Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:11:15 -0400
Excellent snippet to make many filter typographic variations

To start, now thanks to this new creation, I have been able to modify my previous Alphabet Texture Maker filter that was not so good before, but now with this Arial FF font it looks much better :)

Here is the built-in FF Lionfish with letters

SpaceRay, Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:12:38 -0400
Here using bigger letters

SpaceRay, Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:14:57 -0400
And here using the LadyBug FF built-in

All these examples are only using 5 letters, I want to be able to use all the letters, and not only 5, so I will modify the filter for this.

SpaceRay, Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:19:59 -0400
Here is a another example with my own images

Love how it looks

SpaceRay, Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:31:26 -0400
Here is the same as above but showing the real final big size

SpaceRay, Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:51:40 -0400
ALPHABET FLOW

And what would happen if you taken the awesome and well done Jelly Bean Art by Mongoose King and replace the Jelly Beans with these Arial letters? :)

SpaceRay, Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:06:00 -0400
And another example of this Alphabet Flow

SpaceRay, Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:07:39 -0400
And here is the same as above with bigger detail to see how the letters flow

SpaceRay, Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:41:59 -0400
THIRD EXAMPLE

ALPHABET FLOW 2

Another different way of making letters flow is using the awesome and excellent Paint Chips by b15fliptop

Here I have just used one letter to try it and see how it looks as this is a bit more complex to add multiple letters although can be done

SpaceRay, Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:45:03 -0400
and using the FF built in Kingfisher

SpaceRay, Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:02:23 -0400
FOURTH EXAMPLE

ALPHABET CREME

Now for something completely different, and good for morning breakfast :D

angelize, Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:37:25 -0400
I like those! I'll bet that last one could be modified to make alphabet soup!:)

Ghislaine, Sun, 23 Jun 2013 21:53:01 -0400
Great work 3D ! Is it possible to get the entire alphabet ? :)

ThreeDee, Mon, 24 Jun 2013 04:20:53 -0400

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Is it possible to get the entire alphabet?

All the letters are there, both upper case and lower case.

SpaceRay, Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:14:41 -0400

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Ghislaine Is it possible to get the entire alphabet ?

YES!, As ThreeDee have said the whole and complete alphabet is already available in the filter, is just that there are only 20 preset limit so they are not shown all of them.

Ghislaine, Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:33:07 -0400
Yeah, you're right :)

SpaceRay, Sat, 16 Apr 2016 06:31:42 -0400
Nearly 3 years after, I love each time more this Filter and the awesome and amazing work than here for making this letters and the way they are done and how the can be changed and customized

And the reason to put this post is that now is possible finally to use them ALL AT ONCE, and do not have to be choosing only 5 or 10 of them and make complex bomber arrangements, now with bomber plus is very easy to use them all together.

Again I can not thanks you enough ThreeDee for making this and be able to have fonts inside FF, something that FF team did not include in FF 5

SpaceRay, Wed, 03 Aug 2016 13:03:26 -0400
Although I love this font and is very well done, I wonder if there could be an easy way to make it customizable the height and width as is possible in the TD Europa Sans Caps Proc Font Advanced

I am already trying myself to be able to modify the letters, but as they are built differently using curves, it seems that you should modify them one by one, so instead of this I am thinking about a possible to way to enlarge the result instead of each letter

I have tried to use edge detect to increase the edges of the result, but it does not works as expected, will see to make it in another way, as using blur would slow it very much

Rachel Duim, Wed, 03 Aug 2016 14:03:26 -0400
SpaceRay, I think that you can put a Scale component right before the output and use the following settings:

Center X/Y: 0.5, 0.5
Scale: 1

Squash: 0 is the original, try out - and + values with a control to change the width or height.

UPDATE: In a little while I will give you a snippet with constant height letters and customizable width.

SpaceRay, Wed, 03 Aug 2016 14:14:37 -0400

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Rick Duim wrote: SpaceRay, I think that you can put a Scale component right before the output and use the following settings:

Thanks Rick, I have already tried this already and it does not work, because the scale does not change the width of the letter

I agree that the squash idea may work, but as said the width of the letter is not modified

SpaceRay, Wed, 03 Aug 2016 14:23:34 -0400
I have also found this outline increase made by ThreeDee in this thread and it seems to work increasing the size of the width of all the letter, it works right with but the problem is that it has a limit where it will make the hard edges rounded on some letters like S or G

Maybe there can be another component that can help to increase the edge or control more the result of maximum

I have simplified it to use only the Maximum component, as the other additional options makes the letter more even more round

Here below is attached the filter that I have made (well, really I just attached a maximum component at the end)

this ones above are the result of rounded edges

Rachel Duim, Wed, 03 Aug 2016 14:59:54 -0400
Here is the modified snippet.

Rachel Duim, Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:01:27 -0400
and a test letter...

SpaceRay, Sun, 14 Aug 2016 11:00:24 -0400

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Rick Duim wrote: Here is the modified snippet.

Thanks very much for the idea and using it this way, it works well for changing the size sideways width, and I have added in the end a maximum component, and now I am able to squash or expand the letters sideways and also increase the width with the maximum component from ThreeDee

Will put the filter here when I finish it

Rachel Duim, Sat, 26 Oct 2024 01:19:53 -0400
In using this snippet, I found a minor rounding error in the lower case h. I've highlighted the component I modified (Profile Gradient) by changing the Offset from 0 to 0.001. The screenshot here from the letter h shows a thin black horizontal line which is not easily seen unless there is a light background. I'll post a fix in the next post.

Rachel Duim, Sat, 26 Oct 2024 01:21:51 -0400
I ended up not making a fix, I found the thin horizontal line issue with the following characters: h r m n s 0 (zero). The main reason I found these is the use of faux bold, which made these easier to see. If you want to see how I fixed these, look at the Profile Gradients in the individual groups that house these characters in Globes 9x9. The fix usually meant changing the Black values to something a little bit higher than 0. I'm putting in an update for Globes in the next couple of days to add more characters and to fix the 0 character. The rest have already been fixed

Squircles Animated by Rachel Duim

SpaceRay — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 22:01:12 -0400

SpaceRay, Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:39:56 -0400
Squircles Animated by Rachel Duim
http://filterforge.com/filters/16577.html

SpaceRay, Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:44:12 -0400
I think that is really a very good, cool and well done effect and great the animation movement, clever technical achievement

I will test if I could have multiple animated squircles with different images using bomber or bomber plus

Rachel Duim, Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:33:34 -0400
I may try the multiple spinning images as you suggested, a good idea. Also, the current "spin" is only of a hemisphere! To do a proper full spin, the image needs to be a 2:1 aspect ratio (and seamless in the x axis) with a square passing through it to create a proper full spin. So I will try a couple of things and maybe post some results here.

Rachel Duim, Sun, 20 Oct 2024 22:01:12 -0400
Globe test
Right click to Loop

Fish Eye Extra by andyz

SpaceRay — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:37:59 -0400

SpaceRay, Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:35:02 -0400
Fish Eye Extra by andyz
http://filterforge.com/filters/12387.html

SpaceRay, Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:37:59 -0400
I have just found this filter and think is well done and it has a high usage reward to prove that is useful and good
Like it and gives good effect

Also there are others that are able to make a whole 3D sphere cristal ball

Tangent Snippet by Indigo Ray

David Roberson — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 05:56:07 -0400

David Roberson, Sun, 08 Sep 2024 03:11:03 -0400
Tangent Snippet by Indigo Ray
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/6851.html

David Roberson, Sun, 08 Sep 2024 03:20:10 -0400
Right. This is coming WAY out of nowhere but I spotted this on the main filter page and suddenly wondered if this was a curve I could do in a curve script (I was a little disappointed the filter didn't actually use a script... just a teeny, tiny little, but enough I had to make some kind of comment). I'm sure this would be simple enough, given the equation mentioned. Then I googled it for more info. Turns out, yes, there is way more.

Before I dive down that rabbit-hole, thought I'd ask if a tan(x) curve is really as simple as it looks (done in Lua).

...

I think I might have done one already and just lost it in the filter stack somewhere. Still, it doesn't hurt to ask, right? :D

David Roberson, Sun, 08 Sep 2024 03:28:59 -0400
Turns out, I did get inspired to dive into this before. By this flter, as a matter of fact (it's totally obvious from the script comments).

[CODE]function prepare()
-- from collected curve formulas
-- y = math.tan(x)
-- with infinite range shown and the domain from 0-360 degrees (0 to 2 pi radians)
eps = 0.000001
half_pi = math.pi / 2
end;

function get_sample(x, y, t)
local vs = get_sample_grayscale(x, y, SOURCE)
local cs = get_sample_grayscale(x, y, START)
local ce = get_sample_grayscale(x, y, END)
local mn = get_sample_grayscale(x, y, MINIMUM)
local mx = get_sample_grayscale(x, y, MAXIMUM)
local reverse = false
t = t * 2 - 1

-- curve generation
local v = vs * math.tan(t) / half_pi
local vn = get_sample_curve(x, y, v, CURVE)

if cs > ce then
temp = cs
cs = ce
ce = temp
reverse = true
end
local amp = 1 / (math.abs(ce - cs) + eps)
v = (v - cs) * amp
mn = mn / 2 + 0.5
v = v * (-1*mn + mx) + mn
if reverse == true then v = 1 - v end

return v
end;[/CODE]

I also have one for 'y=Arc sin(x) with a range of -pi to pi and a domain of -1 to 1' in a file with all the curves I've worked with (profiles and scripts, mostly, but also regular curves I re-use a lot).

Indigo Ray, Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:14:11 -0400
Hi David,
This filter was made without a LUA script because scripting was not a feature in Filter Forge 1. In fact, math components like tan or atan were also not yet added to the program.

Now I'm wondering why I made this in the first place... ;)

David Roberson, Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:55:20 -0400

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Indigo Ray wrote: Now I'm wondering why I made this in the first place...

I understand. I have a lot of odd snippets that I no longer remember what they were originally for. I appreciate your response, though! (Oh, and that second curve script I mentioned turned out to be totally broken! Heh.)

Ramlyn, Sat, 05 Oct 2024 05:56:07 -0400
I saw the last posts here and I though "Maybe I could use this snippet as base to make a new filter". :D

The filter is ready now: Tangent Star.
It will be in the library soon.