Lights and more...

[molucca]

I didn't see an equivalent warping function in PSP. There is a plugin for PI, but it isn't that good. I used the warping grid in Expression. That capability would be in E3.3 the free MS download.

I drew an object in Extreme for the Willet. The tools make this very easy.

Rich

[TwidderBird]

oh, MUCH nicer job on the willet than mine! gonna have to take a look at that E3.3 freebee...

the experiment with Rich's butterfly, continued:


nance

[molucca]

Th butterfly was changed using the free AutoFX plugin Dreamy. I made a grayscale mask, and applied the effect to the background. The plugin runs standalone of with a host. It may work with PSP. There is a Mosaic plugin that is free, too.

With AutoFX plugins, you load a grayscale image as a mask.

Rich

[TwidderBird]

the metamorphis of Rich's butterfly.......


Rich, don't know what Auto FX --Dreamy is? did look at the expression free downloads and unfortunately all have system requirements beyond my capabilities. will be getting new computer sometime this yr, tho. hope to be getting X back up soon

in meantime, I could try using my mask feature in psp to do what you did with the butterfly(?)


nance

[molucca]

http://www.autofx.com/freeplugins/dreamyphoto.asp?id=1

http://www.autofx.com/freeplugins/mosaic.asp?id=20

I have E3.2 installed and it will run on a minimum of Win95. I expect 3.3 will do the same. EGD(E4 requires XP with SP2). I have read it will run of SP1, also.

Rich

[TwidderBird]

thanks Rich. will check out the links another day. don't think I saw E3.2; will check that out as well. what I read was about Expression having the capability to do lots of customizing---just as you have demonstrated. love to have that (sooner or later). will continue to see what I can do with transparent/extraction files as discussed


nance

[molucca]

E 3.2 was the last Creature House released version before the Microsoft take over. E3.3 is similar except it is a non expiring trial version. I think there are a few minor differences. E 3.3 download includes the manual as well. E 3.2 isn't available any longer, but E 3.3 will do the same things. Rich

[TwidderBird]

Rich's butterfly turns into a painting (the experiment continues)


wow, this was a blast!!! first time I've ever used the free download Art Rage. now this is REAL digital painting--the feel, the pace. all mouse'freehand'. never tried oil in the natural medium or pallete knife; so not entirely sure how these tools (oil techniqe w/p knife) are used-- but it was SO MUCH fun. saved it to a png file, maybe should've tried another format

I've now included the same image with .bmp format. (not sure if there is any difference)

http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage/html

I'll have X back tomorrow...been watching the demos on the web site and found them very helpful


nance

[molucca]

File sizes. BMP 675KB, PNG 326KB & JPEG 35KB

JPEG may have been a better format for file size. I didn't see any difference in image quality.

I use 32 bit PNGs when displaying an image with transparency. Your image was 24 bit. I thought PNGs compressed a little better.

Looks like fun.

Ten days of pounding rain with thunder here.

Rich

[TwidderBird]

typically I use png becuz of the transparancy quality. don't have a bmp optimizer to compress the image. for photos I use jpeg, but have been less than satisfied using jpg on artistic renderings

after staring at the two for awhile I did notice a difference: in the darker blu patches one has darker values than the other. don't know if this causes the eye to 'see' the whole image as darker as adjacent colors can effect an image in how one 'sees' the whole---or if one format truly saved differently, or if it is that one is uncompressed(?) I'll take a look at the original .ptg (Art Rage extension)

I believe all my images are 24bit as I almost always use 16million+ color pallette. this is required in psp

you could try and send some of that moisture this way since this winter has put us back in the drought


nance