Using FilterForge and Xara

[angelize]

That's ok Larry I understand that you guys were all just kidding If I seemed quiet yesterday afternoon it was just because I was busy.

[ber61]

Frances I bet your under cooked lunch might look great behind some stained glass.

[angelize]

Lol!

[jim64]

I thought It was a good Filter

[wizard509]

Frances, for what it's worth my response #11 was more or less a direct response to Gare's #10. I have the utmost respect for you as an artist, designer, and teacher. Your posts have been a valuable resource to me and many here. Of course Rik is another story. All kidding aside I also have great respect for Rik too, but don't tell him because I wouldn't want him to get a fat head. Same enormous respect goes for Gare.
Nuff said. Have a good day.

[angelize]

Ok getting back on topic, here is another look at the simple filter example. This time I have added a blur component to the filter tree and added a few more controls. the blur component is a processing component and it gives the source output that's plugged into it a gaussian blur. I have also changed the profile setting on the perlin noise (I have added a control for this so this can be adjusted from the main filter window)to a linear setting and this gives the perlin noise a more cloud like look. You can see that I now have two different connections going into the result component, and only the height connection is passed through the blur component. The resulting texture is now looking more like strawberry preserves and less like raw meat

I have included a zipped FilterForge filter file of this simple filter that you can open in FF3 with a simple double click. Sorry the versions aren't backwards compatible so older versions won't be able to open it. Play around with the settings and experiment with it and see what kind of seamless textures you can come up with

[Filter Forge]

Hi everyone,

Yes, I have to confirm Filter Forge doesn't work well with Xara live effects. To compensate this inconvenience we've created a pack of textures so that you don't need to create them yourself: http://www.filterforge.com/images/ad...lkGraphics.zip. This is an exclusive pack for this forum: feel free to use these textures for any commercial or non-commercial purpose.

-- Mark

[Gare]

I'd like to emphasize that FF doesn't work well with Xara Designer Pro.

But it does work. You just should either lock the effect after applying it, or export the texture as a bitmap from within the UI in Xara, to work with no interruptions.

Thanks for the texture pack, folks!

-g

[ss-kalm]

Hi everyone,
Yes, I have to confirm Filter Forge doesn't work well with Xara live effects. To compensate this inconvenience we've created a pack of textures so that you don't need to create them yourself: http://www.filterforge.com/images/ad...lkGraphics.zip. This is an exclusive pack for this forum: feel free to use these textures for any commercial or non-commercial purpose.

Is it still possible to get hold of these textures? The link is no longer available, but would it be permissible for someone to pass them on?