Take your pick

[Kraellin]

nice mosaic, lk!

[lkroll]

Thanks Craig. I haven't really played too much with displacement mapping, but I do see some cool ideas that can be used with it.

[Kraellin]

it can be rather interesting at times, lk this is one from a filter i made in filter forge, trying to replicate the displacement map feature of psp and ps.

(sorry, i'll try not to hijack the thread any more)

[Janet Petty]

You replicated just fine Craig. That is CREEPY!...but nice work nevertheless.

Janet

[LQQKER]

Craig - Wild but neat, I really like the effect you created.

[lkroll]

Wow the bloody slime; save it for Halloween Craig. Jeese; almost made me barf. lol

Too cool by the way.

[Kraellin]

thanks guys

yes, that got a nice reaction on the filter forge forum also because filter forge can use 'surface' mapping in the form of HDR lighting, you can get this displacement type effect quite nicely from a texture mapped onto an image. the disadvantage is that i can only use one image plus the texture created in filter forge. so, if i have two images, one as source and one for the texture, i cant do it in FF.

and lol, lk. in an odd sort of way, that's one of the best compliments i've ever gotten

(sorry, janet. didnt mean to hijack your thread)

[Kraellin]

well, since it looks like i killed this thread, i thought i'd better kick-start it again.

this was done from a couple of filterforge filters, then taken back into psp where those got blended by blend modes and opacity. added a curves, did some airbrush and finished all this off with some smudging and more blend modes.

[Swampy]

Craig, what would you do if someone came and took your FF toy away? Now, how 'bout a better crop?

[Kraellin]

dee dee,

yup, love FF.

but, i dont understand the crop comment.

[Swampy]

Craig, I'd like to see your version cropped closer to the bird's beak. Although the shot of the parrot is good, the fact that its tail was cut off and there is so much "blank" canvas to the left screams "bad shot, bad shot". I think in this case, cropping out the left side would give a "tight shot" feel such that you don't "mind" the missing tail. Am I making any sense?

[Kraellin]

dee dee,

i cant give you a crop of the posted pic. i cropped half way through. so, most all the smudging and some of the other was done after the crop. but, here's the point just before i cropped.

[Swampy]

Okay, Craig. I still like the painting effect you achieved.

[Kraellin]

thanks, dee dee

[lkroll]

...with ACE, you get this (well, again, some additional tweaks required as well).

[Kraellin]

nice one, lyle. looks almost like an illustration.

[lkroll]

Thanks Craig. I didn't know if I should take it all the way to an illustration, or enhance it to the photo side, so I left it be. Schizo I am. lol