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Old 01-20-2006, 03:18 PM
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wow
Patricia and Robin these are really gorgeous, oh no feeling another go, coming on

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Old 01-20-2006, 03:24 PM
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Thanks Palms...i really like playing with patterns...look forward to your next one...

Robin love your effects...do tell how you did them...did you use a photo or a special design??????

Kind regards Patricia kay
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Old 01-21-2006, 08:55 PM
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Pushing the envelope, er...ball

Made a series of boxes and circles in PS. Applied Medhi kalaidoscope then Distort, Spherize. Selected sphere, copied to new layer. Added new BG and detail from photo of my grandson at the playground.
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Old 01-21-2006, 10:08 PM
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Photomaster, I've been following this thread and must say that you have some GREAT pieces here.

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Old 01-21-2006, 11:42 PM
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love that last one, photomaster!

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Old 01-22-2006, 04:48 AM
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Smile

Think you have great ideas photomaster, loved the last one you did....

Had another play and this is what happened, I first smudged the Cosmos in Twisted brush...a free program....then i did the small flowers in the background with the art history brush in Photoshop...KPT hypertiling...edges in Paintshop Pro 9...

Kind regards Patricia Kay..
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Old 01-22-2006, 01:01 PM
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very cool, patricia. i like the first one just a bit more.

i'm glad to see we're moving a bit away from straight kaleidoscopes and totally mirrored images. that was the intent.

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Old 01-22-2006, 01:47 PM
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Then there is my personal favorite, Flaming Pear's Polymerge. This makes a composite of several works that I have previously worked on with PSP8 and various filters.

I call this first one "Kitty."
Full size version at http://bigbluebird.com/kitty.jpg

Second one is a kaleidoscope that I ran through VP impasto then used FP flexify on it. Full version at http://www.bigbluebird.com/studyinblueandwhite.jpg

Amy
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Old 01-22-2006, 02:24 PM
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Your kaleidoscopic Tesselations are awesome Patricia.

Sorry for the late response. Very impressed with your results. A really am in awe with Robin's versions too.
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Old 01-22-2006, 11:43 PM
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Tesssellations.

Some extremely cool info on tessellations (such as Escher's versions) can be found here. I used techniques from this site to create this tesselation. The GIMP pattern file is also attached (for those who want to play). Just use this pattern and fill the selection.
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Old 01-23-2006, 12:06 AM
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These Things are Like Potato Chips

Thanks Craig and Janet. Glad you enjoy my "chips." I can never stop after just one.

Have some more! All done with Medhi plugins with additional work in PS.
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Old 01-23-2006, 05:52 AM
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Hi, This is so much fun....
Photomaster....great effects again....its very addictive.....

Ikroll....Thanks for the links..i hadnt heard of tessellations before..there you are even learning new words in retouch...liked your effect too.

ahutton...very nice...i also like polymerge and all the flaming pear pluggins....

here are two more Craig....If you look in the thread ACTIONS, Photo-Art Photoshop ACTIONS: The Mother of all Collections ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )
Doug Nelson you will find the pictures i did them from.

The first one i did in flexify...a flaming pear one...then took it into photoshop and did a silver effect in Niks pluggins...

Second one i did flexify again..i love that pluggin its so versatile...

Look forward to more of your ceations.... but might not reply quickly as we will be on vacation...

Kind regards Patricia kay
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Old 01-23-2006, 06:16 AM
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Just posting another 2....hope its okay as i wont be posting for two months...

The first one i did in Project dogwaffle...a free program that is really value for money...HaHa... If any one has it i will be happy to tell how i did it...

The second one i did in yet another free program called photomatix...

both available from download.com

Have fun...Patricia Kay
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Old 01-23-2006, 01:36 PM
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Ikroll....Thanks for the links..i hadnt heard of tessellations before..there you are even learning new words in retouch...liked your effect too.
Yup, you caught me; these words make me sound intelligent (in which I'm not). LOL
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Old 01-24-2006, 08:17 AM
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for those maybe wondering what are tessalations, here is a definition pulled off the site that lkroll linked to:
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What are Tessellations

The word 'tessera' in latin means a small stone cube. They were used to make up 'tessellata' - the mosaic pictures forming floors and tilings in Roman buildings

Here, the term has become more specialised and is used to refer to pictures or tiles, mostly in the form of animals and other life forms, which cover the surface of a plane in a symmetrical way without overlapping or leaving gaps. You can see examples top right as you move about this site.
interesting site, lk. and if you look around on there you can find a link to 'Tess', a piece of software you can download to make tessalations. seems to be free, but i havent installed yet, so dont know for sure.

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Old 01-24-2006, 10:04 AM
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craig

you can add mind reading to your c.v. i did wonder what tesselations were but just to lazy to google it


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Old 01-24-2006, 02:13 PM
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palms,

i knew you were going to say that

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Old 06-05-2006, 10:24 PM
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well, i had to dig down in the pages here to find this thread again, but i needed it. this was one of those happy little accidents that occurs every once in a while when you're playing around.

i was messing around in filter forge with some different things, trying out this and that and hit on this. i'll let you figure out if it's an optical illusion or not.

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Old 06-06-2006, 03:30 AM
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Try use Tile Builder - Photoshop-compatible plugin for tile generation.
It will be useful for web designers, artist and computer graphics enthusiasts. It allows you create fantastic patterns by one touch.
There are 17 methods - symmetry rules.

Demo version Tile Builder
Tile Builder home page

You can save seamless tile and use it anywhere.
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Old 06-06-2006, 07:14 AM
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Craig that hurts my eyes and my brain ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! but it is cool

Dm cher interesting tiles

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Old 06-06-2006, 02:46 PM
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I've also been playing with tesselations the last few months using Lattice XP by www.redfieldplugins.com and PSP X. I've also used some Flaming Pear filters.

Here are some examples that people have said that they enjoy: 1 2 3 4

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A man after my own heart. I love it. What flaming pear and redfield filters do you use most often for these?

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Old 06-06-2006, 03:44 PM
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Thanks. I use mostly FP's Flexify 2 + Aetherize, along with Redfieldplugin's Lattice XP. Here's some Orbs I've made using the same filters as well as the polar->rectangular + flip + rectangular -> polar transform: Orb 112 Orb 103 Orb 114

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Old 06-06-2006, 05:26 PM
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Used KPT Planer tiling, mirrored and added zoom blur to soften.
Hope it not too painful on the eyes!!!!
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Old 06-06-2006, 06:46 PM
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Peter S,

I like it since it reminds me of the stargate sequence in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. What incredible things Kubrick accomplished without computers!

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Old 06-07-2006, 12:12 AM
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dm_cher,

looks like an interesting program.

palms,

hurts my brain too. i had to load it into psp and turn the grid on to figure out if it was an illusion or not.

peter,

very cool

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