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I’ve found a new toy.<\/p>\n

It makes everything look like it was ripped out of an old book, so to speak.<\/p>\n

Costs money. $15 US. Fully functional demo download<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just like uscomic.8bf, it often takes uninteresting images and transforms them, lifting them to higher quanta.<\/p>\n

People like me need all the help they can get.<\/p>\n

I mostly use the Bayer pattern, but the bubbles can be pretty good too.<\/p>\n

I use queen (or burn), softlight, or procedural+. Overlay has worked once or twice. Some of them seem to do the same thing.<\/p>\n

I think you’ve got 2 weeks to buy it before it stops working, but maybe you can rip them off for longer.<\/p>\n


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It’s one of the cheapest filters made by Flaming Pear<\/a>, but it’s also their best. I tried out a bunch of the other more expensive ones, but I didn’t find them useful. I don’t think freaks like me are their target market. <\/p>\n

I think it just adds a patterned layer and merges it with a preset method, but the Bayer method is a little more sophisticated. I’m just guessing.<\/p>\n

One of the best rationalizations for not paying for shareware is: I’m not finished checking it out yet, I need another year. The next one is: I’m not a rich professional like they are, so I don’t need to pay. Next: If they want people to buy it, then why are they giving it away for free? After that: Pretty soon I’m going to be so sick of using this thing I won’t want it anymore, and why should I pay for something I don’t want? Finally: Stealing is a victimless crime, like throwing a rock into a crowd.<\/p>\n

When used with the GIMP it’s really slow. Which is too bad since the GIMP has tear off menus which makes it a lot more convenient to access frequently used filters. XnView is much faster, but it’s hard getting used to having only one level of undo.<\/p>\n


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What does it do? It dithers the image using a variety of patterns. Not really, but that’s the general effect. Dithering is much like a texture layer, but it can also re-draw the image, creating something that is categorically different.<\/p>\n

Dithering or half-tone patterns can be very creative, altering the color and appearance of the image in intriguing ways. But not always.<\/p>\n

Saving as a jpg makes for smooth gradients, but to keep the colors from changing (for the worse) you’ll have to up the quality to the point the file size is ridiculously big. I save them as 256 color pngs, indexed in Irfanview which has a good dithering algorithm that preserves gradients adequately.<\/p>\n

When something works out well, ask yourself why and try to reproduce those conditions. Digital skill is all about becoming part of the algorithm.<\/p>\n


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Filters are tools, they don’t do anything on their own. That just about describes me too. Computers make everything so easy. That’s why we’ve accomplished so much.<\/p>\n

This filter really works well with the Inkblot Kaos<\/a> fractal program. I only use the first “stalks” setting, but that one makes such awesome stuff I wouldn’t have time for any others. The formula parser allows you to dream up enough creative variations to keep you busy for ages.<\/p>\n

I think of the two programs as a team: Inkblot is the pottery wheel which forms the clay, India Ink is the kiln that fires it and adds the glaze.
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