Eli Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) There is not much activity today... So I will give you a little summer homework. The"Dents" effect is wonderful. However, I wonder if there is a way to produce dents shapes that are more rectangular. I have been playing with the options but no matter what I do, the dents are rather circular. Very few are rectangular. So, If you know of a method to make it behave and produce rectangular shapes let me know. Perhaps I am not using the right effect or there is not one yet. Edited July 22, 2015 by Eli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Looks like an interesting request! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 It has been a while that I have been wanting to request this. I hope someone picks it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Qualified plugin developers we have. I bet one or some of them may know how to do this by means of a nifty interface. Problem may be that they are probably busy doing other projects, but still, I second that hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Rectangular dents is called Tile Reflection. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) Hello BoltBait, I did try Tile Reflection but the result is tiled. I was hoping to have more like the dents effect with less round dents and more rectangular shapes of all sizes that can fit everywhere. Edited July 22, 2015 by Eli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Try this: 1. Create a square gradient object and save it. http://i.imgur.com/HuzfDpF.png 2. Use TR's Random Custom Shape fill. http://i.imgur.com/9rdwt9V.png 2a. give it a small Gaussian blur. 3. Load your image (of the same size) onto the clipboard ie. select/copy, and run Clipwarp. http://i.imgur.com/xws7nk3.png original: http://i.imgur.com/nlH7dCo.png square dented: http://i.imgur.com/cWmTEEj.png Not perfect but room to experiment with other shapes! http://i.imgur.com/SFkddPh.png 6 Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) I haven't tested this plugin out very much yet, but you might like the Distorting Mirror plugin. Edited July 22, 2015 by Cc4FuzzyHuggles Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Or maybe something like this. Random Maze, followed by Alpha Mask, followed by BoltBait's Bevel Oblect..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 * I believe my version is wrong. 2 Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) @Seerose, It is pretty. Looks like frosted glass. Edited July 23, 2015 by Eli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Interesting effect Seerose - not a square distortion but beautiful in its own way! For the square distortion you need the flower image copied to the 'clipboard' (select and copy the flower layer). Then select the layer with the square pattern before running clipwarp. Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) @ Red ochre! Thanks for the instructions. I think now have done it right. Thanks again. Edited July 23, 2015 by Seerose 2 Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 You've got it now! Both images look good too. Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Pretty outcomes, Seerose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Not as visually appealing as Red's approach, but it seems I got a few rectangular dents from the Jitter plugin, setting the first two parameters to equal values and varying other settings. Probably these examples aren't even close to something relatively good, but here they are anyway, at least as additional ideas. Original: Jittered once: Jittered twice: Crystallizing first and finally jittering: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 One way you can achieve a regular pattern of rectangular dents (not the random dents that seem to be what's wanted) is to apply the Distort>Ripple plugin a few time, alternating vertical and horizontal, with different size and phase settings, and with the highlight set to 0. Dents can be used afterward, with large-sized dents, to add some randomness. With apologies to the lovely Ms. Lawrence: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Hello MJW, That is a nice caricature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 One way you can achieve a regular pattern of rectangular dents (not the random dents that seem to be what's wanted) is to apply the Distort>Ripple plugin a few time, alternating vertical and horizontal, with different size and phase settings, and with the highlight set to 0. Dents can be used afterward, with large-sized dents, to add some randomness. With apologies to the lovely Ms. Lawrence: DentedKatniss.png Cool job, MJW! You've just turned her into an alien or something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 (edited) Red, I followed your method for these images but I used BoltBaits' Fill From File effect: These ones are using TR's Random Custom Shape fill effect: Edited July 24, 2015 by Eli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Good results Eli! I like the interwoven tiling on the first one - not sure what Seurat would have said ... something French I guess Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I've noticed the various suggestions have produced quite disparate results, so I wonder what Eli had in mind. Eli, is there some particular use you have for the square dents? Do you want the squares to have the same orientation, or random orientations? Do you want more-or-less true squares, or just generally straighter sides? I think more details might help. (I also think it might be difficult to fit together randomly sized and orientated squares. I think there'd probably need to be some non-squares to fill in the gaps) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 (edited) Impressive Red! It is just a detail from "A sunday afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" . Your image recognition skills are better than Google's. @MJW: You are right, there are several proposals. As I pointed out in the image on the first post, there were two rather rectangular shapes. I wondered if there was a way to better control dents as to produce more rectangular shapes with concentric rectangles. Something like the pattern used in this purse/bag: As you can see the shapes (squares and rectangles) are not all the same size nor they are arranged like in a brick wall. There are also some straight and curved lines to fill some spaces. And yes there are some gaps that have irregular shapes. I should have posted this image on the first post as well. Anyway, the solutions proposed are wonderful as I get to test and learn from others ideas. Edited July 24, 2015 by Eli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 'Squirklewarp' can do concentric square ripples, if that's any use? (You'll have to do each set of square 'ripples' seperately though.) http://i.imgur.com/3vDMo95.png http://i.imgur.com/7y2SDy9.png Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) I had explored SquirkleWarp and saw that it could make concentric square with ripples but only one at a time. It is a nice effect though! Edited July 25, 2015 by Eli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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