The idea is to position different size brush strokes on an image to try and produce a kind of painting. The main idea is that the brush strokes are randomly (hence the monkeys...) positioned on the resulting image but are only kept if they produce a result closer to the original. Therefore if you run the filter long enough, with smaller and more precise brush strokes you should hopefully get a pleasing image. Well that's the theory anyway...
Here is an early example (just click on the picture to view full size), based on a photo of the city of Porto Venere (credits Stock.xchng):
The algorithm still needs a lot of tweaking, but I hope you'll like it.
Cheers,
David
I´ll be waiting...
ReplyDeleteBy the way excellent effects.
Thank you.
Thanks David. Here's a link to another example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/17924797@N06/4403748072/sizes/l/
ReplyDeleteWOW!
ReplyDeleteThat looks most interesting.
As it is, it'd be a nice 'underpainting' start to another leyr on top of your normal oil painting, at about 50% opacity.
Double WOW! - that seecond example is great! Is the line thickness or strength goinf to be adjustable?
Hi Barry,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. I am indeed working on the different parameters and it will be possible to adjust the strength of the outlines (I use the pencil 2 filter as a base layer). You will also have control over the min and max brush sizes and over the precision of the algorithm.
I like that it makes it more "real" by randomizing the effects.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work!
Thanks! The beta version should be available within days (hopefully!).
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