Hi folks.
It's been a while since I've promised myself to add a 'Puzzle' filter to the G'MIC plug-in, and never had the time to do so.
But fortunately, I had some time yesterday and gave a try. So, here is a new filter available, located at
G'MIC / Arrays & tiles / Puzzle.
You should be able to get it by clicking on the 'Update' button.
Here is how it looks with the default settings :
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The filter parameters are divided into three distinct groups which are :
1)
Pattern parameters : they set the aspect of the puzzle pieces, if they are all straight or have some variations.
2)
Blending parameters : they tells how the puzzle pattern must be blended with the background image. You can set how the outline and the relief render.
3)
Recomposition parameters : the most interesting (and original) one in my opinion.
Each puzzle piece is in fact extracted and recomposed afterwards, and you can set how those pieces are drawn : you can scale and rotate them with some random variations, and you can shuffle the pieces order. Here is an example of what you can get when playing with this last set of parameters :
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Now, with this filter, it becomes quite easy to render things like this. I've just added a drop shadow effect and a flat background behind to get this :
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Isn't that cool ?
I admit I don't know so much what similar puzzle fiters do, so maybe this is something very classical. But however, I'm quite happy with this one.
If you have suggestions and experiences to share related to this filter, please post here !
Hope you will find some creative uses for this one.
Cheers,
David.