the flyout text looks really great, Graechan !

i had to use a bit of anisotropic smoothing, because the extrusion was loooking too jagged

and a variation

10 copies with Graechan's settings above

impressive outcome, K1te !

Don't know how I missed this thread but somehow I did.

Could somebody explain the maths behind the scaling factor please.

The "Final scale factor in X direction" represents the value by which the width of the original layer has to be multiplied so that obtaining what will be the width of the last duplicate.

For instance, supposing that the original layer features a width of 200 px, if we set the "Final scale factor in X direction" to 1.25, then the width of the last duplicate will be: 1.25 * 200 = 250 px.

As for the intermediate copies (if any), their widths will vary linearly between the width of the original layer and the one of the last duplicate.

In general, if n is the number of copies and a is the integer number representing the stage of duplication from which the scaling process must begin (as specified through the "Step to start transforming from" slider), we can express the width w(k) of the generic k-th duplicate by means of the following formula:

         /                 w(0)                                     ,    1 = k < a      
        /                                                                                
w(k) = <                                                                                 
        \                                                                                
         \  w(0) + [(k - (a - 1)) / (n - (a - 1))] * (w(n) - w(0))  ,    a ≤ k ≤ n - 1  

where w(0) and w(n) respectively symbolize the width of the original layer and the width of the last namely the n-th duplicate, while the latter value is obtained by multiplying the former by Sx , that is the final scale factor in X direction:

w(n) = sX * w(0)


For a = 1, we simply get:

w(k) = w(0) + (k / n) * (w(n) - w(0))  ,    1 ≤ k ≤ n - 1


With appropriate change of symbols, identical remarks apply to the "Final scale factor in Y direction".

Gino D - Thanks for the explanation, I think I've pretty much got the gist of it now.I have hacked the script to allow for 500 repeats to suit my requirements.

After mentioning in another thread about creating 3d perspective text going to a vanishing point thought I'd better take a look at the easiest way to do this.

I tried the method with three different vanishing points and three different methods of creating the lighting shadow on the text.

1. Standard bump map filter.
2. Esper and DD emboss filter tutorial
3. Using a white to black linear gradient.

The method is quite simple, decided where you want your vanishing point to be then create a square layer thats big enough to cover the object you wish to manipulate but making sure the centre of this layer is over the vanishing point.
Then merge the two layers together, its better to right click in the layers dialogue and use the merge visable layers option as this will not autocrop layers to image size.
Finally run the script, just make sure you uncheck "Autocrop Duplicates" and change Stack Duplicates to "below previous layer"

oh wow, the pink one is great

you should try posterize on the final picture, could give you an interesting vector-esque effect

very nice he4rty...I like the red one the best.

Glad to see how useful you consider my script in order to create 3D text effects.

Regarding the possibility of shrinking a text or any other shape towards vanishing points, I am already updating the script so as to make the task even more easy and exhaustive.

In the mean time, I have also added the possibility of beginning to scale the copies from a generic step of duplication, hence not only as from the first or second duplicate, as strictly provided in the current version instead.

These and others possible new features, as well as some cleanups and minor bug fixes, will certainly be included in the next release that I hope to post shortly.

scale to a vanishing point !
This switch on all my attention is already possible easily or you are considering as future improvement ?
In case of scaling to a vanishing point the distance between the dups would respect the prospective ?

looking forward to the next installment of your script Gino D !

I am working mainly on two different improvements that he4rty himself indirectly suggested by talking about vanishing points:

1) increasing the maximum allowed number of copies to an appropriate amount in the order of hundreds (namely greater than the current upper value of 64), so as to give the possibility of further softening the visual transition between two consecutive duplicates;

2) reducing the lower value in the range of choice of the "Final scale factor in X/Y direction" from the current 0.25 down to 0.00, a purely asymptotic ratio at which the last duplicate will pratically have a width/height of 1px, so that taking the features of a vanishing point or a segment.

For this purpose, I should brush up on the basics of the perspective representation, that I studied a little in the past but in a superficial way. However, if the implementation of such a feature didn't have to involve peculiar difficulties, then I think that I might take it into consideration, also trying to see how to add it to the script options in a simple and intelligible manner.

Looking forward to seeing the results.

Thanks for your kind compliments.

And once you have learned to handle the script, feel free to sign in again to this thread for pointing out possible new ideas of utilization and showing the results of your experiments, just like several others users did before.

The multi replicate tool is an incredible friend, i play with it a lot. fun and easy to make good things with it.

I am glad that you have been able to obtain such nice outcomes, besides with your own skill and fantasy, also with the aid of my script.

Again, thanks to all for your kind compliments.

Sorry for being away a little from this forum lately, considering that unfortunately I have been very busy during this period. Shortly I hope to start intervening and posting again more frequently.