'From scratch' challenge.

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

Very nice ! We already have 30 submissions

I'll try to update the G+ photo album as soon as possible.

samj · **Joined:** May 09, 2012 **Posts:** 914

512*512 black background
[G'MIC] Plasma : -gimp_plasma 0.5,0,8,0,0
[G'MIC] Circle transform : -gimp_circle_transform 0.5,0.5,4,6,1,0,0,2,1
[G'MIC] Gradient norm : -gimp_gradient_norm 2,0.5,0,100,0,0
[G'MIC] Gradient RGB : -gimp_gradient2rgb 0,0,100,0,0,0
[G'MIC] Dynamic range increase : -gimp_tk_dri 0,1,0,1,0.5,1,1,0
[G'MIC] Array [faded] : -gimp_array_fade 2,2,0,0,80,90,0,0

sallyanne · **Posted:** Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:01 pm **(#43)**

They are all cool. Will have another go tonight.

samj · **Joined:** May 09, 2012 **Posts:** 914

Bonjour,

640*400 white background
[G'MIC] Tiled rotation : -gimp_rotate_tiles 7,7,15,3,3,1.8
[G'MIC] Circle transform : -gimp_circle_transform 0.5,0.5,-2,-2,0.2,0,1,1,1
[G'MIC] Blend [standard] : -gimp_blend 1,1,0
[G'MIC] Smooth [anisotropic] : -gimp_anisotropic_smoothing 60,0.7,0.3,0.6,1.1,0.8,30,2,0,1,1,21,0,24,0
[G'MIC] Frame [painting] : -gimp_frame_painting 4,0.4,6,255,255,255,2,400,50,10,1,0.5,123456,0

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12851

Candied Dice

Plasma, Dice (colored), Graechan's Plastic Script-fu (sans the fill color with other layer set to overlay; no drop shadow option), then G'MIC's Taquin (picked a value that would keep the groups). Yes, this one's seamless too. Not much different in size between jpg and png (quality that I use), so just kept in lossless.

bkirkhuff · **Joined:** Dec 08, 2013 **Posts:** 9

Here's my attempt...

Odinbc · **Posted:** Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:29 pm **(#47)**

lylejk, I like the tones in the colour combo of the dice.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12851

Thanks Odin; did cheat since I used's Graechan's Plastic preset in the mix, but the rest was, for the most part, G'MIC.

ek22 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:19 am **(#49)**

Maybe atom soup or something...

Started with a black background. The only thing I've done in gimp itself is add alpha channel since I wasn't sure if I'd need it or not.
Here's the notes of what filters I went with and roughly what I did with them, output layers etc.

3d random objects, sphere, rendered as dots
Local normalization - RGB
Dream smoothing - low iteration almost full opacity to a new layer
Blend [standard] - opacity .72 to new layer - input all layers
High Pass on active layer to new layer
turn off bottom 2 layers
Gradient RGB on high pass output layer
turn on bottom layer (first layer)
Blend Median - output to new layer
on rodilius output layer Gradient RGB -output to new layer
make visible blend rodilius and last output layer, blend standard - add mode op 72% output to new layer
make all invisible, except last layer and original blend median layer, blend median again with all visible, output to new layer
last blended layer - Local contrast enhance x2
Local Normalization
take contrast enhance layer and local normalization layer and blend median

Chris F · **Posted:** Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:30 am **(#50)**

Hehe...fun.
box fittig, stencil, symetry master, segmentation, halftone, frame, drop shadow. :hehe

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

I'm stunned by all the entries you propose. That is a cool challenge

I've started to do a G+ album with all your contributions, available at : https://plus.google.com/photos/11744123 ... 3124252001

sallyanne · **Posted:** Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:44 am **(#52)**

New image - transparent, Spiral - I colour to alpha the white and merged it onto a layer of 3d Random colour objects. I did a flower in there somewhere, circle transformed, arrayed faded, metallicized and lots of other filters.

I wonder what would happen if all the filters were used?

samj · **Joined:** May 09, 2012 **Posts:** 914

Bonjour,

I love see all the creations using the slideshow in full screen mode :
https://plus.google.com/photos/11744123 ... 6053165362

Thank you for these beautiful pictures

samj · **Joined:** May 09, 2012 **Posts:** 914

640*400 black background
[G'MIC] Tiled rotation : -gimp_rotate_tiles 1,1,15,3,3,1.8
[G'MIC] Circle transform : -gimp_circle_transform 0.5,0.483146,-8.61124,-1.49813,0.134831,0,1,1,1
[G'MIC] Circle transform : -gimp_circle_transform 0.5,0.483146,-8.61124,-1.49813,0.134831,0,1,1,1
[G'MIC] Textured glass : -gimp_textured_glass 40,40,1,1,0,2,0,0
[G'MIC] Blend [standard] : -gimp_blend 1,1,0
[G'MIC] Gradient norm : -gimp_gradient_norm 0,0.5,0,100,0,0
[G'MIC] Gradient RGB : -gimp_gradient2rgb 0,0,100,0,0,0
[G'MIC] Metallic look : -gimp_tk_metallic 1,0,1,0
[G'MIC] Metallic look : -gimp_tk_metallic 1,0,4,0
[G'MIC] Frame [painting] : -gimp_frame_painting 4,1,0,64,64,64,0,400,82.7249,50.2183,1,0.786026,123456,0

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

Ha nice Samj ! Looks a bit like Casper in a bad mood

I'll add it to the album.

samj · **Joined:** May 09, 2012 **Posts:** 914

@Ronounours

In reality it is a failure :bawl

I tried to make a Christmas ball ...

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I think it is kind of cute, don't cry.

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

Well, that Christmas ghost is really nice, I see no failure in it.
Maybe it will be chosen for the next 'Scream' movie ?

samj · **Joined:** May 09, 2012 **Posts:** 914

Molly

Ronounours, I love the idea of the "Christmas ghost" ... :santa

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Enjoying this challenge and discovering filters I never knew existed and what they can do.