Fractalus plugin for Photoshop

Not into digital what's-it's, but have to say quite like the effect of the insects though.

Someone pulled me up for moaning about the live-view, when I could just ignore it, so I suppose the same can be said here. You don't have to do it (or any PP for that matter), but if you like it, why not? Personally, I stopped doing "effects" a long time ago because all you end up seeing IS the effect. But as Bob said, in some areas this may be what you're after.

Tony

Well IMO as has allready been said this isnt a plug in to make photos.

Its a plugin to make effects and some quite intresting ones at that.
For a designer these could have no end of uses, And for others just playing about to get some intresting affects is fun.

I have just done this to one of the shots that was taken at my last fight and I quite like it.
Gives a cartoony/hand drawn feel to it I think.

[IMG]http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv129/titchgamer/judopic.jpg[/IMG]

And I canabalised 1 of my mine shaft pics for this effect.

[IMG]http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv129/titchgamer/shaftblur.jpg[/IMG]

These are not ment for "serious photography" because obviously they are destroying the photo but they certainly have their uses for graphical and fun purposes.

I never used it again after the initial post but I am still happy to look at pictures where others have. Personally I can't see a problem with anyone getting a bit of enjoyment out of playing with digital effects on their work but then maybe I am just not serious enough about photography.

Or maybe other just take things too seriously ....

Have to have a go at this!! I really like the effect. As others have said, some shots work really well as opposed to others (that snail pic and the karate pic rock!).

Thanks Snootchies! It was actually a Judo Bout but I think it was a gd pic LOL

Hey Mike,
I really like the effect on the images!!! I'm wondering if the plugin will work in Photoshop CS5? I cannot PM you right now because I have 30 days before I can message anyone.. Here's my e-mail: [email protected]
Thanks allot!!

Sorry, lost a load of stuff in a hard drive crash .. maybe one of the others can help.

Very interesting Mike. Some of these bring back memories from my experiences dabbling with magic mushrooms lol.

Interesting old post! That first snail is especially fantastic Mike. The shell looks 3 dimensional (I mean really 3 dimensional, not this '3D look' some people look for in lenses).

I respect the wishes of people who don't like this sort of thing, but I do wish they wouldn't moan when other people use it.

I'm not a great fan of the effect but I appreciate it as 'digital art' and it's fun to play around.

Having said that I think the first snail pic looks absolutely amazing (I recall seeing it here before somewhere. It's a little bit of a shame about the tight framing otherwise I'd happily stick that very large on my wall.

titchgamer's judo bout looks like a stained glass window. Very nice.

K.

Wow, Mike! The snail is head and shoulders above the rest and a really memorable image. I remember when I first got hold of Photoshop I spent a month playing with all the filters... Haven't touched one since!

A guy in our camera club did this sort of thing as well. It's very eye catching but as you say Mike it only works with certain subjects. Of your pictures I think the church with magic pointing and the two big eyed bugs are very effective with this filter. And I really like the nail with go-faster stripes.
David

What an interesting old post.
I love the snails.
Poor Finlay looks a bit wired though.

I like digital manipulation when it is well done, and suits the subject. If you have a powerful tool like Photoshop why not make full use of it, and it's plug-ins.