Re: FF Alternatives

[TBernt@t-online.de (Thomas Bernt)]

Hi Bill,

> commented 'C' code, and the fact that source code is not embedded in the
> filter so it can not be reverse engineered.  Your intellectual property is
> protected.  Its architecture permits some types of filters to be written so

Apart protection, I can use .8bf Filters in my 3D Software for post
render jobs,
but no FF Filters.

> that they execute up to five times faster than the same filter in Filter
> Factory (by actual timing on some of my filters), and also permits some

Maybe because FIFO only works with integer variables while FF use floats
or doubles,
so he have to do more floating point operations.

>   - The effect of the mask should be reflected into the preview window,
>     i.e., only the selected areas of the image should be filtered in
>     the preview window.

This works pretty with FIFO and Photopaint if you don't use a mask but
an object.
(an object is similar to a layer in Photoshop I guess).

Mini Tutorial for Photopaint:

Make your mask, convert it to an object, make sure the object is
selected,
start FIFO, apply the Filter, flat the object to the BG 
or convert it back to a mask. Thats it.


Regards Thomas






> Unless I've missed a product along the way, all of these filter creation
> programs fall short of meeting these two requirements, yet Adobe's filters
> operate in this manner, and it is my expectation.  I don't know if this due
> to an inherent limitation of the program interface that Adobe makes
> available, or if it just a matter of no one making the effort to implement
> it properly.  Comments from other members of this group???
> 
> Regards, Bill
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nathan c [SMTP:carnes10@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 6:13 PM
> > To:   ff@aurdev.com
> > Subject:      FF Alternatives
> >
> > Hello all! I haven't been paying much attention to the goings on in this
> > group for the past several months, and I was wondering what some of the
> > alteratives to Filter Factory were (i.e. FiFo, etc.), which ones cost
> > what,
> > and were I could locate their respective homepages. Thank you!
> >
> > Nathan
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