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* lens correction //</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">useful,</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> like any deforming filter. For
example, you can use it to simulate the deformation of an old
cathodic tube </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It would be nice if the inverse
deformation
was possible, so that the image looks as seen from a spying camera, for
example).<br>
* tone mapping // ?<br>
* bracketing to HDR layer // ?<br>
* Gaussian/Wavelet noise reduction //useful for texturing (example:
to soften a noise texture adaptively).<br>
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* cubism //not useful, because the main shape is too recognizable.
Something similar to photoshop's Cutout filter would be better.<br>
* pixelize //old-school pixelated stuff is in vogue, let's keep it !<br>
* raindrop //hmm..completely useless :p<br>
* oilpaint //useful. It's used mostly by beginner, though I saw some
front page illustrations on CGtalk
using it before :-o. Useful for texturing too, for a "mineral" look.<br>
* emboss //useful for textures.<br>
* small tiles //useful, but it should be possible to limit the filter
to pixels inside the canvas (I often get transparent pixels between
tiles) and choose a spacing between tiles. Example of uses : tiles,
flagstones, windows pane, patterns textures for any use...<br>
* round corner //useful (for real!). example: to create a card game, a
floor tile,
a futuristic door, ... (later, it could be replaced by a vector mask on
a group layer).<br>
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Really, almost any filter can be useful for image/texture
creation... it's more a matter of imagination and knowing what the
filter does.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span> <br>
In texture creation, almost everything is useful because any type of
material/shape may be needed. A filter may not be useful for months,
and suddenly make you gain hours of work.<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Even filters like exposure, gamma
curves, hue/saturation are useful for
painters. A finished illustration can be conceived as photo, it obeys
to the same laws: lighting, exposition, perspective, field of view, ...
You
adjust curves of lightness like you would do with a photo, to correct
mistakes, improve the meaning.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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About filters vs painting tools : Filters aren't replacable by painting
tools. They are used for completely different tasks. Silly example :
you created a new video game character. Your boss want to know how it
will look in a pixelated style. you won't redo the image from scratch
with the grid brush, when you could just use the pixelize filter. In an
iterative/investigative processes, it's important to have filters.<br>
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By the way, a bit out of topic, I noticed that many filters are limited
to a small range of values, to fit a
specific case. They shouldn't be. A good artist thinks outside the box,
he may want to use pixelize with squares of 200 pixels.<span
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About removing photographic features in general: <br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
Many things are shared between graphics jobs. Graphic </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">studios often ask you to do several jobs
at the same time</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">: <br>
A comic drawer is often an illustrator, an illustrator is often a
graphic designer, a graphics designer (Web or printing) often take and
manipulate photos, texture artists and matte-painter are jack of all
threads, etc... </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">So I don't
think the choice of focusing on painting & texturing will really
change anything for the user in the long run.</span><br>
<br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- When the comics drawer use case
will be completed, a part of the graphic
designer use case will be covered too (CMYK, tiff, performances...).<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Improving layers, </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">masks, selection, or </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">transform tools</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> will benefit to almost every use cases
(non-destructive editing, manipulation of pixels,...</span>)<br>
- Features for matte-painter will be useful for photographers,
web-designer and texture artists (they all use photos as material).<span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Etc...</span><br>
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