It’s Child’s Play with Filter Forge

  • February 22, 2010 10:32 pm

Filter Forge was put to good use last night after my daughter Blurt (who will be 5 tomorrow) came back from playing in the snow. I thought she might like to scramble some of her pics creatively to make some cold looking patterns but she didn’t. Blurt fancied a bit of Olde Worlde charm.

This is what she produced and it is a section of a photo (with our house in) which she took herself and she did the adding it to Filter Forge parts too and sliding things until it looked good to her.  Well I am  fairly impressed – for a 4 year old I think this is neat. Click on the picture to get a closer look — there is some lovely texture.

Blurt also ran a couple which she called her Nightmare Pictures of our house — however as it was nearly bed time I decided to encourage her to leave those ones for a brighter morning.  These are where she was heading .. hmmmm spooky.

Nightmare on our street

Nightmare on our street

OK so the point of that was that the controls are simple to use in Filter Forge – so simple that a 4 year old can dive in and make something new, imaginative and thought provoking out of the photos she has taken.

But please do not be misled by the simplicity of this post, this doesn’t even get near to touching the surface of this product never mind scraping it.  See you soon.

Getting started with Filter Forge

  • February 21, 2010 12:40 pm

So you have an interest in Filter Forge? I doubt it could be made any easier to download, install and have it ready begin playing. To do that you don’t even have to part with any money. The ease of use was the very reason I chose Filter Forge to create.  The learning curve to get satisfaction is more of a downward slope than an uphill climb.

However as you advance in creating filters there is so much to challenge and tease that the product will be well used and continue to inspire you for a considerable time. The active forum of users and those who create filters are evidence of that.

Filter Forge - an advanced Photoshop plugin

The first thing you need to do is go to is go to the http://filterforge.com and download the product.

installing filter forge picture

Downloading and installing Filter Forge is easy

Look they even mention the fun element on the download screen!

Run the downloaded install and just get going. I’ll be back shortly – I have sent my Blurt (5 on Tuesday daughter) with a digital camera in the snow to take some pics and she has just come back all frozen. I will thaw her out and I’ll have her show you how easy it is!  Hey if a 5yr old on Tuesday can do it then anyone can.
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