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Creating Frames from Isolated Implode Fans

The other way to make frames from the little "fans" that occur when you implode a patterned image is to crop out the little fan and then try to get rid of excess lines by comping over areas with a little black gif, isolate the fan. Isolating a fan can get frustrating but once accomplished can make really interesting frames or mats. Because the "cleanup" can be tedious I have included a couple fans for anyone to play with at the bottom of this page. Creating the Fan For my examples I used Pattern gray15 with a measurement of 100x100 and hit view. Then I went to Resize and enlarged it to 400x400 Went to FX, entered 15 and hit implode, scrolled down to Paint and used Fuzz 999, Floodfill, Color & black to fill in the gray area touching the inside of the fan I want, went back to FX & added a .4 implode. You will want to play with the implode parameters to create the fan you like. I've been using anywhere from 6 to 15 for my 1st implode (and sometimes only implode), and then depending what I want adding a -1 implode to push the point of the fan towards the side or a .4 or .5 to draw it more toward the center. Depending on the pattern and what part of it borders the edges you usually get 1 to 4 fans to choose from. This pattern gave me 2 fans. I chose the one on the right. I went to Transform and cropped 115x230+5+85 and then to Enhance and Normalized once, for better contrast, and Image #1 was created.

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Cleanup - Isolating the Fan Now the hard part, isolating the fan by comping a small black gif over the excess lines (Image #2). The gif I used was 40x100. This operation is trial and error. It took me 3 different settings to clean the edges around this fan. The Offsets and angles can be a little different for each fan. For this one I went to Composite and used: Composite/Over Offset: +6-32, Gravity: Northwest, Rotate: 45 Transform: Flip, Composite/Over with the same settings. Composite/Over Offset: -6-24, Gravity: Northwest, Rotate: 38 Transform: Flip, Composite/Over with the same settings. Composite/Over Offset: -6-40, Gravity: Northwest, Rotate: 38 Transform: Flip, Composite/Over with the same settings. When I output Image #1 to upload it for the above example I saw it could use a bit more recropping on the sides so I entered 110x230+2+0 which took 2 more pixels off the left side and 3 off the right. I then went to Transform again and Rotated Right because I can composite to make my frame in less steps if with the image horizontal. I Resized it from 230x110 to 190x60 and Output as a JPG. I got the temporary URL (Image #2). Making the Frame Now I'm ready to make a frame. I am going to use Composite/Difference to put the fan on a 400x400 black background. You can go get one or make it right now by hitting Back 3 times from where you got the temp url (or back to any page with the Paint Option at the bottom), then scroll down to Paint and enter: Fuzz: 9999, Method: Reset, Paint Type: Color, Color: black Click the arrow on the image Resize it to 400x400. Now go to Composite and choose Difference (we'll be using that setting for everything else). Enter the URL of the Fan in the URL box ,Offset +0+0, Rotate: 0.0 With these settings we will do 3 composites, one at each of these Gravity settings: North, Southwest & Southeast. Now we'll make one change and do 3 more comps: Offset +0+0, Rotate 180.0 South, Northwest & Northeast. Go to Transform and Rotate Right (Right or Left, doesn't matter) Go to Composite again and repeat the 6 comp/difs above and you will have created Image #3. #3 #4 Variations The frame will come out a bit different depending on the size of the background you use and the width and height of the fan. Image #4 is the same 190x60 fan comped on a 300x300 black bg instead of 400x400 (Image #3). Other variations can be created by comping all the fans pointing outward (Image #5), or all inward (Image #6). Both 5 & 6 were comped on a 300x300 black back. #5 #6 The way the corners come together is changed by making a fan that the point is even with the outer "wings" (Fan 2). I started over the same as above but used different Implode settings. I tried implode 8 & implode -1.6 The negative implode was to push the point of the fan back Since my point is less than perfect I should have hit back and played around some more, but in spite of the imperfection you can see the difference the shape of the fan makes to the corners. Fan 2 Cleanup: 45°, NW, +2-37 Flip, Comp 32°, NW, -20-10 Flip, Comp 32°, NW, -20-50 Flip, Comp 18°, NW, -37+20 Flip, Comp #8 The fan was still horizontal when I did the cleanup. I only showed the settings I used to illustrate how much it can vary from fan to fan. Fan Samples gray50 xhatch45 gray15 Page 1, Making Fan Frames with Whole Sides of Implosions Pattern Samples I've been having fun with these fans but if anyone can come up with a better way to "Isolate" them, Pleeease let me know! NEW POSSIBILITY! Aurora got Stardrops to make me a very clean black oval with a transparent center. This month of July is being spent moving from one house to another without the benefit of a U-Haul so it's slow going and a lot of August will be spent unpacking & organizing. I haven't experimented with it as much as I'd like but it seems to work like a dream for easily isolating fans if I resize the fan until I get the right fit. Here's the gif for anyone that wants to give it a shot. OVAL By ~Stranjer~