There is also two kinds of effects a circular one and a square one You can choose any periodicity you like in the plug-in menu, you can also choose a different number of strands, let’s say 2 That’s because the periodicity I choose was 1. The blue bottom-right on both the inner and outer circle and so on…. Also you can see that in this example the inner colors match the outer ones. This shows the difference between the two options. On the left side of the picture is the classic effect and on the right the one with a strand (See photo on the next section for plug-in settings) Now let’s make two photos: one with a classic Droste effect and one with a strand. Notice that the circle is has its own new layer and that it is the only thing on that layer. To make things easier to understand I created a circle divided to 4 parts, each in a different color In more practical way it means that there is not a full picture inside a picture but there is a line (strand) connecting the internal picture with the external one Strand is what gives the picture the vortex effect. The “classical” Droste effect is a picture within a picture kind of effectīut the evolution of the Today we have the option to add a strand. I will go over the settings for each one later, but for now I want to show the variations you can generate. Now that the annoying technical side is done… I want to take a small break and discuss the effect again. Next would be the Droste effect plug in, which you can download here. pbk extension and there is already a file with the same extension in the folder).
Gif kaleidoscope maker in gimp install#
(Sadly, it currently works on Photoshop CS5 only)Īfter downloading the plug-in, you can install all the plug-ins you need to the pixel bender folder that was created on installation (notice that the file has the.
Gif kaleidoscope maker in gimp for free#
One of those plug-ins called ‘Pixel Bender’. You can download it here for free here. It’s meant to be a developers hang out where they can create plug-ins, and other kinds of add-ons. Now that you are excited and want to try it out, let’s look on how it is doneĪdobe has a project called Adobe Labs. Need more reference? This effect was also used on Pink Floyds album Ummagumma. Now that I had the name of the effect, I googled it again and noticed that the Droste effect is used in quite a lot of food advertisement, where the mascot holding the food box he appears on… Well, technically speaking, it’s not really endless, the resolution doesn’t give us the option to keep zooming to infinitely (more about that ahead). How is it possible that a photography effect is called after a chocolate company? Because they are the 1st to use it. Surprisingly, Droste is a Dutch chocolate company.