Box Fitting - v1.0,   2010 Richard Rosenman Advertising & Design. Release date: 09/09/10, Updated 10/25/10.


INSTALLATION:

Simply unzip "boxfitting.zip" and copy "boxfitting.8bf" to your "\Photoshop\Plug-Ins\" folder, or whichever plugin folder your host program uses. Load your program, open an image, go to the plugins menu and select the plugin.


DESCRIPTION:

This filter will generate randomly fitted boxes. Each new box expands in size until either reaching the specified maximum size or until colliding with another edge. This filter is based on Jared Tarbell's box fitting algorithm: http://www.complexification.net.

Boxes: Defines the maximum number of boxes allowed. Although the plugin is fully multithreaded, large numbers require longer processing times. Keep in mind that this number will be the attempted number of boxes drawn but many are discarded if they fall outside legal boundaries.

Max Size: Defines the maximum size (in pixels) allowable for each box. The preview window will display a minimum size if the zoom level is too low so it is recommended to zoom into 100% to see a true maximum size.

Col Var: Defines the maximum color variation (in luma) allowable when sampling from image is deselected. If sampling from image is enabled, this slider is disabled.

Color (Sample from image): Defines the box color based on image color.

Box Color (Swatch): Defines the box color when sampling from image is deselected. If sampling from image is enabled, this controller is disabled.

BG Color (Swatch): Defines the background color.

Reset: Resets all values to default.

Realtime: Applies all effects (in realtime) on 'mouse drag' instead of on 'mouse release'.


KNOWN BUGS:

NONE.


FIXES:

1.1 - Significant speed improvement.


HOMEPAGE:

http://www.richardrosenman.com
