Contents:

1. Installation Instructions

2. Filter Reference

3. Tech. Support/Future Versions

(1) Installation Instructions:

To install the SMB Fitler Collection V1.0, you must first have all of the following:

If you have all of the above, then you may use these filters. You must locate the directory of the program's plugin folder that you want to use the plugins with. Then, copy all of the *.8bf files that were included with this file to the plugin directory, run your graphics program, and the filters will show up in the filter menu (under SMB Filters).

(1) Filter Reference:

The Following shows what each filter does. Since the sliders are pretty easy to understand, they are not explained here for each filter. (The picture on the left is the orignal picture, the one on the right is the ending picture after the filter was applied.)

Colored Pinwheel:

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Colored Border:

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Convert To B/W:

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H-Light:

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Light Rings:

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Neon Colored Edges:

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Sharpen Image:

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Square Tiles:

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U-Waves:

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Vertical Waves:

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Vertical Waves2:

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(1) Tech. Support/Future Versions:

You shouldn't have any problems with these filters. Unless you use a graphics program that does not read Adobe Photoshop compatible plugins. If you are using Adobe Photoshop, and they still do not work, you may e-mail me at wrigleymlb@aol.com Other than that, they should not cause you any problems.

You may have noticed that this is only version 1.0. I haven't been programming filters for very long yet, so I still need to get the hang of it, but I am already working on a new version. I have many plans to improve the existing filters and for new ones. If you have any ideas that you would be willing to share with me, please contact me at my e-mail address (wrigleymlb@aol.com). I am thinking about giving out the source code... I have not decided yet, but if you would like to see it, for viewing ONLY, you may request it by e-mailing me. Well, thats it, look for Version 2.0 sometime in the summer of 2000.

Release Notes:

Released: August 16, 1999

Programmer: Steve Berardi

Special Thanks to Werner D. Streidt for writing the complete guide to Filter Factory, very well-written and useful in this collection's development. His site is located at: http://www.fhd-stuttgart.de/~ws01/neologye.htm