Spherize, warp, filter

[zknight]

There are plenty of Photoshop filters available for use with Fireworks, but
none of them seem to include Spherize since this is a standard filter included
with PS. I would like to be able to warp/distort a bitmap (not text or
vectors!) in both a convex and concave manner... as if laying the image over a
bump map. Complexity is not required, though...simply wraping around a sphere
would be sufficient.

Can anyone point me to a filter or bundle? (maybe even a bundle intended to
replace/restore the standard PS filters in the event they become corrupt?)

NOTE: I do not own Photoshop, so must be FW compatible.

Thank you for any ideas!
-Z-

[Alan Musselman]

Hey zknight,

This thread should get you started:

Fireworks compatible plugins
http://www.fireworksguru.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31

Note, I'll also file an Enhancement Request for Spherize and Warp and see what
we can do going forward.

[zknight]

Thanks Alan!

After an entire day of exploring those lists and their associated sidetracks I
found some great stuff, including some should-be-standard extensions like a
"Patterns And Textures" panel (shame on Macromedia for the way texture choosing
is handled without). But, can you believe that after all that I only found one
filter that will perform a spherical warp? And that's a lens correction filter
so I'm using it in opposition to its intended purpose to get what I need!

I've always wondered why Macromedia never offered filters of their own,
included or otherwise, to match those of the standard PS. Oh well, thanks again!

-Z-

[Sam Poikail]

Download the trial and see if this will work for you.

http://www.flamingpear.com/flexify.html

Cheers,
Sam

Post by zknight
Thanks Alan!
After an entire day of exploring those lists and their associated sidetracks I
found some great stuff, including some should-be-standard extensions like a
"Patterns And Textures" panel (shame on Macromedia for the way texture choosing
is handled without). But, can you believe that after all that I only found one
filter that will perform a spherical warp? And that's a lens correction filter
so I'm using it in opposition to its intended purpose to get what I need!
I've always wondered why Macromedia never offered filters of their own,
included or otherwise, to match those of the standard PS. Oh well, thanks again!
-Z-

[zknight]

Thank you, Sam!

I actually have that and it was one of the first things I tried, but it's
designed to do the oppposite -- flatten a spherical image... in no less than
600 different ways I think, heheh.

-Z-