Introduction

where the scripts?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chazmatazz/2922455833/

compositor.requiredVersion = 1;

var NUM_LINES = 1000;
var BUFFER = 0;

desktop.fillLayer(new Color("black"));

var db = desktop.bounds;
var randX = new Randomizer(-BUFFER, db.width+BUFFER);
var randY = new Randomizer(-BUFFER, db.height+BUFFER);
for (i = 0; i < NUM_LINES; i++) {
	desktop.strokeStyle = new Color;
	line(randX.intValue, randY.intValue, randX.intValue, randY.intValue);
}

function line(x1, y1, x2, y2) {
	desktop.beginPath();
	desktop.lineWidth = 1;
	desktop.moveTo(new Point(x1, y1));
	desktop.lineTo(new Point(x2, y2));
	desktop.stroke();
}

// Apply distortion filter
var filterName = "CICircleSplashDistortion";
var f = new Filter(filterName);
f.setKeyValue("inputCenter", db.width/2, db.height/2);
f.setKeyValue("inputRadius", 150);
desktop.applyFilter(f);

Here's a modified version of the above script, with a slightly different effect:

compositor.requiredVersion = 1;

var NUM_LINES = 1000;
var BUFFER = 0;

desktop.fillLayer(new Color("black"));

// draw some lines (by charles.m.dietrich)
function line(x1, y1, x2, y2) {
        desktop.beginPath();
        desktop.lineWidth = 1;
        desktop.moveTo(new Point(x1, y1));
        desktop.lineTo(new Point(x2, y2));
        desktop.stroke();
}
var db = desktop.bounds;
var randX = new Randomizer(-BUFFER, db.width+BUFFER);
var randY = new Randomizer(-BUFFER, db.height+BUFFER);
for (i = 0; i < NUM_LINES; i++) {
        desktop.strokeStyle = new Color;
        line(randX.intValue, randY.intValue, randX.intValue, randY.intValue);
}

// zoom-blur the lines from a random center
var blur = new Filter("CIZoomBlur");
blur.setKeyValue("inputAmount", 3.00);
var randX = new Randomizer(0.0, db.width);
var randY = new Randomizer(0.0, db.height);
blur.setKeyValue("inputCenter", randX.intValue, randY.intValue);
desktop.applyFilter(blur);

// draw some translucent plasma (from the "plasma" script by Google)
var plasmaLayer = new Layer(db);
var plasma = new Plasma();
var appearanceRnd = new Randomizer(0.2, 0.9);

plasma.variation = appearanceRnd.floatValue;
plasma.opaque = true;
plasma.topLeft = new Color("white");
plasma.topRight = new Color;
plasma.bottomLeft = new Color;
plasma.bottomRight = new Color("black");

plasma.drawInLayer(plasmaLayer);

var img = new Image(plasmaLayer);
img.alpha = 0.3;
desktop.drawImage(img, db);

beautiful images

I used Top Draw to make some images for my business cards.

• Blog post: http://jimpick.com/top-draw-moo-cards
• Screencast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCnP-UquhRA
• Example image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpick/3335073434/
• Top Draw Script: http://gist.github.com/75278

I managed to put together a script of my own, based on the Dash and Pie scripts, if anyone's interested: http://files.me.com/bdfortin/qg0q17

Sample images here: http://imgur.com/EOcGf&VR6cZ

It takes a little longer than some of the other scripts because it does multiple blurs. I call it Blurred Rings.