E) Paste the entire copy of the folder 'Flexify 2' into that folder. Wherever you are now, let's call this the 'destination folder'. If the 'plug-Ins' folder has a subfolder called 'Filters', then go into that. The folder we're looking for is probably on your C: drive, in a folder called 'program files', in a subfolder called 'adobe', in a subfolder of that called 'Adobe Photoshop (version number)', in a sub-folder of that called 'Plug-Ins'. D) Use Windows Explorer to find the right folder in which to place your copy of the 'Flexify 2' folder. C) Right-click on that folder and choose 'copy', not 'cut'. This extraction will create a folder called 'Flexify 2'. Here we go: After A) downloading Flexify 2as a ZIP file from /flexify.html, you'll B) unpack the ZIP file by right-clicking on it and choosing 'extract'. That's all something I can fix right here, for the Windows+PhotoShop users who're reading this review. The installation instructions available on are a bit vague, generalized for ANY PhotoShop plug-in or filter, and don't explain what error messages you might expect at start-up if you're using a 32 bit version of PhotoShop. One thing I'd like to see is better installation instructions. Perhaps those features will be in a future version. There are at least two things I would've liked to see. Is Flexify 2 a perfect program? No, but it's close.

Have a look at how Flexify 2 makes each picture more interesting. Sorrentino's 4 th grade geometry class, Hawthorne Elementary School, Elmhurst, Illinois in 2013. The initial artwork is tessellations done by Ms. The original picture I've kept as a background the filtered picture with an outline and shadow is in the foreground. On this page you'll find a slideshow of about 20 tessellation pictures to which I've applied random fun Flexify 2 filters. With Flexify 2 it's only a moment's work. Bending the perspective without something like Flexify 2 is haaaaard work. There are many things you, as an artist, can do to spice up your tessellation: morphs, removing a single tile, having tiles interact with the remainder of the picture, and bending your tessellation's construction lines. Secondly, it's a fact that tessellation art can seem boring after the audience gets past the initial 'wow!' moment. With Flexify 2 you can do similar perspective distortions by just clicking your mouse a few times.

(Click on either picture, by the way, to buy it from ) During his lifetime, which started when computers didn't exist and finished before the first IBM and Macintosh personal computers existed, the warped perspective yet hyper-realistic art he did was a great feat. Let's face it: the Escher pictures to the left and right of this paragraph would be sleep-inducing landscapes if they didn't have warped perspective.

He did quite a few illustrations that are wonderfully weird only because they contain warped perspective. Well, firstly, think about Escher's other art. Why is a website about Escher-style tessellation art doing a review of a $50 graphics program add-on that doesn't make tessellations? In the meantime, check out the samples and explanations on their website. How to Make an Asian Chop (stone stamp)Īdd-on/plug-in for Photoshop & Paint Shop Pro.

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