Filter: To pass (a liquid, gas, light, or sound) through a device to remove unwanted material.

mutation

original image:

Geometric – Patterned – Spider

the 20 transformations:

the 5 best transformations:

transformation 1:

Filter 3

step 1 – Radial Blur 10

step 2 – Oil paint, Stylization 6, Cleanliness 10, Scale 5

step – 3 Zig zag, Amount -65, Ridges 3

transformation 2:

Filter 6

step 1 – Crystallize 25

step 2 – Wind

step 3 – Liquify 144

step 4 – Extrude 30 x5

step 5 – Oil paint, Stylization 6, Cleanliness 10, Scale 5

step 6 – Red/orange  gradient

transformation 3:

Filter 13

step 1 – Ripple 999

step 2 – Trace contour 30

step 3 – Oil paint, Stylization 6, Cleanliness 10, Scale 5

step 4 – Crystallize 18

step 5 – Facet

transformation 4:

Filter 14

step 1 – Dust and scratches 88, 88

step 2 – Find edges

step 3 – Crystallize 25

step 4 – Wind

step 5 – Oil paint, Stylization 6, Cleanliness 10, Scale 5

transformation 5:

Filter 17

step 1 – Pointalize 5

step 2 – Mezzotint 

step 3 – Liquify 1000

step 4 – Trace contour 20

step 5 – Mosaic 15

step 6 – Crystallize 40

step 7 – Median 5