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> It isn't that special, just the lens flare filter in Gimp.
I haven't used photoshop like ever. I don't know which effects are there. I am only using the typical from your average camera. 

> Believe or not,  >>/718/ and 721 are not the metallic filter but the emboss filter. It was something I wondered how it had turned out looking like that, epespicially in the case of 721. I would've mentioned it but I was posting in a bit of a hurry at the time.

Well,now I realize how that filter is called. I have always watched images with it but never seen it called explicitly.

> Yeah, I don't like humans in my pony art either (usually). I really like how the emboss filter works in defining in more simplier artwork. 
Especially if you want the outlines to stand out. It really leaves a different image so the flaws from the pony body or colours are left behind.

> It has looked a bit odd in more complex painted stuff wth texture and all that jazz If I could get more things like the effect of the fast food vector I feel like some fun times could be had with this one.
Every filter could serve for any image. The only trick is trying,experimenting and check what style you want it to look or the one you find the most attractive or noteworthy to post.

> Our editing may not be able to help with the construction of the pony, messing with a few filters and such really can help. Though honestly this of all things shouldn't be the lowest rated, way way worse exist
That's because I am picking certain images. If you checked the lowest scores,you will see I am ignoring absolute worthless material. The edits give some little nice images a boost in quality and they seem to put them into a different league. Not everything is worth to edit nor everything is trash. Just that I am selective.

> It does give a more metrix vibe with the mosaic effect. I wonder if I mess with the effect any I can make it look more natural to the picture and less photoshope--er in m case gimpish.
This is why I don't oversaturate the edited images too much. I balance them while putting the cold/warm effects or the grayscale one. I adjust the brightness and even the focusing in some pics. The one you have posted is the closest one to an intended joke I have posted(which explains the spoiler I put into it)

> I know you probably just grayscaled it, but I really like how it looks like this. Can't put my hoof on exactly why.
The randomness for you to like any picture is guaranteed. You probably like that one because the amount of grayscaling fits with the moon and it's not oversaturated. I have added a little bit of white on both sides.