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Old 12-10-2006, 10:37 PM
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Flame fractals

Free software here: http://www.apophysis.org
That does this: http://content.techrepublic.com.com/..._11-33277.html
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Old 12-11-2006, 01:38 PM
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Re: Flame fractals

ok, tried it out. that's pretty cool been a long time since i played with fractals.
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Old 12-12-2006, 07:46 PM
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Re: Flame fractals

Every so often I play around with these and have a ball manipulating them just to see what they can do. Here is one I did recently. I apologize ahead of time for the compression.

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Old 11-25-2008, 02:06 PM
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Re: Flame fractals

Thought i would give this another try after a recent mention great for messing with sliders, i expect there is a proper way of doing it i might find out one day

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Old 11-25-2008, 10:28 PM
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Re: Flame fractals

Ahh, I see you have discovered fractals. Aren't they fun to play with? Quite addicting as well. I've posted a link to some very nice fractal work from another digital art forum some here are acquainted with. It became quite a fad; and the people there exhibited a lot of creativity. I hope you post here generates some fun by others.

http://www.innographx.com/forum/view...&hilit=fractal

Enjoy all,

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Old 11-26-2008, 12:32 PM
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Ahh, I see you have discovered fractals. Aren't they fun to play with? Quite addicting as well. I've posted a link to some very nice fractal work from another digital art forum some here are acquainted with. It became quite a fad; and the people there exhibited a lot of creativity. I hope you post here generates some fun by others.

http://www.innographx.com/forum/view...&hilit=fractal

Enjoy all,

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heres is a link to a gallery at flickr i found here
I think they are stunning so will be having a play around again soon

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Old 11-26-2008, 01:37 PM
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Re: Flame fractals

played around again and this one is a bit more deliberate, still lots to look into and work out

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Old 11-26-2008, 01:48 PM
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played around again and this one is a bit more deliberate, still lots to look into and work out

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Hey palms you could make a brush with that one.

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Old 11-27-2008, 08:59 AM
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Re: Flame fractals

These fractals look fantastic. I think I must give it a try.
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Old 11-27-2008, 12:21 PM
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These fractals look fantastic. I think I must give it a try.
please do, and show your results then we can all learn more from one another

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Old 11-27-2008, 08:08 PM
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Naughty, naughty Palms. Shame on you for introducing me to fractals again. Oh my you are all in for it now. HUGE grin.

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Old 11-28-2008, 01:36 AM
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Naughty, naughty Palms. Shame on you for introducing me to fractals again. Oh my you are all in for it now. HUGE grin.

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blame Doug nice ones there Janet the iced one looks like a snowflake magnified ! but i do like all of them.
And i hadnt really thought of it before but as they are saved on a transparent background they are so easy to combine with images as backgrounds etc, watch this space i will be messing around some more soon (instead of doing other things )

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Old 11-28-2008, 07:24 AM
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Re: Flame fractals

How do you make an image with the software without the noise effect it seems to add when I use it?
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Old 11-28-2008, 09:37 AM
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Re: Flame fractals

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How do you make an image with the software without the noise effect it seems to add when I use it?
Thanks
I had been looking for this answer myself and had been fiddling with settings etc and getting sidetracked
so I have been hunting for some tuts and here are a few i found the first one has some advice on reducing noise

http://carlylecastle.deviantart.com/...orial-32264525

http://poppingweasels.deviantart.com...orial-26380310

http://fractal-impact.deviantart.com...ophys-56866339

i have only had the time to quickly read through these but will try them out soon

(sorry Janet if this inspires you even more )

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Old 11-28-2008, 09:56 AM
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Re: Flame fractals

Did you miss the tutorial on the download site?

Fran's Apophysis Tutorial

Where she states: "Tip
If the flame in the main viewing pane is quite "grainy" click on the options button and scroll down to "options" and click. Under the "Display" tab go to "Quality" (previously called "Sample Density".) If the number is too low eg. 5 this will result in quite a grainy image. I usually work with my Quality at 35 or a little higher. This gives a reasonable view of a flame. Just bare in mind, the higher the Quality the better the preview but a much longer rendering time."

Regarding the rendering time... toward the end of the tutorial she states, "I find my flames render very nicely using a sample density of between 400 and 600. Others use a sample density of 2000. The higher the setting the better the definition of the flame.
Click the "Render" button. Depending on the size of the image you may want to do something else while you wait."
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Old 11-29-2008, 12:00 AM
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heres is a link to a gallery at flickr i found here
I think they are stunning so will be having a play around again soon

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OO-oo! Thanks Palms! Those are stunning.

I have my Google Reader set-up so that when this guy uploads a new work of art I'm notified. I 'heart' fractals.
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Old 11-29-2008, 12:43 AM
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Re: Flame fractals

my try ... fun and great.
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Old 11-29-2008, 03:59 AM
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Glad you liked Nasturtium, I didnt know you could do that with google ! so thanks for that

Andyong that is great i must admit i am finding it fun, when i tried doing fractals a while ago i did not enjoy it.
had a quick look at your gallery some nice work there and i love that you have a album called hapiness

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Old 11-29-2008, 05:58 AM
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thanks palms1...
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Old 11-29-2008, 09:52 AM
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Here is one i made from scratch using a new blank frame in editor and going from there, quite proud of this little baby, hopefully things will make more sense soon

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Old 11-29-2008, 06:10 PM
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Nice one Palms. You have a surrealistic feel going on there.

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Old 11-29-2008, 07:20 PM
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Great one Palms, i see that as a rock mountain...beautiful.
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Old 11-29-2008, 11:38 PM
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Wow Palms, Angel Wing storage? Just waiting to be issued at the ringing of a bell..
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Old 11-30-2008, 02:36 AM
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Thanks all, good fun this need more time now

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Old 11-30-2008, 10:21 AM
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Well it started life as a fractal but Photoshop got involved.
I wasn't going to be out done by Palms (nice one there).

Hands courtesy of SXC

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Old 11-30-2008, 01:46 PM
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Well it started life as a fractal but Photoshop got involved.
I wasn't going to be out done by Palms (nice one there).

Hands courtesy of SXC

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Very Nice Peter and a great idea (still like my mountain better )

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Wow Palms, Angel Wing storage? Just waiting to be issued at the ringing of a bell..
Ok been a bit slow on this one

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Ok been a bit slow on this one

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Nice one
Home made Christmas card material there

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I'm finding fractals as addicting as oh say, meth-amphetamine or Facebook
You can download Ultra Fractal as a demo for free.

I think fractals are very pretty turned into kaleidoscopes. Medhi has a free PS plugin for that.

You've been warned though.
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Jut love this program - not being very inspired myself, it's a great way to invent images.

The first is my favourite, and I use it as my Desktop.

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