Un-Occupy the InternetAre you tired of stupid governments trying to institute laws which regulate your internet use?Un-Occupy the Internet1 year ago in Personal More Like This
Are you sick of feeling like your voice is not being heard?
Have you tried some form of protest (in whatever country you might live), only to be beaten, tear gassed, or otherwise told to "shut up!"
Are you, like so many of us world-wide, disgusted with the unequal distribution of wealth? Sick of being part of the 99%?
Well, I have the cure...
Last month, we all saw just what kind of power we actually have... we shut down SOPA/PIPA
Millions of people world-wide decided we didn't want this stupid law, and we said so, in a very clear, very loud voice... and we can do the same to protest everything else we feel is wrong with the world.
This being leap year, we have one extra day this month, February 29, and I propose that we all Un-Occupy the Internet on that day.
What do I mean by this? My proposal is simple, and requires absolutely no effort on your part, in fact, it requires eve
Update for Mandelbulb 3D - v1.8.3Jesse has released an updated version of Mandelbulb 3D - v1.8.3!Update for Mandelbulb 3D - v1.8.310 months ago in Personal More Like This
Download it from FractalForums at: http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=43
In Jesse's own words;
"Please read the textfile in the archive for a short documentation.
If this version does not work with Win2000, i can only say sorry, dunno why!
CAUTION:
USE ONLY SAME PROGRAM VERSIONS TO CONTINUE ANIMATIONS OR BIG RENDERINGS DUE TO COLOR OR LIGHTING CHANGES! ALSO FORMULA UPDATES CAN CHANGE RENDERINGS!
What is new in version 1.8:
- New compiler, new look.
- Transparency option in postprocessing, amount of it in object colors.
- Stereo function is more accurate.
- New diffuse map options for object coloring.
- Saving also the internal image buffer along with M3I.
- Addition option for lighting like intensity for all lights and background
image, usage of downscaled background image for ambient color.
- Drag&drop Png files with internal parameters and textfiles with txt pars
Lots of new stuff: JWildfire V0.44 releaseJust released JWildfire V0.44.Lots of new stuff: JWildfire V0.44 release1 year ago in Personal More Like This
All of the numerous changes belong to the fractal flames generator T.I.N.A. , this release is some kind of "consolidation release". Complete list of changes:
- resolution and quality profiles for the main editor and the interactive renderer
- quality- and resolution-profile-editor
- quality- and resolution-related settings removed from the Preferences-window
- randomize color keyframe position in the random gradient generator to create more interesting gradients
- use gradients of random size in the random flame generators
- "From Editor"/"To Editor" buttons to quick exchanging from fractals between the editor and the interactive renderer
- rudimentary statistics display in the interactive renderer
- automatically clear the screen in the interactive renderer
- the interactive renderer also now respects the quality setting (from the render profile) and does not "overrender" as quickly as before
- take into account the real density while tonemapping an imag
My 1st Fractal Animation!So for my AS Art Exam, I did an animation, which I want as many people as possible to see!My 1st Fractal Animation!1 year ago in Personal More Like This
Especially all of you fractal experts on here! So If you've got 4 minutes to kill, check it out!
It was made in response to the great Mussorgsky's "The Old Castle"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?vadvmXD0smQ
turn on , tune in , drop outEnvision yourself alone and relaxedturn on , tune in , drop out1 year ago in Personal More Like This
in an open field of grass and trees.
Feel the sun's warmth and light bathing your body
creating a feeling of peace and tranquility.
As you open up your senses
the fragrances of natural surround you ...
the grass and the flowers.
Listen to the sounds of nature,
water rippling over stones,
the birds and animals.
A Spirit comes forth to take you on a journey
in which your spiritual mission will be shown.
This spirit may be human, or other, in form.
Go with the spirit on foot, by flight, or something else.
in an open field of grass and trees.
Feel the sun's warmth and light bathing your body
creating a feeling of peace and tranquility.
As you open up your senses
the fragrances of natural surround you ...
the grass and the flowers.
Listen to the sounds of nature,
water rippling over stones,
the birds and animals.
A Spirit comes forth to take you on a journey
in which your spiritual mission will be shown.
This spirit may be human, or other, in form.
Go wit
Animal LaughterFunny animal images I found on dA -Animal Laughter4 months ago in Personal More Like This
More DOF fun: JWildfire V0.63 releaseJust released JWildfire V0.63.More DOF fun: JWildfire V0.63 release4 months ago in Personal More Like This
Major new feature are even more DOF controls and the possibility to combine the famous Buddhabrots with flame fractals!
Complete list of changes:
- new parameters "area" and "exponent" for DOF (depth of field). The parameter "area" controls the size of the area with low blur, the parameter "exponent" controls the increase of blur with distance from the focus point
- restored the old method to calculate DOF (before V0.62) and allow to switch between old and new method freely (i. E. all your old flames look as you designed them)
- buddhabrot mode for all "classic fractal" variations (beginning with "fract…")
- "lazyTravis" variation my Michael Faber
- the brightness slider has now its maximum at 20.0 (before this was 10.0)
Just click the "Random flames" button to start playing around and have fun
You can download the new version as always here: http://www.andreas-maschke.com/?page_id=351
Some recent renders:
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DOF fun: JWildfire V0.62 releaseJust released JWildfire V0.62.DOF fun: JWildfire V0.62 release4 months ago in Personal More Like This
Major new feature is the possiblity to visually specify the focus point for calculating dof (depth of field) effects. So its much more easy to to create fractal images with awesome "depth" effects. There is short tutorial on those new features:
Complete list of changes:
- more accurate calculation of dof (depth of field)
- freely specify the focus point in dof
- special edit mode to specify the focus point visually (by dragging it with the mouse)
- simplified triangle editing modes (move, rotate and scale is one mode and uses the same controls as view editing mode), free point editing is the same as before
- allow to change the camera yaw angle by dragging the mouse in the preview window (hold left and right mouse button)
- mouse view editing: modify camera pitch by dragging the mouse in the vertical (y) direction, modify camera roll by dragging the mouse in the horizontal (x) direction
- "circus" variation my Michael Faber
- FIXED a bug
Get To Know Others....Copied and Pasted from :icongypsyh: - The first 20 people to comment on this journal entry will have a small selection of their work featured. Feel free to copy-paste this to your own journals.Get To Know Others....5 months ago in Personal More Like This
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Get to Know OthersThe first 20 people to comment on this journal entry will have a small selection of their work featured.Get to Know Others5 months ago in Personal More Like This
I discovered this idea in :iconGypsyH:'s journal, and I instantly liked it.
1. :iconThalia-Dawnbringer:, master of floral delight with muro, lover of cirque du soleil and gifted fanfiction-author
2. :iconGwasanee:, who beats the hell out of DAZ
3. :iconskyzyk:, the fractal multitalent
4. :iconFomalhaut48:, not the cat but the girl with a hat - and the world's fastest speaker, believe me!
5. :iconPhantagrafie:, winner of the "Sexy Santa challenge" from #LongHairedMenPlz and definitively the right choice if you are looking for someone to portrait your OC
6. :iconMadOldHag:, my first watcher at all here on dA - and the first deviant I met p
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - FeaturesMerry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family, and I hope you all have a lot of funMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year - Features5 months ago in Personal More Like This
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December 23Little feature but Big artistDecember 235 months ago in Personal More Like This
Enjoy my friends this Wonderful works!!!!!!!!!![]()
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Gifts and dedications
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My lastest works
Visit my blog http://gabriellevampirekingdom.blogspot.com.ar/ :iconpurplelaughplz:
Beloved groups
:iconliliths-realm: :iconwhen-darkness-comes: :icondaparanormal: :icongotische-welt: :iconbeyondlife-da: :iconi-love-manipulations: :iconwhats-the-piont: :icongothic-roses:
Visit the gallery of these wonderful artists (no particular order)
:iconvillenueve: :iconconsortoflilith: :iconj-u-d-a-s: :iconotherworldcreations: :iconashensorrow: :icondevildoll: :iconsilentfuneral: :iconaeternum-art: :iconsambriggs::iconpaubuen
Mouse editing fun: JWildfire V0.59 releaseThis time the new release has not really a lot of new features… but one new striking one: the long awaited view editing mode is now availableMouse editing fun: JWildfire V0.59 release5 months ago in Personal More Like ThisYou can now just drag, rotate and zoom your fractal the way it should have been working from the first day
This mode is now the default editing mode, it works as follows:
- left mouse button: drag the fractal ("CentreX" and "CentreY")
- right mouse button: rotate ("Roll") the fractal
- middle mouse button/mouse wheel: zoom ("Pixels per unit") the fractal
Complete list of changes:
- new interactive view editing mode (move, rotate, zoom)
- color and color symmetry does also affect the new fract_* family of variations
- lots of internal refactoring regarding the dancing flames editor (does not affect current state of features but makes it more easy to add new features soon)
Just click the "Random flames" button to start playing around and have fun
You can download the new version at the projects web page: http://www.andreas-maschke.com/?
Added...Gscale (test) parameter to Jcube3. (more discontinue)Added...5 months ago in Personal More Like This
A new hexa grid, more fast and predictable behavior. That formula is not mine, I copied it from K3DSurf forums (given credit)
Now added the torical transform that everyone liked
Luca.
http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?topic=9810.msg27693#msg27693
A new amazing box experimentI had the idea of an amazing "box" with an infinite folding in x,y directions (normal fold acts only once, so each iteration generates nine spheres) and no fold at all in z direction - like the amazing surf, more or less.A new amazing box experiment6 months ago in Personal More Like This
Result looks very interesting, because each sphere is covered with an infinity of spheres, I thought that share this new idea can be useful to Mandelbulb users.
Click on the image to see the parameters.
Enjoy your stay on XtremeFractals
Feature - Len1I have decided to do another feature since I have my broadband back!Feature - Len17 months ago in Personal More Like This
There are many artists on here who I admire and find give me inspiration to keep going. One of the first I came across who really blew me away is
:iconLen1: Lenord.
His entire gallery is magic. I really find his style very visually appealing and creative and would recommend anyone to have a good poke around his gallery. His titles for his pieces are always excellent and well chosen too.
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Some other things for you:
Yes I'll be putting that broadband to good use!
Dancing for Joy in the Temple of LoveAnd things are looking better and better. I always feel I should add something extra so I'm topping off the page with a page from the Story, "The Sands of Time".Dancing for Joy in the Temple of Love7 months ago in Personal More Like This
I've taken my time putting things up. I suppose being a comment whore as something to do with it. But I'm still getting my favorites in there making comments.
:icontanashai: will always be my favorite fangirl
:iconsivercat: is getting in ahead of her sister above. What's up with that?
:iconOrange1: gives me one line and it's always one of encouragement
:iconalphakitty: I am just hoping she is alright and hasn't floated away with hurricane Sandy.
Once more I miss the Kat. AKA :iconkataclysme:
A big help with coloring credits. I have learned by watching them. Not enough but at least a little bitty bit.
:icondragonlady8: (possibly the best artist of all time)
:iconsnowsultan: Who gives me help with textures and is an excellent artist. Period.
Technical Help
:iconWickedPrince: I envy his machine and imagination. Write it down, dud
New tools for artists: JWildfire V0.53 releaseJust released JWildfire V0.53.New tools for artists: JWildfire V0.53 release8 months ago in Personal More Like This
Major additions where made to fractal flame editor regarding to controlling image quality at the artist level. There is now an antialiasing option which you can specify at the transform level and some additional powerful gradient manipulation tools.
Complete list of changes:
- new antialising option on the transform level, you can control this by two parameters: amount (how many samples are affected by this effect) and radius (how strong is the antialasing effect)
- new gradient manipulation functions: invert and reverse gradient
- new gradient manipulation properties: blur and frequency
- changed the layout of the main toolbar so that it better resizes according to different screen resolutions
- new built-in script example (based on "Mobius Dragon" by penny5775)
- using multiple threads for tonemapping of the realtime preview which should result in smoother behaviour on most machines
- fixed a bug in the Elliptic variation (now should work like the old *
Very sad news to all of Marks friends. (Kram666)I visited Marks homepage and discovered this message left by his brother.Very sad news to all of Marks friends. (Kram666)8 months ago in Personal More Like This
"This is Simon, Mark's brother, with the terribly sad news that Mark passed away last week.
This was a huge shock to us all.
I helped him set up his PC with all his drawing tools so knew how much he adored producing his bespoke digital artwork and how much the Deviant art community meant to him.
On his behalf I'd like to thank you all for the friendship and support you've shown and would ask you to pause for a minute at 14:20 on Monday 1st October. (British Summer Time)
With Kind Regards.
Simon."
As Mark often quoted.
"I felt the call of the jungle, primal and clean.
I felt my connections to the wild in every cell in my body;
realized that I am among the trees,
the plants, the grass, the sky. The trees know
Plugin fun: JWildfire V0.52 releaseJust released JWildfire V0.52 after a rather long time.Plugin fun: JWildfire V0.52 release8 months ago in Personal More Like This
I had started to create an alternative external renderer (specialized to render movies more quickly) in the meantime. This release is something like an "intermediate release". It has lots of internal optimizations, many new plugins to play with and some bugs fixed. But the new renderer is not yet included because this would have been just to much work in this time period.
So this release contains many smaller enhancements and you may look forward for the upcoming V0.53 which will bring up some really new stuff
Complete list of changes:
- "eCollide", "eJulia", "eMod", "eMotion", "ePush", "eRotate", "eScale" and "eSwirl" variations by Michael Faber
- "bCollide", "bMod", "bSwirl" and "bTransform" variations by Michael Faber
- adjusted the "epispiral" plugin that it seem to work the same as the *.dll version (where the code seems to be lost)
- "dc_ztransl", "post_dcztransl" and "pre_dcztransl" variations by Xyrus02
- "Glynnia" plu
Have you heard about these?Here are a few things you can do with them!Have you heard about these?9 months ago in Personal More Like This
play a Youtube video
add an entry to the user's calendar
start an image gallery
ease installing an app from the App Store or Android Market
send a predefined short message (premium services)
send a Tweet with your content
visit Google+/Facebook profile
call a phone number
show contact data as a vCard/meCard
show your branding on textiles (T-shirts, bags) and other articles like mugs
show your profile on recommendation services like Qype
use QR codes in blogs (Wordpress etc)
Yea, QR Codes! They are very easy to use and to create. You download a QR Reader to your smartphone and some apps will create a code for you. However I discovered this site that is super easy to use and that will create QR Codes in multiple size options. Just go to http://goqr.me/ and start making your first QR Code in seconds.
Want to know everything there is about QR Codes? Wikipedia has an excellent article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code#Uses .
I hop
news & DOUBLE FEATURE!!!Hello all my friends and watchers... this week I am taking a break from my normal plan to feature each of the donors who contributed to my pool and enabled me to get my premium membership back, but rest assured, I will continue that process next week.news & DOUBLE FEATURE!!!9 months ago in Personal More Like This
In the meantime, I have a couple news items, and a special double feature this week.
In the news, as most you may have already heard, Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon died this past week... a very sad thing indeed. To find links to news articles about this, please visit the journal of :iconskyzyk: as Gary posted links to NASA and other articles about this sad topic.
You may or may not have heard, and perhaps do not care to know that the Actress/Comedienne Phyllis Diller also passed away this past week... some of you are probably too young to really be aware of Ms. Diller, I would bet some of are really too young to know much about Mr. Armstrong... but still its very sad news.
In a more joyous vein... I sold a p
Neil ArmstrongApollo 11 was the spaceflight which landed the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface 6 hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. A third member of the mission, Michael Collins, remained alone in lunar orbit until they returned from the surface about 15 hours later. All three astronauts returned to Earth safely after travelling in space for 8 days. and today on August 25,2012 we lost him so in his honor here are a couple of videos.Neil Armstrong9 months ago in Personal More Like This
This one was done back in 2009 for the 40th anniversary of his walk on the moon.
This one is the actual walk on the moon.