Fractorium 1.0.0.20 Released by mfeemster, journal
Fractorium 1.0.0.20 Released
This release is only contains bug fixes, no new features have been added.Despite the number of fixes only being two, I decided to release because @triptychaos was able to track down a rather severe bug that was crashing the entire program on AMD cards when using cubic3D and cubicLattice_3D. I had known about it for quite a while as a result of a report from @b33rheart but was never able to reproduce it on my machine. After @triptychaos told me he was able to reproduce it, he went to work solving it. The solution was embarrassingly simple: the OpenCL code for those two variations contained a switch statement without a default case. Once we ...
Fractorium 1.0.0.19 Released by mfeemster, journal
Fractorium 1.0.0.19 Released
**IF YOU DOWNLOADED THIS BEFORE 10:30PM PST 3/19/2020, PLEASE RE-DOWNLOAD AND RE-INSTALL IT. WE SPOTTED SOME ERRORS. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE** I had initially not planned on making another release this year, but @Triptychaos found some bugs so we decided to fix them. I don't like burdening users with another install only for bug fixes, so I decided to throw in some features as well. @Triptychaos helped immensely with this effort over the past couple of months and I am very thankful to him. @B33rheart, @GamerYamen, @Guephren and @Jeddaka also did some additional testing.Hopefully you find these new features useful. Absent any major bug ...
I recently partnered up with a gallery owner in Canada that has agreed to display some of my art. I haven't sold anything yet, and he mentioned that the reason may be because not too many people are very familiar with the art form. He suggested that I do a write up on what fractal art actually is, so here is what I came up with, without going into too much technical detail about the mathematics behind it all. What Is Fractal Art? by Tiffany McFarlane Digital/Fractal Artist Math and Art have always been closely connected. There is a hidden layer of beauty in the world of mathematical formulas. Fractal art can be looked at as a fusion of the...
Pythagoras tree in Stucture Synth by tatasz, journal
Pythagoras tree in Stucture Synth
Fractal Art WeekIn this tutorial, I will explain how to make simple Pythagoras trees in Structure Synth. Getting started You can learn what a Pythagoras Tree is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras_tree_%28fractal%29. A good example of this type of fractals is the work below:Also check the basic Structure Synth commands here: http://structuresynth.sourceforge.net/learn.php
I will explain the formulae and rules that will be used, but still it is useful to take a look at the basics. Building a basic tree The first step is to create the "trunc" rectangle: rule base{{s 0.1 1 0.1} box}
{s 100 100 0.1 z -0.5 color grey } box
...
Fractal Art WeekToday, we will chat about L-systems and what they have to do with fractals =D Substitution systems In a substitution system, we use a set of rules to transform elements of a sequence. Like this: Rule [1 → 0 and 0 → 11]
Starting sequence: 01
Step 1: 110
Step 2: 0011
Step 3: 111100
Step 4: 00001111
Step 5: 111111110000
...A Lindenmayer system (L-system) is a string rewriting system, a substitution system that works with strings. It consists of an "alphabet" of symbols, rules (which expand symbols into larger strings - in the example above 1 → 0 and 0 → 11), an "a...
Lets give the word to :devzy0rg:, the creator of post_depth plugin: That variation is used to create the depth blur effects in 3d fractals.
Unlike Apo's native depth blur, with this plugin you can use any variation (I'd recommend sineblur) for blurring.
The drawback compared to native blur is that you need to place the blurred object "manually" (i.e. using ztranslate, rotate_x and rotate_y) so it might be a bit tricky to use. But I think that the result is 99.98% worth it.You can download post_depth (and a few cool blurs) here:A few examples of post_depth results: Basic Usage To use post_depth, you will need parameters without a final...
Common Render and Postprocessing Mistakes by tatasz, journal
Common Render and Postprocessing Mistakes
A low quality render can ruin an otherwise great artwork.
For each, two images will be presented: the first one, a decent render, and the second, a messed up one. All examples were rendered in Chaotica, but the thoughts apply to all fractal software.Special thanks to: :devChaosfissure:, :devBoxtail:, :devlyc: Fast Noisy Render Basically, when the fractal is not rendered long enough. While in very few cases this may be used as artistic effect, usually it just gives the fractal an unfinished and unpolished look.Here is a good and reasonably smooth render.Now, the very same fractal: the only difference is the render time - way too short. See...
Prettify Your Bloom: Tips and Tricks by C-91, journal
Prettify Your Bloom: Tips and Tricks
Fractal Art WeekHello! :wave: It's :devc-91: here and, after people asking me tips on how to make flowers with Apophysis, I decided to write this introduction guide for the Fractal Week. There might be more in future. Live with it: crafting flowers with Apophysis isn't the most original thing ever, but at least we can try to approach to the technique in another way and try to make them different from the multitude of results that can be found here on DeviantArt.First of all, check the two blooms tutorials by :devlindelokse:, which are the starting point for this technique::thumb188121276: :thumb262684463: Before we start... Just so you kn...
Fractal Software to Create Beautiful Fractals. by Lady-Compassion, journal
Fractal Software to Create Beautiful Fractals.
Fractal Software To Create These Beautiful Fractals There are many different kinds of fractal generating software out there, just waiting for an artist to create beautiful fractal images.Many of them are free and some of them even have creators who are members here at Deviant Art!.There are groups available that are devoted to specific programs....and there are groups that solicit your art no matter whichsoftware you choose to use. This journal will by no means be exhaustive, or complete.........but will give you some idea as to where YOU might like to start on your fractal-creating journey. :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart...
A lack of fractal DD's - A possible solution? by rockgem, journal
A lack of fractal DD's - A possible solution?
Right the first part of this journal is from my previous journal and I shall repeat that for starters… Is it just me? Is it just me or have the fractal DD's vanished? I haven't seen one in a while and I was wondering - has the fractal section of deviantART been merged into the digital art section now, cause I have seen a few nice pieces I wanted to suggest for DD's but in truth I don't know who I ought suggest them to.Maybe its just me being a little retarded or daft but my mind has not really been able to concentrate on anything these days - lots of things going on… Answers The fravctal community is lacking at present a CV since ...
Fractorium 1.0.0.20 Released by mfeemster, journal
Fractorium 1.0.0.20 Released
This release is only contains bug fixes, no new features have been added.Despite the number of fixes only being two, I decided to release because @triptychaos was able to track down a rather severe bug that was crashing the entire program on AMD cards when using cubic3D and cubicLattice_3D. I had known about it for quite a while as a result of a report from @b33rheart but was never able to reproduce it on my machine. After @triptychaos told me he was able to reproduce it, he went to work solving it. The solution was embarrassingly simple: the OpenCL code for those two variations contained a switch statement without a default case. Once we ...
Fractorium 1.0.0.19 Released by mfeemster, journal
Fractorium 1.0.0.19 Released
**IF YOU DOWNLOADED THIS BEFORE 10:30PM PST 3/19/2020, PLEASE RE-DOWNLOAD AND RE-INSTALL IT. WE SPOTTED SOME ERRORS. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE** I had initially not planned on making another release this year, but @Triptychaos found some bugs so we decided to fix them. I don't like burdening users with another install only for bug fixes, so I decided to throw in some features as well. @Triptychaos helped immensely with this effort over the past couple of months and I am very thankful to him. @B33rheart, @GamerYamen, @Guephren and @Jeddaka also did some additional testing.Hopefully you find these new features useful. Absent any major bug ...
I recently partnered up with a gallery owner in Canada that has agreed to display some of my art. I haven't sold anything yet, and he mentioned that the reason may be because not too many people are very familiar with the art form. He suggested that I do a write up on what fractal art actually is, so here is what I came up with, without going into too much technical detail about the mathematics behind it all. What Is Fractal Art? by Tiffany McFarlane Digital/Fractal Artist Math and Art have always been closely connected. There is a hidden layer of beauty in the world of mathematical formulas. Fractal art can be looked at as a fusion of the...
Pythagoras tree in Stucture Synth by tatasz, journal
Pythagoras tree in Stucture Synth
Fractal Art WeekIn this tutorial, I will explain how to make simple Pythagoras trees in Structure Synth. Getting started You can learn what a Pythagoras Tree is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras_tree_%28fractal%29. A good example of this type of fractals is the work below:Also check the basic Structure Synth commands here: http://structuresynth.sourceforge.net/learn.php
I will explain the formulae and rules that will be used, but still it is useful to take a look at the basics. Building a basic tree The first step is to create the "trunc" rectangle: rule base{{s 0.1 1 0.1} box}
{s 100 100 0.1 z -0.5 color grey } box
...
Fractal Art WeekToday, we will chat about L-systems and what they have to do with fractals =D Substitution systems In a substitution system, we use a set of rules to transform elements of a sequence. Like this: Rule [1 → 0 and 0 → 11]
Starting sequence: 01
Step 1: 110
Step 2: 0011
Step 3: 111100
Step 4: 00001111
Step 5: 111111110000
...A Lindenmayer system (L-system) is a string rewriting system, a substitution system that works with strings. It consists of an "alphabet" of symbols, rules (which expand symbols into larger strings - in the example above 1 → 0 and 0 → 11), an "a...
Lets give the word to :devzy0rg:, the creator of post_depth plugin: That variation is used to create the depth blur effects in 3d fractals.
Unlike Apo's native depth blur, with this plugin you can use any variation (I'd recommend sineblur) for blurring.
The drawback compared to native blur is that you need to place the blurred object "manually" (i.e. using ztranslate, rotate_x and rotate_y) so it might be a bit tricky to use. But I think that the result is 99.98% worth it.You can download post_depth (and a few cool blurs) here:A few examples of post_depth results: Basic Usage To use post_depth, you will need parameters without a final...
Common Render and Postprocessing Mistakes by tatasz, journal
Common Render and Postprocessing Mistakes
A low quality render can ruin an otherwise great artwork.
For each, two images will be presented: the first one, a decent render, and the second, a messed up one. All examples were rendered in Chaotica, but the thoughts apply to all fractal software.Special thanks to: :devChaosfissure:, :devBoxtail:, :devlyc: Fast Noisy Render Basically, when the fractal is not rendered long enough. While in very few cases this may be used as artistic effect, usually it just gives the fractal an unfinished and unpolished look.Here is a good and reasonably smooth render.Now, the very same fractal: the only difference is the render time - way too short. See...
Prettify Your Bloom: Tips and Tricks by C-91, journal
Prettify Your Bloom: Tips and Tricks
Fractal Art WeekHello! :wave: It's :devc-91: here and, after people asking me tips on how to make flowers with Apophysis, I decided to write this introduction guide for the Fractal Week. There might be more in future. Live with it: crafting flowers with Apophysis isn't the most original thing ever, but at least we can try to approach to the technique in another way and try to make them different from the multitude of results that can be found here on DeviantArt.First of all, check the two blooms tutorials by :devlindelokse:, which are the starting point for this technique::thumb188121276: :thumb262684463: Before we start... Just so you kn...
Fractal Software to Create Beautiful Fractals. by Lady-Compassion, journal
Fractal Software to Create Beautiful Fractals.
Fractal Software To Create These Beautiful Fractals There are many different kinds of fractal generating software out there, just waiting for an artist to create beautiful fractal images.Many of them are free and some of them even have creators who are members here at Deviant Art!.There are groups available that are devoted to specific programs....and there are groups that solicit your art no matter whichsoftware you choose to use. This journal will by no means be exhaustive, or complete.........but will give you some idea as to where YOU might like to start on your fractal-creating journey. :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart...
A lack of fractal DD's - A possible solution? by rockgem, journal
A lack of fractal DD's - A possible solution?
Right the first part of this journal is from my previous journal and I shall repeat that for starters… Is it just me? Is it just me or have the fractal DD's vanished? I haven't seen one in a while and I was wondering - has the fractal section of deviantART been merged into the digital art section now, cause I have seen a few nice pieces I wanted to suggest for DD's but in truth I don't know who I ought suggest them to.Maybe its just me being a little retarded or daft but my mind has not really been able to concentrate on anything these days - lots of things going on… Answers The fravctal community is lacking at present a CV since ...