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The Lost Sun: created in Apophysis 3D 2.06c hack, using eTech Julian script by Cabin Tom (the 3D version is available in his Total Script Package).

I lost this flame for a while, along with several others which were created using various different 3D scripts in the 3D hack. They were created and saved, then later I returned to find a dot in the preview.

Solution appeared to include:
(1) enabling all the variations in 2.07 beta Apophysis (Options>Variations tab)
(2) enabling these variations in the 3D hack (they only showed up in the list after doing the above)
(3) disabling the final transform in the affected flames (FX button on the top right of the Editor window)

Many thanks to Les (Purmusic) and ThomasLB for their advice and support. :-)

This was a difficult design for me as, when processing it in Photoshop Elements, it was too stark, too dark, too bright, too cold, too hot, too small, too big, too fuzzy, too jaggy. Hard to find the right balance. Any suggestions appreciated.