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Apophysis NEWS .. 2.04 Beta Released !!

.KEIFER
04/14/06 11:37 PM GMT


Update .. scroll down to April 20



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From Utak3r's Journal (04-14-06)

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Quote .. Apophysis ... It's almost there! A brand new version of Apophysis will be released in a minutes (or days ;) ) ... There's lot of new stuff in it - as always new variations, some of them are non-fractal anymore, giving you new possibilities; the mapping transform called here FinalXForm - having a major influence to your creations; some really cool new editor features, bugfixes, etc. :D ..

Furthermore, flam3 developers got all those new variations into the newest flam3 release (2.7), so it will be synchronised with our beloved tool :) ... On the other side we have put into Apophysis some newest flam3-render control parameters, such as Density Estimator and Gamma Treshold, so one can easily render their Apophysis flames with flam3 without bothering editing a source file for this flame :D
I hope all of you will be happy with this new version!


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Some links .. for those interested

The kind folks at flam3 .. as mentioned above .. check the download page .. (set the renderer as a replacement "export flame" using the "paths" tab of the "options" screen .. replacing HQI

an example of Final-X-Form .. mentioned above

an example of Perspective mapping

an example of Juliascope

an example of Another Test render using 2.03d

a fixed script .. pbAnimate .. for those that may use it


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::Benroy
04/15/06 12:35 AM GMT
Boy, am I way behind. My computer has taken a disliking to apophysis recently. Whenever i try to render anything, one of the fans in my pc starts working overtime. Not a pleasent sound, any ideas?

Thanks for the info though, very interesting. May prove useful in a fanless future:)
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.KEIFER
04/15/06 12:45 AM GMT
Take the side of your case off .. reproduce the situation .. I had the fan on one of my old graphics cards freeze up .. so check on that

I have a feeling that a MAC user will come along and say this doesn't happen on THAT platform ... so .. brace yourself
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::Benroy
04/15/06 1:33 AM GMT
I shall certainly give that a go. I've had the casing off once already to clean all that strange fluff stuff that builds up. At the very least it will tell me who the culprit is.

Thanks for the tip...............
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::laurengary
04/15/06 1:38 AM GMT
I put him on my watch, just so I could keep pace with his journal. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas !

Thanks for the heads up Keith, I really appreciate you keeping on top of things for us.

You're the bestest !!!
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.cgImagery
04/15/06 2:58 AM GMT
The perspective mapping is what really catches my interest :D Now I'm all excited lol :D
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purmusic
04/15/06 5:58 PM GMT
Thanks Keith.

I shall be waiting with baited pc and, ahem, what little RAM I have. :oP
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust
.KEIFER
04/20/06 6:44 PM GMT
Apophysis will be... 2.04 ... Available NOW !! ♥ ♪ ♫ ♥ ♪ ♫ ♥ ♪ ♫ ♥ ♪ ♫ ♥


Per zueuk's Journal


My sensors indicate that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is on a collision course with me... FINALLY! Estimated time to impact: 2-3 days...

But this doesn't mean that you'll get the new Apo 2.03d in 2-3 days... Actually you won't get it at all!!! :mwahaha: He he...

Because there was so much new features that the new Apo will be called...

Apophysis 2.04 beta


Get it on the SourceForge now! :)

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Download the latest Apophysis 2.04 beta at the Sourceforge:
sourceforge.net @ apophysis/

☻---> DOWNLOAD PAGE .. starts automatically .. takes a second

Discuss Apophysis at the FracFan Forum:
FracFan Forum
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::Hottrockin
04/20/06 10:53 PM GMT
Keifer, you are so getting a Christmas present from me this year!!

Thanks buddy!!
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::laurengary
04/20/06 11:46 PM GMT
*faints* OMG !!! Thanks Keith ! *Big hug* !!!!
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Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls .......Let The Machine Get It ........ MY GALLERY
.animaniactoo
04/21/06 12:47 AM GMT
*watches Lauren scamper off*

well… that's the last we'll see of her for a few days 8•P
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One man sees things and says "why?", but I dream things that never were and say "why not?"
.MoeAction
04/21/06 1:16 AM GMT
Thanks Keith!!
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::nigel_inglis
04/21/06 2:21 AM GMT
Indeed, thanks a ton!
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purmusic
04/21/06 11:12 PM GMT
Thanks Keith, appreciate your vigilant watch on these and all developments, and for bringing them to our attention.

*drops a huge tip in the jar*

It may be our definitions of huge vary slightly ... or hugely, as is more likely the case. :oP
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust
.KEIFER
04/21/06 11:43 PM GMT
Majestic Julia .. by .. Zueuk .. another test render from the new Apophysis ..

It looks alot like Ultra Fractal ... in my humble opinion
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purmusic
04/22/06 12:42 AM GMT
Hmm, I am curious ... just downloaded the new one and the file seemed awfully small, only 1.17 megs. Any idea ... wait one sec. ... (oh, and for us IE people we still ... or at least I had to ... may have to choose another mirror to start the download and depending on your security settings, one more clicky thing to start the d/l ... just an f.y.i.) ... uhm, nvm ... *he said sheepishly after checking previous version sizes*

I took a look at the test render you offered up and I didn't recognize any of it as being Apophysis, had me thinking maybe the new version had gone in a new direction.

Thank you for your time ... I am done now ... I think ... *ponders a bit* ... now I am done. :o)
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust
.KEIFER
04/22/06 1:28 AM GMT
I have the same filesize .. 1.17MB

actually .. what I recommend is to download the "original" apophysis 2.02 from Mark Townsend ... it has an "installer" (if I remember correctly) .. and will set up folders for scripts (most of which are obsolete due to it being capped at 12 triangles and the newer versions using up to 100) .. but .. it sets the folders up for you .. like parameters .. etc

the versions from Utak3r and Zueuk are just an executable file (apo.exe) .. so .. just replace your apo2.02.exe with the newer versions

download the updated scripts .. HERE .. don't delete the original scripts until you try them .. the problem is .. because apo2.02 only used 12 transforms the scripts generally say "add maximum transforms" and that is now 100 ... this usually renders your image as a distant star field

but not all scripts do this .. like "make bilateral" .. which just mirrors your flame with itself .. and is quite handy if you like that


and .. the new version HAS gone in a new direction ... not too late for YOU to emerge as the apo guru, assisting the neophyte grasshoppers walk the rice paper


show me, again, the hot-coal-induced tattoos on your forearms .. I NEVER tire of seeing them
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::Hottrockin
04/22/06 11:34 AM GMT
The "LINK" in your qoute doesn't work K. Got another direct link?
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.KEIFER
04/22/06 6:22 PM GMT
If you're referring to the scripts .. read further down the thread (you have to go to the site and navigate from there)


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thefractalfarm.net

go to the Fractal Farm FTP link on the right and then "Plant&Harvest" .. then "Scripts" .. then ...

pbScripts.zip
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::razorjack51
04/22/06 9:08 PM GMT
Thanks Keith! It's appreciated!
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purmusic
04/23/06 2:29 AM GMT
Hey Keith,

Yeah, found out about Apop 2.02 at least behaving somewhat more like a normal install through some Apop misadventures with 2.03c. Question though ... do you see no need or use for keeping the 2.02 executable hanging around?

If I follow what you are suggesting, and to me it seems that you are indeed suggesting to go into the Apop 2.02 program folder and copy over the 2.02 exe with the newer version. Effectively wiping the folder clean of any remnants of the 2.02 exe file.

I do get that by using the 2.02 program folder and its' subfolders, it will be nicely setup for other scripts and such, with folders already in place. Which would be a blessing and save me some time from having to navigate through levels of folders and and ... to get to the new scripts.

'K, I was going to PM you these questions and considerations, but, I think maybe there might be some who could benefit from this discusssion.

Thanks for your time, I really appreciate it.

Oh, and those hot-coal-induced tattoos on my forearms? ... they actually came from lifting my tower while I was trying to render a flame ... a rather deep, deep, deep zoom with an oversample setting of 1,000,002 ... so that even my pc fans could not keep the searing heat emanating from my graphics card spreading to the sides of my tower.

I suppose some Asian lettering would have been cooler to that of "Antec." :oP
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust
.KEIFER
04/23/06 4:14 AM GMT
No .. I'm not really suggesting that .. you can, of course, lose it if you want ... I have had stability issues with the Utak3r-Zueuk, et al, releases .. and I alone, apparently ... Hard lockups, BSOD's requiring a reboot ... so, therefore 202 still occupies a place in my heart

What "I" do is make a folder for each release labeled, for example, Apophysis-204b ... and then just change where my shortcut points to ... or .. I right-click on the executable and choose "Pin to Start Menu" ... and it shows up in the short list of programs there

I also SAVE all parameters from a given release to a FAV's file with the version # .. because, as they add features, those features won't be supported by older versions

so .. Sorry for any confusion (*he says sheepishly*)

You can, of course, re-lable the original to Apophysis_v2.02.exe ... you're bound to have a favorite version as they continue to move forward and do things that you may not agree with .. for example .. I used to use FLAM3 as my export renderer .. I can't get it to work NOW, even though I have the most recent, as they suggest

I still haven't figured out some (read = ALL) of the new stuff
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See No Evil
purmusic
04/23/06 4:40 AM GMT
Thanks for clearing that up ... again, I appreciate your time Keith. Got it know.

I am glad that we kept this in an open forum, as I am sure others will benefit from your discourse here.

Uhm ... wanna see those hot-pc tower-induced tattoos on my forearms again? Oh, ok ... this was more than worth it ... *drops tip into jar* :o)
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust
&KEIFER
04/29/06 6:23 PM GMT
Virtual Alchemy

at least Piotr knows how to use the program
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See No Evil
purmusic
05/03/06 11:54 AM GMT
My, my ... that is stunning and once again, thank you Keith.

Some more inspiration for the Apop masses. :o)
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust
::EmilyH
05/04/06 1:24 AM GMT
How do you make those plastic-looking pictures I've seen people posting lately? Is that an external filter?
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::laurengary
05/04/06 2:16 AM GMT
Beats me .....we'll just have to play I guess Emily !
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Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls .......Let The Machine Get It ........ MY GALLERY
&KEIFER
05/04/06 2:19 AM GMT
perhaps a link to an example?
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::EmilyH
05/04/06 5:55 AM GMT
Like this one

Gah, I keep forgetting which of the forums I post on take UBB code and which don't. Anyone else have that problem?
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&KEIFER
05/04/06 7:31 AM GMT
The newer versions of Apo are turning out some things most of us have not seen before ..

perhaps Lauren could give some direction towards achieving this look
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I'm a Fire-Starter, twisted fire-starter
::laurengary
05/04/06 1:23 PM GMT
That would be sooooo nice.....some small itsey bitsey hintsy
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Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls .......Let The Machine Get It ........ MY GALLERY
&KEIFER
05/28/06 4:34 AM GMT
ATC X tweak submission .. by .. utak3r

the parameter text is pasted below this .. be a shame if it found its way into your apo-tite
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::Hottrockin
05/28/06 9:36 AM GMT
8~D
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::laurengary
06/11/06 8:45 PM GMT
I have a habit of leaving my computer on & Apophysis open for several days at a time. Which was never a problem until recently, but this morning when I got up I noticed for the second time Apophysis 2.04beta had closed itself down. Luckily I had saved a couple parameters, but I still wanted to work on what was on my screen....& no, I didn't save that one.
Has anyone else noticed this happening to them ?
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Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls .......Let The Machine Get It ........ MY GALLERY
&KEIFER
06/11/06 10:24 PM GMT
as you may know .. apo crashes my computer frequently .. and I rarely use it anymore .. most of my crashes are hard lock-ups where mouse movement is only a distant memory .. and the BSOD's made famous by windows 1.0

I can almost say that apo is the only thing that crashes my machine with THAT kind of chutzpah

but .. I think I remember it just winking off quickly with out saying buh, bye

the built in renderer is supposedly "render to disk" .. which usually means you can resume a render .. (at least you can in Ultra-Fractal) .. so, maybe if the machine hasn't been turned off or re-booted .. it could be resumed .. (don't hold your breath)
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::laurengary
06/11/06 11:21 PM GMT
The problem was I wasn't rendering anything then...just hanging onto the variation I was currently playing around with. The darn thing must time out, is that right ? Never had this problem with 2.03c .....*grumble*
Thanks though Keith .. :o)
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Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls .......Let The Machine Get It ........ MY GALLERY
&KEIFER
06/11/06 11:47 PM GMT
as you may know .. the Apo of U+Z fame is the red-headed stepchild of our software libraries

you just want to smack the precocious little twit .. more than you want to hug it

I guess I should have prefaced that with .. In My Humble Opinion .. or .. Speaking For Myself


PS .. did you test render what you lost at all .. because the prog saves all renders to a .flame file somewhere .. I've salvaged a couple that way .. (for some reason if you changed gradients several times these changes aren't saved .. you'll have 6 of the same thing)
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::laurengary
06/12/06 1:49 AM GMT
No, I almost never do test renders ...just render them to see what to see....I usually play with gradients first or any other tweaking that needs to be done.

But this is the second time the darn thing has closed up shop on me.....before I was done browsing too !
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