Lovely render, it has a fairy tale presence. tigs=^..^=

"Rain Joy".

Ok, then.

Actually.. your creation here brought to mind that of snow falling, in and amongst the fir trees. That was my first thought and impression.

(Sidenote: According to google translate, "Snow Joy" is "Joy Neige".)


"There are three renders merged in here, one from a different angle."

Good good job on merging the three renders.

And that information will save me some hair pulling. 'Cause.. coincidentally, while posting to the Offtopics.. came across some Christmas fractal wallpapers that used the same tutorial, or, similar anyways.. and kinda got inspired to maybe give it a go.

With.. wait for it.. some pen tool stuff, too!

We'll see how receptive my pc and lack of a video card is to the creative idea.

That nonsense and drivel of mine aside..


I like the colour gradient you used. (Wondering if this is a default gradient or is it a custom one of yours?)


Composition is strong.. but, on that note.. I do wonder how things would look/change if instead of filling 2/3rds of the frame with your fractal.. you dialed it back some and left some more space?

/\ Yep.. that's me typing out loud, nothing more.

That said..


I am still going to go with.. this makes for a very nice Christmas DT. Thanks for sharing this one with us. :o)

Beautiful sparkly image...full of Pluie de Joie! I like the colors!

Frozen colors.

wonderfully done with a good good use of color combination

Thanks to all for the comments. :-)

Les, looking at the tutorial, C-91 gives instructions for colour speed to give a natural look. then 'changed the gradient'. I can't remember what I did exactly, but seem to remember I was having trouble getting something that didn't look odd!

I assume I could see the gradient if I turned on the laptop and found the flame, but don't know if it would identify it for me.

I agree, a little more space... maybe not so dark, though.

Wellll.. I did have a thought, no idea if it would work.


Parameters.. in particular, this section:

<*palette count="256" format="RGB">
75B0706EAA746EAA7F6FAB8A6EAF906EB3966EB7976FBB98
7FC39B87CA998FD19894D09A99D09D9BD19E9DD29F9AD29D
97D29C99C59095C18891BD808DB17189A663829C5B7C9354
576B3A45572E3344222A4020223D1F244021274424324D25
3A57304A714D48724B4774493B7148306E472C6A4228663E
155129104B200B45180B3A130C300F0A2D0D082B0C0B2807
132C09293910374411465012535A1C616526676B2A6D712F
7080456B804E6781585B7F594F7D5B4C795A4A765A406E58
3A6D4F2C76412D753A2E75332E74302E732E2A7029276B25
2B5C1C29561C27511D2C592331612935652D3A6A32426F39
4D773F56825653845A51875E4F875A4E88574B875142844F
408C4B4B9147569644599B485DA04D63A7596DAF5F69B463
60B6694CB6673CB0642DAB6126AA611FA9611BA7621DA961
2CA25E329E5B399B593A9A593C9A5A3C99563D9452389451
359453299C5E299C632A9C6832996F3A9B70419A6F44946B
47845B45834F448243407F3C3D7C3537792C2F7529276F28
1F6727195A2318572018541E1A4A1E224A21294B2738572C
786D3D90834BA8995AB3A065BEA871D3AC7CDCB685D8C08B
CBC894A6BDA09AB9A18EB6A373B49E62AF9953A38E489784
3186642E805A2C7A502A6E42276931256828276A202D691F
346E1D567D295F82306888387A8E48939D5CB2A666C8B670
D6C987D6CB8BD7CE8FD0D291C5D98EA9DB918EDC9577D898
6ED69465D6945FD5915BD28F5DCD835FC87A5EC06F5AB467
43984F3C944936904430863F2A843C24813D1C883F1D8941
1B81401A804119864A22935A248F622A8B6630896B389276
38A28035AB8137AA7A399F6E3C9C67409F6345A060499B5C
4D9B5D57A0625FA86B64AE7768B67F6FBF8975C58C7CCA91
82D2918BD79190D98D93D98693D47D90C97293BD6792B25F
91A45B8998578E93568F9657909C608BA66891AF6E9BB972
9EC27BA2CD87A3D08CADCA8FB5C391C3C794CDCD92D5D091
DECC91E3CC93E5D091DFD98FDCDF90D6E598CDE49CC1E4A3
B4E6A5ABE8A9A3E3A29DDC9A91D48D85CC857CC17978B876
<*/palette>

Copy and paste.. substituting it into one of your parameters.. see if it works?

... ...

This is from a flame I am working on.

658_Sunny_Field is the name of the gradient.

I had to re-select the 'Sunny Field' gradient (was a random choice) to figure some stuff out on the fly. As it was not the original gradient for the flame that I grabbed the parameters from.

The stuff to figure out was:
1) Why was no name showing in the information field for the gradient?
2) And why was the gradient itself not displaying at the top of the drop down menu/in the information field?

So.. am guessing the original gradient that I was working with for the flame.. which was a default one.. must have changed to a custom one due to changes/adjustments in Color Speeds. And unless 'you' save it as a gradient (and naming it, of course) it would..


Heyyyyy.. more stuff figured out!

I've made changes to Color Speeds before.. saved the parameters, but, not the gradient itself.. and reopened the flame for further tweaking with no hiccups.

So..

Default, custom gradient.. it shouldn't matter and the above workaround in substituting that part of the parameters should be ok/work.

... ...

Ehhh..

Not sure. I am confuzzling meself here.

Need to test it some more when my mind is more awake.


Hey! Look over there!

(*slips away during distraction to divert attention away from the prattle above*)

I'll give it a try when Chaotica has finished chuntering... it has another wp coming up (I hope it won't take much longer). If I get impatient enough I'll just go with it, as it looks fine...

Not sure I understand the whole gradient / palette system, but that's for me to learn about, I guess!

I like this one best, Sandra, just partial to the cooler color palette...and let me take this opportunity to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas.