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  • Archive for March, 2007


    Render Flam3 – Step v.1.1

    26th March 2007
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    Last version is available on my Scripts page.


    I decided to update the script after recent talking with some other Apo users involved in animation.
    I normally do most of the things by hand using a text-editor but I’m more than aware that a quite good script can facilitate most users.

    Render Flam3 – Step v.1.1
    Download here: RenderFlam3_Step_1.1 (Right click – Save As)

    Released under GPL License – http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

    v. 1.1
    Saving scheme updated
    It’s now completely resolution indipendent.
    Use “Maintain Aspect Ratio” for perfect matching or Apo’s free scale: may have no perfect matching (depending on flames) but let you scale in no-proportional way.
    “Maintain Aspect Ratio” added
    “Animation Loop” added
    “Copy first flame’s MasterScale/Zoom to each others” added
    This is an hard-coded testing option (no user-request displayed)
    Change the “szcopy” variable value.
    Verbose messages in Scripts window.

    Usage:
    First you will have to install flam3, and it’s best to place it in a folder called c:\flam3.
    Then create a folder c:\flam3\anims. The .flame and .bat and renders will all end up here.
    You can change all of this of course, but this makes it easy.

    After you run the script, you will have a .flame and a .bat file in c:\flam3\anims.
    Simply doubleclick the .bat file and the rendering will begin.

    You wont have an animation at the end; you’ll have all the frames.
    Both Apophysis and Flam3 cannot directly compile an avi or mpeg but they can save only still images.
    When you have all the frames you can create the final avi/mpeg using an external program; a good free one is the famous VirtualDub, you can find it here: http://www.virtualdub.org/

    If you render a preview using the Step option then you also need an utility to rename the frames.
    Example using Step=3
    test_0000.jpg, test_0003.jpg, test_0006.jpg and so on
    have to be renamed to
    test_0000.jpg, test_0001.jpg, test_0002.jpg and so on.

    Maintain Aspect Ratio
    Resolution indipendent rendering using Flam3′s proprotional scale function
    resolving some Apophysis scripting scale problems.
    ACTIVE by default.

    “Copy first flame’s MasterScale/Zoom to each others
    All flames will have the same MasterScale and Zoom value;
    the value is grabbed from the first flame and copied to each others.
    Hard-coded testing option: change the “szcopy” variable value.

    STEP usage
    Frame Step parameter
    Let you step the frame rendering; useful for preview if you not need to render all frames.
    Using “Progessive Steps” you can also automaticly progressively complete the whole animation.
    This way you can have a preview and then render the complete sequence. ;)

    Progessive Steps parameter
    Automatic Step refinement: flam3-animate will be automaticly exectuted as many times as need
    to render the complete animation.
    Example
    Frame Step = 3
    execute flam3-animate 3 times (one after the other) to complete the whole animation

    Animation Loop
    Add the first Flame at the sequence’s end to create a complete loop.
    Example using 3 flames: 0 -> 1 -> 2 -> 0

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    Directional Flow (Origin)

    23rd March 2007
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    I’m going a backward step this time.

    This is the “origin” setup for the already exposed Directional Flow design; I had the time to refine a couple of very small details that left this one out of my personal “exposing-queue”.
    Directional Flow (Origin)

    Posted in Gallery, Apophysis+Flam3, Apophysis | No Comments »

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    Color Cycle 1.2.1 Apophysis script

    21st March 2007


    I’ve updated the rendering script to v. 1.2.1 : removed a silly rendering-bug.
    It now uses the prompted output directory instead of the default one.
    Prompted output dir doesn’t needs the leading “\” char.

    Download here: Cycle_Colors_render_1.2.1 (Right click, Save As)

    More infos about Color Cycle here:
    Color Cycle 1.2 Apophysis script
    and
    Color Cycle 1.2 Mpeg preview

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    In warped transit

    21st March 2007
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    Everything changes.
    A “state” is tansfromed to another so… the life flows.
    In warped transit

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    Whirl Irradiance

    21st March 2007
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    Another swirls/whirls design.
    Whirl Irradiance

    Posted in Gallery, Apophysis+Flam3, Apophysis | 2 Comments »

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    Circular-denim-tile

    20th March 2007
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    Just a simple tile design; the inner pattern reminds me the denim-fiber so here it comes the name.
    Circular-denim-tile

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    Self-expanding Rage

    17th March 2007
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    Most of this design was done using Final-XForm.

    Self-expanding Rage

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    Peter Murphy – Strange Kind of Love

    17th March 2007
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    I’ve got to add a new “Video” section and fill it with stuffs sooner or later.

    I’ve found another masterpiece out there: Peter Murphy – Strange Kind of Love.

    Read the rest of this entry »

    Posted in Chaotic Placeholder, Music I Like | No Comments »

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