Archive for April, 2008

The Flow may seems chaotic, and mainly it is, but it always maintains its own generative force.

An update to the original Spawner-Soul post.
I’ve found some spare time to finish this small set so here it is the update.

Original one.

A new release is available here: RenderFlam3

This version adds some more support to Flam3 new features.

It now supports the new Interpolation Space tag plus enable_jpeg_comments and enable_png_comments vars.
Updated Flam3 version checking scheme
Little changes to the bat file writing routine and some minor code clean-up.

Download here (right click / Save As): RenderFlam3.zip

Released under GPL License – http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Credits or donations are not mandatory but very appreciated especially when using “RenderFlam3″ in commercial production.

Complete Render Flam3 posts archive: Search about Render Flam3

RenderFlam3 main purpose is rendering a sequence of Flames using Flam3 to create animations.
It’s an Apophysis script which cycles through the flames in the Title Window,
sets their time field,
sets their advanced animation tags,
saves them all off to a single flame file,
and then creates a bat file (to the same output path).
Executing the bat file will launch flam3-animate and render the animation’s frames; Flam3 will interpolate all the flames.
RenderFlam3 can create Morph, Sheep or Edge animations.

Changelog
v 1.3.6 – 24 April 2008
+ Updated Flam3 version checking scheme
** corrected onr minor Flam3 README file browsing fault
+ Added support for Flam3 Interpolation Space tag
** needs Flam3 2.7.7 or newer
** default value is Log
+ Added support for Flam3 “enable_jpeg_comments” and “enable_png_comments” vars
** the proper var is written into the bat file
** enable_jpeg_comments set to 1 by default
** enable_png_comments set to 1 by default
+ Little changes to the bat file writing routine
+ Some minor code clean-up

v 1.3.5 – 19 April 2008
+ Implemented new Flam3 version checking scheme
** Needs Flam3 “README.txt” file
** Plain-folder install: automatic version check
** Sub-folder install: supported for 2.7.6 up to 2.7.11
+ Forcing Flam3 path via “flam3path” variable
** see at the end of the main comment
+ Dropped Flam3 2.7.5 support
** Supporting only Flam3 2.7.6 and newer
** Raw-support for Flam3 2.7.7 and newer
+ Secant to Secant2 variation conversion for Flam3 2.7.10 and 2.7.11

v 1.3.4 – 18 April 2008
+ Some small code clean-up

v 1.3.3 – 17 April 2008
+ Apophysis version-indipendent
+ SaveFile Dialog fully supported
+ Added raw support for Flam3 up to version 2.7.11

v 1.3.2 – 7 Nov. 2007
+ Added support for Apophysis 2.07

v 1.3.1 – 25 Oct. 2007
+ Added support for Apophysis 2.06c 3D hack
+ Added support for Flam3 2.7.6
+ Camera Zoom minor bugs fixed
+ Minor updates:
** Some code optimizations
** Better supersample/oversample check
** Bat file: end comment modified
** “LoopKF” named added back

v 1.3 – 19 Oct. 2007
+ Sheep and Edge animations types added.
+ Support for Camera Angle/Rotation property added (needs Apophysis 2.06c beta or newer).
+ Supporting only Flam3 2.7.5
+ Flam3 install check added.
+ Apo version-indipendented Variations check against Flam3 supported ones.
+ Bat files: more advanced options and more comments added.
+ Two different Script versions
** One for Apophysis 2.06c beta , Apophysis 2.06 beta and Apophysis 2.06 beta Z+
** and one for Apophysis 2.05 beta 2, Apophysis 2.05 Z+ beta 2 and Apophysis 2.05 Z+ beta 2 C++
+ Supporting Variation Varibales for: radial_blur, rings2, fan, blob, pdj, perspective, julian, juliascope, curl, move, ngon, disc2, rectangles, super_shape, flower, conic, parabola, pie and split variations.

v. 1.2 beta1 to beta12
+ RAW saving routine added.
+ Main/big updates on the whole script (too much to list).

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 Script window.

v. 1.0
+ Initial release.

“By the word thought, I understand all that which so takes place in us that we of ourselves are immediately conscious of it; and, accordingly, not only to understand (INTELLIGERE, ENTENDRE), to will (VELLE), to imagine (IMAGINARI), but even to perceive (SENTIRE, SENTIR), are here the same as to think (COGITARE, PENSER). For if I say, I see, or, I walk, therefore I am; and if I understand by vision or walking the act of my eyes or of my limbs, which is the work of the body, the conclusion is not absolutely certain, because, as is often the case in dreams, I may think that I see or walk, although I do not open my eyes or move from my place, and even, perhaps, although I have no body: but, if I mean the sensation itself, or consciousness of seeing or walking, the knowledge is manifestly certain, because it is then referred to the mind, which alone perceives or is conscious that it sees or walks.”
Rene Descartes, Selections from the Principles of Philosophy, Of The Principles of Human Knowledge, IX. What thought (COGITATIO) is

Are we really sure that we’re living in a wonderful world?

We’ve still to fight using the power of non-violent ideas, we’re all sharing the same destiny, all brothers, during the short trip of our Earth-living.

Music by Joey Romones cover of Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World” masterpiece.

“I see trees of green…….. red roses too
I watch ‘em bloom….. for me and for you
And I think to myself…. what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue….. clouds of white
Bright blessed days….warm sacred nights
And I think to myself …..what a wonderful world.

The colors of a rainbow…..so pretty ..in the sky
Are there on the faces…..of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands…..sayin’.. how do you do
They’re really sayin’……I love you.

I hear babies cry…… I watch them grow
They’ll learn much more…..than I’ll never know
And I think to myself …..what a wonderful world

The colors of a rainbow…..so pretty ..in the sky
Are there on the faces…..of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands…..sayin’.. how do you do
They’re really sayin’… I ….LOVE….YOU.

I hear babies cry…… I watch them grow
You know their gonna learn
a whole lot more than I’ll never know
And I think to myself …..what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself …….what a wonderful world.“

Upcoming RenderFlam3 1.3.6 example.

Rendered in low quality (Samples=50) using Flam3 just to give a preview of the Apophysis Script’s results.

Complete Render Flam3 posts archive: Search about Render Flam3

Supporting the Earth Day!
It’s quite clear that everyone should give his own small support for a better and ecological-compatible use of the Earth’s resources.
We all share the same planet.

Nightshot in Brindisi (Puglia, Italy)

The port is been the main resource since the ancient Roman ages and it’s one of the most Italian beautiful and unique ones.

My wife version

Last version available here: RenderFlam3

Complete new Flam3 checking version scheme.
Plain-folder install: automatic version check; it could be able to automatically check for new Flam3 versions (it needs the README file)
Sub-folder install: supported for 2.7.6 up to 2.7.11 (by directory name)

Flam3 2.7.6 is the older supported version, 2.7.5 was dropped.

Secant to Secant2 variation conversion for Flam3 2.7.10 and 2.7.11

Download here (right click / Save As): RenderFlam3.zip

Released under GPL License – http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Credits or donations are not mandatory but very appreciated especially when using “RenderFlam3″ in commercial production.

Complete Render Flam3 posts archive: Search about Render Flam3

RenderFlam3 main purpose is rendering a sequence of Flames using Flam3 to create animations.
It’s an Apophysis script which cycles through the flames in the Title Window,
sets their time field,
sets their advanced animation tags,
saves them all off to a single flame file,
and then creates a bat file (to the same output path).
Executing the bat file will launch flam3-animate and render the animation’s frames; Flam3 will interpolate all the flames.
RenderFlam3 can create Morph, Sheep or Edge animations.

Changelog
v 1.3.5 – 19 April 2008
+ Implemented new Flam3 version checking scheme
** Needs Flam3 “README.txt” file
** Plain-folder install: automatic version check
** Sub-folder install: supported for 2.7.6 up to 2.7.11
+ Forcing Flam3 path via “flam3path” variable
** see at the end of the main comment
+ Dropped Flam3 2.7.5 support
** Supporting only Flam3 2.7.6 and newer
** Raw-support for Flam3 2.7.7 and newer
+ Secant to Secant2 variation conversion for Flam3 2.7.10 and 2.7.11

v 1.3.4 – 18 April 2008
+ Some small code clean-up

v 1.3.3 – 17 April 2008
+ Apophysis version-indipendent
+ SaveFile Dialog fully supported
+ Added raw support for Flam3 up to version 2.7.11

v 1.3.2 – 7 Nov. 2007
+ Added support for Apophysis 2.07

v 1.3.1 – 25 Oct. 2007
+ Added support for Apophysis 2.06c 3D hack
+ Added support for Flam3 2.7.6
+ Camera Zoom minor bugs fixed
+ Minor updates:
** Some code optimizations
** Better supersample/oversample check
** Bat file: end comment modified
** “LoopKF” named added back

v 1.3 – 19 Oct. 2007
+ Sheep and Edge animations types added.
+ Support for Camera Angle/Rotation property added (needs Apophysis 2.06c beta or newer).
+ Supporting only Flam3 2.7.5
+ Flam3 install check added.
+ Apo version-indipendented Variations check against Flam3 supported ones.
+ Bat files: more advanced options and more comments added.
+ Two different Script versions
** One for Apophysis 2.06c beta , Apophysis 2.06 beta and Apophysis 2.06 beta Z+
** and one for Apophysis 2.05 beta 2, Apophysis 2.05 Z+ beta 2 and Apophysis 2.05 Z+ beta 2 C++
+ Supporting Variation Varibales for: radial_blur, rings2, fan, blob, pdj, perspective, julian, juliascope, curl, move, ngon, disc2, rectangles, super_shape, flower, conic, parabola, pie and split variations.

v. 1.2 beta1 to beta12
+ RAW saving routine added.
+ Main/big updates on the whole script (too much to list).

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 Script window.

v. 1.0
+ Initial release.

A new release is available here: RenderFlam3

I’m back to RenderFlam3 Apophysis script development after some months of complete silence.

This version has some small but interesting enhancements:
+ the Script is now Apophysis version independent for Apophysis 2.07 beta, Apophysis 2.06 beta Z+, Apophysis 2.06c 3D hack and newer ones
+ it uses the SaveFile Dialog to select the output flame+bat files
+ it adds some raw support for Flam3 2.7.6 up to 2.7.11 versions.

Nothing more, nothing less!

The Apophysis 2.05 beta 2, Apophysis 2.05 Z+ beta 2 and Apophysis 2.05 Z+ beta 2 C++ version it’s actually not updated; the included version is the 1.3.2 one.
These old Apophysis versions are dropped so I’ll don’t support them anymore.

Download here (right click / Save As): RenderFlam3_1.3.3.zip

Released under GPL License – http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Credits or donations are not mandatory but very appreciated especially when using “RenderFlam3″ in commercial production.

Complete Render Flam3 posts archive: Search about Render Flam3

RenderFlam3 main purpose is rendering a sequence of Flames using Flam3 to create animations.
It’s an Apophysis script which cycles through the flames in the Title Window,
sets their time field,
sets their advanced animation tags,
saves them all off to a single flame file,
and then creates a bat file (to the same output path).
Executing the bat file will launch flam3-animate and render the animation’s frames; Flam3 will interpolate all the flames.
RenderFlam3 can create Morph, Sheep or Edge animations.

Changelog
v 1.3.3 – 17 April 2008
+ Apophysis version-indipendent
+ SaveFile Dialog fully supported
+ Added raw support for Flam3 up to version 2.7.11

v 1.3.2 – 7 Nov. 2007
+ Added support for Apophysis 2.07

v 1.3.1 – 25 Oct. 2007
+ Added support for Apophysis 2.06c 3D hack
+ Added support for Flam3 2.7.6
+ Camera Zoom minor bugs fixed
+ Minor updates:
** Some code optimizations
** Better supersample/oversample check
** Bat file: end comment modified
** “LoopKF” named added back

v 1.3 – 19 Oct. 2007
+ Sheep and Edge animations types added.
+ Support for Camera Angle/Rotation property added (needs Apophysis 2.06c beta or newer).
+ Supporting only Flam3 2.7.5
+ Flam3 install check added.
+ Apo version-indipendented Variations check against Flam3 supported ones.
+ Bat files: more advanced options and more comments added.
+ Two different Script versions
** One for Apophysis 2.06c beta , Apophysis 2.06 beta and Apophysis 2.06 beta Z+
** and one for Apophysis 2.05 beta 2, Apophysis 2.05 Z+ beta 2 and Apophysis 2.05 Z+ beta 2 C++
+ Supporting Variation Varibales for: radial_blur, rings2, fan, blob, pdj, perspective, julian, juliascope, curl, move, ngon, disc2, rectangles, super_shape, flower, conic, parabola, pie and split variations.

v. 1.2 beta1 to beta12
+ RAW saving routine added.
+ Main/big updates on the whole script (too much to list).

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 Script window.

v. 1.0
+ Initial release.

Slowly coming back to feelings normalization.

I feel like something is cracking the Harmony.

This design was created to show my own disappointment about the Italian’s election day results.
Instead of directly dispute against the winners, which I really don’t like at all, I want say that they cannot in any manner buy or sell me, my soul, my ideals.
We all have to keep back for a while, meditate and go on fighting for the rights of common people.
Short and simple… that’s all we can do, that’s all we can promise.