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.

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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.

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“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.

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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.

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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.