Archive for November, 2008

Just a fast update.

Corrected a couple of bug regarding selectable Padding XForms writing
Implemented writing of No, FinalXForm + PostXForm, PostXForm or FinalXForm only
Default value changed to 0 = No Padding XForms; let Flam3 choose the preferred one.

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 1.3.8 - 08 November 2008
+ Corrected a couple of bug regarding selectable Padding XForms wirting
** Implemented writing of No, FinalXForm + PostXForm, PostXForm or FinalXForm only
** Default value changed to 0 = No Padding XForms
+ The archive’s name is RenderFlam3.zip only

v 1.3.7 - 04 November 2008
+ More compact/optimized code
+ Added support for
** Flam3 2.7.15 interpolation types: old and older (linear and log already supported)
** Flam3 2.7.14 new motion blur features: temporal_filter_type, temporal_filter_width and temporal_filter_exp
+ Added support for selectable Padding XForms writing implemented in “Flam3 Advanced Parameters” section
+ Fixed a minor/rare bug regarding FinalXForm handling
+ Updated/Better Flam3 version checking scheme
** it’s now 2.7.xx version-independent both on “plain” and “sub” folder installations

An humble mandala tribute to Obama.
We can glimpse to a new world of hope and freedom!!!

It’s coming through a hole in the air,
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.
It’s coming from the feel
that this ain’t exactly real,
or it’s real, but it ain’t exactly there.
From the wars against disorder,
from the sirens night and day,
from the fires of the homeless,
from the ashes of the gay:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

It’s coming through a crack in the wall;
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
from the staggering account
of the Sermon on the Mount
which I don’t pretend to understand at all.
It’s coming from the silence
on the dock of the bay,
from the brave, the bold, the battered
heart of Chevrolet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

It’s coming from the sorrow in the street,
the holy places where the races meet;
from the homicidal bitchin’
that goes down in every kitchen
to determine who will serve and who will eat.
From the wells of disappointment
where the women kneel to pray
for the grace of God in the desert here
and the desert far away:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

Sail on, sail on
O mighty Ship of State!
To the Shores of Need
Past the Reefs of Greed
Through the Squalls of Hate
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.

It’s coming to America first,
the cradle of the best and of the worst.
It’s here they got the range
and the machinery for change
and it’s here they got the spiritual thirst.
It’s here the family’s broken
and it’s here the lonely say
that the heart has got to open
in a fundamental way:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

It’s coming from the women and the men.
O baby, we’ll be making love again.
We’ll be going down so deep
the river’s going to weep,
and the mountain’s going to shout Amen!
It’s coming like the tidal flood
beneath the lunar sway,
imperial, mysterious,
in amorous array:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

Sail on, sail on …

I’m sentimental, if you know what I mean
I love the country but I can’t stand the scene.
And I’m neither left or right
I’m just staying home tonight,
getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
But I’m stubborn as those garbage bags
that Time cannot decay,
I’m junk but I’m still holding up this little wild bouquet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Democracy - Leonard Cohen

Capire che sono
son tutte balle balle
però non ce la fai più.

E l’importante è esagerare
l’importante è esagerare
sia nel bene che nel male
senza mai farsi capire
E l’importante è esagerare
far mai finta di sudare
e se hai in mano solo mosche
prova a darci anche del tu.

E l’importante è esagerare
l’importante è esagerare
sia nel bene che nel male
senza mai farsi capire
E l’importante è esagerare
far mai finta di crepare
e se hai in mano solo mosche
prova a darci anche del tu.
L’importante è esagerare - Enzo Jannacci

Useless Brain Usage contains all the Chaotic Flow purged designs.
Useless, freestyle, pure experimentation designs or, in other words, just a waste of time.

Dedicated to my wife Federica!

And when I’m willing to call it a day
Just when I won’t take another chance
I hold your hand
There’s no smoke without fire
Woman I love you
Without you
What would I do
Without You - David Bowie

I’ve got finally some spare time, during the last days, to put my hands back on the Script again.

This version adds more support to the latest Flam3 versions.
New motion blur features: temporal_filter_type, temporal_filter_width and temporal_filter_exp
plus
interpolation types: old and older (linear and log already supported)

The padding XForms addition (”Flam3 Advanced Parameters”) is selectable by user.
A rare bug regarding FinalXform handling was corrected.

The code is better optimized and the whole script is more compact than the previous version.
The Flam3 installation scheme is now version-independent for every 2.7.xx version both in “sub” and “plain” folder setups.

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 1.3.7 - 04 November 2008
+ More compact/optimized code
+ Added support for
** Flam3 2.7.15 interpolation types: old and older (linear and log already supported)
** Flam3 2.7.14 new motion blur features: temporal_filter_type, temporal_filter_width and temporal_filter_exp
+ Added support for selectable Padding XForms writing implemented in “Flam3 Advanced Parameters” section
+ Fixed a minor/rare bug regarding FinalXForm handling
+ Updated/Better Flam3 version checking scheme
** it’s now 2.7.xx version-independent both on “plain” and “sub” folder installations

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