16 Jan., 2009

Having admired the beauty in fractals for years it has only been recently that I found DA and Apophysis. Now, I too am a fractal junkie! I digress too much. Onward!

Several days ago I found a fractal type that I hadn't seen before. Which got me thinking 'How many different types of fractals are there?' and 'What do they all look like?'. I checked around and the only thing that came back was the equations with simple diagrams for each equation. That was nice but I was looking for something more. Much more! Sad to report that I haven't found anything of what I was looking for. That left only one thing for me to do. Create a "pictionary" of fractals. The problem is that I don't know all of them! And this is where I could use the fractal communities help. If you have a fractal that you willing to share with others, it would be a big help for me! If you do have any to share there are several request for doing so.

Please provide a link to a flame.

Name the flame parameter file according to the type of fractal. If you have more than one fractal of the same type add a numeric value, such as 1 or 2.

Make the size a minimum of 800 x 600 with a rendering quality of 500 or better.

That's it! With that I can compile everything to create 'The Pictionary'. Included with the pictionary will be a .pdf file with description of each major type of fractal and most important of all, the people providing the flames.

I'm not sure how long it will take to post the compilation. Guess it will depend on how large a reponse I get. In this case... more is better!

If you do provide a flame I would like to take the time now to say "Thank You"! (In case I don't answer everyone.)

beeper52

28 April, 2009

Update: Apophysis Pictonary: A Begining is now complete!

The initial concept for this was to create a visual dictionary of all the different types of Apophysis
flame fractals that could be found. I soon realized that was a lofty goal and would create a controversy
that I am unwilling to tackle. The compromise is that this is based on the plugins available to Apophysis or on a flame fractal that has its own distinctive style. Not all plugins or all distinctive styles were created here. I'll save that for another day(s).

Since there were so many flames (276 total) created, I had to divide them into three separate flame packs.

Feel free to enjoy the images created by these flames. Use
them as you wish, but take the time to acknowledge the artist. Also, be aware that these fractals may or may not be copyrighted.

I would like to thank the following people who contributed flames for this endeavor:

wolfepaw ([link])
ojad0 ([link])
YarNor ([link])
Dragonfly113 ([link])
deepbluerenegade ([link])
Halcyon83 ([link])
Phoenix-22 ([link])

Special thanks to wolfepaw, Dragonfly113 and Phoenix-22
for the words of encouragement. Also, thanks to wolfepaw
for text and graphic editing and proof reading.

Version Used: Apophysis 2.06 3D hacked
I also checked to see if the flames worked on Appophysis 2.08 3D hacked. I did not encounter any problems once all the plugins were in the correct folder

All the links to the plugins, gradient packs, scripts and
tutorials can be found at dA Apophysis home page
([link]) or at
Fractal-Resources ([link]),
both of which are excellent sources for anything and everything
Apophysis.

Included are the thumbnails of all the fractals within
The Apophysis Pictionary and are divided according to the flame packs. Below are the links to Photobucket
with all the jpg's and video of each flame pack. I'm not sure how long the links to Photobucket will remain, but I have no intention of any further moving, editing, or deleting, since this might lose the link.


Part One
[link]

Part Two
[link]

Part Three
[link]

To ZIP the files we used 7-ZIP. In case you don't have have the software here is the link:
[link]

Hope all enjoy and find this useful.

beeper52

3 June, 2009
While working on Apo Pictionary one of the
categories was hearts. Created more hearts
than I thought that should go into the
Pictionary. From these left behind hearts
came Heart Flame Pack 1 and Heart Flame Pack 2.
The first includes all the hearts found in
Apo Pictionary and several new hearts. The
second is all new hearts. Take a second to
look at 'Eyes Of The Heart' for it's one
of my favorites.

In case you like hearts, take a few minutes
to vist