Posted

Dec 6th 2006

Mood

Disappointed

Music

"Possession" by yours truly

Well, I tried earlier to submit a song, and even though I cleared my cache, logged out and back in, and restarted my computer, it refuses to work . . . It acts like it's going to load, but then it says "Movie not loaded" when I right-click and none of the buttons work. So I baleeted it until I can figure out what's wrong.

Is everybody doing well? I'm working on the tutorial that I've mentioned to so many of you right now, and it's looking like it's going to be huge. Here's a list of the topics I'm going to cover:

1. Definition of fractal art--what it is, classically
2. How to get the most out of the tutorial (and others)
3. The basics--how to use Apophysis, what the different fuctions do.
4. Getting started--using mutations and random batches
5. Color theory and gradients, using ApoMap (a tool for working with gradients)
6. Rendering--quality settings and what they mean
7. Mid-level Apophysis: Scripts--the correct way to use scripts and where to find them
8. High-level Apophysis: the Editor--making flames from scratch
9. Postwork--how to tweak color and add complexity
10. Closing tips/how to use tutorials
(Possibly) 11. Starting flames, favorite gradients, and assignments

This is going to be one whopper of a tut, so I might start releasing it step by step and then compile and repost at the end . . . what do you guys think?

Thanks everybody for being my watchers. You guys rock!

EDIT: Forgot to add that I'll be going over the whole Apophysis download and update process in the tutorial too. It'll be under the "Basics" header. :3