Hi,

I am a frenchman and i have just a question:
what kind of softwares do you use for your masterpieces ?
I think you use first fractals softwares like UltraFractal or Apophysis, but as i can see that's not enough...
maybe photoshop ? I am looking for tutorials about how i can create such global compositions.
Thanks for your help.

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Bonjour, I personnally use Ultrafractal where I have written some ressources that are available on my website (see link). There are tutorials in French at http://www.parkenet.org/jp/uftutorials.html and I hope somebody is translating the helpfiles in French (not me) as somebody did it for Spanish. I use Photoshop for sharpening my images and make an 'adjust levels' and I occasionnally do some postprocesing in Painter. Une petite cousine du Quec, Miche

Bonjour Michelle, Thanks for your answer. Your website is really interesting Can you explain a little more what you do with photoshop and painter about fractals ? (in french if it's possible) Merci che cousine du Qubec :)

Bonjour Paul, I will answer first in French then I will translate to English. Mon outil principal de post-process est Painter. J'utilise Photoshop pour faire le 'Adjust levels', 'adjust variations' puis 'Unsharp Mask'. J'ai une version anglaise de Photoshop. Je ne sais pas c'est quoi les commandes en franis. Je crois que c'est 'Image/Rlages/Niveaux', Images/Rlages/Variantes et 'Filtres/Renforcement/accentuation'. Les deux premiers sont pour un rlage entre les ombres, les hautes lumies, la couleur. Painter ne le fait pas bien. L'accentuation parce que les images perdent de la nettetquand tu les rend dans des formats compatibles avec les autres logiciels et le Net et je veux en redonner. Pour Painter, je fais entre autre des encadrements et les signatures, mais je peux aussi retravailler la fractale avec des effets et textures qui ne sont disponibles dans UF. UF est tr versatile puisqu'il ge les couches, les calques et les masques et de nombreux effets obtenus dans d'autres logiciels sont possibles, mais il y a des choses que tu ne peux pas faire. Si tu connais un peu la programmation, tu peux coder tes propres ressources (plug-ins). My main program for post-processing is Painter. I use Photoshop for 'Image/Adjust/Levels', 'Image/Adjust/Variations' and 'Filters/Sharpen/Unsharp Mask'. The first two ones are for balancing shadows, highlights, color. Painter is not very good at it. Sharpening is because images blur when they are rendered in formats that are compatible with other softwares and the Net and I want to recover the sharpness. I use painter for all the other post-processing I want to do: frames, signatures, effects and textures not possible in UF. UF is very changeable as it manages layers, channels and masks and many effects you can get from other softwares are also possible but not always. If you know a little programming you can code your own ressources (plug-ins). Miche

For my creations I mostly use apophysis and always photoshop. I also use Poser,bryce and other fractal software sometimes. I don't know about tutorials concerning fractals and photoshoppostprocessing. But If you got specific questions and think I could be of any help send me and IM.

Hi -- Michelle Thanks a lot Miche for the useful details :) --Longrider Thanks a lot for your help too :) I am a beginner but i want to learn. Have a nice day!

Hi, Paul! I use Ultrafractal, almost exclusively. Usually, the only post-processing is in PaintShopPro, and that is only to add the signature. If you want to give fractaling a try, you could start with one of the free programs. (UF costs $59 US, I think) There are some great free generators. You can follow the link to find them, starting at http://www.fractalarts.com/ASF/Tutor1.html There are also some tutorials at that site. Or, check out http://www.fractalus.com/gumbycat/ForTheBeginner.html for some more info. Happy fractaling! Linda

Hi Paul, I use free fractal progs and PSP. I mainly use PSP for sigs and frames and such. It can also be used to tweak the colors if nessary. You can also remove the backgrounds and paste into another image. I've just started playing with the PSP plug-ins and there is so much you can achieve, it's hard to believe. Also for fractal programs, check out Paul N. Lee's website and Stephen Ferguson's website! Enjoy, William/paragon5

Linda, i need these links thanks!

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