Forum: Fractals


Subject: Opinions please! Gallery Guidelines...

nickcharles opened this issue on Oct 04, 2004 ยท 132 posts


XenoDreamSoftware posted Tue, 05 October 2004 at 3:09 AM

Confining my thoughts to the status quo for the moment... UF and XD in particular include non-fractal shapes, but they are mathematical not hand-drawn or imported, and many people aren't sure which is which anyway, so it makes sense to post them here unless the artist wants to put them in 2D, 3D or whatever. UF with Bringitin or XD with picture mapping are typically doing texture mapping onto a fractal shape or formula, so in most cases it's sensible to post here. But for example if you just map a photo onto a cube I don't think many would really want to see it in this gallery. Yes, the time is fast approaching when the XD release version will export 3D meshes. My opinion is that they will generally belong in the appropriate other galleries such as Bryce unless they feature obvious fractal structures. However, meshes are not ideal for high resolution fractals so that will likely be a minority of such renders. Regards, Garth