Oh, you guys are the best! I did save the fractals, and one of these days I'll probably render them all again and try and put it all together. Gunsan, I usually try and remember to duplicate because of all of the layers, but in this one I just kept working like a mad woman. LOL It just wanted to be born and I just let it. etomchek, I had closed it out.......I'm saving the little pic as a reminder to slow down and do the steps while I work.

I hadn't even checked the size blushes I get caught up in making the thumbnails work that I forget to see what my original is. It's there, so I guess it was o.k. Thanks! Miriah

O.k, this is my first time at this. I posted my entry, now where do I find the page, or is that posted at a later time? feeling a little silly for not knowing Miriah

No problem midnightblue. I think a lot of people are in the same situation. (I think it means you're popular...grins)

Yup, me too. My idiot factor is evident. I think it's safer to just go back to being the Quiet part of Riot and learn what I'm talking about before I shove my foot down my throat instead of just in my mouth.

Mark, I have to agree with Kat. I also belong to the APO mailing list, and I read everything that's written. Most of it is beyond my current knowledge. What's wrong with a bunch of newbies working their way through problems and giving each other a large dose of encouragement? We do it with other fractal programs. (and I have yet to see pizza mentioned in any of the notes on the mailing list, LOL) Ease up a little. We're not trying to steal anything....just trying to wade our way through and chatter a bit in the process.

I noticed that when you squish in a triangle, it tends to spread the fractal out. Sort of the opposite of what you generally want. My problem is getting the angle right. I made a couple of lovely wreaths that just won't sit right. The more I fiddle with them the worse they get. (but my wheat came out beautifully) LOL I get the drift on how to invert things (so to speak) but can't quite get the hang of it well enough. Did someone say we should stop to eat and sleep? Maybe that's my problem. Not enough of either. The only thing I miss about version 2 is being able to change the background color, but finally figured out how to do that in psp without too much trouble.

blushes That's lingo dummy.

I finally gave up on Apo 2 and went back to using the original. I don't have UF and saving the images in JPEG really seemed to muck them up in version 2.(Although I still belong to the mail list) I do however love the original. I've gotten pretty good at getting some pretty decent results (I'm a fiddler...can't leave anything alone)and they save nicely. Is there a way to open the flame fractals in Fractal Explorer and play with them there...or use fractals from FE in APO? (no, I'm never happy with what I have and can't afford to purchase any more programs at the moment)I too am a longo dummy, but if I can get things to work, anyone can. Just keep playing with it! Oh, and I will take all of your tips from here and try them out. grins

There are always those who take more pleasure in hurting people than in giving a kind word of encouragement. Sour grapes...ignore them. Angie, don't ever let anyone beat you down and try and tell you that your art is not original or worth viewing. We each put a piece of our soul into our work. That is total originality and worth the look and a bit of appluase! Hang in there! Miriah

That sounds like fun! Have a good time!

My dial up is currently running at 28.8! That's light speed compared to it's normal 24.8. I haven't put any new pieces in the gallery because I feel that if I can't comment on other's work, maybe I shouldn't be asking for comments on mine. It's a no win situation. I'd give anything for a few hours to look through each day.

I learned that the hard way. I feel a little guilty about posting in the gallery though. I look, but barely have time to comment on anyone else's work. It seems a little greedy if I'm not going to do that and still expect others to look at my stuff.

Thanks Cosine. that was the last bit I needed.Now I will try again!

I love flame fractals, but for some reason AP crashes on me too much.