nautileyes by whizstreet

Fractal • Abstract • posted on Jan 26, 2009

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Description

Incendia 1.1; PSP for slight gradient in the corners of the image, gaussian blur, sig, and frame. Full-size for better detail. Thank you for viewing.

Comments (9)

M2A

1:42AM | Tue, 27 January 2009

Nice design, a fine fractal pic.

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Lenord

11:51AM | Tue, 27 January 2009

One of the best Incendia pieces I have seen, awesome work here Peace

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amota99517

1:06PM | Tue, 27 January 2009

Wow! This is gorgeous!!!

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farmerC

1:36PM | Tue, 27 January 2009

Shining work.

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neoexcello

3:41AM | Wed, 28 January 2009

Ok, I've been thinking of you as the wizard of apophysis, but I guess I'm going to have to expand that. You managed to overcome one of incendia's weak points---the harsh, sawtooth edges and the way the focus doesn't soften in the background parts of the image. It looks like you used the vol. fog to soften the center, but how you got that marvelous, velvety softness to the rest of the image is masterful and a mystery to me. You put together the best results of your apo work, (the finish, 3D depth, and rich, saturated colors), and the best 3d possibilities of incendia. Hats of to you.

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whizstreet

11:53AM | Wed, 28 January 2009

In reply to neoexcello's comment regarding the softness of the image, I did use volume fog to achieve some of the softness. In addition, some of the softness came from rendering the image very large, then applying a couple of passes with a mild Gaussian blur in PSP, and then resizing the entire image in PSP. Collectively, that procedure helped to eliminate the jagged and sawtooth edges that seem somewhat inherent with Incendia. I neglected to mention the gaussian blur treatment in my original image description. In fairness, I have edited the description to make reference to the blur. Also, sometimes I find that a shorter render time produces more of the feel I want than a long render. I just play around to see what seems to get me where I want to go. ya works with what ya got...... Apo also seems to have some issues with jagged edges in certain situations such is fine lines, sharp angles. Those I usually deal with by rendering large and then down-sizing. Regards, Scott (whizstreet)

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spiegel428

5:16PM | Wed, 28 January 2009

Very nice image! I also appreciate the tips about rendering and post-processing.

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afugatt

6:56PM | Thu, 29 January 2009

Very beautiful! I love the colors.

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FractalForum

5:43PM | Fri, 13 February 2009

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