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frchblndy — Midnight Tide Tutorial
Published: 2008-04-03 03:44:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 13573; Favourites: 152; Downloads: 3033
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Ok I finally got this together. Here is a tutorial to create these glowing orbs I've been messing around with lately. I know there are some similar tutorials out there, but not exactly like this one. So here it is. Just keep in mind that this is my very first tutorial... so if you see mistakes or something I missed please let me know. I will be more than happy to fix it.This tutorial is for the average user. I did not explain where all of the buttons etc are. If you do my tutorial I would love some feed back on how it went & what you came up with so drop me a note!
Thanks!
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This is the second time I've attempted your tutorial. My results look kind of like yours (at least I see some resemblance), but it's so grainy - even after reducing the gamma. I don't know how to get a nice, smooth effect. Any advice? [link]
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It might be because you used a regular triangle instead of the Final Transform (button at the top that says FX) That triangle always defaults to n/a in weight. A third regular triangle could make dramatic differences to my final image. Try that and see if it helps. It looks like you are on the right track besides that though!
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That's precisely what I did. Thanks for the reply, I'll have to try it again!
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Good I hope that helps then! It should make a big difference. I actually redid my tutorial and used a third triangle instead of the FX (final transform) as a test on my theory and like yours it got very grainy. Let me know how it goes!
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I got it! It's funny though, it didn't look very crisp and clear when I was working on it and I despaired ever getting the results I've seen from others, but the final render looks great.
[link]
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Ah yes that worked!! Nice job
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Hello.... sorry about that... but I'm new on it.
Where is the tutorial???
I just can see the image...
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Wonderful Tutorial [link] is my creation!!
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Awesome tutorial, thanks for sharing! I didn't even know I could mess around with the variables and transform tabs, and it's always nice to learn something new.
This is what came out of my try ^_^ [link]
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Very nice!! I'm glad you enjoyed my tutorial! My purpose for writing a tutorial instead of a script was to help people learn their way around Apo a bit. I am still learning new things about the program every time I open it and mess around. It's a very neat program! I'm glad you were so successful!
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i tried it again after trying a few months ago and still nothing. it's wrong somewhere
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Actually I have had many people do it with success, some had missed one thing and it did not come out for them, then they got it. There are a lot of little calculations that if just one is even transposed you'll come up with something completely different. I even did that myself when I tested my tutorial. I thought boy I typed my tutorial wrong and wracked my brain to figure out what... then I found that I missed one calculation and when I discovered that bam! It was exact! lol So believe me I understand your thoughts for I had the same about my own tutorial to start lol
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Your wonderful Resources have been featured here.[link]
Thank you for providing the gallery with such awesome Resources.
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My outcome!
[link]
Thanks for sharing
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Nice work! And thanks so much for sharing!
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hehe Thanks to you! 
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here I'm again 
Thank you again - it was a pleasure to do it
Greetings Esther
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Very nice! So metallic I love it
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Thank you very much for sharing this tutorial
I've made download and hope I can try to do it soon
Greetings Esther
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You're very welcome, I hope you enjoy it
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i tried it last week, but somewhere i lost something
i'll try again these days
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After I made the tutorial I attempted it also and missed something lol. I wanted to make sure the tutorial was correct before I uploaded. It drove me crazy till i figured out what I did wrong in my own tutorial 
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now i get it... it was interesting at the start though on the julia variation.. it had an interesting shape
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Good! hehe I'll have to take a look when you post it
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i'll post something when i'll get it right ) i'll have to ask params and stuff soon
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I will glad give you the params
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waiting for the note
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yeah... too bad i have some etchings to do for school. and i still have tons of unrendered pieces
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That is gorgeous. I also like the font, what is it called? 
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Thank you!
The font is called akaPotsley. I'm pretty sure I got it off of [link] They have a ton of awesome free fonts!
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Brilliant tutorial ... well written and easy to follow.
I've just uploaded one here [link] I can see me becoming addicted
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Thank you! I'm glad you found it easy to use! And your work is stunning!
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I love learning new techiques. Thanks for taking the time to do the tutorial.
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You're welcome! I hope you enjoy!
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*rubs hands together greedily* Thank you thank you thank you for this!
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