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MichaelFaber — Disc Spiral Tutorial
Published: 2006-08-26 07:34:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 35413; Favourites: 228; Downloads: 2232
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Tutorial for making Apophyisis flame such as [link] [link] [link]This is more of an advanced tutorial, and should take a while to get the hang of.
Thanks to =WelshWench and `JoelFaber for looking it over before i submited it.
Let me know what you think, and make with it.
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Hi Michael -
Got your msg today - 11/21/06 - a few days later for me for sure, but I've been swamped meeting art deadlines - sooooo, better late than never. I really appreciate your help - I did read some query on FracFan, someone else was as lost as I was - thank goodness I'm not alone in that "state." Then I also remembered doing this very routine with another tut a while back - oh, how quickly the mind gets clogged with all this stuff and we "forget" how we did something. But then again - I am a Blonde - sooooooo - 
Again, thank you for your help and for all these terrific tools you make for we Apo addicts out here - you'll never know how much you are loved for your generosity of sharing. And for all the brain work you do working on this stuff - I'm a pretty good artist, but this techie stuff - arrrrrrgh - kills off brain cells just trying to wrap my mind around how to go about programming...scripting, whatever!
You guys are the greatest!
artfully speaking,
fractalista
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actually i didn't make the image variation. my brother ~JoelFaber coded it. i just made the tutorial
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I've yet to play with this, but I agree that some more specific values could help those of us who are less experienced understand the process you wen't thru to acheive the finished result.
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the purpose of this tutorial is to get people to explore, learn, and try new things. The purpose is not how to make 'disc spirals'. i think specific values would be counter productive.
there are many resources available to beginners and intermediate users that you may want to check out first.
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I'm sure it's a nice tutorial..but when I tried it I got nothing but a couple little dots on my screen. Oh well..guess I'll try some more.
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yup, try again. You probably have a transform with no variations, or forgot to add blur to the blur transform
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Yep I got it figured out. Got the disc shape and what not. Had the blue set to the wrong transform haha...gonna mess with it more. Thanks for the tutorial
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errr blue = blur lol was looking at your avatar thinking blue when I typed it. doh
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Hey there? This is a wonderful tutorial and I fully intend on trying it out!!
But I have a completely newbie question to ask of you. Rendering... I've not been able to find an explanation on how to save the images I create. I've made one or two I've been proud of and had to scrap them because I don't know how to save them in a format I can use.
... could you maybe tell me where I'm going wrong? I'd be eternally grateful!
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Hello Foxxie,
to make an image file (jpeg, png, bmp) you need to render. the render to disk button is a yellow/orange gear icon near the top left of the main apophysis window. you will get a window that pops up to ask you what resolution, quality, and where you want to save it to. rendering will take a while, depending on what resolution and quality you set.
this tutorial is ment to be for advanced users, if you want other resources to try, there is a huge list here [link] to get you started
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Ah, thank you so much!!
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Wow great tutorial, Michael. I'm definitely going to play with this.
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Very nice. After I render I will have some examples to show. I snuck in a fan transform too and that did some cool things.
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Thanks for sharing your wisdom, and good work on the tutorial itself as well!
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Thanks for making this.
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Yay! I tried it. Here's the results...Burnished [link]
I have a problem knowing what proportions of each variable to use (I know it shouldn't be the same every time, but I can also see that some ratios don't work at all) so it may not look at all like you intended. But I learned a lot and that's what matters! 
Thank you!
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learning is all that i intended
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Thank you very much
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ooooo wow! a tutorial!
except I'm obviously not clever enough with Apophysis to use it LOL I theoretically understand everything, but when I stop the linear aspect and apply some disc, I get nothing like you do! This is a very different way of using Apophysis for me, I taught myself a completely different (and probably utterly simplistic) way. I'll keep perservering!
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pfffffffff ignore me! new tutorial panic. sorted it out
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Whee-ha! I've always wanted a tutorial from you--it's like Christmas!!
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Totally awesome tut Michael! Thank you! *FAVE*
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Michael thanks for this tutorial. I too have to say though that it is a little vague. More screen shots would be helpful. Is the spiral variation supposed to be used here as well? I really do appreciate your willingness to share your wonderful talent with all of us.
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nope, no spiral variation here
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Glee! The master shares his secrets!
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You rule Michael! heres my result if you would like to see
[link]
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I like the way you made the tutorial, it gives a person the freedom to create their own flame and not just copy something you made. very nice job.
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It's a little bit too vague. I mean, I really don't like the tutorials that are like exact to three decimal points, but this was a little too vague for me to get anything interesting out of it. :/
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Great tut, but erh... i think i followed the tut, but i couldn't get anything that even remotely looked like your example you used... only a disc-like figure with 2 or 3 whirly kind of lines going out (and that on 2 triangles, and 1 FX triangle... the way you described it, right?)
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yeah 2 transforms is all you need
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well... i will keep on trying, and who knows i will make something good eventually
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Looks like a pretty good tutorial, not very clear on all the steps though.
I'll try to see what I can get out of it, even though i've been on a roll with not using tutorials or scripts lately.
Thanks for posting it!
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i'm so goin to use this
but in a dif way. not to steal ur way of makin these or anythin
lol
thanks
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I'm gonna mess around with this tutorial today. I need something to do while I do nothing today.
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Thanks so much for the tut, I can't wait to see what I can do with it.
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Finally a tutorial for apophysis.
I already tried apophysis and made really nice images...but i was not able to do any specific effect. I want more!
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Thank you.
Spherical FX rules.
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