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Velvet--Glove — Ultra Fractal Marble Tutorial
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Published: 2007-10-31 14:10:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 29397; Favourites: 331; Downloads: 4697
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UPDATED FILE: Version 1.1 ~ October 7th 2014This tutorial shows you how to make great 3D style marbles like the one above using Ultra Fractal . Topics covered include the basics of 3D Mapping, adding a Glass Hemisphere and how to use further layers and masks to add various highlights and shadows to a sphere.
This tutorial is not recommended for complete beginners (e.g. those who have just downloaded UF and looking for their first tutorial) but if you have at least a little experience and familiarity with the program interface then you should find it quite accessible.
TROUBLE WITH THE PARAMETERS?
- Some users have reported being unable to copy/paste the parameters when reading the tutorial in a web browser.
- This is not a fault in the file.
- Best solution is to download a physical copy of the PDF and open it from your hard drive.
- Adobe Digital Editions has been reported as a good app to use for this. Good old Adobe Reader should work too.
If you find this tutorial useful please come back and vote for it by adding this to your Favourites! I'm sure others would love to see any marbles made using these techniques as much as me so please do leave a comment below with a link to your creations! 
My thanks go to the following Deviants for offering their services as beta testers and helping to iron out a few little problems before public release: Baz135 , CVaznis , Fraxa , one-tough-one , z00reka .Revision History
- October 31st 2007. Original v1.0 uploaded.
- October 7th 2014. v.1.1: broken links to tutorials on other websites removed, typo corrected.
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This is an awesome tutorial Chris. Having another go to get my brain operational once more. Thank you very much for this work you've shared with everyone. 
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You're welcome. I hope it helps you to understand and learn these techniques as well as kick starting the old brain function.
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You're welcome! I hope you find it helpful.
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Thankyou its a bit hard but im going to have a go.
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The Download button is at the top right of the page, above the "Featured in Collections" area. It has a green arrow on it.
Don't forget to 
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You're welcome. I'm glad you found it helpful.
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Thank you, again. All kinds of helpful goodies on your pages.
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I've been using it almost nightly for a couple of years now. It has never done a single malicious thing to my laptop.
It's unsafe in one way: it is thoroughly addictive. We all here in DA Fractal Land may have to form a Fractaholics Anonymous Clinic, with hundreds of beds, and a team of bearded psychiatrists wearing jackets with suede elbow patches, each smoking a pipe.
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Very funny about the clinic
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Yes, it's safe. It's a commercial program. You can download and try a free demo version from ultrafractal.com to evaluate how it works. Renders will come out with a watermark all over them until it's bought & registered, though.
It's a highly sophisticated and powerful program. For information on how to get off to a good start and the best tutorials do read my guide to Learning Ultra Fractal here:
I hope this helps.
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Thanks, I hope you find it useful!
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Have to say that this tutorial is GREAT. It really shines through that you know what you are talking about.
My first try using this tutorial is here: ingunn88.deviantart.com/art/Fl…
Still need to fine-tune it once I get more familiar with UF though
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That's good to hear, Ingunn, I'm so pleased you found the tutorial informative and useful. Your image looks really great and you did a good job with the marbles. Thanks for the link!
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You're welcome. I hope it helps you with the techniques.
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Thanks a lot for share this wonderful tutorial. The results are here: margot1942.deviantart.com/gall…
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You're welcome and I'm glad you found it useful! I see you have been busy with your marble collection, you have made a great start!
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You're welcome. I hope it helps you to understand and learn this technique!
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One of the great pieces in the history of the Ultra Fractal Movement!!!! My first and only learning asset... Learned everything I know about this app form this one Tutorial!
- once again an honour to serve as a test pilot.....
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Great! Thanks for the glowing endorsement of my tutorial, heh heh!
...and thanks for your help at the time, it was most useful to have a range of testers.
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excellent Velvet! very good explanation and great tutorial! well done!
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I'm so glad you found this helpful, thanks for the feedback and
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Always welcome Velvet! Absolutely great job!
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Thank you for this tutorial, I was out of ideas and this inspired me, and I've also learned something new about UF.
Here my first marble [link]
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I'm so glad to hear this helped you. Thanks for the link, I've left a comment!
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I've never gone past the basics with ultra fractal as i was not sure what I could do with it. This tutorial will definately get me going again. Many thanks!
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You're welcome. I hope that this tutorial will motivate and help you learn a little more. Good luck!
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Thank you for this tutorial- especially the 3-D section. I've always had difficulty going from a basic circular image to a polished "3-D" marble. My 3-D skills are quite lacking, it seems.
I will try to make use of this information when I try to add a 3-D effect to an image...
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You're welcome, I hope that with the help of this tutorial you will succeed!
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You're welcome, I hope you find it useful!
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thanks for taking the time... pretty comprehensive tut..
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You're welcome, I hope it will help you on your journey with Ultra Fractal.
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Hi Chris!
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Good job on your first marble, I'm glad you found the tutorial useful. Thanks for the link! 
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Thanks, and you are welcome!
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I followed most of it, but as a beginner, I have to become more familiar with the location of menus and tools. I'll get it eventually, and then I'm sure I am going to love this tutorial! It is so nice when people like you share info like this.
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Ah... I did indicate in the artist comments above that this was not suitable for a complete beginner so I'm not surprised you found it a little hard going. Trying it later on would be ideal. 
Good luck!
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