Logo by S Nelson - Contribute your own Logo!

END OF AN ERA, FRACTALFORUMS.COM IS CONTINUED ON FRACTALFORUMS.ORG

it was a great time but no longer maintainable by c.Kleinhuis contact him for any data retrieval,
thanks and see you perhaps in 10 years again

this forum will stay online for reference
News: Visit us on facebook
 
*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register. March 28, 2024, 09:18:27 PM


Login with username, password and session length


The All New FractalForums is now in Public Beta Testing! Visit FractalForums.org and check it out!


Pages: [1]   Go Down
  Print  
Share this topic on DiggShare this topic on FacebookShare this topic on GoogleShare this topic on RedditShare this topic on StumbleUponShare this topic on Twitter
Author Topic: chaotica v0.1 released  (Read 2765 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
lycium
Fractal Supremo
*****
Posts: 1158



WWW
« on: September 12, 2010, 03:08:33 PM »



after many years of working on ad hoc flame fractal renderers, i've developed one with flam3/apophysis compatibility  afro

a 32bit windows distribution can be found here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3038174/chaotica_0.1_32.zip


it aims to be faster and more efficient than flam3/apophysis, delivering much higher quality images with less noise in less time. for an idea of what's possible with this renderer, check out this 1920x1200 1:1 crop of platinus' opioid or this render of meckie's aphasic.

bug reports are appreciated, thanks smiley
« Last Edit: September 12, 2010, 04:31:20 PM by lycium, Reason: added image link to download » Logged

Sockratease
Global Moderator
Fractal Senior
******
Posts: 3181



« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2010, 04:30:11 PM »

Downloaded this and had a quick go around.

Maybe it's because that darn animation in Mandelbulb 3D is *STILL* running, but it was a bit too slow right now.

It did run on Windows Vista Home Premium with no issues though cheesy

Will have more feedback if this animation ever finishes!!
Logged

Life is complex - It has real and imaginary components.

The All New Fractal Forums is now in Public Beta Testing! Visit FractalForums.org and check it out!
Lee Oliver
Fractal Fanatic
****
Posts: 314



« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2010, 05:11:25 PM »

I cannot load any of my apophysis flame files.  The test file included seems to work correctly, however when I try to load mine it encounters a problem and closes the window.  Beyond that I think it could be a very good program.

Edit:  I found the problem and the program is working fine, sorry for the false alarm. smiley
« Last Edit: September 12, 2010, 05:16:27 PM by BrutalToad » Logged

Kalo’smi lokaksayakrt-pravrddho
Lokan smahartum-iha pravrttah|

rte’pi twam na bhavisyanti sarve
ye’vasthitah pratyanikesu yodhah
Nahee_Enterprises
World Renowned
Fractal Senior
******
Posts: 2250


use email to contact


nahee_enterprises Nahee.Enterprises NaheeEnterprise
WWW
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2010, 10:28:53 AM »

    after many years of working on ad hoc flame fractal renderers,
    i've developed one with flam3/apophysis compatibility
    a 32bit windows distribution can be found....
    bug reports are appreciated, thanks  smiley

Yes, it has been awhile since you first mentioned the program.  Got it downloaded, installed, and a few first tries with it.  Have already noticed one thing that seems to be left out, the ability to save images in the usual graphic file formats.  But I am assuming that is because .BMP is much easier, and the others usually require library inclusions.

Will have to spend more time with this later on.
 
Logged

lycium
Fractal Supremo
*****
Posts: 1158



WWW
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2010, 10:38:25 AM »

Thanks for trying it out Paul smiley

You're correct that BMP is currently the only output format because it doesn't require the use of external libraries; I've had the request to support PNG before, this is something I'd like to add quite soon. In the mean time though, I would suggest using the excellent IrfanView to convert from BMP to other formats - it does an exceptional job of JPEG compression since you can tell it not to destroy the colour information via subsampling (which is notably lacking in most other such software). I figured since this conversion would usually happen anyway (even PNG can produce quite large files as it is lossless), and so left it at that.

I'm reluctant to add JPEG output though, since it would probably be the option selected by a casual user not aware of the potential for image degradation through repeated JPEG'ing. Chaotica is all about delivering the highest possible quality fractal renders smiley
Logged

Nahee_Enterprises
World Renowned
Fractal Senior
******
Posts: 2250


use email to contact


nahee_enterprises Nahee.Enterprises NaheeEnterprise
WWW
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2010, 11:24:31 AM »

    Thanks for trying it out Paul   smiley

It is a difficult job keeping up with all the fractal related software available these days, but somebody has to do it.    wink

    ....I would suggest using the excellent IrfanView to convert from BMP to other formats -
    it does an exceptional job of JPEG compression since you can tell it not to destroy the
    colour information via subsampling (which is notably lacking in most other such software).

Yes, I have been a user and promoter of IrfanView (and the GIMP) for several years now.  I find its abilities much better than some of the high-end graphic editors that cost way too much money.  And adding JPEG is probably not really worth the effort, especially if you eventually add the .PNG file format.

Will be looking forward to playing with this some more, and seeing where you will go with it in further releases.

Thanks for making the download available!!!   cheesy
 
Logged

Thunderwave
Guest
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2010, 03:43:35 PM »

It would be nice if it ran on Macs. undecided
Logged
lycium
Fractal Supremo
*****
Posts: 1158



WWW
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2010, 12:13:15 AM »

it should build on linux, so i'll give it a crack on mac os sometime smiley
Logged

Thunderwave
Guest
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2010, 01:43:30 AM »

YEAH! cheesy
Logged
lycium
Fractal Supremo
*****
Posts: 1158



WWW
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2010, 03:48:17 PM »

first mac version is out: http://www.fractalforums.com/chaotica/chaotica-v0-21-released-first-mac-version/
Logged

Pages: [1]   Go Down
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Related Topics
Subject Started by Replies Views Last post
chaotica v0.2 released Chaotica lycium 0 984 Last post September 26, 2010, 04:29:32 PM
by lycium
chaotica v0.21 released, first mac version Chaotica lycium 0 1244 Last post October 18, 2010, 02:49:21 PM
by lycium
chaotica v0.3 beta1 released Chaotica lycium 0 1373 Last post October 24, 2010, 10:27:15 PM
by lycium
Chaotica 0.666 (all platforms) Chaotica lycium 0 917 Last post January 22, 2013, 02:45:50 AM
by lycium
Chaotica 1.5 released Chaotica lycium 5 2017 Last post April 04, 2014, 01:20:49 AM
by Akhiris

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS! Dilber MC Theme by HarzeM
Page created in 0.279 seconds with 29 queries. (Pretty URLs adds 0.013s, 2q)