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Balance by =banana-tree:iconbanana-tree:

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This is a recent render that I did with the help of *IDeviant's Rendering Optimization Tutorial ([link])

sorry for the low quality at places, I wanted to do some minor color editing, for which the default picture editor of Vista required the .jpeg format, which messed some of the details up.

Again, an extensive tweak of the Etched Forms Script of *CabinTom

rendered in Apophysis 2.07 beta2

enjoy!

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=IDeviant Jan 6, 2008, 7:43:33 AM
Smoooth :D I really like this technique, but I have seen some jagged horrors. Glad the optimisation's helped - as the epispiral thickness approaches zero, things can get very jagged indeed.

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=banana-tree Jan 6, 2008, 7:49:43 AM
heh thanks :)
I think you should also promote .png in your tutorials, I often see some lovely pieces go to waste because of .jpeg smudging out the details (such as in this one on a minor scale, but it was necessary in my case :D)

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=IDeviant Jan 6, 2008, 8:26:38 AM
I understand the theory, but I have to admit that I can't really tell the difference between 100% .jpeg and .png. I can only assume that the .jpegs you see must be sub-100%. The compression achieved even at that level is such as to make browsing at full view quite comfortable to my 2 meg connection. .pngs are annoyingly slow... This, for instance, is only .jpeg yet the clarity is stunning. Still, it might be worth at least presenting the pros and cons :nod:

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=banana-tree Jan 6, 2008, 12:44:46 PM
well, the size is certainly an issue, and jpeg's good at that, but I tend to choose quality over size at that point.
And I've also observed a pattern of .jpeg being better with UF fractals when compared to Apo flames for some reason. But in both renderers, .jpeg just blows the saturated blues and reds (I'd rendered the same very red fractal in UF with both formats, the difference was striking).. There must be a technical explanation to that, but well, it's probably a compromise to reduce the size..

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=IDeviant Jan 7, 2008, 1:08:09 AM
Hmmm, I must look into that a bit more, then. Never thought to look at colour difference. But it will always be .jpeg for prints - even the premium account has an 80MB limit and some 100% .jpegs can blow that at 9000 x 12000 :O Never mind the upload time!

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=banana-tree Jan 14, 2008, 2:01:02 PM
:D

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~drhazmat Feb 8, 2008, 7:06:15 AM
this is pretty sweet
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=banana-tree Feb 8, 2008, 8:51:43 AM
glad you think so, thanks :)

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