[chaoscope] first questions ...
- From: luiz braga <lbraga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: chaoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 22:03:35 -0400 (EDT)
Hello Nicolas and all,
I'm a new-kid-on-the-strange-attractors-block .
I installed the 0.3 a few days ago.
I don't know much about it but I'm already
having tons of fun with it.
To me .. it works like some kind of MAGIC ...
Questions:
What is the maximum number of iterations
that can be applied to a render? There's a point
where I increase the 'iterations' but the estimated
time of complition does not increase anymore.
Does it mean it reached a 'limit'?
( this is a dumb question )
When I save a csview file in the projects folder
it gets lost. I'm not able to find it when I open
the prokects folder .. there I just find the csproj
files. Why???
Thanks a lot!
keep up the fantastic work.
Louis Braga
-----Original Message-----
>From: Chaoscope <chaoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jul 1, 2006 8:45 AM
>To: chaoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [chaoscope] Re: Color combinations for rendering solids
>
>Hi Christian, Sven, Peter, Manny, Zak, hello all,
>
>Christian: The only way one can adjust a Solid Mode lighting set is by
>editing the project file manually, i.e. open the project file in Notepad
>and changing the "direction" and "color" components. Read the 5th
>chapter of the manual to understand how these values are stored. You can
>also use the "Random Lights" feature but you will most likely get a
>green and/or a magenta set of lights for some random reason. :-)
>Furthermore, you can load one of the gallery Solid projects View
>Settings (by loading a project as a .csview) to replace your current set.
>
>Zak: a .csview file is a Chaoscope View Settings file, it's a project
>file minus the attractor information. You can save them in your project
>folder if you wish. They're useful if you want to reuse a combination of
>gradients or lights on different projects for instance. When you load a
>.csview file all the information it contains replaces the current
>project View Settings. Read the 5th chapter of the manual and tell us
>what you need clarified.
>
>Hopefully once everyone will have familiarized themselves with the new
>version, standard Solid View Settings will become available online. I
>plan to upload a batch to the web site at some point.
>
>As for choosing the right colors and the right lights, it's all down to
>your personal taste and talent, there is no secret: the more energy you
>will spend tweaking the Solid mode parameters (colors, Opacity, Gamma,
>Roughness, etc.) the nicer your render will be.
>
>About post-processing: I have absolutely nothing against it, a picture
>is beautiful or it isn't regardless of how it was created. However I
>can't display post-processed renders on the web site galleries because
>they're a showcase of Chaoscope output. Imagine the kind of emails I
>would receive if I had inserted a semi-naked female character on a
>render (like I've seen done on Renderosity). :-)
>
>3D export of an attractor has been discussed at length in the
>mailing-list and there's little I can add that hasn't been said already.
>The feature will most likely be implemented in version 0.4.
>
>After receiving a couple of licensing inquiries, I've decided that 0.4
>will introduce a "commercial use" fee. This means that anyone who will
>sell resources created on Chaoscope 0.4 will have to contribute to the
>project financially. This doesn't apply to all versions pre 0.4 and will
>not affect most of you, Chaoscope will remain free for non-commercial use.
>
>I've attached a project for you to play with, it's a close relative of
>"Horloge Interne". :-)
>
>Regards,
>
>Nicolas Desprez
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