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This release is mainly a bugfix release for the 0.47 beta, with many improvements to the user interface fixing issues such as the fractal not scaling when you changed resolution, imaging settings being spuriously reset and not saved properly etc. Hopefully it's a bit more friendly to use now
It'll still crash if you try to restore state without having the original params loaded, that'll be fixed in the next release.
Another important change in this build is restored native support for bipolar, thanks to code Xyrus-02 provided from Apo7X15C beta 3. I'm hoping the small difference in handling the divide by zero and negative log etc will finally enable full compatibility - please test this and report if something looks wrong!
Thanks
Changelog:
0.48:
* Changed copyright to Glare Technologies Ltd.
* Added Glare Tech's Winter scripting language (not exposed yet)
* Added batch rendering
* Fixed zillions of UI issues related to handling of parameters / state
* Fixed epsilon in cross (Thanks again to FarDareisMai), possibly some other variations
* Added native foci variation
* Using native bipolar again, please test!
0.47:
* Added colour curves
* Improved image quality slightly, re-enabled SS 1 mode for large images (to allow higher max res in 32bit)
* Added IFS browser window, editable resolution / SS fields
This release is mainly a bugfix release for the 0.47 beta, with many improvements to the user interface fixing issues such as the fractal not scaling when you changed resolution, imaging settings being spuriously reset and not saved properly etc. Hopefully it's a bit more friendly to use now
It'll still crash if you try to restore state without having the original params loaded, that'll be fixed in the next release.Another important change in this build is restored native support for bipolar, thanks to code Xyrus-02 provided from Apo7X15C beta 3. I'm hoping the small difference in handling the divide by zero and negative log etc will finally enable full compatibility - please test this and report if something looks wrong!
Thanks
Changelog:
0.48:
* Changed copyright to Glare Technologies Ltd.
* Added Glare Tech's Winter scripting language (not exposed yet)
* Added batch rendering
* Fixed zillions of UI issues related to handling of parameters / state
* Fixed epsilon in cross (Thanks again to FarDareisMai), possibly some other variations
* Added native foci variation
* Using native bipolar again, please test!
0.47:
* Added colour curves
* Improved image quality slightly, re-enabled SS 1 mode for large images (to allow higher max res in 32bit)
* Added IFS browser window, editable resolution / SS fields
How can the new dA be so terrible?
It's actually kind of impressive just how bad it is.
Changes
Last night we learnt that our dear friend in fractals, Light Ska Iktomi, has passed away: Devious Journal Entry
She was the sweetest, kindest person you could hope to meet online, and really held the Aposhack (https://www.deviantart.com/aposhack) community together for many years. Those years were some of the best in my life, mostly because of the fractal scene, and she was so so dear to many of us... I genuinely weep for her passing, she was a great one :(
Some more sad news unfortunately, is that I have left my job at Glare Technologies after 9 years. When I joined Glare, I handed over the rights to Chaotica (... it's that old), and they will continue to own it; I've per
Stochastic Labs and SIGGRAPH
I'm doing a residency at Stochastic Labs in Berkeley until July 25th, then will be in Vancouver in August 11-16 giving a talk at SIGGRAPH (!!), finally touring around western USA again in September.
If you're in the area and wanna meet up lemme know! I'll try to organise a talk at UC Berkeley with a bunch of flame fractal people (Erik Reckase, FarDareisMai (https://www.deviantart.com/fardareismai), Platinus (https://www.deviantart.com/platinus), mfeemster (https://www.deviantart.com/mfeemster)) around mid July, that would be really cool if it happens :D
Interview
Hi guys, it's been a while, no? ^^;
Recently I was contacted by Ricky Jarnagin aka DsyneGrafix (https://www.deviantart.com/dsynegrafix) to do an interview, as part of a series he did on some of the people involved in early Mandelbulb days. Of course I was delighted, and that's just gone up on his website: https://fractal.institute/an-interview-with-thomas-ludwig/
Thanks Ricky! :ahoy:
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It seems I have a bit of a problem here... I'm using Apophysis 7x, and apparently linear 3d is not supported (?). Also, when I load the fractal, I get an error in the msdos console "Warning: Error resetting variable flower_petal". I checked the list of xform variables, there is no such one used in my flame o_O. If you'd like, I can send you a *.flame file.