Bored on a friday night

[Dallidas]

i was bored out of my mind on friday, so I made these with chaoscope and some PS editing.

Hope you like them:thumb:

[evil_genius_180]

If you made these Friday, why did you wait to post them until today? They're cool. :)

[Dallidas]

never really thought about it i suppose.

got a favorite?

[uniderth]

pretty funky cool!

[evil_genius_180]

never really thought about it i suppose.

got a favorite?

Well, think next time, dammit!! :lol:

Fav? Yeah, definitely that green one. It looks the most malevolent. :flippy:

[Dallidas]

Well, think next time, dammit!! :lol:

Fav? Yeah, definitely that green one. It looks the most malevolent. :flippy:

sorry sorry...lol i was at a soccer camp from 6am to 830pm in 100 degree weather, i was tired. lol

and thanks both of you for the compliments.

the green one reminded me of a space battle in some way.

[Dallidas]

2 new ones and an old one for ya.:thumb:

[evil_genius_180]

Good, I was hoping you had something new 'cause I'm bored on a Monday night. :p

These are cool. I like that last one 'cause it's shiny. :D

[Dallidas]

Good, I was hoping you had something new 'cause I'm bored on a Monday night. :p

These are cool. I like that last one 'cause it's shiny. :D


you wouldnt happen to be blonde would you? lol

i could make it daily. one for everyday, could get interesting

[evil_genius_180]

No, actually I have brown hair and was very tired when I posted. :p

[Dallidas]

ok since i didnt post one yesterdaylol, heres to for ya.

[evil_genius_180]

So, you got today's yet? :shiner:

[chrono]

OUCH!

lol!

[Tovette]

How did you make those? Very beautiful. :)

[chrono]

chaoscope is a fractual program that also renders. Pretty nice stuf but it's tough on render times.

[Dallidas]

chaoscope is a fractual program that also renders. Pretty nice stuf but it's tough on render times.
and a little photoshopping of course.

but render times arnt that bad for me, 1 minute average for those.

ill get you one today, promise. lol currently working on my WIP (http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/3d-wips/3111-future-sg-fighter.html#post61217) so thats keeping me busy, and also the occasional enemy territory.:thumb:

[Dallidas]

heres one for today! and one for tomorrow lol! just in case.

[Ozylot]

Facinating...
Mind sharing some of the settings you used?

[Dallidas]

for chaoscope?

[Ozylot]

Certainly... Your pics inspired me to try chaoscope, Im using it currently to develop nebulas. Just thought it might be interesting to see how you made them?

[Dallidas]

share my secrets you say....NEVER!! lol


sure why not. I use unrave(the type of math formula i think)l for most of these and just mess with the sliders lol. I usually use plasma blue green color maps.

oh and start with atleast 1600x1200 it can look crappy but if you scale it to 800x600 its nice lookin lol. plus i crop alot of the image off to get what i want.

[Ozylot]

Simple enough I guess. Thanx for sharin' ;)

:thumb:

[Dallidas]

your welcome ozy! now you gotta start a thread! lol or you can use mine and ill have an admin change the title

oh and 2 more for ya guys

[Ozylot]

Sweet!! Love the trails. Very cool effect.


...lol or you can use mine...

Well, If you say so... ;)

This was my first attempt, heavily modified in post.

[Dallidas]

not a bad start! i would use 2 different colors though spices it up a little! lol

whta are you using for post? because i still havnt figured out how to put one of these over a star field...


one more. lol

[Ozylot]

^ thats one of the best yet. sorta like a bug hitting a windshield at hyperspace speeds. :D


...

whta are you using for post? because i still havnt figured out how to put one of these over a star field...


Simple layer transparency in Paint Shop. I would assume that Photoshop would have something comparable.

[Dallidas]

^ thats one of the best yet. sorta like a bug hitting a windshield at hyperspace speeds. :D



Simple layer transparency in Paint Shop. I would assume that Photoshop would have something comparable.


lolz! i did like it a lot also

[evil_genius_180]

Those new ones are cool. :D

[Dallidas]

and my old ones werent?!?! lol thanks mate! you can participate too! if you want

[evil_genius_180]

Participate? I can't do that stuff!! I'm lucky if I can handle 3D renders. :)

[Ozylot]

LOL ^

Its not that hard on the system.
1st pic looks alot like a wine glass.... in a bubble?! :D

Im not sure how I did it, but I discovered the AOL symbol last night.

[Dallidas]

lol, i have discovered the wine glass in a bubble before also. and well, down with AOL lol

[Ozylot]

Haha.

I find its amazing the designs this thing can make. Its gonna be making some awsome nebulas for me from now on. :D

[Dallidas]

Haha.

I find its amazing the designs this thing can make. Its gonna be making some awsome nebulas for me from now on. :D


im glad i could help!

new picture later tonight, going to my grandmas for dinner....yippee....:rolleyes:

[evil_genius_180]

Now you need to photoshop the Monarch in and have it blow the crap out of the AOL insignia. :devil:

[Ozylot]

:devil: Sounds like fun ;)

[evil_genius_180]

So, does this mean we can expect to see something by the end of the day? :flippy:

[Ozylot]

Bwahahahahaha. :lol:

[evil_genius_180]

Well, I've got Chaoscope now, so after I get done screwing around in trueSpace, it will be time to play. :devil:

[Ozylot]

*rolls up sleeves*

:D

[evil_genius_180]

Mmmmmmkaaaaay????!!!!????

Anywho, it's time to render a pic and go make dinner. :D

[Dallidas]

Mmmmmmkaaaaay????!!!!????

Anywho, it's time to render a pic and go make dinner. :D


cant wait!!

and here is tonights uh... entry?:D


was severely photoshopped and I used apophysis instead of chaoscope.

[Ozylot]

Very cool!

[Dallidas]

well i have an update but for some reason, i cant upload any attatchments. soooo.....you'll have to wait i guess

solved it! cleared the cache

here ya go

[Ozylot]

Dude!!! that one is awsome!

[evil_genius_180]

Yeah, that last one is the best by far. :D

[Dallidas]

thnaks guys! and where are yours?? hmm???lol

[Ozylot]

um, er... there here, uh somewhere...

I have a few sitting on my HD waiting for an opportunity to use in a background. I can polish them up a little an post em if anyone wants.

[Dallidas]

um, er... there here, uh somewhere...

I have a few sitting on my HD waiting for an opportunity to use in a background. I can polish them up a little an post em if anyone wants.


suuure! lol cant wait!

[Ozylot]

Just a couple of tests really...

With some modifications, I had some nebula backgrounds in mind.

BTW there are some better ones on my laptop (renders faster) Probably post em in a bit.

[evil_genius_180]

I haven't been able to get this freakin program to work right. It might be the age of my computer, but it doesn't render even though it says it's rendering. Basically, the little clock ticks down and nothing happens.

[Dallidas]

umm....i dont know whats going on then. have you watied for the timer to go down all the way? because it changes in stages, not continously.

[evil_genius_180]

Yeah, it was all stopped for about 10 minutes when I got pissed and closed the program. However, I changed a system setting or two and I'm trying again. I'll let ya know....

[Ozylot]

Hope ya get it workin. :thumb:

[Ozylot]

Here is a couple more I just got... I see potential. :D

[evil_genius_180]

What do you mean when you say you just got them. Did you make them? Or is there like some crazy place online where you can download these things?

[Ozylot]

Its not so much as working to make them, as it is more like searching to find them. Hitting the F3 button randomizes the settings and produces crazy swirls etc...

Plus too you can manually search for fractals by using the sliders on the right side of the screen. the other thing thats interesting is that the autosearch always finds a stable fractal (unstable ones dont show up). If you click and drag on the preview image you find that the fractal image is actually a 3D mesh that you can rotate with impunity. Totally by accident I found this fractal, rotated it and came up with something that looks alot like a bird.

[evil_genius_180]

Yeah, I think when I tried this thing the other day, I played with the sliders too much is why it didn't render. Because it only took a few minutes and did jack ****. This time, I left it the way it came after I hit F3 and it's been chugging away for a long time. It looks like it will soon be done, though. :thumb:

[chrono]

EG180, If your having problems with getting an image the reduce the amount of Interations down to a useable level. Start at 50000 and go upwards. really great renders start coming out at around 2,000,000,000+.

Oh and also the LIGHT, PLASMA, & SOLID settings are render hogs so test it with GAS first.

[Dallidas]

nice image there ozy! looks like a swan i have one that looks like a bow tie and a galaxy

@evil genius180- it only renders when there are little dots all over the place, not when its gray.;)

@chrono- im assuming you use it also? if you do you cant post some stuff.:thumb:

[chrono]

Yeah I used to play with it years ago. But I just uploaded the newer version. Mostly I make stuff in solid to evoke my imagination later and generally it takes about 15-45 minutes to render up because of the settings and using SOLID during rendering.

Just a little tip/reminder. You can set your render so you can make a panoramic background or HDR image. ;)

[Dallidas]

Yeah I used to play with it years ago. But I just uploaded the newer version. Mostly I make stuff in solid to evoke my imagination later and generally it takes about 15-45 minutes to render up because of the settings and using SOLID during rendering.

Just a little tip/reminder. You can set your render so you can make a panoramic background or HDR image. ;)


how do you set it to HDR??

[chrono]

You don't. You set the render up to render yourself a high rez shot to use in your HDR lighting.

[chrono]

The 'comet'-thing was merely a layered & filtered image of the SOLID with a GAS renders. But like I said I normally do SOLID rendering for other things. :)

[Dallidas]

cool stuff mate! the 2nds one is really cool lookin

[chrono]

No.2 is called double helix which is part of the chaosscope download.

[evil_genius_180]

I'll have to try solid rendering in a while. I've only tried gas and liquid so far.

I'm not sure what to call this, but here's my first Chaoscope render that might be worthy of showing to anybody. I thought it looked cool once I teaked it. However, in retrospect, it looks like a malevolent space shrimp or somthing. I might do a render later with the Columbia shooting its laser cannons at this and the beams passing right through it. :devil:

[Ozylot]

*switches to solid mode* :D

Very cool!

[Tovette]

Ok, so this looked pretty cool and I thought I'd play with it. This is just my take on one of the preset projects that came with it. I haven't figured this thing out yet. Sort of looks like a stellar nursey to me. :)

[Dallidas]

hehe we're sucking them in!! lol


looks good for a first try! i agree it looks like a stellar nursery! it also looks likea guy doing jumping jacks! lol

I do belive this is my longest thread!

[Ozylot]

Lets see some more!

Tovette: good one! :thumb:

I see some possible texturing possibilities too.

[evil_genius_180]

Is there any way to do a pic in Chaoscope with more than one attractor? Or do you have to render them all individually and then mix 'em up in a program like Photoshop or Gimp?

[Ozylot]

Yes you are limited to 1 attractor. however some attractors have way more options then others. one of em has like 20 some sliders while another only has 5 or 6. Each one has its own particular style though.

[evil_genius_180]

Yeah, I know how the attractors work. That's all I did yesterday and part of today was search for stuff to use in Trek pics. I've got one rendering now with a Chaoscope and Gimp background. :devil:

That's all right, I'll just mix and match them in Gimp. All I have to do is the same thing I did with my background for the pic I'm rendering. I got rid of the background by selecting the color and did an alpha transparency for the rough edges. I should have the pic up in a couple hours or so. It'll take a while as I have close to 40 lights in the scene.

[Tovette]

I'm new to chaoscope but I wasn't aware you could add lights. How do you do that?

[Ozylot]

I think he's using a chaoscope render as a background for a 3D pic.

[chrono]

I'm new to chaoscope but I wasn't aware you could add lights. How do you do that?
You can't.

[evil_genius_180]

I'm new to chaoscope but I wasn't aware you could add lights. How do you do that?

Yeah, sorry for the confusion on that one. I'm using a Chaoscope render in my background for a render in trueSpace. The lights to which I was referring are in trueSpace. I'm new to Chaoscope too, so I'm still finding things out about it myself. :)

[Dallidas]

well, its been awhile. ive been too busy to make one everyday but i do have 1 new one. its not my best by far but its something.lol this is actually 2 different ones together.

[evil_genius_180]

Looks great. Were the lighting effects done in post-production? I can never get my Chaoscope renders that bright.

[Ozylot]

That is a cool one. :thumb:

[Dallidas]

indeed lots of photoshopping done.

[evil_genius_180]

Yeah, one of these days I should make some of these with some of the cool attractors I've found. :D

[Ozylot]

Indeed. :D

[Dallidas]

another one for you guys. used lunar cell for the planet

[evil_genius_180]

OK. Now do one where the chaoscope thingy partially overlaps the planet.

:runs:

[Ozylot]

That looks cool. But EG180 might be on to something. :runs:

[vf-1msx]

nice suff :thumb:

[chrono]

OK. Now do one where the chaoscope thingy partially overlaps the planet.

:runs:

The 'trick' to that is to keep an element from the orginal background picture, yet have it slightly different. If you lock all but one of the settings from the orginal image and search you should find something 'close' to give you a good foreground image.

[evil_genius_180]

The 'trick' to that is to keep an element from the orginal background picture, yet have it slightly different. If you lock all but one of the settings from the orginal image and search you should find something 'close' to give you a good foreground image.

Yeah, I know how to do it, I just wanted to see if he can do it. It's relatively simple using Gimp, though I think he has Photoshop, which will make it easier. :thumb:

[Aresius]

I love them...
All of them....

[Dallidas]

I love them...
All of them....

thanks mate!

ok ive got a new one for ya guys.

[Ozylot]

Nice pic but you need to blend it into the background a little better. Assuming you used layers. try adjusting the layer mode. There are too many dark edges that don't look quite right.

[Dallidas]

yea thats one of my first attempts at blending like that. i wish i could set the background to render as transparent.

[Ozylot]

I see.

I hope you do some more. There are a few I did that Im currently saving to use in a few more pics.

[Dallidas]

wow, its been forever. im adding another one. its not really new but its cool IMO

[Ozylot]

Sweeeeet!

[Dallidas]

thanks bro!

[hal]

I think it would look better with out the water, but still they all look fantastic!

[Dallidas]

I think it would look better with out the water, but still they all look fantastic!

well there should be one iwthout the water in the thread.

[Tovette]

These Chaos effect renders would make sweet animated jump effects for ships coming out of hyperspace. They look so cool.

[Dallidas]

new pic, gotta post it somewhere else for the full version

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/2844/apophysis070201101copyqg9.th.jpg (http://img108.imageshack.us/my.php?image=apophysis070201101copyqg9.jpg)

[Dallidas]

another new one

[Tovette]

that first one looks like radiant heat bleed off from a star as it follows the magnetic fields.

[Dallidas]

suuure....:D

[Tovette]

I know what I'm talking about. And that's what it looks like when I see that render.

[Dallidas]

I know what I'm talking about. And that's what it looks like when I see that render.

I wasnt doubting you. i just have no idea what it meant!

[Tovette]

oh.... :p

[Dallidas]

another new one! not that any one but tovette cares...

[Tovette]

I like that one too. If the planet had a bit of a hue on it that was blue to match the effects it would meld better i think.

[Dallidas]

i was going for more of a contrasting look, but i could probably do that

[tiberiusjojo]

so, are you making a bunch of them and then mixing them in photoshop? if not, then I'm doing something horribly wrong (which i wouldn't doubt)

[Zabiegly]

not that any one but tovette cares...

People should care, maybe now they do as you are on the Header

[PiperTheGreat]

another new one

wow, i love this one, i'm having it for my desktop, if you don't mind of course?

[Ozylot]

another new one! not that any one but tovette cares...

Dude I care!!

and many congrats on your first header!

Great job!

[tiberiusjojo]

I'm with ozy, they're all excellent

[JeffrySG]

another new one

I care too!!! ...and I think this this last one (purple/reflections) might be my favorite!!

Congrats on the HEADER too!!! :thumb: :thumb:

[Pyrocitor]

wow that's awesome man
I didn't even realise these were here
I need to browse the 2D Gallery more often

Congrats on the HEADER from me too :thumb:

EDIT - Wow you got a BANNER too, that's awesome

[MocaMoses]

that purple one
with the water
is soooooo cool :thumb:

keep the cool images coming!:D

[limdaepl]

OOOOhhhhh!! Haven't been in this thread for ages. Good someone headered this finally :D

Maybe you should have given it a more descriptive title :p

Congrats on the header mate!
and concrats on the banner ;)

Regards Roman

[Dallidas]

wow...im speechless.

[darkprince]

that stuff is amazing. Is there any way to animate these? possible slowly incrimenting the values in the equations used to generate them and rendering each new value? I reckon it would be cool to see them growing or changing. :P ;) hint much?

[Dallidas]

bwaha. it took most of these around 40-120 minutes to render, so no, unless you've got a supercomputer i can use.

thanks everyone


i guess this means i have to make more...nuts!

[jetsetter]

Good job!!!

[Lee80]

HEY! congrats Dallidas... well deserved..

[Animaniac]

Congrats for the Header, you´r realy the Fractal Wizard!:thumb:

[BEMEUP]

Congrabulations on the header dude! Now you'll have to do some more....

[Pale Rider]

welcome to the header!:D
you kicked nutsy from my desktop^^

[Zabiegly]

you kicked nutsy from my desktop

Let me assure you that this is quite an achievement :D

[Dallidas]

hehe thanks Zabiegly and you too pale rider

[strangeman]

WOW, that's amazing, Dallidas! Cool work :thumb: . I've got a new background on my computer :D

[Dallidas]

thanks strangeman!


got a new one. took 3 hours to render out at 2048x2048

[Ozylot]

Beautiful bro... beautiful!

[Dallidas]

i had a mooin in there, but lunar cell was acting all wacky.

[Pyrocitor]

That's really cool man :cool:

You might have to write us a short tutorial
Have you tried putting a starfield in the background?

[Dallidas]

Well there isnt much too it Anything that can be taught that is. Render out something in Apophysis or chaoscope(wait 4 hours) then take it into photoshop and mess with it until you get something cool. ill post the original image for ya though. resized and dropped in quality but you get the idea:thumb:

as for a starfield, i've done it in the past, but most of the time you can hardly see the stars, unless they are huge and really really bright

[Tovette]

this stuff would be cool if it was animatable somehow.

[Dallidas]

yes, it would! but at 2-4 hours a render, i dont see it happening. Unless i did really crappy/small renders.

[Zabiegly]

Well you could map it on proxy 3d geometry and animate a camera round it or use a noise on the geometry or something like that.

But I guess it would be quite hard modelling something which suits the images. Maybe if I find time I might try something.

[Dallidas]

uhh....:shiner:

[pepperman]

Wow, great stuff here. You are very talented indeed and the two images above clearly illustrate that amount of work needed in Photoshop as well as you apparent gifts in the arts department. Looks like I need to download this a play with it some. Any of you folks played with POV-Ray and the Galaxy Include file by Chris Colefax.

[Kgoku28]

Dallidas they are all :eek!: :eek!: :eek!: :eek!: :eek!: perfect.

[Dallidas]

thanks kgoku, but in my eyes they are far from perfect, but thanks!

@pepperman- id ont want to make this sound bad somehow but its not really that hard. Apophysis is very useful in getting the basic idea down(see pic i posted) but the rest is just color correction brightness contrast and all that jazz.

[Dallidas]

*blows off dust*

one new one, kinda like the other one, only red, and with stars...:D

[Ozylot]

Isn't today sunday? :shiner:

:thumb: good stuff bro.

[Dallidas]

ok well once again, im reviving this beast. My new piece is called Devils Lair.

2 Versions, one isnt as intense color wise

[Dallidas]

something new, well at least a new version.

[Aresius]

you really have a great idea for these sceneries... :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

[Dallidas]

thanks bro, glad someone agrees

[Aresius]

hehe, why shouldn't... ;)
it's just wonderful...

[Dallidas]

new technique, new picture

[Dallidas]

remake of something old

[Ozylot]

new technique, new picture
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/Smurfeater30/th_hyperspace2copy.jpg (http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/Smurfeater30/hyperspace2copy.jpg)

Loving this one. great work!

[Aresius]

You seem to like making pictures with a black spot (okay, planet) in it, right?

Nice, mate... :thumb:

[Dallidas]

well most of them have empty space right in the middle, so i figured I would fill them up

thanks guys

[Dallidas]

tried to add a mountain into it. Not sure about the results

[Pale Rider]

there is too much in the middle now...
i think of something like polar lights :shiner:

[Dallidas]

HELLO!! *echo*....o well any way. First one in a long while :D

[Ozylot]

Cool! those ones make for good star effects. I like it.

[Lee80]

I like that last one..

[ZPB]

Well there isnt much too it Anything that can be taught that is. Render out something in Apophysis or chaoscope(wait 4 hours) then take it into photoshop and mess with it until you get something cool. ill post the original image for ya though. resized and dropped in quality but you get the idea:thumb:

as for a starfield, i've done it in the past, but most of the time you can hardly see the stars, unless they are huge and really really bright

I just found this and think its amazing. I've got the program now but would like a few pointers on how to make awesome stuff like this if possible.

[Dallidas]

dropping in...

http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt216/ksquar3d/doublesun2copy.jpg
http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt216/ksquar3d/nova3copy.jpg

[Tovette]

Dude those are sweet. Those are with chaoscope right?

[Dallidas]

No those were done in apophysis. Chaoscope can only output 800x600. Atlest that's how it was the last time i used it.

[Tovette]

is Apophysis free? It looks sweet.

[Ozylot]

Oh wow...I love the purple one! That would make a great background nebula!

BTW Chaoscope can do bigger resolutions. All the way up to 2048x1536...perhaps bigger, but not sure after that.

[Dallidas]

@tovette- yes its free apophysis (http://www.apophysis.org/)


thanks ozy! Like i said i haven't used chaoscope in forever in a half so im not up to date with its features!

[Davide_sd]

awesome works here! really great!!! :thumb: