More DOF fun: JWildfire V0.63 release by thargor6, journal
More DOF fun: JWildfire V0.63 release
Just released JWildfire V0.63.
Major new feature are even more DOF controls and the possibility to combine the famous Buddhabrots with flame fractals!
Complete list of changes:
- new parameters "area" and "exponent" for DOF (depth of field). The parameter "area" controls the size of the area with low blur, the parameter "exponent" controls the increase of blur with distance from the focus point
- restored the old method to calculate DOF (before V0.62) and allow to switch between old and new method freely (i. E. all your old flames look as you designed them)
- buddhabrot mode for all "classic fractal" variations (beginning with "fract…
DOF fun: JWildfire V0.62 release by thargor6, journal
DOF fun: JWildfire V0.62 release
Just released JWildfire V0.62.
Major new feature is the possiblity to visually specify the focus point for calculating dof (depth of field) effects. So its much more easy to to create fractal images with awesome "depth" effects. There is short tutorial on those new features:
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Complete list of changes:
- more accurate calculation of dof (depth of field)
- freely specify the focus point in dof
- special edit mode to specify the focus point visually (by dragging it with the mouse)
- simplified triangle editing modes (move, rotate and scale is one mode and uses the same controls as view editing mode), free point editing
Background rendering: JWildfire V0.61 release by thargor6, journal
Background rendering: JWildfire V0.61 release
Just released JWildfire V0.61.
Major new feature is the possiblity to cancel the current main render process because it is now running in the background. This was heavily demanded by many users and now it's finally done :-) On fast machines you can even continue to design new fractals while rendering.
Complete list of changes:
- the main render function now is a background task which makes it possible to cancel it (currently only for internal renderer) and continue to work while -rendering
- removed the ancient spatial and color oversampling options (all user-defined quality profiles will be removed with this update!, if you face prob
The need for speed: JWildfire V0.54 release by thargor6, journal
The need for speed: JWildfire V0.54 release
Just released JWildfire V0.54.
Major new feature is the new family of external C++ based renderers called "JWildfireC". They need less memory, are faster than the interal renderer and are optimized for rendering high quality images in acceptable time. Only a few features of JWildfire (e. g. the integrated Java compiler or certain variations) are not available in JWildfireC.
Currently only binaries for Windows 32Bit and Windows 64Bit (faster) are available. The external renderer currently features 222 variations and supports also the generation of HDR images.
Addionatlly, one new rendering option (only available for JWildfireC) is a density
New tools for artists: JWildfire V0.53 release by thargor6, journal
New tools for artists: JWildfire V0.53 release
Just released JWildfire V0.53.
Major additions where made to fractal flame editor regarding to controlling image quality at the artist level. There is now an antialiasing option which you can specify at the transform level and some additional powerful gradient manipulation tools.
Complete list of changes:
- new antialising option on the transform level, you can control this by two parameters: amount (how many samples are affected by this effect) and radius (how strong is the antialasing effect)
- new gradient manipulation functions: invert and reverse gradient
- new gradient manipulation properties: blur and frequency
- changed the