PainShop Pro Graphics - Example of how PSP can enhance fractals

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Example of how PSP can enhance fractals

Nightingail

2006-03-30, 7:04 pm

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Michelle

2006-03-30, 7:04 pm

Fantastic, Gail! It looks snake-like in some ways. Is that a
coincidence? ;-)) You're making me want to re-read my help
files again so I can figure out what I'm doing instead of relying
on my hit/miss technique :-)

"Nightingail" <gail@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> The small pic shows the original fractal as rendered in
XenoDream, and the
> large (final) version is after dinking around with it in PSP.
The final
> could have been achieved in XenoDream, but since I'm much more
familiar with
> PSP, I usually do my enhancing in it. I don't remember exactly
what I did,
> but basically brightened it with the Histogram tool, used a
lighting filter
> (Digital Film Tools Light!), and then high pass sharpening
(after resizing
> down).
>
>
>
> Gail
>
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>
>
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Michelle ;-)

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Joëlle

2006-03-30, 7:04 pm

"Nightingail" <gail@nospam.com> wrote in message news:442c2e9b_1@cnews...
>
> The small pic shows the original fractal as rendered in XenoDream, and the
> large (final) version is after dinking around with it in PSP. The final
> could have been achieved in XenoDream, but since I'm much more familiar
> with PSP, I usually do my enhancing in it. I don't remember exactly what I
> did, but basically brightened it with the Histogram tool, used a lighting
> filter (Digital Film Tools Light!), and then high pass sharpening (after
> resizing down).
>
>
>
> Gail
>
> --
> Nightingail's Gallery
> www.nightingail.com
>
>

Looks great, it's like an exotic spiral staircase you'd find in one of
Antoni Gaudi's buildings!
:-)
Joëlle

bjeanneb

2006-03-30, 7:04 pm

> The small pic shows the original fractal as rendered in XenoDream, and the
> large (final) version is after dinking around with it in PSP. The final
> could have been achieved in XenoDream, but since I'm much more familiar
> with PSP, I usually do my enhancing in it. I don't remember exactly what I
> did, but basically brightened it with the Histogram tool, used a lighting
> filter (Digital Film Tools Light!), and then high pass sharpening (after
> resizing down).
>
> Gail

How gorgeous! Whatever you did was exactly the right thing to do. We're
having a fractal orgy here.

Jeanne

Barbara J Bradley

2006-03-30, 7:04 pm

"Michelle" <Mish234@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>
> Fantastic, Gail! It looks snake-like in some ways. Is that a
> coincidence? ;-)) You're making me want to re-read my help
> files again so I can figure out what I'm doing instead of relying
> on my hit/miss technique :-)

Work through the Help files, Michelle. That should get you going.
Barb

Michelle

2006-03-30, 7:04 pm

"Barbara J Bradley" <BarbBrad1@aol.com> wrote in message
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> "Michelle" <Mish234@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Work through the Help files, Michelle. That should get you
going.
> Barb
>

I have, but not enough times, Barb. Once I step into the 3rd
dimension, my brain had a problem grasping the concept. I'm
going to try again, though. With most things, if I don't give
up, I eventually get it :-)

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JoeB

2006-03-30, 11:03 pm

"Nightingail" <gail@nospam.com> wrote in news:442c2e9b_1@cnews:

>
> The small pic shows the original fractal as rendered in
XenoDream, and
> the large (final) version is after dinking around with it in
PSP. The
> final could have been achieved in XenoDream, but since I'm much
more
> familiar with PSP, I usually do my enhancing in it. I don't
remember
> exactly what I did, but basically brightened it with the
Histogram
> tool, used a lighting filter (Digital Film Tools Light!), and
then
> high pass sharpening (after resizing down).
>
> Gail

Hi Gail,

I generally only lurk in this group, as I don't do much in the
way of original graphic stuff, and caught your mention of the
Light! filter.

Lighting effects are one thing I like to use for some of the
stuff I do so I dowloaded the Trial and gave it a quick run
(about 10 minutes) trying to do something similar to their
before/after image. Surprisingly, it actually works well (once
you figure out you need to use a selection to put the pre-set
lighting effect behind the guy!). It's kind of pricey, but with
its hundreds of pattern presets I'm going to give it a good run
and it could pay for itself easily on a project I've just started
for a client.

That's the value of lurking - you never know when you'll pick up
really helpful info! Thanks for the info on this filter.

Regards,

JoeB

Nightingail

2006-04-01, 6:55 pm

Michelle wrote:
> Fantastic, Gail! It looks snake-like in some ways. Is that a
> coincidence? ;-)) You're making me want to re-read my help
> files again so I can figure out what I'm doing instead of relying
> on my hit/miss technique :-)

Not a coincidence - I used the same .xep as the snaky fractal I'd posted ;-)
I use the Help file when I run into a control that I'm not too familiar
with, but if I didn't do hit-or-miss, I wouldn't know where to even start
looking in Help. I rarely start from scratch (in some respects, that would
be similar to trying to write a formula in some of the other frac apps), and
in fact the author encourages using the .xeps that are provided. There are
hundreds of them, and the cool thing about fracs is how very, very small
changes in even a single setting can produce wildly varying results.

Gail

Nightingail

2006-04-01, 6:55 pm

Joëlle wrote:
> "Nightingail" <gail@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:442c2e9b_1@cnews...
>
>
> Looks great, it's like an exotic spiral staircase you'd find in one of
> Antoni Gaudi's buildings!
> :-)
> Joëlle

Thanks, Joëlle! I love Gaudi's buildings, though I have only seen them in
photos.

Gail

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Nightingail

2006-04-01, 6:55 pm

bjeanneb wrote:
>
> How gorgeous! Whatever you did was exactly the right thing to do. We're
> having a fractal orgy here.
>
> Jeanne

Thanks, Jeanne! It's been really fun to get into fracs again ;-)

Gail

--
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www.nightingail.com

Nightingail

2006-04-01, 6:55 pm

JoeB wrote:
> "Nightingail" <gail@nospam.com> wrote in news:442c2e9b_1@cnews:
>
>
> Hi Gail,
>
> I generally only lurk in this group, as I don't do much in the
> way of original graphic stuff, and caught your mention of the
> Light! filter.
>
> Lighting effects are one thing I like to use for some of the
> stuff I do so I dowloaded the Trial and gave it a quick run
> (about 10 minutes) trying to do something similar to their
> before/after image. Surprisingly, it actually works well (once
> you figure out you need to use a selection to put the pre-set
> lighting effect behind the guy!). It's kind of pricey, but with
> its hundreds of pattern presets I'm going to give it a good run
> and it could pay for itself easily on a project I've just started
> for a client.
>
> That's the value of lurking - you never know when you'll pick up
> really helpful info! Thanks for the info on this filter.
>
> Regards,
>
> JoeB

Hi Joe,

I could have done similar lighting right in the fractal program, but usually
I don't know exactly what final effects I'd like for any particular fractal
until I bring it into PSP for tweaking/playing. I bought Light! to use with
photos, and hadn't thought of using it with fractals - so it was a very
happy surprise to find out what neat effects it can have on the fracs.

Gail
--
Nightingail's Gallery
www.nightingail.com

Deillub

2006-04-29, 7:01 pm

What is/are fractals ?

Spandex Rutabaga

2006-05-01, 3:52 am

Deillub wrote:
>
> What is/are fractals ?

A fractal is a shape that exhibits self-similarity at different
scales - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal