very nice Peggi. Lovely and bright.

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Very nice Peggi , you'll probably win again
I think you should re-render it at a higher quality to get rid of some of that graininess in the middle part
10k turns that into "plastic/reflective" looking rather than grain, just a suggestion

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This is probably true

Thanks, TJ. I always wondered at my render level. I only recently discovered post-rendering. I don't have a dual core processor, so large renders at HQ are very time consuming. When I first started rendering in Apo, I used Quality 2K, Filter Radius 0.2 and Oversample 2 and never did any post-rendering. Now I usually do Qual = 4K, FilRad 0.2 (then I increase it during post-render, usualy somewhere between 0.5 and 1 depending on the image and I find that really makes a difference) and OverSample 3 (don't know Oversample does other than chew up a lot of memory, is it worth it to increase it?). So, if I increase the Qual from 4K to 10K you think it would help that middle section? I haven't submitted this yet, so I could re-render and then re-upload the new one for submission. I will definitely give it a try.

I really appreciate the information. Once again you have taught me something I will use a lot. You're always right on time, TJ.

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Thank you, Roz. Do you think it looks like a brain? I tried to get it more an oblong brain shape, but just when I got it to almost the right shape, the juliascope would pull it apart. This was about as close as I could get without spending a whole lot of time, which I don't have this weekend, tweaking til I found a variation or TX shape that worked.

Glad you like it.

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I use the PX and FX to elongate and change the shape. 1.25 on the X transform can do a pretty good job...Use it on the FX if you have added that.

I have sent you a little present. You will need to go to the link and put in my email and password. It may be busy as I have sent it to several people and only one can download it at a time.

It is a virtual gallery of some of my images. Hope you enjoy it. I have been at it all day.

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I can't show you any examples since I never upload to scraps, there's a big difference between 4k and 10k, and so on, think of it as like doubling the scanning process during rendering, same with oversample, it's most noticeable with julian tubes/wires/blurs/noise

for post processing I use this trick
after saving your pic, go to where you have your render saved and rename it, change your settings in post process box again, save it again and do that as many times as you want, you can also use vibrancy higher than 1 here, 1.025 for example,
open your paint program, start with the background layer you want, add the first render you saved, open the second render and paste as the 2nd layer and so on, I usually use opacity 80%/Soft Light on the second (render) layer, add curve layers, brightness, sharpness, unsharp mask or whatever brings out the details of the flame the most
1024x768 @ 10k 2OS only takes an hour on my 1.8Ghz single core 512mb system

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this is very nice. lovely piece in the center

LOL!! Very funny!!! I remember that commercial!!

I think it's probably very true though!!!! I think my brain really looks like that after a couple of hours of messing with Apo!

I used to have a funny t-shirt based on that commercial too!

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Silly me!! I forgot all about FX. I tried PX and it didn't work too well. It changed the whole look of the image. But I added an FX (linear3D) and changed the shape of it quite easily. Thanks, Roz, for suggesting it. I will re-upload the re-shaped and re-rendered image.

I think I found the program for the 3D gallery. It's called My Picture 3D Album. I downloaded it and I'm going to try it soon. I'll let you know how it goes. It was really a stunning presentation of your work.

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