I am completely new to Ultra Fractal and would like to create images that can be saved in 16 bit RAW file format. While Ultra Fractal does not do this natively, it appears Ultra Fractal is only using 8 bits per color channel.
Is this correct? Is there a way to use 16 bit color channels? I am actually looking to use the images for heightmaps, but would like 16 bits in a single color channel.
JVYV
posted Jan 3 '17 at 10:31 am
Hi All,
No upr's found in the forum messages, so no upr collection this month.
Greetings from Belgium,
Jan
I was a user of coreldraw (with photopaint) X4 and moved to corel X6.
I could import very correctly tif from ultrafractal to corelphotopaint x4.
Now, it is impossible for me to import UF tif files to corel photopaint X6.
I can only import png files into Corel PP x6.
I think it's a bug from Corel and found no response in their forums .
I tried exporting with the various options in U
Is it possible to get the same (or similar) quality as for example this picture from Wikipedia
in preview? Because in preview I can only see black parts clearly and anything other is very noisy at similar zoom as this picture no matter what max iterations I have. When I render the fractal I can see the more similar quality as in image above.
Is it possible to get better preview quality
schaer
posted Dec 4 '16 at 8:26 pm
I am trying to load a .upr I generated in Apophysis 2.09 into Ultrafractal but it generates a bunch of errors and doesn't render correctly.
All the error messages have in common "could not locate parameter xf1_par* in enr-flame-a
If there is a way to capture all the error messages to a file, I will be glad to upload it if that helps.
I have tried loading this same file into versions 2
jam
posted Dec 6 '16 at 3:13 am
Over the last few months I have created a file of unique Newton, Halley, and Householder method formulas, and would like to upload them to the public database. Rather than include them with my previously existing formula files, since there are so many entires I would like to create a jam-Newton.ufm file or something like that. Who do I contact these days about creating a new formula file for th
Cliff
posted Dec 7 '16 at 11:36 pm
I've uploaded a seasonal image to the DA gallery. It can be seen here:
http://clifftoppler.deviantart.com/art/Christmas-Greetings-2016-649441006
and there are umpteen others to see if you've a few minutes to spare as you do the buying and posting which gives life to the festivities. May the hangovers be gentle.
Cliff.
Hi all.
When writing a coloring algorithm, is there a way to set repeat gradient as unchecked by default? I've tried 'repeatgradient=0' and similar, but no luck yet.....
JVYV
posted Nov 2 '16 at 9:45 am
Hi All,
The August 2016 collection of the parameter files of UF is sent to the cloud. Only one from the forum and one from the lost mailing list.
You can find them at the cloud of Microsoft:
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=2AB35EAF574CA6CE!1034&authkey=!ALIZio6ZmgV1aAo&ithint=folder%2ctxt
Greetings from Belgium,
Jan Vyvey
jam
posted Oct 20 '16 at 1:44 pm
Greetings. Just an FYI, I've uploaded a new coloring formula to the jam2.ucl public folder. It uses various statistical averages about the orbit points to generate a variety of smooth and TIA-like colorings. The UPR below demonstrates some features: Smooth colorings (layers 1 & 3), TIA-like (layers 2 & 4), using the bailout adjustment parameters (6) to eliminate iteration bands of lay
I am seeing placeholders instead of images in numerous posts.
Is anyone else having this issue?
@ultrafractal
Keep me logged in posted Nov 27th 2015
Staying logged in between sessions still not working for me.
Dec 1 '15 at 12:41 pm
Get notifications by email?
Nov 29 '15 at 10:30 am
Codoforum blog mentions a plugin called codoPM to exchange messages and files privately
JVYV
posted Oct 2 '16 at 3:38 pm
Hi All,
No upr's found in the forum messages, so no upr collection this month.
Greetings from Belgium,
Jan
EvrWccn
posted Oct 8 '16 at 1:44 am
This is a formula I found initially through a program for the iPad called Frax...
They use a Line Average coloring algorithm... I googled it and found this.
I have no clue how to program it into UF, so I was hoping to find someone here that did know how...
float xmin = -2.5;
float ymin = -2.0;
float wh = 4;
float stripes = 5.0;
int maxIterations = 1000;
void setup() {
size(800, 80
I've got a major issue with this coloring algorithm which won't render to disk. Unfortunately it's crucial to a design and I've drawn 10 layers apart, rendering them separately to disk until I discovered the culprit. My guess is that it leads to some sort of infinite loop in the rendering process which prevents UF from completing the task. I've also updated all files of the public formulas. If an
Plug-in Tutorial: Image Traps Part III
This is the last part to the tutorial. All of the example uprs use plug-ins for the Colors slot. Two of them are slow in rendering as they use an emboss convolution filter (3 min 31 sec for EtchedMetal and 16 min 22 sec for EmbossedGnarly on my computer - Intel quadcore 3240 3.4 GHz). Be sure you have Ultrafractal set so that the minimum number of threa
JVYV
posted Sep 2 '16 at 3:41 pm
Hi All,
The August 2016 collection of the parameter files of UF is sent to the cloud.
You can find them at the cloud of Microsoft:
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=2AB35EAF574CA6CE!1034&authkey=!ALIZio6ZmgV1aAo&ithint=folder%2ctxt
Greetings from Belgium,
Jan Vyvey
In writing this tutorial some bugs were found in some of the plug-ins. Please download a new copy of reb.ulb before continuing.
Continuing with a survey of the main plug-in slots the next section is Images and Coloring. The primary slot is Colors with a default plug-in of No Color. The base class is ColorTrap, which is in common.ulb. The following plug-ins will plug into the Colors slot, but
This formula is derived from the Ducks formula in sam.ufm with multiple modifications. Bailout is determined by the number of iterations rather than a convergence or divergence criteria, so an iterations parameter which is independent of the value on the Maximum Iterations value on the Formula Tab has been included. The value for 'Iterations for Bailout' must always be less than the Maximum Itera
JVYV
posted Aug 1 '16 at 10:57 am
Hi All,
The July 2016 collection of the parameter files of UF is sent to the cloud.
You can find them at the cloud of Microsoft:
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=2AB35EAF574CA6CE!1034&authkey=!ALIZio6ZmgV1aAo&ithint=folder%2ctxt
Greetings from Belgium,
Jan Vyvey
Ottomagus suggested some additional functions to add to my extended function set that is used by Smooth Alterations, Ducks Switch and Lucy Goosey Switch. The coloring formula Smooth Alterations is the simplest test bed so I started there. After testing and debugging I have uploaded the latest version of Smooth Alterations to the database. Lucy Goosey will be next. Here is a quick example with th
Lucy Goosey Switch has been upgraded with additions to the extended function set. These are used for 'First function' and 'Last function'. Here is an example.
log_primecount {
::XXm5chn2FWVTPuJMQ07RK/HQcvJYCkl0KfZb3tqVtqSd7dkjZg4tGbXjZ3k/9dMQ+YDk2ci4
59ez4xjfu0y4Om89znFE4EOJQDl6qcjVUDcdryFG8qowtjmFFFsDEV7cdfKZHAbDl45xtQhw
1QD/pWFcPzqAn7DZLjTXGHRWHOfWH4uUwZGnQroh3z4/uyiJoIMQbYch7A
It's not a bug but 2 years ago I made a fractal with Itelinsky in eew.ufm (this formula was added jul 31, 2014, reported in the list of modifications). Can anybody tell me where I can find it?
I don't remember if my fractal was interesting but I want to know if it is!
With many thanks
janimue
posted Aug 9 '16 at 8:39 pm
This is a follow up to a previous question on using external imagery. I'm doing a series of color cycling animations primarily but not exclusively using fractals for the hypnotic effect to create quick meditation trance states. I've been able to get external imagery & correct the gradients to the actual picture but when I try to cycle the gradient it remaps each time to the original image col
jam
posted Aug 9 '16 at 4:42 pm
Hello. I have been away from UF for years, and was wondering if the mailing list is still active or whether it has been completely superseded by this forum, FB, etc? Thanks!
Hi.
is it possible to provide the option of alternative bailouts in the same formula?
More specifically, I wanted to include convergent and divergent bailouts:
|z|<@bailout (default 4.0)
|z|>@bailout (default 0.001)
It seems only one expression is allowed in the bailout section. Is there a way to do this? Any help would be appreciated.
janimue
posted Aug 4 '16 at 3:13 am
How can I capture or construct a gradient from an image?
anyone doing animations with UF? I'm trying and sort of boggle my brain with the tutorial. Anyone discussing UF animations?
'Widgeon', a variant of 'Ducky Plus'.
'Widgeon' is based on the same principle as 'Ducky Plus': change of the kind of operation during the iteration process. In 'Ducky Plus' there are 3 steps, each with a number of iterations, here in 'Widgeon', the second step consists of only one iteration.
So for each treated pixel the iteration series starts with a certain formula, determined by the pa
Image Traps is based upon Damien Jones' Orbit Traps Gradient but with many additional enhancements. It has image import capabilities. Image examples will be taken from from my website. The link is
www.hiddendimension.com/zip/imagezip.zip
Download and unzip to a convenient place. This tutorial assumes the images are in a folder titled TutImage which is in the Ultrafractal folder titled Fo
