A brief guide to coloring in Apophysis. A Chaotica tutorial on the subject coming out soon too =D
Special thanks to BoxTail (https://www.deviantart.com/boxtail) for reminding me about an important tool the dummy here forgot to add.
Last but not least, if you fancy the gradient i used as example here, you can download it from:
Adjustment window
To change or edit your gradient, you will use the Adjustment window. To open it, click on the gradient button under the menu.
A new window will open:
1 - Getting a new gradient
There are 4 basic ways to change your gradient:
Presets: click on the Preset button to view a huge list of built-in gradients.Gradient Browser (first but
Coloring and gradients
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Resources
Coloring and gradients 3
Coloring in Apophysis - Part 1 by tatasz, journal
Coloring in Apophysis - Part 1
A brief guide to coloring in Apophysis. A Chaotica tutorial on the subject coming out soon too =D
Special thanks to BoxTail (https://www.deviantart.com/boxtail) for reminding me about an important tool the dummy here forgot to add.
Last but not least, if you fancy the gradient i used as example here, you can download it from:
Adjustment window
To change or edit your gradient, you will use the Adjustment window. To open it, click on the gradient button under the menu.
A new window will open:
1 - Getting a new gradient
There are 4 basic ways to change your gradient:
Presets: click on the Preset button to view a huge list of built-in gradients.Gradient Browser (first but
A brief guide to coloring in Apophysis. A Chaotica tutorial on the subject coming out soon too =D
Last but not least, if you fancy the gradient i used as example here, you can download it from:
Coloring - Editor
Now that we are done with the gradient, lets explore the Colors tab in the editor.
We will see how transform color, color speed and opacity work.
1 - Opacity
Opacity is the opacity of the transform. Opacity 0 means it will be entirely transparent, and opacity 1, entirely opaque. Lets change the opacity of one of the transforms:
opacity = 0 opacity = 1
This setting is very handy when you cannot
A brief guide to coloring in Apophysis. A Chaotica tutorial on the subject coming out soon too =D
Special thanks to BoxTail (https://www.deviantart.com/boxtail) for reminding me about an important tool the dummy here forgot to add.
(and yeah, all example images shamelessly rendered in chaotica because it is handier).
Last but not least, if you fancy the gradient i used as example here, you can download it from:
Lets go back to the adjustments window, this time on the render tab.
1 - Gamma
Gamma basically defines how "solid" will your fractal look. Low gamma will result in more translucid, shiny and higher contrast appearence, while higher gamma values will result in mo