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Some of the most awesome works of the pixel-baking members of the group. Hope you enjoy them.

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So, yeah. Another time of silence passed and I'm happy to be able to send in an update again :)
Since April 2011, the underlying core of Metaphysis is pretty much complete. I have started the development of the actual, non-provisoral GUI ("Graphical User Interface") in mid-may and I think it made a lot of progress since then.

People watching me (`XyrusWorx) in addition to this group may have seen the latest teaser shot of the editor already: [link]

It is currently getting it's backpower from the fractal engine set in place so the "Internal Prototype" placeholder gets lost soon :giggle: The preview build has only been handed out to a few hand-selected testers - actually two: *lyc who keeps adding suggestions and support in the hardcore maths and `lindelokse who already tracked not only one deeply hidden bug using her mad "try to break it" skills :lmao: Many thanks and appreciation to them :heart:

The others of you shall be satisfied with my promise that the GUI is not only visually pleasing on a static image but also features some "special effects" to support you in your workflow and make it a nice looking tool to create nice looking fractal artworks. However, I can offer you an upload on YouTube: [link]

So what do you see on there? It is a screencap of a program I created back in 2006 to assist me in the creation of so called "Pixel Shader Transistions". These allow to blend two images together without actually eating up your processor-time. This kind of eyecandy is part of the main GUI which I have codenamed "Zealot" and for which the development is nearly complete. I'm eager to push in some more videos of that soon ;)

Until then: retain your patience. Good things take time :)
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:iconkittylafurr:
*KittyLaFurr Dec 12, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I'm so very sorry. I edited the initial FRACTAL MANIPULATION CONTEST journal in my stash which for some reason wasn't working right! It couldn't possibly had been the writer.......lol

Here's the correct link [link]

I will update my comments to the other groups as well!

I hope you'll participate and help spread the word!

Many Hugs! ~Kitty!!
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:iconkashmier:
~kashmier Jun 26, 2012  Professional General Artist
I downloaded this a couple times to Windows 7 and can not install it with this as the error item KERNELBASE.dll Looks like it will be a great program I love that there are layers
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:iconrmcrowley2000:
I'd just like to say I'm really looking forward to this! I tried to use the preview on sourceforge (0.8.1) on my older Windows 7 machine, but unfortunately it threw a fatal error regarding System.Windows.Markup.BamlRecordReader. It wasn't a problem regarding .Net, as reinstalling that led to little success. I read up on it a bit, and the only case of this I came across had to do with a user profile issue and was apparently non-replicatable by anyone on the thread... I can send you the messages.log file and the error.txt file if you'd like, but given how much farther along this probably is from the preview, I'm not sure it would be relevant.

Anyway, unless I can find a way to get this to run, I guess I'll just wait a bit for the next release.
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~MakinMagic Jul 25, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
International Benoit Mamdelbrot Fractal Art Contest 2011

[link]

More info:

Honorary Presidency
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Michael Barnsley
Aliette Mandelbrot

Panel
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Don Archer
Javier Barrallo
Cory Ench
Damien Jones
David Makin
Kerry Mitchell
Samuel Monnier
Paul Nylander
Joseph Presley
Jonathan Wolfe
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Mood: Joy *Sum1Good Sep 18, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Excited to hear that Metaphysis Beta will be compatible with Apophysis Plugins... that is a vital timesaver for me : ) Bravo!
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:iconwingsail:
Only downloaded Metaphysis from Sourceforge last night I love it! full compatability with Apo is a must and I much prefer the editor its so much more user friendly than Apo and the little render percentage bar is absolute genius xxx
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:iconilnanny:
Mood: Sadness ~ilnanny Jul 11, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
how do I upload my deviations in this group?
I do not see the button Contribute art.
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:iconisis44:
Hi :wave: I've been trying to find info here and SF as to what hardware specifications are needed to run Metaphysis.
My old fossil of a computer (4yo) is running XP Professional with 2GB ram, 2 x Pentium4 processors. and Radeon 9250 graphics card. Will this be sufficient to run the software now and once the final is released :pray: ?
Many many thanks to =Xyrus02 and Friends for all the work you've put into the development of Apophysis 7X and Beyond! Catherine.
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:iconxyrusworx:
Your ancient box will do it :) Make sure you download and install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (google it) and it will run faily fine.
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:iconisis44:
Man, it was really nice to get such a quick reply to my question! I've put you on my :+devwatch: so I dont miss any future updates. Thanks heaps.
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