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Mandelbulb 3D parameter experiments: Set 2 of 3

Posted on July 23, 2011 by ellen

This is the second part of a series of variations on one Mandelbulb 3D image.

The full set of variations is displayed below. All of these use Amazing Box, [something], Folding Int Pow, and ABoxVaryScale4d formulas with identical parameters, except for the second position which is filled in by whichever formula I was testing at the moment. The results of these experiments are yours to use and improve on. I usually tried one or two variations for each formula. There are plenty of interesting bits to explore throughout these images, far too many for me to ever do justice to all the possibilities. They also may give you an idea of what the different transformations can do.

Mandelbulb 3D parameter experiments: Set 1 of 3

Posted on July 23, 2011 by ellen

Last night, starting with this Mandelbulb 3D file, I spent a few hours experimenting with substituting different formulas in one position, holding all other parameters the same.

The results of these experiments are yours to use and expand on. There are one or two variations for each formula. There are plenty of interesting bits to explore in these images, far too many for me to ever do justice to all the possibilities. The images below also may give you an idea of what the different transformations can do. Mouse-over each image to see the filename.

All of these use Amazing Box, ___, Folding Int Pow, and ABoxVaryScale4d formulas with identical parameters, except for the blank which is filled in by whichever formula I was testing at the moment.

Mandelbulb 3D Light collection

Posted on June 8, 2011 by ellen

Many artists are publishing their parameters for their Mandelbulb 3D works, myself included. But sometimes it’s more convenient just to have the lighting they use because that is one of the hardest parts to learn when you are just starting out. Here’s a collection of lighting settings. Note: the names may not be indicative of what you get, but you will get a variety of colors and lighting settings that aren’t in the default set.

Download the collection of lighting settings (zip file)

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection for Mac

Posted on April 15, 2010 by ellen

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There is a Mac version of Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection available here: [Download here]

Among other things, this means you can log on and manage Windows servers from your Mac!

Create photo-illustration effects with Photoshop

Posted on November 22, 2009 by ellen

I’ve been experimenting with enhancing some of my photos in Photoshop to create more interesting images. I use a Canon PowerShot SD 990IS point-and-shoot camera that does a good job on the whole, but because the lens isn’t very high quality, images sometimes come out somewhat hazy. The camera actually captures a lot of detail but it takes some processing to bring it out. I’m not against using some tricks to emphasize what’s good about the picture, even to the point where it crosses the line into illustration.

[DOWNLOAD DEMO FILE]

For this project, I started with a fairly unexciting picture of my dining room. Its one strong point was the sunlight streaming in the windows which brought out the colors in the wood chair and tablecloth. This picture was one of several shots of the same scene with different exposure settings.

This was the lightest one, chosen for the detail visible through the windows. However in choosing the lightest exposure, the tablecloth lost a lot of its color. However I thought it had potential.

Original image

My Creative Commons Images

Posted on November 10, 2009 by ellen

All my public images on Flickr are licensed under the Creative Commons. You are free to share and remix them as long as you attribute them to me by including a link back to the original flickr page or by including the following link code back to this page:

<a href="http:thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000704.html" target="_blank">Photo by ellenm1</a>

View the pictures that have been used so far

Using toggle javascripts to build an FAQ page.

Posted on October 19, 2009 by ellen

FAQ pages are sometimes requested in our learning modules so we’ve built in the scripts to create an easy- to-read, easy-to-use FAQ by applying simple CSS classes to elements on the page. When the FAQ page loads, all the questions appear in a collapsed view which can be quickly scanned.

On clicking any question, its associated answer expands and pushes the rest of the questions down. When another question is clicked, the first answer closes and the new answer opens up.

Here’s how to add this type of FAQ to your own HTML pages.

Corn mazes in Google Earth

Posted on September 19, 2009 by ellen

With Fall coming, it’s time for Corn mazes. There are loads of them to find in Google Earth. Here are a few to get you started, including the Google Earth KML files. In England, they

10 places to get Free Fonts

Posted on March 24, 2009 by ellen

A collection of sites to try when you are looking for free fonts:

exljibris Free Font Foundry

Nine beautiful designer fonts by Jos Buivenga.
Betterfonts.com

This site has both free and paid fonts. The free fonts tend toward the oddball, not the type of font you can use daily, but interesting. The paid fonts are very reasonably priced at $4.99, and you can download their top 500 for $2.77.

An Actionscript 3 Drag and Drop Medical Treasure Hunt Game

Posted on January 30, 2009 by ellen

This game is a framework to create a simulation of a crash cart in a hospital. A crash cart is a red metal tool cart with 6 drawers, filled with the items used by the Cardiac Arrest team to save people’s lives when they have a cardiac arrest. Speed is of the essence in an arrest, so the people on the team need to know exactly where each item is in the drawers. The goal of this game is to help train team members to find the items they need.

VIEW DEMO

An item to be found is randomly chosen, and the player clicks on a drawer and looks through the items to find the one they are looking for. When it is found, they drag the item to the target (which will probably be animated and a whole lot cooler looking in the final game. If they get it right, they get positive feedback of some sort and another item is chosen. If not, the item pops back to its last position before the drag and they get another chance to find the correct item.