How Do You Make Flame Fractals Like The Ones In Harry Potter Movie Effects, Using The Freeware Program Apophysis?
See that patronus Luna Lovegood is conjuring in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”? That was created by special-effects company Double Negative, using something called a flame fractal. You can easily make your own flame fractals for free, right on your computer. Here’s how: Step 1 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4801679/01DownloadApophysis_Full.jpg’); }); DOWNLOAD the freeware program Apophysis, at http://www.apophysis.org/downloads.html Download the 2.0.2 program, not the beta ones at Sourceforge. Yet. Step 2 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep2 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4801679/02InstantFlameFractal_Full.jpg’); }); Main Apophysis screen INSTALL APOPHYSIS. Click this little fractal that has magically appeared on your desktop; the one that says “Apophysis 2.02” You haven’t done anything but start