Fractal Workflow

(The creative bit.)

If the fractal is derivative of another, copy the original from C:\Dev\Fractals\Trunk\Gallery to C:\Dev\Fractals\Trunk\Workbook. Add square brackets and a V1 on the end.

Otherwise, get a new code from C:\Dev\Fractals\Trunk\Fractal.ods.

Save the fractal. Render to C:\Temp\Renders with Anti-Aliasing set to Normal and Open When Finished checked.

Do a save as. Increment the Vx on the end. Continue being creative.

• Leave any fractals that didn't make the cut for reference.
• Rename final fractals.
• Delete any other versions of the final fractals.
• Copy to the appropriate C:\Dev\Fractals\Trunk\Gallery directory.
• Move to the appropriate C:\Renders\Source directory.

• Open fractals from the appropriate C:\Renders\Source directory.
• Render to the appropriate C:\Renders\Images directory. Use PNG.

Wait a while…

• Copy image files from C:\Renders\Images to C:\New Gallery\*\Source.
• Update the file C:\Dev\Copyrightise\CopyrightImageDetails.pm with the new images.
• Run C:\Dev\Copyrightise\v2Generate All Derivatives.bat
• AdjustSettings: Use the sampler in C:\New Gallery\*\Copyright Samplers to update the values in the file C:\Dev\Copyrightise\CopyrightImageDetails.pm.
• Delete the appropriate files from C:\New Gallery\*\Copyrightised. Sort by modification date makes them easy to find. There should be 12 for 85 or 10 for FA.
• Delete the file C:\New Gallery\85 (Screen)\Copyright Samplers\Montage.png or rename it to compare the difference.
• Run C:\Dev\Copyrightise\v2Generate All Derivatives.bat again.
• Examine the Montage image. Ignore the 512×384 image. If the values need adjusting, go to AdjustSettings:
• If the image is 85:
  • Copy C:\New Gallery\85 (Screen)\Copyrightised\*.2800×1600.png and *.1024×768.jpg to a USB Key to take to work.
  • At work on WHOS008, copy *.2800×1600.png to C:\11000 x 7703 (Raw).
  • Run C:\11000 x 7703 (Raw)\To Wallpaper.bat. This will convert to BMP and store in C:\11000 x 7703 (Raw)\Wallpaper.
  • On the laptop, copy *.1024×768.jpg to C:\Wallpaper.
• If the image is FA:
  • Run the batch file C:\Backgrounds\Refresh.bat.

This will need adjusting to work at home.

@echo off
 
set ImageMagickDir=C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.7.5-Q16

rem |-----------ImageWidth-----------|
rem |---LeftWidth---|---RightWidth---|

rem NOTE: Untested for the case where LeftWidth <> RightWidth.
 
set ImageWidth=2880
set ImageHeight=900
set LeftWidth=1440
set RightWidth=1440
 
set LeftCrop=%LeftWidth%x%ImageHeight%+0+0
set RightCrop=%RightWidth%x%ImageHeight%+%LeftWidth%+0
 
del /f /q Converted\*.*

rem Adjust for work monitor layout.
for %%a in (*.png) DO "%ImageMagickDir%\convert.exe" "(" "%%a" -crop %RightCrop% +repage ")" "(" "%%a" -crop %LeftCrop% +repage ")" +append "Converted\%%a"
 
"%ImageMagickDir%\mogrify.exe" -format jpg -quality 97 Converted\*.png
 
del /f /q Converted\*.png
 
pause