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Published: 2009-03-24 08:19:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 5491; Favourites: 137; Downloads: 252
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© Ali Ries: You may not use, replicate, manipulate, post to another site or
modify this image without my permission. All Rights Reserved.
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This is NOT FREE STOCKSorry if I can't thank you all personally.
Every
is a compliment and highly appreciated.For my friend Deb [link] in honor of her first grandchild Aiden..
May he have a wonderful life!
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Why would there be a download button? It is not stock, nor is it a wallpaper.
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Very beautiful and creative. I wish I could fly there in a spaceship. 
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You're very welcome!
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Oh sure thats what ya pay me for___________right??
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Fantastic detail. Reminds me of three angels rushing off with flaming wings...
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you know the more and more i look at your nebulas i can see apophysis written ALL OVER them. what i'm trying to overstand is how you get them to look so slick and shiny. this one nebula i SWEAR i've transformed more than 1nce but always thought it was garbage! nobody wants to see spiky fractals flying about willy-nilly!
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Usually they look kind of dull when I render them, but after running them thru filters to enhance color and contrast, and making several layers that screen or lighten or any number of things I end up with a polished piece.. Sort of like finding a gemstone in the rough,, you have to polish and facet it to make it look good.. I have one tut that tell you how to go about taking the fractal from render to finished product,, but it is old and I have change my techniques a bit since then.. Probably the thing to do would be to send you a cd with the psd's so you can see the process... but unless you have the same filters that i use you wouldn't be to reproduce them. I use Nik Color Efx Pro.. Maybe I can make a new tut.. but it would be a while before I can get around to it.. kind of busy right now with projects.
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nik color efx? i got a cd-r with that and photoshop elements 7.0 and corel painter on it when i bought my wacom pad last year. so i could use that to polish and brighten my nebula fractals. the one tutorial you're talking about was the photoshop one huh? yeah that was kinda weak since i didn't really go anywhere with that one. it's not your fault, you said it yourself even in the tut that it was old.
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I find that making a couple of layers of your base nebula and setting one to screen really brightens it up,, also play with the saturation and up it a bit. And use your burn/dodge tool to add highlights and shadows. As for Nik Efx.. I have the Pro3 version and i use the bi-color filters and contrast color range the most.
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ahh i see. i have to remember that next time i twerk on something.
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Greetings,
Superlative as your art always is . . .
Kind regards,
Michael C. Turner
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Thank you very much, Michael!
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You are cordially welcome Ali.
My best,
Michael
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It's interesting you should name this nebula pic after your friend's grandchild. I say that because the name 'Aiden' comes from 'Ayden', which literally has the meaning of 'fiery'. And well, the nebula looks really fiery. If you already knew that, congrats on knowing the meaning of names. If not, well, I guess you get congrats on having a really lucky coincidence! XD
Great job, as always.
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I did not know that. I usually look up names, but hadn't looked up that one yet.. Thank you very much!
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You're welcome.
I suppose some credit goes to Sefyra. She knows a lot of that stuff, but urges me to learn it myself. Something about just because I'm a genius doesn't mean I know everything, or however she words it in her complex form of speech.
I swear, the girl must be an alien from another universe, or something... XD
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That is just so freaking awesome! 
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It' like some great battle of the stars, were all that remains floats in the void as a silent testament to the conflict. Great work as usual.
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