STEP 1: The APOPHYSIS program(s)
STEP 2: Getting Started
STEP 3: Creation Triangles
STEP 4: Transformation Triangles
STEP 5: Add/Delete/Duplicate Triangles
STEP 6: Adjust Options - Camera
STEP 7: Adjust Options - Render
STEP 8: Adjust Options - Gradient
STEP NINE: SAVING YOUR IMAGE - PROPER RENDERING
STEP 10: Rendering & Final Image

There are different ways you can save your images, including taking a full screen shot of a "quick render" and cropping it
with a program such as IRFANVIEW.  I did this for the first few weeks, as I didn't know how to do a "proper render", but after
doing so, I can assure you that the proper render is the way to go.  It will give you more detail and allows for saving on a much
larger scale than a screenshot ever could.

Below is how this is done, and again, it is easy.  Especially after just a few tries ;)

Click on the RENDER "wheel" as shown in the image below.  Again, a new window appears...

You can pick the quality of your render as shown below.  As one would imagine, the higher the number, the clearer
your image will appear.  However, it should be noted that your render time will also increase with a higher quality
number.  I always use "4000", but you can still get high quality images using "2000".

You can also choose the size you wish your finished fractal to be.  Use the drop down menu to select the width, and
be sure that the "maintain aspect ratio" is checked off so you don't distort the final image's dimensions.  Once again,
the larger you make your image, the longer the rendering time will be.

Another thing that will increase or decrease rendering time is the BUFFER DEPTH.  I use "64", for maXimum clearness,
but once again, using 32-bit will make you a nice image and reduce the rendering time.  I guess this whole area depends
on how much patience you have to see your finished fractal work.  The rendering process can take as little as 1 minute,
or can take well over an hour until completion.  These settings will greatly effect how much time this all will take.

*** HANDY "X" TIP! ***
REMEMBER WHEN I WAS DISCUSSING THAT YOU SHOULD ZOOM OUT ON YOUR FRACTAL TO AT LEAST "-1.0", (see ADJUST OPTIONS - CAMERA),
THEN COMPENSATE FOR THE REDUCTION BY USING THE "SCALE"?  THIS IS THE REASON WHY.  YOUR RENDERING TIME WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED!

Now, you're going to have to save your fractal to somewhere on your computer, and that somewhere is, of course,
totally up to YOU!  I made a new folder on my desktop called "RENDERS" that all mine go into, but you can save them
to anywhere you please, just as long as you can remember where that is!  You can save them to MY PICTURES, or any
other folder you already have or make.  Click on the OPEN FOLDER icon as shown below to choose your own area.

Apophysis will automatically name your fractal for you.  It just uses the file name that you did to create your work.
You will most likely want to give your fractal a different name, and this is how you do it.  Go to the END of the
file name "path" as seen below, then click and backspace out the name APO gave to your fractal, (in this case,
that would be the "Apophysis-080630-1" part.)

Now, type in whatever name you want in the area.  Go figure, I named this one "www.MisterX.ca"!  Be sure you leave
the file "x"tension at the end, (.jpg).  You can save your fractal in several different formats, such as .gif, or .png, but
I think .jpg is your best bet!  ;D

Now, click on the RENDER button!  You will see the RENDER WINDOW open up, and a scale will appear to give you the
approX. time that your render will take.  BE PATIENT!  Your masterpiece is being created be the program and will be in
your folder when it is complete.  This is quite a stage, as you don't know what the final product will look like until it is
done.  Will it come out super clear, or will there be grains?  Will there be light distortion, or did you darken it just right?

For the most part, I usually find myself saying, "oh, WOW!", when I finally get to see the finished work.  It is WELL worth
the wait, as it usually will turn out far better than I had "x"pected it would.

There's only 1 thing left to do, and that's pressing the RENDER button!
Let's go to STEP 10 to see what happens and to view my final creation.