So, my last three entries have all said that I'm back, still alive, doing stuff, etc but for some reason it never sticks. Perhaps because I've got so far behind everyone else in terms of what can be done in Apophysis that I don't see it's worth bothering any more, entirely my own fault for not having the tenacity to stick with it but it's really sad when I follow tutorials to the word and end up with absolutely nothing like what I'm supposed to get.
I'm tempted to try and find another (hopefully slightly easier) program to work with, or actually learn how to take decent photos with this reasonable camera that I bought nearly two years ago an