Using Chaotica transforms to the max by tatasz, journal
Using Chaotica transforms to the max
I decided to write this tutorial as most of the IFS tutorials are focused on Apo, and don't really explore all the possibilities Chaotica offers: a nice and flexible transform system, allowing effects that cannot be achieved in Apo without resorting to complex weight and "xaos" structures.
I will present here 5 examples to illustrate those possibilities.
Before reading this tutorial, you may take a look at the tutorial below, as it may help to understand some of the examples:
Also, notice that the focus of this tutorial is to explain a technique and not to teach you how to make some specific setup.
Example 1: Blur with double spherical
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So, I have a couple of ideas and thoughts regarding tutorials, and would love some feedback. Be prepared, I've mountains of text to share.
First of all, I'd like to open some discussion on fractal tutorials. Many fractal tutorials show clearly how things can be set up, and allow people to easily hit the ground running in incredibly complicated styles, thanks to the nature of fractals and their ability to be captured in parameters, as well as numerically. This type of tutorial is not bad, and what the majority of fractal tutorials accomplish. The sheer volume of these tutorials,and parameters that people provide for purposes of studying and p
Random Tip of the Day - Pre/Post Variations by ChaosFissure, journal
Random Tip of the Day - Pre/Post Variations
Okay, so something I've been confused about a little is the difference between pre- and post- variations in terms of the effect they have on fractals. I think I uncovered a bit more and would like to share some of my findings :D
Background Theory:
IFS Fractals iterate on position values. Each time it goes through an iteration (functions/variations + transformations based on the vector/triangle), it will transform the value of the prior position into something else depending on what you've set it up to do.
If you have an iteration without any variations, you'll see a bunch of extra dots in the fractal. The dots you see represent places in t