Forum: Fractals


Subject: Apo Help

reflash opened this issue on Feb 17, 2004 ยท 25 posts


Rykk posted Wed, 18 February 2004 at 6:22 PM

Hi! I've found the best results as far as solid lookng flames come from 1) limiting the number of transforms (triangles) in the Options/Random tab to 2 - 3 transforms and 2) limit the variations used in random batches to "Linear" and "Sinusoidal". Many, if not most, of the coolest (?? lol) flames (IMHO) I've seen were created with just 2 triangles. Also, edit the number in parentheses after "RotateReference" in the default animation script to something smaller than the default "3.6". I use 1.6 or 0.6, The smaller the number, the slower the flame rotates and its easier to catch those cool shapes that appear for a split second as it rotates. Open one of the Scripts like "spiralize" or "make bi-lateral" and click the green, "run script" arrow and see how you like those. And, in general, just move the triamgles around or re-shape them with the a,b or c corners. Skinny triangles (sounds like a cool name for a band! lol) tend to make harder, lined flames and thick ones tend to fill in the gaps between lines better. Have fun, BUT... if you start idly, unconsciously repositioning and arranging the slices of a pizza at dinner, be prepared to enter rehab at Addled Apo Addicts Anonymous (quad A) for an extended time to cure "triangle fixation"! lol Rick