Glyph
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Glyph is a Fractal Formula in sam.ufm.
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What is it?
This formula is a kind of "generalisation" of Mark Townsend's great Vine formula. Note that you must use an outside coloring other than "None" in order to see something. The best coloring for this kind of formula is IMO Mark's "Magnitude" (in mt.ucl), but other ones (especially fbm) can give nice results.
Parameters
Alpha
Same parameter as in Vine. The bigger it is, the smaller the pattern becomes.
===Flavour===(only integers) Determines the number of "inner" loops the formula performs. The bigger it is, the more complex (or messy) the pattern become.
Start
This is something new. The vine formula is essentially made of sinus with real arguments. When the "start" value is not (0,0), an imaginary part comes in the sinus. The effect is that the pattern becomes a bit dislocated and the spirals tend to disappear. Don't use too big numbers for this parameter...
Step size (I and II)
Determines how sharp the pattern will be. The "imaginary" part of this parameter will be used in a cosinus instead of a sinus, so varying the ratio real part/imaginary part will change the shapes.
Try also changing the number of iterations. Increasing it will increase the complexity and the sharpness of the pattern.
Example
Copyright 2000 Samuel Monnier
GLYPH {
; Copyrights 2000 S. Monnier
; http://www.crosswinds.net/~s31415/index/index.htm
fractal:
title="GLYPH" width=600 height=600 author="Samuel"
created="March 19, 2000" numlayers=7
layer:
mapalpha=0 caption="New Layer 6" opacity=28 visible=yes alpha=yes
mergemode=overlay
mapping:
center=0/0 magn=1 angle=0
formula:
filename="mt.ufm" entry="mt-pixel" maxiter=100 percheck=normal
p_inside=no
inside:
transfer=none repeat=yes
outside:
filename="Standard.ucl" entry="Default" density=0.400000000000000022
transfer=linear repeat=yes
gradient:
smooth=no numnodes=1 index=145 color=16777215
layer:
mapalpha=0 caption="New Layer 4" opacity=90 visible=yes alpha=yes
mergemode=multiply
mapping:
center=0/0 magn=1 angle=0 numtransforms=2
transform:
filename="dmj.uxf" entry="dmj-fBm-Glass1" p_distortion=1 p_style="radial"
p_distangle=0 p_distcenter=0/0 p_centermove=yes p_offset=0/0 p_scale=0.3
p_angle=0 p_step=0.5 p_anglestep=37 p_octaves=7 p_power=2
transform:
filename="lp.uxf" entry="scissors" p_shape="rectangle" p_center=0/0
p_width=2.46 p_height=2.46 p_tilt=0 p_power=0.666666666666
formula:
filename="mt.ufm" entry="mt-pixel" maxiter=100 percheck=normal
p_inside=no
inside:
transfer=none repeat=yes
outside:
filename="dmj.ucl" entry="dmj-fBm" density=0.400000000000000022
transfer=linear repeat=yes p_offset=0/0 p_scale=1 p_angle=0 p_step=0.5
p_anglestep=37 p_octaves=7 p_power=2
gradient:
smooth=no numnodes=3 index=145 color=8421504 index=146 color=0 index=393
color=1381653
layer:
caption="New Layer 3" opacity=100 visible=yes alpha=yes
mapping:
center=0/0 magn=1 angle=0 numtransforms=1
transform:
filename="dmj.uxf" entry="dmj-fBm-Glass1" p_distortion=1 p_style="radial"
p_distangle=0 p_distcenter=0/0 p_centermove=yes p_offset=0/0 p_scale=0.3
p_angle=0 p_step=0.5 p_anglestep=37 p_octaves=7 p_power=2
formula:
filename="mt.ufm" entry="mt-pixel" maxiter=100 percheck=normal
p_inside=no
inside:
transfer=none repeat=yes
outside:
filename="sam.ucl" entry="OctogonalGradient" density=0.400000000000000022
transfer=linear repeat=yes p_angle=45
gradient:
smooth=no numnodes=1 index=309 color=0
alpha:
smooth=yes numnodes=4 index=83 alpha=0 index=84 alpha=255 index=85
alpha=255 index=86 alpha=0
layer:
caption="New Layer 5" opacity=100 visible=yes alpha=no
mergemode=hardlight
mapping:
center=7.00365134957068934/3.89986483774969311 magn=1.12592325707079806
angle=315.45113934525833
formula:
filename="sam.ufm" entry="glyph" maxiter=20 percheck=normal p_a=10
p_flavor=1 p_start=0/0 p_h1=0.03/0.03 p_h2=1/-2
inside:
transfer=none repeat=yes
outside:
filename="mt.ucl" entry="mt-magnitude" density=0.200000000000000011
transfer=linear repeat=yes p_mode="Final - pixel"
gradient:
smooth=no numnodes=3 index=13 color=4809866 index=128 color=13425919
index=376 color=7895160
layer:
caption="Layer 1" opacity=100 visible=yes alpha=no mergemode=multiply
mapping:
center=7.00365134957068934/3.89986483774969311 magn=1.12592325707079806
angle=315.45113934525833
formula:
filename="sam.ufm" entry="glyph" maxiter=20 percheck=normal p_a=10
p_flavor=1 p_start=0/0 p_h1=0.03/0.03 p_h2=1/-2
inside:
transfer=none repeat=yes
outside:
filename="mt.ucl" entry="mt-magnitude" density=0.200000000000000011
transfer=linear repeat=yes p_mode="Pixel distance"
gradient:
smooth=no numnodes=2 index=110 color=16777215 index=396 color=0
layer:
caption="New Layer 1" opacity=45 visible=yes alpha=no mergemode=softlight
mapping:
center=7.10158053495842004/5.20535415368605476 magn=0.35 angle=45
formula:
filename="sam.ufm" entry="glyph" maxiter=20 percheck=normal p_a=10
p_flavor=1 p_start=0/0 p_h1=0.03/0.03 p_h2=1/-2
inside:
transfer=none repeat=yes
outside:
filename="mt.ucl" entry="mt-magnitude" density=0.400000000000000022
transfer=linear repeat=yes p_mode="Final magnitude"
gradient:
smooth=no numnodes=4 index=5 color=2380414 index=127 color=13233631
index=214 color=7432994 index=336 color=13887967
layer:
caption="New Layer 2" opacity=100 visible=yes alpha=no
mapping:
center=7.10158053495842004/5.20535415368605476 magn=0.703702035669248788
angle=45
formula:
filename="sam.ufm" entry="glyph" maxiter=20 percheck=normal p_a=10
p_flavor=1 p_start=0/0 p_h1=0.03/0.03 p_h2=1/-2
inside:
transfer=none repeat=yes
outside:
filename="mt.ucl" entry="mt-magnitude" density=0.200000000000000011
transfer=linear repeat=yes p_mode="Final magnitude"
gradient:
smooth=no numnodes=4 index=5 color=2380414 index=127 color=13233631
index=214 color=7432994 index=336 color=13887967
}
