Apophysis User Manual
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Apophysis User Manual
Table of Contents
1. Making Angel Wings: An Introduction to Apohysis
Introduction
The Main Screen
Moving Your Fractal: The Transform Editor
Moving around in the Transform Editor
Making a New Blank Flame
Moving Transforms With the Mouse
Moving the Transform With the Transform Tab
Coloring Your Fractal
The Color Tab
The Gradient Editor
Rendering Your Fractal
Framing your Fractal: Setting Up the Aspect Ratio
Moving the Fractal Inside the Frame
Rendering Your Fractal
Wing Tutorial Resources
2. Making Grand Julias: More of Apophysis
Introduction to Grand Julias
Setting up the Transform Editor
Add Transforms to the Fractal
Set Weights
Set Up Color
Moving Transforms: Seven Ways To Do The Same Thing
Moving Transforms 2: Making a Diamond Shape
Saving Parameters
Variations and Variables
Moving Transforms to Their Final Positions
Rendering
3. How Fractals are Made: An Introduction to MRCM
Sierpinski's triangle
Barnsley's Fern
4. Coloring Your Fractals: MRCM Revisited
Setting up the Quilt
Picking a Gradient
Using the Color Tab
Coloring One Transform
Coloring Two Transforms
Gradient Rotation
More Gradient Options
Symmetry
Randomly Colored quilts
The Rendering Tab
5. How Fractals Are Shaded: An Introduction to Weights and Noise
Intro to Weights and Setting Up
Weights: Making Parts of the Fractal More Visible
Unbalanced Weights (And Why They Cause Noise)
How Weights Work: The Chaos Game
Multiple Copy Reduction Machine Method of Making Fractals
The Chaos Game Method of Making Fractals
The Chaos Game and Weights
6. How To Design Your Own Fractals: An OVerview of Linear Fractals
Introduction
Scaling
Translation
Rotation
Sheer
Reflection
7. How to Design Your Own Fractals Part II: An Introduction To Variations
Introduction
What is a Variation?
Combining Variations with MRCM
Specific Variations
8. Introduction to Post Transforms
Introduction
Setting up
Moving with Post Transforms
Using Post Transforms
Copy and Past Transforms
9. Final Transforms
Intro
How Final Transforms Work
How Variables Work
Making a Heart with Post Transforms
10. Making Gradients
Introduction
Using Apomap
Copying A Gradient
Create a New Gradient
Process Menu Options
Adjust Editor
The Graph Editor
Randomize Custom Dialog
Window Options Menu
Editing Gradients By Hand
11. Scripting and Animation
Introduction and Setup
Your First Script
Advanced Animation
12. Apophysis, Fractals, and Copyright FAQ
Copyright FAQ
13. Stuff Nobody Uses
Intro
Setting Up a Random Batch