[chaoscope] Re: New user, and a few questions...
- From: "Don Goyette" <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <chaoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 20:50:56 -0700
Howdy Nicolas and all,
Thanks for your reply!
> You can save the color settings (and/or
the lights settings) separately as a
csview file.
Ooops <egg on red face>. Sorry 'bout that. Four little letters come to
mind ... RTFM <LOL>! I'm sorry to say that I've not read through the
manual. Chaoscope is such an easy program to play with that I just
never thought it would even need a manual. Found it in the install
directory, so I'll go read through it now <tail tucked between hind
legs>.
> I know what you mean, point to a pixel
on the screen, guess the position in the
gradient. It would be impossible with
Light and Plasma mode because you can
have hundreds of different attractor
layers bearing a different color each
with different intensity, ...
My goof again. I was thinking of a fractal image as a "solid" object
(very complex, but solid) being rendered like a "skin" on a 3d
wireframe. But, after some more thought, since I don't know the math
and drawing techniques involved, this does not seem to be the case.
Rather, fractal images are being drawn "live", on-the-spot (versus
rendering a "skin" on a wireframe in 3D), as the equation is being
executed, right? In this case yes, I can see that trying to determine
where inside an equation that a specific pixel is located, in addition
to where in the gradient and lighting chart it belongs ... would be
next to impossible to do.
> The difference is no opacity means less
memory used and faster rendering.
Gotcha! Thanks <smile>.
> I develop on C++ Builder 4.0 which is
rather obsolete but does the job for now.
I got pretty involved with Borland's Paradox and Delphi in the late
90's for a while but never used their C++ Builder. If it does the job
you want it to do, that's all that matters <smile>.
> You could definitely be helpful with beta
testing so remember to put your candidature
forward when beta testing is announced!
I'll be glad to help out ... especially after I read the manual <LOL>.
Cheers for now,
-Don
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