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I'm going to get a lot of grief for this, but I'm going to release this anyway. This script takes the selected flame and creates a script that will reproduce it. Some people think that is a horrible idea. I don't.

Your end result is NOT something that you will want to share as is. You may as well just post the parameters because the script that this will produce will do nothing but replicate EXACTLY the fractal that it was run on. But this script can and should be a great teaching tool...especially when used in conjunction with my tutorial on scripting ([link] ). It basically automates what my tutorial describes (creating a script from a flame) plus adds things like scripting of the gradient itself and some of the rendering options that my tutorial does not cover.

I did not create this script. JFB, the author of ~Apophysis-J , is the original author. I have a modified version of this that I use myself that randomizes the placement of the "triangles" to some degree and doesn't specify the gradient or the variable values. These modifications are very easy to do, and I leave it to you to create your own modifications. If you cannot figure out how to comment out some lines or add some randomness to your script after reading my tutorial, drop me a note. I'll be glad to help you with your questions. But I am posting this as a learning exercise, almost as a lab project for my tutorial, and don't plan on writing your scripts for you.

One other thing of note. This script includes all the variables for all the the variations in your flame...whether that variation is used or not. These are easy to delete from your final result if you wish to make it smaller and "cleaner". Or, you can do like I did and not put any of them in at all.

As I stated in a recent post to the Apo mailing list, my hope is that people who would be to intimidated to start a script from a blank screen, or too scared to try to edit someone else's scripts, would be more encouraged to edit something that they have created themselves and learn that is it just as easy to modify the script variables as it is the edit the variables in the editor. I see it as one more tool to teach and to save time. It will be of some benefit to some people, not to others, just like any other script or tutorial, but it isn't going to harm anyone. It's not like someone has released a dangerous computer virus or something.

So, whether you think this is the Holy Grail, the Black Plague, or something in between, it is out there now. Love me or loathe me, I'll still sleep tonight. Feel free to agree or disagree with the decision in the comments.

Description
I'm going to get a lot of grief for this, but I'm going to release this anyway. This script takes the selected flame and creates a script that will reproduce it. Some people think that is a horrible idea. I don't.

Your end result is NOT something that you will want to share as is. You may as well just post the parameters because the script that this will produce will do nothing but replicate EXACTLY the fractal that it was run on. But this script can and should be a great teaching tool...especially when used in conjunction with my tutorial on scripting ([link] ). It basically automates what my tutorial describes (creating a script from a flame) plus adds things like scripting of the gradient itself and some of the rendering options that my tutorial does not cover.

I did not create this script. JFB, the author of ~Apophysis-J , is the original author. I have a modified version of this that I use myself that randomizes the placement of the "triangles" to some degree and doesn't specify the gradient or the variable values. These modifications are very easy to do, and I leave it to you to create your own modifications. If you cannot figure out how to comment out some lines or add some randomness to your script after reading my tutorial, drop me a note. I'll be glad to help you with your questions. But I am posting this as a learning exercise, almost as a lab project for my tutorial, and don't plan on writing your scripts for you.

One other thing of note. This script includes all the variables for all the the variations in your flame...whether that variation is used or not. These are easy to delete from your final result if you wish to make it smaller and "cleaner". Or, you can do like I did and not put any of them in at all.

As I stated in a recent post to the Apo mailing list, my hope is that people who would be to intimidated to start a script from a blank screen, or too scared to try to edit someone else's scripts, would be more encouraged to edit something that they have created themselves and learn that is it just as easy to modify the script variables as it is the edit the variables in the editor. I see it as one more tool to teach and to save time. It will be of some benefit to some people, not to others, just like any other script or tutorial, but it isn't going to harm anyone. It's not like someone has released a dangerous computer virus or something.

So, whether you think this is the Holy Grail, the Black Plague, or something in between, it is out there now. Love me or loathe me, I'll still sleep tonight. Feel free to agree or disagree with the decision in the comments.