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Apophysis Wire and Tube Fractals Tutorial 1.0 © 2006 CygX1 cygx1.deviantart.com
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Version 1.0 09/08/2006

Apophysis Wire and Tube Fractals Tutorial 1.0 by CygX1

Summary

1. Introduction......................................................................................3 2. Making a basic "Spheres & Wires" flame ........................................4 3. Adding some complexity to the fractal .............................................5 4. Tube fractals.....................................................................................6 5. Goingfurther....................................................................................7 6. Sample gallery..................................................................................8

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Apophysis Wire and Tube Fractals Tutorial 1.0 by CygX1

1. Introduction
In this tutorial, I suppose you have a basic knowledge of Apophysis and its transform editor. I will not describe the windows and menus, how to add transforms and change variations. If you don'tknow how to do this, there are a lot of Apophysis tutorials available, and you should read them first. For instance, there is a very good description of the transform editor in 2B2H Tutorial. Also, do not expect to produce fractals such as those shown in the sample gallery immediately. I have written this tutorial in such a way that you will have all the elements needed to produce them, but you willhave to experiment. Each time an important parameter is introduced, I have tried to give you a precise definition of its role and the range of values you can try. A parameter that can have values between 0.1 and 10 may produce completely different results at 0.1, 0.9, 2.7, 5.3 and 10. So, don't hesitate to try all the values you can, and don't forget this can be done on several differentparameters. Due to the number of parameters and usable ranges of values, this class of fractals can produce a huge number of very different images. I'm just beginning to discover what it can do myself, and I hope you will have fun experimenting with it, and will find your own style of wire and tube fractals. Before we open the transform editor and start making fractals, I would like to thank WelshWench whohelped me a lot during the writing of this document.

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2. Making a basic "Spheres & Wires" flame
2.1. Open the transform editor and click on the New blank flame button. 2.2 Select transform 1, and in the variations tab, set linear to 0 and blur to 0.7. This parameter controls the diameter of the spheres.

2.3. Selecttransform 2, and set blur to 0.01 (this parameter controls the diameter of the wires) and julian to 1. The linear variation is required here, and must not be set to 0. Transform 2 must be: linear 1, blur 0.01, julian 1. 2.4. In the Variables tab, set julian_power to 20 (this controls the number of wires) and julian_dist to 1. 2.5. Now click the Y point of the yellow triangle (transform 2) and moveit to the middle of [OX] (the exact position of Y on the line is not important at all, but the triangle must be flat). At this step, you should see a sphere with wires around it. If not, restart from the beginning and/or change your gradient.

Save this flame, it can serve as a starting point for many wire/tube fractals.

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Apophysis Wire and Tube Fractals Tutorial 1.0 by CygX13. Adding some complexity to the fractal
So, what can we do with this simple flame? 3.1. Add a third transform (Adds a new triangle button). 3.2. On transform 3, set linear to 0 and julian to 1. 3.3. In the Variables tab, set julian_power to 2 and julian_dist to 1. Now, play with the green triangle (transform 3): resize it, rotate it, and move it around. You can already make very interesting...