DiyLightAnimation
Software => Nutcracker: RGB Effects Builder => Topic started by: smeighan on March 19, 2012,
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I came across this equation that simulates the color on a butterfly wing.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ButterflyFunction.html
(http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/ButterflyFunction/NumberedEquation1.gif)
So , you now have a new effect. I am going to fix the shift going from maximum strands to strand 1. This causes the break in the pattern.
The RADIAN_SHIFT parameter is how much each frame the colors are shifted. I found values between .05 and .1 are good. The higher the number the fater the shift across the tree.
username f
user_target ZZ_ZZ
effect_class butterfly
effect_name FLY1
window_degrees 180
start_color #FFFFFF
end_color #FFFFFF
frame_delay 50
sparkles
seq_duration 5
radian_shift .05
submit Submit Form to create your effect
(http://meighan.net/nutcracker/effects/workspaces/2/ZZ_ZZ+BUTTERFLY1.gif)
If you increase the radian shift, you get faster color movement
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username f
user_target ZZ_ZZ
effect_class butterfly
effect_name BUTTERFLY2
window_degrees 180
frame_delay 50
sparkles
seq_duration 5
radian_shift .3
submit Submit Form to create your effect
(http://meighan.net/nutcracker/effects/workspaces/2/ZZ_ZZ+BUTTERFLY2.gif)
And if your show has heavy metal, maybe a radian shift of 1.0
(http://meighan.net/nutcracker/effects/workspaces/2/ZZ_ZZ+BUTTERFLY3.gif)
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Sean - - I don't think you truly realize what your tool means to everyone even "sort of" thinking of getting pixels - you've not only made it mind numbingly simple but also free. Even a basic Madrix license costs $500 and one to get to a good number of pixels is closer to $1500. I knew Madrix was out so I for one was resigned to generating simple chases, etc with my new tree - but now that has completely changed.
I'm sure quite a few of us would be more (and I mean MORE) than happy to kick in a few bucks to support you - better/faster web hosts, better PC, etc
Thanks for the support. I will put a pay pal donate if anyone wants to kick in a few bucks to offset some of my costs. It is NOT needed and the tool will stay free.
I have released a new version of the butterfly effect.
Now you can define the color range that the butterfly wing will have.
Set START and END color to #FFFFFF and you will get the entire color spectrum.
Here are some examples of using a smaller color band where the start and end are something other than #FFFFFF
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username f
user_target ZZ_ZZ
effect_class butterfly
effect_name BUTTERFLY4
window_degrees 180
frame_delay 50
sparkles 0
seq_duration 5
radian_shift .1
start_color #FF0313
end_color #0505FF
submit Submit Form to create your effect
(http://meighan.net/nutcracker/effects/workspaces/2/ZZ_ZZ+BUTTERFLY4.gif)
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username f
user_target ZZ_ZZ
effect_class butterfly
effect_name BUTTERFLY5
window_degrees 180
frame_delay 50
sparkles 0
seq_duration 5
radian_shift .1
start_color #3D3D3D
end_color #D6FFE0
submit Submit Form to create your effect
(http://meighan.net/nutcracker/effects/workspaces/2/ZZ_ZZ+BUTTERFLY5.gif)
Be aware that my animated gif's only use 256 colors. This causes banding on the animations, that should not be true on our actual trees.
thanks
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Cool looking effect Sean keep up the good work. <res.
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It's funny how there arguably isn't a problem on this planet that can't be solved by math!
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New feature.
Butterfly now has 3 equations u can use
1) (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/ButterflyFunction/NumberedEquation1.gif)
2) sin(x*x + y*y) / (x*x + y*y)
(http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_4.6/hidden.3.png)
3) sin(x) * cos(y)
(http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_4.6/hidden.4.png)
New option , butterfly fomula. Values 1,2 or 3
So , leaving all other parameters alone, here is formula 1 (our original butterfly wing).
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username f
user_target ZZ_ZZ
effect_class butterfly
effect_name FLY_FORM1
window_degrees 180
frame_delay 50
sparkles 9
seq_duration 5
formula 1
radian_shift .05
start_color #FFFFFF
end_color #FFFFFF
background_chunk 0
background_skip 0
background_color #000000
submit Submit Form to create your effect
(http://meighan.net/nutcracker/effects/workspaces/2/ZZ_ZZ+FLY_FORM1.gif)
Here is formula 2
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username f
user_target ZZ_ZZ
effect_class butterfly
effect_name FLY_FORM2
window_degrees 180
frame_delay 50
sparkles 9
seq_duration 5
formula 2
radian_shift .05
start_color #FFFFFF
end_color #FFFFFF
background_chunk 0
background_skip 0
background_color #000000
submit Submit Form to create your effect
(http://meighan.net/nutcracker/effects/workspaces/2/ZZ_ZZ+FLY_FORM2.gif)
Here is formula 3, i kind of like this one
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username f
user_target ZZ_ZZ
effect_class butterfly
effect_name FLY_FORM2
window_degrees 180
frame_delay 50
sparkles 9
seq_duration 5
formula 3
radian_shift .05
start_color #FFFFFF
end_color #FFFFFF
background_chunk 0
background_skip 0
background_color #000000
submit Submit Form to create your effect
(http://meighan.net/nutcracker/effects/workspaces/2/ZZ_ZZ+FLY_FORM3.gif)