Nutcracker: new effect, butterfly wing

smeighan

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I came across this equation that simulates the color on a butterfly wing.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ButterflyFunction.html


NumberedEquation1.gif



So , you now have a new effect.
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 faster 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
ZZ_ZZ+BUTTERFLY1.gif



If you increase the radian shift, you get faster color movement


_POST
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


ZZ_ZZ+BUTTERFLY2.gif



And if your show has heavy metal, try a radian shift of 1.0
ZZ_ZZ+BUTTERFLY3.gif
 

smeighan

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budude;203010 said:
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 verdsion 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.


_POST
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


ZZ_ZZ+BUTTERFLY4.gif





_POST
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
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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Charles Belcher said:
Sean,


Have you made a model whereby we can construct an element with curves?


Charles


Not yet, i have maybe 30-50 new effects in my plan. curves is certainly one of them.


avi movies
fireworks using physics for the particles
snow in a snowstorm, particle movements
lots of f(x,y) functions. Look to the demo gallery on http://gnuplot.info for some ideas


.etc
 

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smeighan;203309 said:
short answer is yes. But i need to bring the radian back to the same value we started with. I need to calculate total radian shift and get it to come back to original value after maxFrams.
I dont like the jump either. Just more stuyff on my to do list.


sean


Ok,


Enhancement.


I now readjust your radian shift parameter so that it is a multiple of 2pi


You pass in a variable called $radian_shift. This is what causes the movement betweem frames. The issue is it was not an even multiple of 2pi over the frames.


This corrects your entry.


$new_radian_shift = intval(($maxFrame*$radian_shift+0.5)/$pi2)*$pi2/$maxFrame;


some examples


radian_shift new_radian_shift
.01 .0785
.05 .0785
.1 .2355
1.0 .942
3 2.983
7 6.9865


You just pick values, ill make them into a multiple of 2pi and the max frames.


try Butterfly now, there should be no jumps.


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Sean,


I am trying to relate the one you listed to some type of Christmas element. That looks more like a grid in Blender that is used to warp video than it does a matrix grid.


I will stay tuned. Either next month or May, I am buying enough pixel ribbons and controllers to demo each one of these designs with LOR S3. Should be fun.


Charles
 

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New feature.


Butterfly now has 3 equations u can use


1)
NumberedEquation1.gif





2) sin(x*x + y*y) / (x*x + y*y)
hidden.3.png



3) sin(x) * cos(y)
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).


_POST
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


ZZ_ZZ+FLY_FORM1.gif



Here is formula 2
_POST
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


ZZ_ZZ+FLY_FORM2.gif



Here is formula 3, i kind of like this one
_POST
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
ZZ_ZZ+FLY_FORM2.gif



ZZ_ZZ+FLY_FORM3.gif
 
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