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Copyright (C) 1996, 2002-2004 Emmanuel Debanne
(emmanuel a debanne . net)
This software is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Glito is based in part on
the work of the FLTK project (www.fltk.org).
Glito is a tool to explore a type of fractals : the IFS (Iterated Function System). It can be done manually or randomly. While building your IFS, you can visalize the result in real-time. You can animate your IFS (zoom, transition or rotation). You can save your work as an image or an animation in gray level.
When launched, Glito tries to read the file named "param.xml". If it does not exist, default parameters are used.
The parameters can be modified with File->Edit_Parameters, read from a file with File->Open_Parameters and saved with File->Save_Parameters.
This is the list of the parameters which can be changed with File->Parameters:
All the preceding parameters can be saved in the file named "param.xml". To save the parameters, click on File->Save_Parameters.
These menu items allow to pass from the schema view (schema of the IFS and small image of preview) to a large view of the image. The key 'b' can be used for the same purpose.
The fractals can be saved in a PNG, PGM or BMP file (bitmap or gray level).
Help->Documentation: to visualize this file.
Help->Demo: to launch a demo.
A rotation, a zoom and a
transition to a new skeleton are done in the cyclic process. Linear
and sinusoidal IFS are used successively.
Help->About : version and copyright of this program.
The skeleton can be modified with the mouse and the keyboard. The result is shown in real-time.
A function is written:
Xn+1 = x1 Xn
+ x2 Yn + xc
Yn+1 = y1 Xn
+ y2 Yn + yc
This function is represented by a parallelogram of center (xc, yc) and whose two contiguous sides are the vectors V1 = (x1, y1) et V2 = (x2, y2).
A skeleton is a number n of these functions (which form the IFS) plus a function used as a zoom.
The selected function is shown up thanks to red color vectors. The
zoom function is coloured white to be distinguished from the other
functions
Press the keys 'v' (or "left arrow") and 'n' (or "right arrow") to
change the selected function.
Two modes of reaction to mouse motions exist. The first (rot/dil not ticked in the menu bar) allows the translation of the parallelogram or the midification of the summits of the vectors V1 or V2. With the second mode (rot/dil ticked), a rotation, a dilation or both simultaneously can be applied to the parallelogram.
To change the mouse mode, use the space bar or tick on "rot/dil" in the menu bar.
Click on the left button while dragging the mouse to mofify the xc and yc values of a function. The center of the parallelogram follows the mouse.
Click on the right button while dragging the mouse to modify x1 and y1 values (vector V1) or x2 and y2 values (vector V2). V1 or V2 is chosen according to the distance of the mouse from the extremities of these vectors. The shape of the center of the parallelogram indicates the order of the V1 and V2 vectors (+ or - according to the value of the sinus of the angle (V1,V2)).
To modify only one vector at a time, press the two buttons of your mouse or the middle button.
Click on the left button of the mouse to rotate the parallelogram. Click on the right button to modify its size. The summit formed by V1 and V2 follows the mouse. These transformations are simultaneous if you click on both buttons or on the middle button.
Here is a summary of the possible mouse interactions. The modified resulting values are indicated between square brackets:
Mode | Left Button | Riht Button | Middle Bouton (or left + right buttons) |
normal | translation [xc,yc] | V1 [x1,y1] or V2 [x2,y2] | V1 and center [x1,y1,xc,yc] or V2 and centre [x2,y2,xc,yc] |
rot/dil | rotation [x1,y1,x2,y2] | dilation [x1,y1,x2,y2] | rotation and dilation |
The keys "arrow up" and "arrow down" rotate the selected function. The angle of rotation is given by the value of "rotation shift".
A function can be cut, copied or pasted thanks to the menu "Function" or the shortcuts CTRL+X,C,V.
To reshape a parallelogram to a square, click on Function->Reshape or press the key 's'.
To change the system type, click on Function->Linear, Function->Sinusoidal or Function->Julia. The schema scale is automatically changed.
Click on Skeleton->New to create a new fractal with the wanted number of function. You can find some well-known fractals by entering a square number of functions (4 or 9) and by removing some of them with Function->Cut (CTRL-X).
To modify randomly the IFS, click on Skeleton->Random ('h' key). You can use it in preview mode and in large mode as well.
The skeletons can be saved and opened in a kind of XML format with Skeleton->Save and Skeleton->Open. Skeletons can be exported to a Fractint format too with Skeleton->Export_to_Fractint. Be careful: both formats use the same extension ".ifs".
Skeleton->Dimension gives the Hausdorff dimension of a Skeleton.
Four memories can be used to store a skeleton. Use Skeleton->in_MemoryX or the keys '5', '6', '7' or '8' to save in memory a skeleton. To recover a skeleton : Skeleton->out_MemoryX or the keys '1', '2', '3' and '4'.
To zoom inside the selected function.
To do a transition between the skeleton in memory 1 and the skeleton in memory 2.
The selected function is turned of an angle PI/(frames per cycle) for each new frame.
Here is a list of the keyboard shortcuts of Glito (different from CTRL-xxx):
'ESC' | Interrupt for a while a calculation.
Press again 'ESC' to go on. |
'b' | Set the preview mode or the large view mode. |
'space' | Change the reaction mode to mouse clicks. |
'v' and 'n' | Change the selected function. |
'F1' | Show this documentation |
'z' | Launch a "zoom" animation. |
't' | Launch a "transition" animation. |
'r' | Launch a "rotation" animation. |
's' | Transform a parallelogram to a square. |
1, 2, 3 ou 4 | Set the skeleton to the one in memory 1, 2, 3 or 4 |
5, 6, 7 ou 8 | Save the skeleton in memory 1, 2, 3 or 4 |
Glito is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Glito is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Glito (named COPYING); if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA