[gimp-help/gimp-help-2-10] Update Fractalexplorer plug-in documentation and images
- From: Jacob Boerema <jboerema src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-help/gimp-help-2-10] Update Fractalexplorer plug-in documentation and images
- Date: Sun, 29 May 2022 17:38:15 +0000 (UTC)
commit 2bc963e25dc0802b8c5a88e8ca593f6762830165
Author: Jacob Boerema <jgboerema gmail com>
Date: Sun May 29 12:40:47 2022 -0400
Update Fractalexplorer plug-in documentation and images
Updated images by Andre Klapper.
Updated documentation a bit and removed one unneeded image.
(cherry picked from commit 9830417b488177c6a1d47dc9a46f8aaf851be0c8)
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images/C/filters/render/fractalexplorer3.png | Bin 9965 -> 68410 bytes
src/filters/render/fractalexplorer.xml | 86 +++++++++++++--------------
5 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
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index 339d4cd33..eb189b508 100644
--- a/src/filters/render/fractalexplorer.xml
+++ b/src/filters/render/fractalexplorer.xml
@@ -38,20 +38,22 @@
</figure>
<para>
With this filter, you can create fractals and multicolored pictures
- verging to chaos. Unlike the
- <link linkend="plug-in-ifscompose">IFS Fractal</link> filter, with which you
- can fix the fractal structure precisely, this filter lets you perform
- fractals simply.
+ verging on chaos. This filter lets you pick from a collection of
+ presets that can be adjusted easily. In contrast, the
+ <link linkend="plug-in-ifscompose">IFS Fractal</link> filter lets you
+ change the fractal structure in more detail, at the cost of being
+ more complicated.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
- <title>Starting filter</title>
+ <title>Starting Fractal Explorer</title>
<para>
- You can find this filter through
+ Menu command location for this filter:
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Filters</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Render</guisubmenu>
+ <guisubmenu>Fractals</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Fractal Explorer…</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
@@ -81,13 +83,13 @@
<term>Realtime preview</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Uncheck the <guilabel>Realtime preview</guilabel> only if your
- computer is slow. In this case, you can update preview by
- clicking on the <guibutton>Redraw preview</guibutton> button.
+ You can disable the <guilabel>Realtime preview</guilabel> if
+ updating the preview is slow. In that case, you can update the
+ preview by clicking the <guibutton>Redraw preview</guibutton> button.
</para>
<para>
- By clicking-dragging mouse pointer on preview, you can draw a
- rectangle delimiting an area which will be zoomed.
+ By click-dragging the mouse pointer on the preview, you can draw a
+ rectangle delimiting the area that will be zoomed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -95,12 +97,11 @@
<term>Zoom</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- You have there some options to zoom in or zoom out. The
- <guibutton>Undo</guibutton> allows you to return to previous
- state, before zooming. The <guibutton>Redo</guibutton> allows
- you to reestablish the zoom you had undone, without having to
- re-create it with the <guibutton>Zoom In</guibutton> or
- <guibutton>Zoom Out</guibutton> buttons.
+ These buttons allow you to <guibutton>Zoom In</guibutton> or
+ <guibutton>Zoom Out</guibutton> the preview. The
+ <guibutton>Undo</guibutton> button takes you back to the previous
+ state. The <guibutton>Redo</guibutton> button will revert the
+ last Undo.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -109,19 +110,8 @@
<sect4>
<title>Parameters</title>
- <figure>
- <title>
- <quote>Fractal Explorer</quote> filter options (Parameters)
- </title>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/filters/render/fractalexplorer1.png"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
<para>
- This tab contains some options to set fractal calculation and select
+ This tab contains settings to adjust the calculation and select a
fractal type.
</para>
<variablelist>
@@ -129,7 +119,7 @@
<term>Fractal Parameters</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Here, you have sliders and input boxes to set fractal
+ These sliders and input boxes allow you to set fractal
spreading, repetition and aspect.
</para>
<variablelist>
@@ -191,9 +181,11 @@
<term>Fractal Type</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- You can choose what fractal type will be, for instance
+ Here you can choose the fractal type you want. You can choose
+ from
<guilabel>Mandelbrot</guilabel>, <guilabel>Julia</guilabel>,
- <guilabel>Barnsley</guilabel> or
+ <guilabel>Barnsley</guilabel> 1, 2 or 3, <guilabel>Spider</guilabel>,
+ <guilabel>Man 'o'war</guilabel>, <guilabel>Lambda</guilabel> or
<guilabel>Sierpinski</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -225,9 +217,10 @@
colors for the fractal, between 2 and 8192. A palette of these
colors is displayed at the bottom of the tab. Actually, that's a
gradient between colors in fractal: you can change colors with
- <quote>Color Density</quote> and <quote>Color Function</quote>
- options. Fractal colors don't depend on colors of the original
- image (you can use a white image for fractals as well).
+ <guilabel>Color Density</guilabel> and
+ <guilabel>Color Function</guilabel> options. Fractal colors don't
+ depend on the colors of the original image. You can even use a
+ white image for creating fractals.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -314,7 +307,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Color values will be taken from the <guilabel>Color
- Density</guilabel> options.
+ Density</guilabel> settings.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -322,9 +315,9 @@
<term>Apply active gradient to final image</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Used colors will be that of active gradient. You should be able
- to select another gradient by clicking on the gradient source
- button.
+ The colors used will be that of the active gradient. You can
+ select another gradient by clicking on the button that shows
+ the currently active gradient.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -335,7 +328,7 @@
<title>Fractals</title>
<figure>
<title>
- <quote>Fractal Explorer</quote> filter options (Fractals)
+ <quote>Fractal Explorer</quote> sample fractals
</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
@@ -345,14 +338,15 @@
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
- This tab contains a big list of fractals with their parameters, that
- you can use as a model: only click on the wanted one.
+ This tab contains a list of fractals with their parameters that
+ you can use as a model and adjust. To select one, you can either
+ double click the name, or click the name and then press
+ <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>.
</para>
<para>
- The <guibutton>Refresh</guibutton> allows you to update the list if
- you have saved your work, without needing to re-start
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym>. You can delete the selected fractal from the
- list by clicking on the <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>.
+ The <guibutton>Refresh</guibutton> button allows you to update the list
+ if you have saved your work (see the Parameters tab). You can remove
+ a fractal from the list by clicking <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>.
</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
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