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CHAOSPRO 4.0
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Plasma Parameters



Plasma has two sets of parameters, depending on the type of plasma you want to generate:

The first type is called Midpoint displacement and works by recursively dividing the area into smaller pieces, displacing the midpoint of the new area.

The second type calculates plasma using a two dimensional fractional brownian motion.

Midpoint Displacement


  • H
    This number directly determines the dimension of the object. The resulting dimension is 3-H, i.e. if H=0.9, then the dimension is 3-0.9=2.1, so it's a rough area. If H=0.1, then the dimension is 2.9, so it's a very rough area.

  • Seed
    Because this type works with random numbers and a seed of random numbers is deterministic, (at least if calculated by a computer), it's necessary to define a starting value of this seed. The same value results in the same random-number sequence.

  • Sigma
    Specifies the standard deviation of the random number generator.

Fractional Brownian Motion


  • Iterations
    Number of iterations to perform in order to generate random numbers. Higher values produce a more cloudy plasma.
  • Angle Step
    This value lets you rotate the whole plasma image.
  • Power
    Fractional Brownian Motion relies on generating random numbers. But generating these numbers is quite difficult. This parameter lets you specify a parameter which is used to scramble the random numbers. It lets you change the plasma pattern.
  • Step
    This is an additional parameter used to scramble random numbers between iteration cycles.
  • Passes
    Number of drawing passes to perform.