Glossary

A–Z

Glossary of terms used in this Wiki

affine

as it relates to Jwidfire, the affines are the triangles. The term as it applies to math is well defined here. Math World

anti-aliasing

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a method to reduce unwanted visual effects like jaggy edges, which may also occur in flame-fractals

chaos game

an often-used algorithm to compute flame-fractals

flame

short notion of flame-fractal

flame-fractal

a special kind of ifs, invented by Scott Draves with various esthetic improvements in mind

iterations

Iteration means to repeat a process or function.

ifs

iterated function system, a method to describe a certain families of fractals. A flame-fractal, invented by Scott Draves, is a special kind of ifs

noise

when used in digital image creation noise refers to random variations in brightness and color that can appear in an image. Static on a television image is one example of noise.

quality

a measurement of number of iterations inside the chaos game producing a visualisation of the flame-fractal. Usually, the higher number of iterations, the higher the visual quality is

transform

one member-function of the iterated function system. All the transforms together must meat certain conditions in order to form a flame-fractal which is actually visible and visually appealing