Re: plasma clouds algorithm ?

From: anastasiA (nones_at_devnull.net)
Date: 11/18/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 03:13:25 -0500

Thanks to Stewart and Roger for their prompt responses.

Roger's pages are more general and theoretical in nature; they will
come handy on a second stage, once I get to actually create such clouds
as they show intersting variations and fields of application. Stewart's
reference show the precise mathematical background for this fractal,
but alas, I'm the visual type of guy and my maths skills are lacking
(how the hell do you guys actually pull out an algorithm out of a
statement like "For each of the four corners we use a Gaussian
random variable N(mu, sigma squared) to generate heights". ;-)

The reference to the book "The Science of Fractal Images" was precious
though. Most of what is contained in these pages are obviously pulled
from this book BUT the latter has actual algorithms. I will study
them carefully. Then, I might understand what N, mu and sigma actually
mean:-)

Good show. Thanks to all of you. 

--
a.

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