Superformula - v1.0,  © 2004 Richard Rosenman Advertising & Design. Release date: 11/14/03, Updated --/--/--.


INSTALLATION:

Simply unzip "superformula.zip" and copy "superformula.8bf" to your "\Photoshop\Plug-Ins\" folder, or whichever plugin folder your host program uses. Load your program, open an image, go to the plugins menu and select the plugin.


DESCRIPTION:

This filter generates a wide variety of geometric shapes using the Superformula.

The Superformula, sometimes referred to as the Supershape, was discovered by Johan Gielis. It is a simple formula that can be used to generate a wide variety of geometric shapes.

Res: Resolution of the Supershape. If your line becomes dotted, increase the resolution.

Res (Multiplier): This is a multiplier for the Supershape resolution as sometimes you may need very high values.

Pos X: Specifies the horizontal placement (in percentage) of the Supershape.

Pos Y: Specifies the vertical placement (in percentage) of the Supershape.

Size A: Controls variable A, which defines partial Supershape size as well as form.

Size B: Controls variable B, which defines partial Supershape size as well as form.

m: Controls the rotational symmetry of the Supershape.

n1, n2, n3: Control various aspects of the Supershape.

n3=n2=n1: Locks n3 and n2 to n1. Unlock these to get more interesting Supershapes.

Size B=A: Locks Size B to A. Unlock these to get more interesting Supershapes.

m*10: This is a multiplier for m. When enabled, m is multiplied by 10 resulting in always closed Supershapes. Since it will also increase the rotational symmetry tenfold, you may wish to use lower values.

BG: Replaces the background with the specified background color.

BG Color: Specifies the background color.

Line Color: Specifies the line color.

LOAD/SAVE: Load and Save settings. (.INI files)

Realtime: Applies all effects (in realtime) on 'mouse drag' instead of on 'mouse release'.

Special thanks to Paul Bourke for allowing his algorithm to be ported to this plugin. For more information, please visit Mr. Bourke's site at http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/.

Special thanks to Johan Gielis for his input and support. For more information, please visit Johan Gielis' site at http://www.geniaal.be and http://www.genicap.com.


KNOWN BUGS:

None.


FIXES:

None.


HOMEPAGE:

http://www.richardrosenman.com
