Alternate Mapping Properties Pages
The Fractal Science Kit fractal generator Alternate Mapping pages are found under the Mandelbrot / Julia / Newton page and hold properties that control the collection of data associated with the Mandelbrot fractal orbit. During the orbit for Mandelbrot fractals, you can activate the collection of additional data that you can access from the Color Controllers.
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Alternate Mapping
The Alternate Mapping section contains a single property, Type, which controls the type of data that you wish to collect and is one of the following values:
- <None>
- Instructions
- Exponential Smoothing
- Log Smoothing
- Minimum Value
- Average Value
- Blended Value
- Orbit Trap
- Orbit Trap Minimum
- Transformed Value Minimum
- Transformed Value Average
- Orbit Trap Statistic
Setting Type to <None> disables the orbit data processing and is the default setting. Since this processing is performed during the fractal orbit, it is very time consuming and should be disabled if you are not planning to use the data in the Color Controllers. Each of the remaining settings activates the data collection processing. Depending on your choice, a different set of dependent pages is shown in the page hierarchy.
If you set the mapping to Instructions, a Program Editor for an Alternate Value is displayed in the page hierarchy under the Alternate Mapping page. This setting is the most flexible since it provides you with full control over the data collection processing. The remaining settings are less flexible but highly optimized. Many of these settings provide additional pages in the page hierarchy that control different aspects of the data collection.
Alternate Value Normalization
The Alternate Value Normalization section provides control of the Data Normalization applied to the associated alternate value.