Features and Options on the Orchid Explorer Version 2.50

Save/Load Orchids   -    Create your own Orchid parameters.
                         Saves all of the details to recreate
                         the Orchid as framed.

Shrink/Grow         -    Expand and contract the X or Y Axis to
                         position the Orchid in the window.

X/Y/XY Pivots       -    Pivot the Orchid through various
                         Planes. X and Y Pivot the Orchid
                         through one of the function increments.
                         XY Pivots the Orchid through both at
                         the same time.

Lower/Upper Limits  -    Move and change the size of the limits
                         window. This allows you to grow more
                         complex Orchids or reduce them to
                         simpler shapes.

Depth               -    Changes the time frame for the Orchids
                         growth.

Mirroring           -    Draws part of the Orchid and reflects
                         the rest about either the X or Y axis.

Colour Control      -    Two, Four, Twelve colours or Shades.
                         Details of the intrinsic mapping
                         process can be seen with Shades that
                         can't be seen with colours.

Zoom In/Out         -    Coarse/fine zoom controls

Details             -    Increases the drawing resolution of the
                         Orchid

Throw Functions     -    Changes the mutation paths for the
                         Orchid. The rule base alters to one of
                         eight paths for growth functions. There
                         are a possible 256^256 combinations,
                         but we don't think they'll all produce
                         Orchids.

Boundarys           -    Changes the growth space for the
                         Orchid. Limited to quadrilaterals at
                         the moment.

Rotate/Flip         -    Rotate and Flip the Orchids through the
                         growth Space.

XY Locking          -    Locks the Objective pivot for the
                         Orchids growth function. Selecting a
                         new origin produces very different
                         Orchids.

Movies              -    Play the catalogue of your Orchids as
                         a continuous movie show complete with
                         colour cycling as an automatic feature.
View Parameters     -    View the Parameter file for the current
                         Orchid.

Full Screen         -    View the current Orchid as a full
                         screen display.

Three Dimensions    -    Flattens and projects the Orchid up
                         through the Z axis. 

Screen Background   -    Changes the background colour from
                         Black to White.

Further details about Version 2.50 and other FMIG products and
services are available from:-

G. Keith Still/Pat Carr (FMIG)
6 Ravensmead
Chinnor
Oxfordshire
OX9 4JG
England
United Kingdom

+44 (0) 1844 353960

CIS       100414,3265
e-mail    100414.3265@Compuserve.Com