Variation Types by Rick Sidwell

3D Variation list generously compiled by Rick Sidwell.

"There's a bit more than just 2D or 3D; "blur" means it ignores its inputs, DC is direct color. But they should all have 2D or 3D, based on whether or not the variation code assigns to z."

Notes:
Griffin Sarah
My particular rule of thumb has to do with what happens with pitch. If the transform flattens to a line at 90° it's 2D. and someone mentioned that even some 3D, like Bubbles don't behave well in 3D rendering or as variation 2 with other 3D labeled variations. otoh, many 2D variations look very interesting with extrude or curl nearby. I'm sorry, I've not had the time to make a systematic study.

Rick Sidwell
Bubble is really a 2D to 3D variation. It basically flattens the flame then maps the result to a sphere.

Name	Dimensions	Notes	DC
apocarpet_js	2D
arch	2D	blur
asteria	2D
atan	2D
auger	2D
barycentroid	2D
bCollide	2D
bent	2D
bent2	2D
bi_linear	2D
bipolar	2D
blade	2D
blade3D	3D
blob	2D
blob3D	3D	sets z
blocky	2D
blur	2D	blur
blur_circle	2D	blur
blur_linear	2D
blur_pixelize	2D
blur_zoom	2D
blur3D	3D	blur
bMod	2D
boarders	2D
boarders2	2D
brownian_js	2D
bsplit	2D
bSwirl	2D
bTransform	2D
bubble	3D	sets z
bubble_wf	3D	sets z
bubble2	3D	transforms z
bubbleT3D	3D
butterfly	2D
butterfly_fay	2D
butterfly3D	3D	sets z
bwrands	2D
bwraps7	2D
cannibiscurve_wf	2D	blur
cardioid	2D
cell	2D
checkerboard_wf	3D	DC
checks	2D	passes z
chunk	2D
circleblur	2D	blur
circlecrop	2D	passes z
CircleLinear	2D
CircleRand	2D	blur
circlesplit	2D
CircleTrans1	2D
circlize	2D
circlize2	2D
circular	2D
circular2	2D
circus	2D
clifford_js	2D
cloverleaf_wf	2D	blur
collideoscope	2D
colormap_wf	3D	z only	DC
colorscale_wf	3D	uses color
complex	2D
conic	2D	half blur
cos	2D
cos2_bs	2D
cosh	2D
cosh2_bs	2D
coshq	3D
cosine	2D
cosq	3D
cot	2D
cot2_bs	2D
coth	2D
coth2_bs	2D
cothq	3D
cotq	3D
cpow	2D
cpow2	2D
cpow3	2D
cpow3_wf	2D
crackle	2D	blur
crob	2D
crop	2D	passes z
cross	2D
crown_js	3D
csc	2D
csc2_bs	2D
csch	2D
csch2_bs	2D
cschq	3D
cscq	3D
cubic3D	3D
cubicLattice_3D	3D
curl	2D
curl_sp	3D
curl3D	3D	transforms z
curve	2D
custom_wf
custom_wf_full
cylinder	2D
cylinder_apo	3D	sets z
cylinder2	2D
d_spherical	2D
dc_bubble	3D	DC
dc_carpet	2D		DC
dc_crackle_wf	2D	blur	DC
dc_cracklep_wf	2D	blur	DC
dc_cube	3D	blur	DC
dc_cylinder	3D	DC
dc_cylinder2	3D	DC
dc_hexes_wf	2D		DC
dc_linear	2D		DC
dc_perlin	2D	blur	DC
dc_triangle	2D		DC
dc_triTile	2D	blur
dc_ztransl	3D	uses color
deltaA	2D
devil_warp	2D
diamond	2D
dinis_surface_wf	3D	sets z
disc	2D
disc2	2D
disc3D	3D	transforms z
displacemap_wf	2D		DC
dla_wf	2D	blur
dla3D	3D		DC
dragon_js	2D	blur
eclipse	2D
eCollide	2D
edisc	2D
eJulia	2D
elliptic	2D
eMod	2D
eMotion	2D
ennepers	2D
ennepers2	3D
Epispiral	2D	half blur
epispiral_wf	2D
ePush	2D
erf	2D
erf3D	3D
eRotate	2D
eScale	2D
escher	2D
estiq	3D
eSwirl	2D
ex	2D
exblur	3D
exp	2D
exp2_bs	2D
exponential	2D
extrude	3D	z only - sets Z
eyefish	2D
falloff2	3D	transforms z
falloff3	3D
fan	2D
fan2	2D
farblur	3D
fdisc	2D
fibonacci2	2D
fisheye	2D
flatten	3D	z only - sets Z
flipcircle	2D
flipy	2D
flower	2D	half blur
flower_db	3D
flux	2D
foci	2D
foci_3D	3D
fourth	2D
fract_dragon_wf	3D	blur	DC
fract_formula_julia_wf	3D	blur	DC
fract_formula_mand_wf	3D	blur	DC
fract_julia_wf	3D	blur	DC
fract_mandelbrot_wf	3D	blur	DC
fract_meteors_wf	3D	blur	DC
fract_pearls_wf	3D	blur	DC
fract_salamander_wf	3D	blur	DC
funnel	2D
gamma	2D
gaussian_blur	2D	blur
gdoffs	2D	passes z
glynnia	2D
glynnia3	2D
GlynnSim1	2D
GlynnSim2	2D
GlynnSim3	2D
gosperisland_js	2D	blur
grid3D	3D
gridout	2D
gridout2	2D
hadamard_js	2D	blur
hamid_js	2D	blur
handkerchief	2D
harmonograph_js	2D	blur
heart	2D
heart_wf	2D
helicoid	3D
helix	3D
hemisphere	3D	sets z
hexaplay3D	3D
hexes	2D
hexnix3D	3D
hilbert_js	2D	blur
ho	3D
hole2	2D
horseshoe	2D
htree_js	2D	blur
hyperbolic	2D
hypershift	2D
hypertile	2D
hypertile1	2D
hypertile2	2D
hypertile3D	3D
hypertile3D	3D
hypertile3D	3D
idisc	2D
iflames_wf	3D	blur	DC
inflateZ_1	3D	transforms z only
inflateZ_2	3D	transforms z only
inflateZ_3	3D	transforms z only
inflateZ_4	3D	transforms z only
inflateZ_5	3D	transforms z only
inflateZ_6	3D	transforms z only
inversion	2D
invtree_js	2D
isosfplot3D	3D		DC
jac_cn	2D
jac_dn	2D
jac_sn	2D
jubiQ	3D
julia	2D
julia3D	3D	transforms z
julia3D	3D	transforms z
julia3D	3D	transforms z
Juliac	2D
julian	2D
julian2	2D
julian3D	3D
juliaq	2D
juliascope	2D
Kaleidoscope	2D
klein_group	2D
koch_js	2D	blur
lace_js	2D
layered_spiral	2D
lazyjess	2D
lazysusan	2D
lazyTravis	2D
line	3D
linear	2D
linear3D	3D
linearT	2D
linearT3D	3D
Lissajous	2D	blur
log	2D
log_apo	2D
log_db	2D
log_tile2	3D
loonie	2D
loonie_3D	3D
loonie2	2D
loonie3	2D
loq	3D
lorenz_js	3D
lsystem_js	2D	blur
lsystem3D	3D	blur
mandelbrot	3D	blur
mask	2D
maurer_lines	3D	DC
maurer_rose	3D	DC
mcarpet	2D
minkowscope	2D
minkQM	2D
mobiq	3D
mobius	2D
mobius_strip	3D
MobiusN	2D
modulus	2D
murl	2D
murl2	2D
nBlur	2D	blur
ngon	2D
noise	2D	half blur
npolar	2D
obj_mesh_primitive_wf	3D	mesh
obj_mesh_wf	3D	mesh
octagon	3D
onion	3D
onion2	3D
ortho	2D
oscilloscope	2D
oscilloscope2	2D
ovoid3D	3D	transforms z
panorama1	2D
panorama2	2D
parabola	2D	half blur
parplot2D	3D	blur
pdj	2D
perspective	2D
petal	2D
phoenix_julia	2D
pie	2D	blur
pie3D	3D	blur
plane_wf	3D	DC
poincare3D	3D
polar	2D
polar2	2D
polylogarithm	2D
popcorn	2D
popcorn2	2D
popcorn2_3D	3D
post_axis_symmetry_wf	3D
post_bumpmap_wf	3D	z only
post_bwraps2	2D
post_circlecrop	2D	passes z
post_colormap_wf	3D	z only	DC
post_colorscale_wf	3D	uses color
post_crop	2D	passes z
post_curl	2D
post_curl3D	3D	transforms z
post_custom_wf
post_dcztransl	3D	uses color
post_depth	3D
post_displacemap_wf	2D		DC
post_falloff2	3D	transforms z
post_falloff3	3D
post_heat	3D	transforms z
post_julia3D	3D	transforms z
post_juliaq	2D
post_mirror_wf	3D
post_point_symmetry_wf	2D
post_rblur	2D
post_rotate_x	3D
post_rotate_y	3D
post_smartcrop	3D	DC
post_spherical	2D
post_spin_z	2D
post_zscale_wf	3D	z only
post_ztranslate_wf	3D	z only
pow_block	2D
power	2D
pre_blur	2D	blur
pre_blur3D	3D	blur
pre_boarders2	2D
pre_bwraps2	2D
pre_circlecrop	2D	passes z
pre_crop	2D	passes z
pre_curl	2D
pre_custom_wf
pre_dcztransl	3D	uses color
pre_disc3D	3D	transforms z
pre_falloff3	3D
pre_rect_wf	2D	blur
pre_rotate_x	3D
pre_rotate_y	3D
pre_sinusoidal3D	3D	transforms z
pre_spherical	2D
pre_spin_z	2D
pre_stabilize	2D
pre_subflame_wf	3D	DC
pre_wave3D	3D
pre_zscale	3D	z only
pre_ztranslate	3D	z only
pressure_wave	2D
primitives_wf	2D/3D	blur
pRose3D	3D	half blur
quaternion	3D
r_circleblur	2D
radial_blur	2D	half blur
rational3	2D
rays	2D
rays1	2D
rays2	2D
rays3	2D
rectangles	2D
rhodonea	2D
rings	2D
rings2	2D
ripple	2D
rippled	2D
rose_wf	2D
rosoni	2D
roundspher	2D
roundspher3D	3D	transforms z
rsquares_js	2D	blur
sattractor_js	2D
scrambly	2D
scry	2D
scry_3D	3D	transforms z
scry2	2D
sec	2D
sec2_bs	2D
secant2	2D
sech	2D
sech2_bs	2D
sechq	3D
secq	3D
separation	2D
shift	2D
shredlin	2D
shredrad	2D
siercarpet_js	2D
sigmoid	2D
sin	2D
sin2_bs	2D
sineblur	2D	blur
sinh	2D
sinh2_bs	2D
sinhq	3D
sinq	3D
sintrange	2D
sinusoidal	2D
sinusoidal3D	3D	transforms z
sph3D	3D
sphere_nja	3D
spherecrop	3D
spherical	2D
Spherical3D	3D	transforms z
spherical3D	_wf	3D
sphericalN	2D
sphtiling3v2	2D		DC
spiral	2D
spiralwing	2D
Spirograph	2D	blur
spirograph3D	3D	blur
spliptic_bs	2D
split	2D
SplitBrdr	2D
splits	2D
splits3D	3D
square	2D	blur
square3D	3D	blur
squarize	2D
squirrel	2D
squish	2D
starblur	2D	blur
stripes	2D
stwin	2D
subflame_wf	3D	DC
super_shape	2D
SuperShape3D	3D	blur
svensson_js	2D
svf	3D	sets z
svg_wf	2D		DC
swirl	2D
swirl3	2D
synth	2D
tan	2D
tan2_bs	2D
tancos	2D
tangent	2D
tangent3D	3D	sets z
tanh	2D
tanh2_bs	2D
tanhq	3D
tanq	3D
target	2D
target_sp	2D
taurus	3D
text_wf	2D	blur	DC
tile_hlp	2D
tile_log	2D
trade	2D
tree_js	2D	blur
Truchet	2D
truchet_ae	2D		DC
Truchet_fill	2D
twintrian	2D
twoface	2D
unpolar	2D
vogel	2D
voron	2D
w	2D
waffle	2D	blur
wallpaper_js	2D
waveblur_wf	3D	blur	DC
waves	2D
waves2	2D
waves2_3D	3D
waves2_radial	2D
waves2_wf	2D
waves2b	2D
waves3_wf	2D
waves4_wf	2D
wdisc	2D
wedge	2D
wedge_julia	2D
wedge_sph	2D
whitney_umbrella	3D
whorl	2D
woggle_js	2D
x	2D
xerf	3D
xheart	2D
xheart_blur_wf	2D	blur
xtrb	2D
y	2D
yin_yang	2D
yplot2D	3D	blur	DC
yplot3D	3D	blur	DC
z	2D
zblur	3D	Blur - z only
zcone	3D	z only
zscale	3D	z only
ztranslate	3D	z only
ztwister	2D	uses z

2 thoughts on “Variation Types”

rsidwell

January 6, 2018 at 4:48 am

Although I provided this in the context of “3D Variations”, a better name for it would be “Variation Types” since it lists all the variations (3D or not).

Some minor corrections: “passes z” applies only to the Apophysis plugin versions; most JWildfire 2D variations will pass z if Preserve Z is enabled. Also, primitives_wf can be 3D, depending on the shape; some are 2D and some 3D. Perhaps it should be labeled 2D/3D.
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thoth

January 6, 2018 at 10:04 am

Thanks Rick for the suggestions, am always open to them. I’ll implement them, and thanks for your list to begin with!
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