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