User Guide

GNU Image Manipulation Program
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Figure 15.250: Tutorial Step 4
Enlarge component 1, arrange the other components appropriately, then select all, scale and rotate.
6. The final step is to adjust color. Click on the Color Transformation tab, and choose a different color for each fractal. To do
this, check Simple and press the right color square. A color circle appears, where you can click or select to choose a color.
Figure 15.251: Tutorial Step 5
Assign a brownish color to component 4, and various shades of green to the other components.
7. Press OK to apply the image, and voilà, you’ve just made a perfect fractal leaf! Now that you’ve got the hang of it, you’ll
just have to experiment and make your own designs. All plant-imitating fractals (be they oak trees, ferns or straws) are
more or less made in this fashion, which is leaves around a stem (or several stems). You just have to twist another way,
stretch and turn a little or add a few more fractals to get a totally different plant.
15.13.6 Diffraction Patterns