Comparing LinSyS and NomadS:
NomadS:
Is
a compendium of individual works which can be categorized as
follows:
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Free movement ---------------
VarBoxXY
-Automous box (changing
size, colour and position) with feelpoints at corners
VarLinXY
-Autonomous line with feelpoints at ends
MadProc
-Autonomous
block with colour and position movement dependent on pixel
values at location
ColMadProc
-As MadProc but with limited
colour change
VarLinProc
-As MadProc but with variable line instead
of block
----------- Line swap
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VarWalkProc -Similar to VarlinProc, but with
position moved to end of previous line
SwapWalkProc -As VarWalkProc, but with line rotation values
all shifted by a half circle
----------- Mirrored ---------------
MirWingProc -As VarlinProc, but composed of two figures,
with second figure mirroring the first
IndWingProc
-As VarlinProc, but composed of two figures,
with second figure independent of first
----------- FigProc
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FigProc -Independent nomad -but with
concentric polygons, instead of lines.
This is available in two options
-with either a small or a large step between
figures.
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Analysis:
The basic element is a line
segment, that can change position, colour, angle and radius.
Colour, angle and radius are all free and independent, but
location may sometimes (in the Line Swap category)
be rigidly determined by the nature of the process used.
Mirroring is not advisable as an option in all cases (particularly
the in the Line Swap category)
The line segment could be interpreted as a "glyph" (a visual
element) -which allows other glyphs to represent the same
data.
-Main
Question: What to
change, when to change and how to change:
LinSyS:
Various
systems of movement based on:
-angle of line segment (rotation)
-length of line segment
(radius)
-position of line segment
(X,Y coordinates)
-visual representation of
line segment
Note:
Modification of limits of values is implemented for X,Y
coordinates but not other paramenters
The "Box" feature in NomadS has
become a "meta-space" which makes the "image area" variable.
("line" has been dropped -because it seemed to have no relevant
equivalent in the new system).
FigProc was originally
considered to be a separate process (like the Line Swap category)
but as development continued it became clear that it was simply a
complex "
glyph". This
means that one is free to use all other systems of movement,
rotation, colour processing, etc. (including mirroring) before
selecting the
glyph.
Obviously, this inreases the range of available options.
The chosen parameters of the final system are clearly reflected in
the menu structure see
Notes on LinSyS
See also Definitions,
Parameters and Structure of Space for general principles
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