Its so easy to explore Deep variation chains, by using a Custom Lua script list.

Pick a handful of variant scripts and just add them to the Script list. The variant scripts will be run from top-to-bottom.

To add a script to the list, select the script name to add, then click the Add Selected Script to List button.

See how I have created a list of 7 scripts to apply to every fractal produced by the main Lua script.

You will be amazed how powerful this technique is.

The coup-de-grace is to add a randomizeChains script to the end of the list. This script scrambles the variation group chain and can find some really different fractals.

With this fractal:

I ran some variants using Color gradient and the randomizeChains script. Result:

Matrix variations work just like ordinary transform Pre and Post transformation matrixes. They allow you to avoid linked transforms. Linked transforms require special Xaos matrix configuration, which is so easy to mess up in practice.

Special Support in Triangle Editor

If you select Variation for Which Matrix, and select the matrix variation instance in the Variations table, you can manipulate the Triangle representing that matrix variation.

Matrix Variation Types

• matrix2d – embed in its own group
• pre_matrix2d – embed in group containing other variations
• post_matrix2d – embed in group containing other variations

For 3D variation sets, these are available:

• matrix3d, pre_matrix3d, post_matrix3d

No special transform editing support in the Triangle editor  is available yet for the 3D matrix variations.

The best way to use matrix2d variations is to embed them in their own variation group and insert them between two other variation groups.

Example

As you can see in this image, the second transform has a chain of 5 variation groups.

The Post #1 group has a transformation Matrix variation, matrix2d.

Note how the Triangle editor allows you to manipulate that matrix variation just like a standard Pre or Post transformation matrix.

Using these inline transform matrixes is so much simpler, than traditional linked transforms.