JWildfire tutorials

1. “What does this button do?” by Naomi Richmond

1.1 The beginning

1.2 The camera block

1.3 The flame editor block

1.4 Transformations & affine blocks

1.5 The gradient tab

2. How to create an ornamented plate

This is the first JWildfire tutorial. It is very brief and and shows how to create a nice gold plate using T.I.N.A. the fractal flame editor integrated in JWildfire. The tutorial itself is provided as pdf file.

3. Mastering “xaos” (relative weights) to compose fractals

This is the second JWildfire tutorial. It is very brief and explains many facts about relative weights (“xaos”) and describes how to use this knowledge to compose one fractal of several other fractals where the building fractals do NOT affect others.

The tutorial itself is provided as pdf file and there is also a zip file with some templates and examples.

4. Using sub flames

This is the third JWildfire tutorial. It is very brief and explains how to create mindblowing fractals by using flames (you created before) as variations.

The tutorial itself is provided as pdf file.

5. Creating custom variations on the fly

This is the fourth JWildfire tutorial. It is very brief and explains how to create our own variations on the fly.
JWildfire contains an integrated Java-compiler which allows to generate scripts and even variations during runtime. Those generated variations can be tested without starting any external  tool or performing any complicated step.

The tutorial itself is provided as pdf file.

6. Image mapping fun

This is the fifth JWildfire tutorial. It explains the features of the image-mapping-variations “(post_)colormap_wf” and shows numerous examples of their use.

The tutorial itself is provided as pdf file.

7. Using the dancing-flames-module


After a long time, this is the 6th official JWildfire tutorial. It is very detailed and explains on 20 pages how to create unique animations using the dancing-flames-module.

The basic concepts are explained, and some concrete examples are shown. But because this new module is just so powerful, the tutorial can be just an introduction.

The tutorial itself is provided as pdf file. The example is both available for download or as listing inside of the document

8. Using layerz


This is the 7th official JWildfire tutorial about layerz. It explains all the background and shows how to work with layerz.

The tutorial itself is provided as pdf file.

9. Understanding and creating iflamez


This is the 8th official JWildfire tutorial and shows how to understand and create iflamez.

The tutorial itself is provided as pdf file, and there is an example image provided.