Kaleidoscope

The Kaleidoscope transformation fills the screen with rotated copies of a 

small radial slice of the fractal, creating a kaleidoscope effect.

By tweaking the parameters, you can simulate many different kinds of 

symmetry. By default, the slices are aligned and mirrored to make the 

edges match, but there are also other options that produce sharp 

transitions.

Try experimenting with the Center and Rotation angle parameters to obtain good results. Some 

sections of the fractal lend themselves much better to the kaleidoscope effect than others. 

The following parameters are available:

Sets the symmetry order. This is the number of times the slice of the 

Symmetry Order

fractal is copied and rotated to obtain the final image.

Selects the symmetry mode to use. Only the reflective option is 

guaranteed to produce seamless images. Use the slice only option to 

Symmetry Mode

view the slice of the fractal that is used as a base for the symmetry 

effect.

Specifies the coordinates of the symmetry center. Together with the 

Rotation angle parameter, this selects the slice of the fractal that is 

used. Try changing this to see the various effects that are possible. 

Center

Use the 

eyedropper

 (right click and click Eyedropper) to select the 

center by clicking inside the fractal window.

If checked, the center of the screen is used instead of the Center 

parameter, so the symmetry center is always centered on the screen. 

Use Screen Center

This can give unexpected effects when zooming in.

Rotates the fractal before determining the slice that will be used as a 

base for the symmetry effect. This can drastically change the resulting 

Rotation angle

image. 

See Also

Mirror

Standard transformations

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