Kaleider effects can be mapped onto various non-flat, curved
Surfaces. The
button on the Kaleid Tools panel can be clicked to access a popup menu
from which a Surface can be chosen. Other than the standard Flat
Surface, effects will tend to appear distorted when tiled over a Surface,
sometimes rather drastically.
Putting effect tiles into motion over non-flat Surfaces, either with manual
Shifting or automated Wandering movements, can often produce
fascinating results. Patterns might appear squeezed or stretched or warped
or swirled as they meander up, down and around curvatures. Normal,
undistorted Masks and
Mandalas can be applied over non-flat Surfaces. The
appearance of Surfaced scenes can often be enhanced by pressing the
button on Kaleid
Tools to re-render with Improved Quality.
The Automatic Effects Configuration
screen includes a Surfaces tab with options to control how Surfaces
might be randomly selected during Automatic Effects.
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Of course, Surface changes can be captured in Scripts, and later modified via the Script Control
and and Editing screen. So it's easy to create Scripts that
switch between various Surface types. Surface changes can also
be controlled with a MIDI Device.