{"id":2148,"date":"2009-04-24T08:05:55","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T06:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unikatissima-e.riamore.eu\/?page_id=2148"},"modified":"2022-10-25T11:30:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:30:51","slug":"pattern-generator-cellular-automaton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/?page_id=2148","title":{"rendered":"Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"links\"><a href=\"#faq\"><strong>Frequently asked questions<\/strong><\/a> | <a href=\"#thank\"><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/a><br \/><a href=\"#pattern1\"><strong>Completed pattern 1<\/strong><\/a> | <a href=\"#pattern2\"><strong>Completed pattern 2<\/strong><\/a> | <a href=\"#empty_chart\"><strong>Empty chart<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"warn\"><em>(The Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton) does not work anymore because Adobe discontinued the flash player.)<\/em><\/div>\n<p><object id='CA' classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000' codebase='http:\/\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\/get\/flashplayer\/current\/swflash.cab' width='100%' height='550'><param name='src' value='http:\/\/www.riamore.eu\/riaCA\/CA.swf'\/><param name='flashVars' value='lang=e'\/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed name='CA' src='http:\/\/www.riamore.eu\/riaCA\/CA.swf' pluginspage='http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer' width='100%' height='550' flashVars='lang=e' allowScriptAccess=\"always\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"faq\"><\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>Frequently asked questions:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/em> <span class=\"question\">What about property rights?<\/span><br \/>\n        <em><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nI thought that I make it easy ;-)<br \/>\n<em><strong>You may<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>let generate as many patterns as you like,<\/li>\n<li>adapt and vary the patterns and<\/li>\n<li>create from the original or your patterns what takes your fancy;<\/li>\n<li>sell the produced items and<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t mind if you link to this site or<\/li>\n<li>give credit to unikatissima ;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>not<\/strong><\/em> sell patterns created with my cellular automaton pattern generator!<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>not<\/strong><\/em> embed my cellular automaton pattern generator into your site and<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>not<\/strong><\/em> claim the patterns as your own.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/em> <span class=\"question\">When I enter an odd number of squares the pattern generator generates one more square. Why?<\/span><br \/>\n        <em><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThe pattern can only be made with an odd number of squares width, therefore I added a square when an even number is entered.<br \/>\n<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/em> <span class=\"question\">The saving of the overview or the patterns takes sometimes a lot of time! Why?<\/span><br \/>\n        <em><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThe answer has two parts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the one hand the time that the pattern generator needs to save a chart depends on the size of the graphic.<\/li>\n<li>In case that you&#8217;re still using the Flash Player 9 everything works but the saving process takes longer than with the Flash Player 10.<br \/>\nIf you want to <a href=\"http:\/\/get.adobe.com\/flashplayer\/\">update your Flash Player<\/a> you can do this directly at Adobe.<br \/>\nIf you don&#8217;t know which version you are using you can let <a href=\"http:\/\/kb.adobe.com\/selfservice\/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15507\">display the version<\/a> at Adobe, too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/em> <span class=\"question\">My friend can let generate larger patterns than I can. Why?<\/span><br \/>\n        <em><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThis depends on your Flash Player version, version 9 oder 10. The Flash Player 10 can generate larger patterns.<br \/>\nIf you want to <a href=\"http:\/\/get.adobe.com\/flashplayer\/\">update your Flash Player<\/a> you can do this directly at Adobe.<br \/>\nIf you don&#8217;t know which version you are using you can let <a href=\"http:\/\/kb.adobe.com\/selfservice\/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15507\">display the version<\/a> at Adobe, too.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/em> <span class=\"question\">Why are the pattern overview and the pattern generated?<\/span><br \/>\n        <em><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA57_pattern.png\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA57.png\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/> The overview is the small picture, the pattern the larger one that you can use <a href=\"?p=2044\">to work in different techniques<\/a>.<br \/>\nI like to let generate different patterns and found, that I can&#8217;t see from the actual patterns whether I like them. Therefore I always compare the overviews and print then the pattern with the same name identification code, e.g. is the overview called &#8216;unikatissima_CA57_<em><strong>7kD<\/strong><\/em>.png&#8217; and the pattern &#8216;unikatissima_CA57_pattern_<em><strong>7kD<\/strong><\/em>.png&#8217;.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/em> <span class=\"question\">The pictures I&#8217;m saving have strange names. Why?<\/span><br \/>\n        <em><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA57_pattern.png\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA57.png\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/> The overview, that&#8217;s the smaller picture, is always called &#8216;unikatissima_CA++_***.png&#8217;, where &#8216;++&#8217; stands for the rule number and &#8216;***&#8217; stands for a random letter number combination.<br \/>\nThe pattern, the larger picture that you can use <a href=\"?p=2044\">to work in different techniques<\/a> is always called &#8216;unikatissima_CA++_pattern_***.png&#8217;, where &#8216;++&#8217; stands for the same rule number and &#8216;***&#8217; stands for the same letter number combination as for the overview. E.g. is the overview called &#8216;unikatissima_<em><strong>CA57<\/strong><\/em>_<em><strong>7kD<\/strong><\/em>.png&#8217; and the pattern &#8216;unikatissima_<em><strong>CA57<\/strong><\/em>_pattern_<em><strong>7kD<\/strong><\/em>.png&#8217;.<br \/>\nThis way a pattern can easily be assigned to the overview after you&#8217;re chosen a beautiful pattern.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"thank\"><\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>Credits:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Again I want to thank <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riamore.eu\/\">RIAmore.eu<\/a>.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ve been such a help when creating this (hopefully ;-)) rich internet application!<\/li>\n<li>Furthermore thanks to all who tried to explain what a cellular automaton is.<br \/>\nI guess that it is due to me that I haven&#8217;t really understood ;-))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"pattern1\"><\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>Completed patterns:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nI find that some of the patterns look <em>nearly<\/em> good, but I wouldn&#8217;t work them as they are.<br \/>\nTherefore I show here how it can look if the patterns are postworked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>Pattern 1:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA_orig.png\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"204\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/> I found this pattern rather beautiful, but found the black stripe in the center too large and the white stripes in the long run dull.<br \/>\nWhat is more: if you work several pattern repeats side by side there comes a white dull stripe between both what I didn&#8217;t like, too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA_pw.png\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"204\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/> That is the pattern after my postwork.<br \/>\nTwo of the white stripes have been interrupted, the large black stripe is gone, the problem with the pattern repeats doesn&#8217;t occur no more and additionally I shifted a part of the pattern upwards to get a (as I find) more balanced and easier to work pattern.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>(Click to enlarge)<br \/>\n<a href=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA_pw_repeated.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA_pw_repeated.png\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"204\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/><\/a> That&#8217;s how the pattern would look if repeated as well horizontally as vertically.<br \/>\nAnd?<br \/>\nI find it really beautiful ;-)<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA_pw_knitted.jpg\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"200\" height=\"236\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/> Here I knitted it (<a href=\"?p=2044\">other techniques<\/a> work as well).<br \/>\nI knitted some more rows than just one pattern repeat and as you can see it matches great.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not a very experienced multi colour knitter, but I find it beautiful (it&#8217;s only wavy because I haven&#8217;t blocked it yet: I&#8217;m still working on it!).<br \/>\nNow I only have to find out what to do with it ;-)<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>(Click to enlarge)<br \/>\n<a href=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA_pattern_pw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA_pattern_pw.jpg\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"200\" height=\"236\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/><\/a> After having postworked the overview, I simply charted it manually in my <a href=\"#empty_chart\">empty chart<\/a>.<br \/>\nThis works fine.<br \/>\nIf you like you can work my pattern on the left, too, simply save the graphic, print and work.<br \/>\nI&#8217;d really love it if I could see some pictures, then.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"pattern2\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Pattern 2:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA99_orig.png\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"140\" height=\"68\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/> I nearly found this beautiful, too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA99_pw.png\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"196\" height=\"68\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/> That is my postworked version.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>(Click to enlarge)<br \/>\n<a href=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA99_pw_repeated.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA99_pw_repeated.png\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"196\" height=\"23\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/><\/a> That is the repeat of my postworked version.<br \/>\nNot bad, isn&#8217;t it? <\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>(Click to enlarge)<br \/>\n<a href=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA99_pw_pattern.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA99_pw_pattern.png\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"196\" height=\"91\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/><\/a> That&#8217;s the template.<br \/>\nHave fun <a href=\"?p=2044\">knitting, crocheting, bead looming etc.<\/a> :)<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"empty_chart\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Empty chart:<\/strong><br \/>\n(Click to enlarge)<br \/>\n<a href=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA_empty_grid.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima_CA_empty_grid.png\" alt=\"unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/><\/a> This is my empty chart for you to self-postdesign the patterns that you like.<br \/>\nThe decimal lines are already included, so simply save, print and fill-in appropriately ;-))<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frequently asked questions | CreditsCompleted pattern 1 | Completed pattern 2 | Empty chart (The Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton) does not work anymore because Adobe discontinued the flash player.) &nbsp; Frequently asked questions: Question: What about property rights? 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