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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">11.2.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Plasma</span>
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="plug-in-plasma"></a>11.2.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Plasma</span>
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  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
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  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2230 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2006-12-18</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">j.h</td>
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  67.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2769172"></a>11.2.1.¬†
  68.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Overview</span>
  69.     </h4>
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  71.           </div>
  72.         </div>
  73.         <div class="figure">
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  75.           <p class="title">
  76.             <b>Figure¬†16.230.¬†
  77.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Example of a rendered plasma.</span>
  78.       </b>
  79.           </p>
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  82.               <img src="../images/filters/examples/render-taj-plasma.jpg" alt="Example of a rendered plasma." />
  83.               <div class="caption">
  84.                 <p>Filter ‚Äú<span class="quote">Plasma</span>‚Äù applied</p>
  85.               </div>
  86.             </div>
  87.           </div>
  88.         </div>
  89.         <br class="figure-break" />
  90.         <p>
  91.       You can find this filter through
  92.       <span class="guimenu">Filte<span class="accel">r</span>s</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu"><span class="accel">R</span>ender</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu"><span class="accel">C</span>louds</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">P</span>lasma</span>
  93.     </p>
  94.         <p>
  95.       All of the colors produced by Plasma are completely saturated.
  96.       Sometimes the strong colors may be distracting, and a more
  97.       interesting surface will appear when you desaturate the image
  98.       using
  99.       <span class="guimenuitem">Layer/Colors/Desaturate</span>.
  100.     </p>
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  107.               <th align="left">Note</th>
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  109.             <tr>
  110.               <td align="left" valign="top">
  111.                 <p>
  112.         An enhanced version of the Plasma plug-in, called
  113.         <span class="emphasis"><em>Plasma2</em></span>, with many more options and
  114.         parameters, is available from the GIMP Plugin Registry
  115.         <a class="xref" href="bibliography.html#bibliography-online-gimp-plugin-plasma2" title="GIMP-Plugin Plasma2 at the Registry">[<abbr class="abbrev">PLUGIN-PLASMA2</abbr>]</a>.
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  126.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2769308"></a>11.2.2.¬†
  127.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Options</span>
  128.     </h4>
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  132.         <div class="figure">
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  134.           <p class="title">
  135.             <b>Figure¬†16.231.¬†
  136.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  137.           ‚Äú<span class="quote">Plasma</span>‚Äù filter options
  138.         </span>
  139.       </b>
  140.           </p>
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  142.             <div class="mediaobject">
  143.               <img src="../images/filters/filters-render-plasma.png" alt="Plasma filter options" />
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  151.               <span class="term">Random Seed</span>
  152.             </dt>
  153.             <dd>
  154.               <p>
  155.             <span class="guilabel">Random Seed</span> controls the randomization
  156.             element. The <span class="guibutton">Randomize</span> check-button will
  157.             set the seed using the hardware clock of the computer.
  158.             There is no reason to use anything else unless you want to
  159.             be able to repeat the exact same pattern of randomization
  160.             on a later occasion.
  161.           </p>
  162.             </dd>
  163.             <dt>
  164.               <span class="term">Turbulence</span>
  165.             </dt>
  166.             <dd>
  167.               <p>
  168.             This parameter controls the complexity of the plasma.
  169.             High values give a hard feeling to the cloud (like an
  170.             abstract oil painting or mineral grains), low values
  171.             produce a softer cloud (like steam, mist or smoke).  The
  172.             range is 0.1 to 7.0.
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