Evolvotron - A crazy pattern generator

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

I saw it on LibreGraphicsWorld:
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entr ... evitalized

I do not know what will be the algorithms used by the program, but it's crazy to see how patterns are generated. And you can get very nice patterns:

Gms9810 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:37 pm **(#2)**

Malwarebytes blocked the site, it's probably a false positive.

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

Gms9810 wrote:

Malwarebytes blocked the site, it's probably a false positive.

What? Libregraphicsworld?
Surely is a false positive.

Must be that detected the words "free (libre) - software" and therefore blocking :mrgreen:

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16200

Looks like a cool program.

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

Hi Rod.
Deb packages are on site to download.
There is a program "alien" to convert packages. It's not ideal but it can be a quick solution. I've always found good compatibility between Ubuntu and Fedora packages. Here I upload the converted package to Fedora users can test it (32 and 64bit):
http://www.fileswap.com/dl/ApY1PmqSZx/e ... 6.rpm.html
http://www.fileswap.com/dl/be5UhyzAEO/e ... 4.rpm.html
Anyway, alien usage (deb to rpm):

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alien -r package.deb

The package does not have a launcher. You must open the terminal and run the program with:

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/usr/bin/evolvotron

O directly "evolvotron".

Draconian · **Posted:** Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:51 pm **(#6)**

Very nice results Yafu. Makes a great pattern file.

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

Beautiful sphere and reflection surface, Draconian.

cecilia · **Posted:** Mon Aug 20, 2012 3:06 pm **(#8)**

it's in the Ubuntu Software Center in my 10.04

Draconian · **Posted:** Mon Aug 20, 2012 3:34 pm **(#9)**

YAFU wrote:

Beautiful sphere and reflection surface, Draconian.

Thanks YAFU. you can tell it was a quick throw together by looking at the right side of the image. What's cool is that's just one of four different configurations of your pattern. If you duplicate it three times and arrange them differently by rotating them one way or the other, you get different variations.

One way it almost looks like circles looking back at you.

Gms9810 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 20, 2012 3:34 pm **(#10)**

YAFU wrote:

Gms9810 wrote:

Malwarebytes blocked the site, it's probably a false positive.

What? Libregraphicsworld?
Surely is a false positive.

Must be that detected the words "free (libre) - software" and therefore blocking :mrgreen:

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16200

i get an error on build
evolvotron-0.6.2-2.i386 requires libboost_program_options.so.1.46.1

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

Very didactic explanation, Draconian! (Beautiful eyes

)

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

Rod wrote:

i get an error on build
evolvotron-0.6.2-2.i386 requires libboost_program_options.so.1.46.1

It is a dependency, Rod.
In Ubuntu you can search in which package a file is (libboost_program_options.so in this case) from the Ubuntu Packages site or using "apt-file".
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searc ... e&arch=any
I guess in Fedora also you can do something similar.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16200

I grabbed it from this link.
http://www.mediafire.com/?2lvke90604p1m

This one worked for me.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16200

This sort of reminds me of Qbist in Gimp.

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

Hey, I did not know existed Qbist
If it seems a similar concept. Although evolvotron seems to create more complex patterns.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16200

YAFU wrote:

Hey, I did not know existed Qbist
If it seems a similar concept. Although evolvotron seems to create more complex patterns.

Filters>Render menu list.

You just never know what you might find deep in Gimps bowels hey! :bigthup

You can also save parameters with the dialog.
Then just create a folder named qbist in your home/.gimp-2.8 directory to save them in.
That way if you get a real cool looking one you can keep the settings.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

YAFU wrote:

Hi Rod.
Deb packages are on site to download.
There is a program "alien" to convert packages. It's not ideal but it can be a quick solution. I've always found good compatibility between Ubuntu and Fedora packages. Here I upload the converted package to Fedora users can test it (32 and 64bit):
http://www.fileswap.com/dl/ApY1PmqSZx/e ... 6.rpm.html
http://www.fileswap.com/dl/be5UhyzAEO/e ... 4.rpm.html
Anyway, alien usage (deb to rpm):

Code: Select all

alien -r package.deb

The package does not have a launcher. You must open the terminal and run the program with:

Code: Select all

/usr/bin/evolvotron

O directly "evolvotron".

Do you know you can add a launcher for this yourself in about three clicks?

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

ofnuts wrote:

YAFU wrote:

Do you know you can add a launcher for this yourself in about three clicks?

Of course. I know at least four easy ways to create a launcher graphically without having to manually edit a file, but in KDE. Rod is using GNOME.
Anyway KRunner is what I most use. I suppose there is also a GNOME application to run programs with Alt+F2 or something.

@Rod, thanks!

prokoudine · **Joined:** Sep 20, 2011 **Posts:** 54

Gms9810 wrote:

Malwarebytes blocked the site, it's probably a false positive.

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.ph ... pic=107496