<s>
Apophysis	B-Algorithm
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
fractal	B-Algorithm
flame	I-Algorithm
editor	O
and	O
renderer	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apophysis	B-Algorithm
has	O
many	O
features	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
editing	O
fractal	B-Algorithm
flames	I-Algorithm
,	O
including	O
an	O
editor	O
which	O
allows	O
one	O
to	O
directly	O
edit	O
the	O
transforms	B-Algorithm
by	O
manipulating	O
triangles	O
,	O
a	O
mutations	O
window	O
,	O
which	O
applies	O
random	O
edits	O
to	O
the	O
triangles	O
,	O
an	O
adjust	O
window	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
adjustment	O
of	O
coloring	O
and	O
location	O
of	O
the	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
provides	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
with	O
direct	O
access	O
to	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
components	O
of	O
the	O
fractal	B-Application
,	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
effects	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
animations	O
seen	O
in	O
Electric	B-Algorithm
Sheep	I-Algorithm
,	O
which	O
are	O
also	O
fractal	B-Algorithm
flames	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
export	O
fractal	B-Algorithm
flames	I-Algorithm
to	O
other	O
fractal	B-Algorithm
flame	I-Algorithm
rendering	O
programs	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
FLAM3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
separate	O
version	O
of	O
Apophysis	B-Algorithm
that	O
supports	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scott	O
Draves	O
invented	O
Fractal	B-Algorithm
Flames	I-Algorithm
and	O
published	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
implementation	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
in	O
the	O
early	O
90s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Ronald	O
Hordijk	O
translated	O
his	O
code	O
into	O
Delphi	B-Language
and	O
created	O
a	O
non-animated	O
screensaver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
in	O
2003	O
or	O
2004	O
Mark	O
Townsend	O
took	O
Ronald	O
's	O
code	O
and	O
added	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
to	O
create	O
Apophysis	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2009	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Apophysis	B-Algorithm
called	O
Apophysis	B-Algorithm
7X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
targeting	O
to	O
provide	O
support	O
for	O
modern	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
like	O
Windows	O
Vista	O
and	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
strong	O
feedback	O
from	O
the	O
Apophysis	B-Algorithm
users	O
encouraged	O
the	O
developer	O
Georg	O
Kiehne	O
to	O
provide	O
updates	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
7X	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
and	O
advanced	O
version	O
of	O
Apophysis	B-Algorithm
so	O
far	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
set	O
of	O
functions	O
is	O
called	O
an	O
iterated	B-Algorithm
function	I-Algorithm
system	I-Algorithm
(	O
IFS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apophysis	B-Algorithm
then	O
generates	O
the	O
attractor	O
of	O
this	O
set	O
of	O
functions	O
,	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
Monte-Carlo	B-Application
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
Apophysis	B-Algorithm
generates	O
a	O
probability	O
measure	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
then	O
colored	O
according	O
to	O
some	O
rule	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apophysis	B-Algorithm
uses	O
the	O
Scripter	O
Studio	O
scripting	O
library	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
write	O
scripts	O
which	O
run	O
and	O
either	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
flame	O
,	O
edit	O
the	O
existing	O
flames	O
,	O
or	O
do	O
bigger	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
such	O
instance	O
is	O
rendering	O
an	O
entire	O
batch	O
of	O
fractals	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apophysis	B-Algorithm
supports	O
a	O
plugin	O
API	O
so	O
that	O
new	O
variations	O
can	O
be	O
independently	O
developed	O
and	O
distributed	O
.	O
</s>
