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<h3 class="title"><a id="plug-in-plasma"></a>12.2. Plasma</h3>
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<h4 class="title"><a id="id3371836"></a>Overview</h4>
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Example of a rendered plasma.
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This filter is found in
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<span class="guimenuitem">Image>Filters/Render/Clouds/<span class="accel">P</span>lasma...</span>
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Plasma generates colorful clouds, which can be used for
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textures. You control the turbulence in the plasma cloud with
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All of the colors produced by Plasma are completely saturated.
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Sometimes the strong colors may be distracting, and a more
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interesting surface will appear when you desaturate the image
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An enhanced version of the Plasma plugin, called
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<span class="emphasis"><em>Plasma2</em></span>, with many more options and
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parameters, is available from the <a href="http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=501" target="_top">Gimp Plugin
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<span class="term">Random Seed</span>
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<span class="guilabel">Random Seed</span> controls the randomization
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element. The <span class="guibutton">Randomize</span> checkbutton will
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set the seed using the hardware clock of the computer.
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There is no reason to use anything else unless you want to
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be able to repeat the exact same pattern of randomization
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<span class="term">Turbulence</span>
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This parameter controls the complexity of the plasma.
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High values give a hard feeling to the cloud (like an
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abstract oil painting or mineral grains), low values
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produce a softer cloud (like steam, mist or smoke). The
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