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Axogon Mutator !

Anyone that has used the no longer supported Axogon composer before, and in particular the image processor component of it, will know what beautiful texture loops it was capable of making. While it was possible to create textures from complex mathematical formula, it was the “random” texture feature that proved the most user friendly. While the randomness was fun, there was a disappointment that no design element could be easily applied to create variations upon a theme. Axogon Mutator fixes all of that.

Gone is the mathematical formula and slightly awkward interface. In it’s place we now find a stand alone application that takes the original concept of the image processor and turns it in to something much more user friendly, creative and fun.Random generation is still at this programs heart, but now the user can preview sixteen random textures at a time with pre-determined complexities. Once a desired texture has been “discovered” the user can hit the “mutate” button to produce variations. These variations can be small or extreme depending on user selection. The user can also influence the colour channels of a texture, which can lead to some nicely coloured themed sets. All these features are both intuitive and fun and are best learnt by experimentation – no need for a user manual here!

Textures are saved as avi files with the user deciding on certain parameters such as frame rate, screen size, and duration. The file can be either in a Movie Maker 2 friendly uncompressed avi format, or compressed depending on a users installed codecs.

The programme is a joy to use with a firm emphasis on discovery and fun. The ace up the sleeve of this software is the price tag of just nine dollars. All these things lead me to highly recommend this great software.

The loops used in the demo above are available to download as very high quality variable bitrate (800 x 600, 30 FPS) wmv’s. Click the link below to download them:

For more information visit www.axogon.com