FractalNow

FractalNow provides users with tools to generate pictures of various types of fractals quickly and easily.
It is made of both a command line tool, FractalNow, and a graphical tool, QFractalNow.
The graphical tool, based on Qt library, allows users to explore fractals intuitively and generate pictures.
Both tools are entirely multi-threaded and implement advanced algorithms and heuristics that make computation very fast compared to most existing free fractal generators.

Features

Intuitive graphical user-interface (QFractalNow) to explore fractal space easily
A command-line tool (FractalNow) that can work on machines without a desktop, and could be used by scripts to produce animations
Several formulas available (Mandelbrot, Julia, Multibrot, Mandelbar, Burning ship, Rudy, and more...)
Various types of coloring available (Iteration counts, Average coloring methods)
Multiple anti-aliasing methods (Gaussian blur, Oversampling, Adaptive (intelligent)) to produce high quality images
Advanced algorithms and heuristics to speed up computation (Solid guessing, Adaptive anti-aliasing, Caching)
Entirely multi-threaded to work even faster on multi-core processors
Ability to save/load configuration and gradient files
Support of arbitrary precision floating point numbers

Project Samples

$Julia fractal generated by FractalNow$ $Julia fractal generated by FractalNow$ $Mandelbrot fractal generated by FractalNow$

$Julia fractal generated by FractalNow$

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License

GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 3.0 (LGPLv3)

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steveparker99 Posted 2022-11-27

Claims it's for Windows. It is not.

Reply from FractalNow

Posted 2023-01-29

It is: you can download the Windows installer of version 0.8.1 (fractalnow-0.8.1-win64.exe). (Version 0.8.2 is just minor updates, it should work on Windows but you have to build it yourself from the sources.)
mitchelljamie Posted 2022-09-19

No file for starting the app. Systematically tried every file in the zip and nothing worked.

Reply from FractalNow

Posted 2023-01-29

If you are using Windows, download the installer file fractalnow-0.8.1-win64.exe . The .zip file only contains the sources to build the program for your platform (GNU/Linux, OSX or Windows).
s-r-grass Posted 2020-08-11

Thanks for a great program under a free open source license!
kivagant Posted 2016-07-03

Thank you.
chessdave Edited 2015-01-17

I have none of the math skills at present to deal with (Understand) anything but the elementary beginnings of the MSet and its variations on formulae. But I Aint dumb enough not to grab a good generator when I see it ;). THANK YOU THANK YOU

Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, MinGW/MSYS2, Windows, WINE

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Education, End Users/Desktop, Science/Research

User Interface

Command-line, Console/Terminal, Qt

Programming Language

C, C++

Related Categories

C++ Data Visualization Software, C++ Fractal Software, C++ Command Line Tools, C Data Visualization Software, C Fractal Software, C Command Line Tools

Registered

2012-04-19

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