Fractal Explorer
Fractal Explorer
Fractal Explorer
Fractal Explorer
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Fractal Explorer is a freeware fractal generator that can produce
mysterious and beautiful mathematically-based images. Not just a tool
for professionals, FE can provide hours of entertainment for beginners
and experts alike !Fractal Explorer can render the classical polinomial fractal sets (like the Mandelbrot-set, the Julia-set, the Newton-set and theirs variations), 4D-complex fractals (called «quaternions»), 3D «strange» attractors, and IFS. Also, FE has many features for creation of special effects and improvement of the pictures. We are sorry because of absence of the Help file, but simple user-friendly interface should not cause difficulties. Thanks for your interest in this software, we hope you enjoy it ! |
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| Supported file formats: | ||
| FRS | R/W | fractal spot in internal parametrical format |
| FRI | R/W | IFS spot in internal parametrical format |
| FRO | R/W | fractal orbita spot in internal parametrical format |
| FR3 | R/W | 3D attractors/IFS Spots in internal parametrical format |
| FR4 | R/W | quaternion Spots in internal parametrical format |
| FRP | R/W | palette file |
| FRA | R/W | animation of fractal navigation project |
| FLP | R/W | Fractal Landscape project |
| IFS | R | FractInt IFS file |
| JPG | W | for image saving |
| GIF | W | for image saving |
| BMP | W | for image saving |
| PNG | W | for image saving |
| POV | W | export fractal landscape scene (POV-Ray 3.1 project format) |
| INC | W | export fractal landscape scene (POV-Ray 3.1 project format) |
| OBJ | W | export terrain object to Wavefront OBJ format (to use with Bryce 3D) |
| TER | W | export graymap to TerragenTerrain file |
| PGM | W | export graymap to Portable Graymap file |
| F. A. Q. | |
| Q. | FE Parser does nothing |
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FE Parser by Kyle McCord © help you to write your own formulas. You can write the formula in the simple format (like: z*z*p1 + z*c + p2) and FE Parser will translate this formula into internal format of the Formula Compiler (based on Delphi/Pascal syntax). Translated formula will be placed into the system clipboard. So you can paste text directly to the formula edit window (use [Shift+Ins] keys). |
| Q. | How I can export quaternion to the standard 3D file (for 3DS or Bryce)? |
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To reduce rendering time FE does not calculate quaternion as a 3D object.
FE calculate only visible side of quaternion, so there are no real 3D object for exporting. Sorry... :( |
| Q. | Where I can find the help file ? |
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There are no help file available yet. Sorry please, and we recommend you to visit the
How
to use Fractal Explorer site to find good info about your first steps into fractals. Also, many interesting tutorials you may find here. Those tutorials was written by members of the FEUsers forum. New tutorial on Russian you may find here. This tutorial for versions 1.24 and 2.00 was written by Vladimir Vasnyov aka McClaud. |
| Q. | FE requires a lot of memory for calculation of the large images (1024x1024 and more) |
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Yes, it is. For the fractal calculation FE requires much of RAM. Lets W
is an image width and H - image height. FE requires W*H*(3+12) bytes of the memory. Here, 3 is an RGB-triplet for each pixel (it's a bitmap). And 12 is a calculation data - three real numbers (of the single precision - 4 bytes for each). One number for each color channel. These three numbers are used for a quick changings of the colors without fractal recalculation. With a simple calculation: 1024 * 1024 * 15 = 15 MB of the memory. Of course, it is not all memory required by FE ;-). But FE has another way to calculate the large images. The special mode, called «Batch rendering» (look to the «View» menu), was developed to reduce memory using. In this mode FE does not require additional memory (no 12 additional bytes per each pixel) for image rendering. Save the spot and thumbnail from the main window and drag saved spot into the «Batch rendering» window. Use right mouse button for access to additional options of selected jobs. |
| Q. | What a maximum image size I can receive with FE ? |
| A. | The maximum size of the image is 10000x10000 pixels. But FE have some limitations for rendering of the large images.
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| Q. | The «Julia window» option (menu «Fractal») disabled. Why ? |
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The Julia window option always disabled when your current fractal was rendered
in the Julia mode. You can open Select fractal window and uncheck the View as
Julia checkbox to switch to the non-Julia mode. Also, when the Julia window visible you able to switch to the current selected Julia (don't move the mouse !) with ENTER key. To return back press ENTER again. But, this allowed only if the switched Julia-fractal not changed. |
| Q. | Can I do anything about how slowly FE reacts to my mouse clicks and other commands while fractals are being rendered? |
| A. | The priority given to rendering may be adjusted to make FE more responsive to commands. Open the «Preferences» window, select the «System» tab, and adjust the «Calculation priority class» slider. A setting of «Idle» will make FE the most responsive to commands while fractals are being rendered. |
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Fractal Explorer forum FEUsers Mailing List FEUsers F.A.Q. Fractal Explorer Tutorials Fractal Landscapes Library tutorial Russian FE tutorial This FE tutorial on russian was written by Vladimir Vasnyov aka McClaud. How to write FE Formulas this tutorial was written by Toby. FE Formula Database developed by Dr. Joseph Trotsky. FE: Creating your own fractals developed by James Richard Skemp. |
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Het Arendsnest Natural Fractalpage by Arend Nijdam. Fractal Flower Garden Flower fractals by Arend Nijdam. How to use Fractal Explorer First steps into fractals ! Maria's Fractal Explorer Gallery Fractals and spot-files by Maria Grist. Third.Apex.to.Fractovia Great fractals by Juan Luis Martínez. Images created with various fractal generation software and with FE too. Light and Shadow Fractal gallery by Joseph Trotsky (master of FAME). Floral Fantasy Another fractal gallery by Joseph Trotsky. The Black Page Gallery by Jaq Verstappen. Every week new images with Fractals - Bryce 3D - Poser - Graphics and Special Guest of the Month. Dwarvenkind's Fractal Progressions by Dwarvenkind Nice patterns, nice colors, fantastic images !!! FE, TieraZon2 and KPT5 Frax Flame used. Studio 7 Imaging by Tera Malle Gifs, imaging, photo art and Fractals ! Studio 7 Screensavers Here you can find lot of a free fractal and landscape screensavers. Images created with Fractal Explorer and FLL, Tierazon 1 & 2 , Terragen , Flarium and Sterlingware. Fractaly by Frantisek Bely, Czech. English version coming soon... Fractals page at Dancing Horces by Judy Tallman Lots of fractals created with Fractal Explorer and Mind-Boggling Fractals. Dancing Horse Paso Finos - the new area of the Artwork of Master Giorgio Orefice. Fractal Daydreams by Panny Brawley Fantastic FE fractals from South Carolina. Deb's Web by Deb Hasson, USA Fractal Art Gallery, Fractal Screen Savers, Fun For Fractals: a series of interactive pages. Fraktaller!! by Sinan Canan, Turkey The art by Merren Parker. Missourian Community Page at WebShots works by Jay A.Williams. Fractals by Marian Hoffmann Ryan's Fractals Fractal gallery by Ryan Phillips Allan's Fractal Gallery Fractals by Allan Tischler Fractal Gallery by Dayle D'Ann Fairy's Wood Fractal Gallery by Dana Marle Beachsart.com Fractals, Digital Imaging Art and Graphic Art by Jane Allison. The Spirit of Hawk Hawk's Digital Art Studio Rico Wack, Galerie de fractales Raw and post-processed fractals created with FE, Kaos Rhei, UF, Aros... (english version available too). Sally Hunter fractals Fractal textures by Natali FE+PSP fractal images by Joey Zazulak Titia's Gallery New Fractals - Luibas by Luigi New Fractals - Giulbas by Luigi Fractallica gallery Fractal Galleries by Christian Crouigneau Fractal Galleries by Andre Vandergoten Fraktale Phantastik by Rainer Wassenberg. The emotional, the existential, the funny, the picturesque, the fantastic! Boogazm gallery Bryce and FE images by Bo-Olof Zetterstrom Kris Northern fractal gallery FractalSchlaraffenland by Wynn Schaible «Planeta Fractal» by Maria Fernanda Domato «KO-nceptions» - fractals by Katra The art site of Michael Nathan Fractal wallpapers at Homepage of Pontus ezFractal.com images and tutorial |
