Introduction:
Fractographer is a program to plot the fractals of mathematical functions. It can take any arbitrary formula you input, so long as it follows a few guidelines. You can then save the current fractal to an image of any size you want, or you can just save the current formula for later use. You can also use as many colors as you want, and set what bounds they will use, as well as different interpolation levels. More specific information is found in the included readme.
Fractal image gallery
Requirments:
MacOS X 10.3.9 or later. Multi-processor support is present for those who have more than one processor.
Price:
Free
Version history:
Version 2.0.3
- Fixed another formula parser bug
- Released the source
Version 2.0.2
- No longer crashes under Panther when QuickTime isn't updated to version 7
Version 2.0.1
- Fixed a bug where certain exponents wouldn?t provide the right answer
- Fixed a typo
- Adjusted the column widths on the color table
Version 2.0
- Several time faster
- Added anti-aliasing
- Added save/load feature for fractal formulae
- Now supports an unlimited number of colors
- Now supports multiple color interpolation modes
- Added undo support
- Added the ability to use percentages for the color limits rather than just number of iterations
- No longer runs into an operating system limitation that would make the program stop working after graphing 19 fractals.
- Fixed a few formula parser bugs
Version 1.0.3
- Trig functions now operate correctly.
Version 1.0.2
Version 1.0.1
- Speedup of around 40% (takes around 40% less time to draw a fractal, depending on the fractal)
- Fixed a few formula parser bugs
- No longer hangs when quitting when still graphing
- No longer crashes with malformed formula input under Mac OS X 10.3.9 (didn't effect 10.4 or higher)
Version 1.0
Download:
Regular version
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Source
23 fractal fromulae
Special thanks to David Ross for code to anti-alias the images