Fractal Explorer

Fractal Explorer application - a fractal generator that will produce mysterious and beautiful mathematically-based images Fractal Explorer application represents a fractal generator that will 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.

Supported file formats:
FRS fractal spot in internal parametrical format
FRI IFS spot in internal parametrical format
FRO fractal orbita spot in internal parametrical format
FR3 3D attractors/IFS Spots in internal parametrical format
FR4 quaternion Spots in internal parametrical format
FRP palette file
FRA animation of fractal navigation project
FLP Fractal Landscape project
IFS FractInt IFS file
JPG for image saving
GIF for image saving
BMP for image saving
PNG for image saving
POV export fractal landscape scene (POV-Ray 3.1 project format)
INC export fractal landscape scene (POV-Ray 3.1 project format)
OBJ export terrain object to Wavefront OBJ format (to use with Bryce 3D)
TER export graymap to TerragenTerrain file
PGM export graymap to Portable Graymap file


Note: Microsoft Video 1 format are recommended for AVI rendering (with other formats may be different problems). Also, we has no problems with divx codecs;

Here are some key features of "Fractal Explorer":
148 implemented fractal-sets, from which Mandelbrot/Julie-variation polinoms and HopAlong-like fractal orbites;
the User Formula Compiler for advanced users allow to create your own fractals. With FEParser ( Kyle McCord) it is very simple now;
3D attractors ( strange attractors)/IFS rendering;
22 sets of the quaternions (4D-complex fractals);
the User Formula Compiler for quaternions;
Visual IFS Builder;
fractal landscapes rendering (throught OpenGL) with additional plug-in (Fractal Landscapes Library);
the special effects can be reached by 117 adjustable filters;
12 coloring algorithms and gradient-like palette;
images smoothing, anti-aliasing and simple post-processing;
rendering animation (AVI) by different types of the fractal changing:
change of iteration's number;
change of scale and/or coordinates;
change of Julie or parameters values;
transformations of one IFS into another;
transformations and rotations of the 3D-attractors;
quaternion rotations;
you can save the best fractal images into Windows Bitmap, GIF or JPEG files;
also you can save your favorite fractals into very small files with internal parametrical format:
*.FRS - spots for polinomial fractals;
*.FRI - spots for 2D IFS;
*.FRO - spots for fractal orbites;
*.FR3 - spots for 3D-attractors/3D-IFS;
*.FR4 - spots for quaternions;
this format is very good for transferring via email or publishing in the WEB.
real multi-threading;
single, double and extended precision of calculations;
support command line and Drag&Drop for the all supported files (*.frp; *.frs; *.fri; *.fro; *.fr3, *.fr4 ets...);
internal File Browser, similar to the classical Windows Explorer;