Fractal Visulizer is a tool to explore and make pictures of different fractals, such as:
Mandelbrot Set
Julia Set
Tricorn Fractal
Burning Ship Fractal
This is an open source project which can be found on GitHub. It is written using C# with WPF and the extended WPF Toolkit.
Sounds interesting? Download FractalVisualizer for Windows 64 bit here.
Want to help developing FractalVisualizer or build it yourself? Visit the GitHub Repository.
Navigation
You can move the fractal up, left, down and right with WASD or the arrow keys
Hold CAPSLOCK while moving to move for a smaller amount
Press SPACE to zoom in
Press SHIFT to zoom out
Press R to reset the view
Julia-Set with c=-0.735+0.2i
Menu
The menubar of the program offers you some options to modify the application's behavior or to export your imgae. In the file
menu you will find some options to export images and in the view tab are two items which can alter the behavior of
the Fractal Visualizer. If you want to have an understanding of what some of the settings change I would recommend
you to read up on what
fractals are and how they work (here is a more concrete example which should be easier to understand, the
Mandelbrot-Set)
Choose your Fractal
When you click on the 'View' menu, you will see a option called 'Choose Fractal'. This lets you choose the fractal that will
be rendered. Some fractals need a constant complex number in order to be calculated (For example the Julia-Set).
If a fractal needs such a constant, 3 input fields will be displayed. The first two, Cx and Cy are pretty straight
forward, just type in the values that will become the constant complex number. However, the third input field does
something different: Here you can let the constant be calculated with
Euler's identiy.
Tricorn-Set
Settings
In the 'Settings' you can change some general settings of the programm, mostly regarding rendering.
X Resolution:
Is the amount of pixel in the x direction that are rendered in the image
Y Resolution:
Is the amount of pixel in the y direction that are rendered in the image
Max-Iterations:
This is the number of iterations where the calculator will stop and consider the point
to be inside the set
Magnification Factor:
Changes by how much you will zoom in or out.
Thread Count:
Determines how many threads are used to render the image. Normally 1-2 times the amount
of logical cores your processor has is most effective
Exporting
Fractal Visualizer has many options built in to export some beautiful images.
Copy to Clipboard
This does exactly what it says, it copies the image which is currently displayed to your clipboard so you can paste it somewhere
else.
Image Export
Here you can export an image of your current location with different settings (for example higher resolution) as png.
Gif Export
lets export a zoom as an animated gif. The 'Gif Start Magnification' settings lets you set
the zoom at which the gif should start, the 'Gif End Magnification' sets where the gif ends. 'Gif Magnification
Factor' determines by how much it should zoom in after each frame.
Constant Rotation Export
Some fractals require a constant to be calulated. With this export, you can let this constant be changed by each frame using
the
Euler's identiy. x will start at 0 and will change by 2π divided by the frame count after each frame
(so it will and at 2π). When clicking this option, a dialog will appear where you can choose a fractal from
all fractals that require a constant. Next, your a settings dialog pops up which has two special fields:
Frame-Count: Changes how many frames will be put into the gif and by how much the constant changes after
each frame.
Constant-Factor: The constant number for each frame will be multiplied by this number.
