FractalView: a java based fractal exploration tool.
Author: Matthew E. Boyce
Creation Date: December 2002
- Contents
- I. Installation Fractal View II. Files III. Features IV. Controls V. Recommended Downloads
I. Installation Fractal View:
- Download and install any appropriate Java® Runtime Environment higher than 1.4 Java 1.4.1 http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html
- Finish all remaining points in the java installation (namly add the executable to the path) Java Installation Notes http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/install.html
- Download the whichever release of Fractal View you feel most comfortable with. Download Fractal View https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=73083
- Unzip Fractal View. Programs to unzip zip files: Winzip, PKZIP, gzip http://www.winzip.com http://www.pkware.com/ http://www.gzip.org/
- Run Fractal View using the dos/cmd prompt by using the command 'java -Xms32m -Xmx128m FractalView'
- Press 'F1' or 'H' for help while using Fractal View.
II. Files:
FractalView.java - the application source code
*.class - the java bytecode
zoom.gif - the zooming cursor
selectC.gif - the constant selection cursor
Mandel.png - fullscreen mandelbrot
Mandel3.png - fullscreen mandelbrot variant
FractalView_Manual.txt - this document
Fractalimages - a folder that will be created
Fractalimages\Fractal.dat - a data file for all saved images
III. Features:
Renders all images in fullscreen mode
Renders at any 3:4 aspect ratio resolution
22 different color schemes
several different color 'resolutions'
saved preset julia constants
four different fractal render modes
zooming in all set types
2 differents styles of choosing new julia constants
a random julia set constant finder
save images in png format
and more...
IV. Controls
Key Action
F1 and h display a list of commands
f11 and f12 License and Warrenty
Spacebar Render again with current settings
A,a,S,s Export png frames for animation (200,100,20,10)
n and m change between fractal modes
c select new julia constant
r select random julia constant
[ and ] cycle through preset julia constants
< and > change image resolution by a factor of 2
, set resolution at 1/2 size
/ set resolution at 3x size
: fix aspect ratio
. center image around origen
{ and } change custom color hue
( and ) change custom color brightness
* set custom color scheme
0-9 set preset color scheme
~ invert color scheme
- and + decrease and increase color resolution
q or esc exit program
left click + drag zoom on selected area
middle click or ; reset the viewing window to defaults
right click save image
mouse wheel zoom in/out
V. Recommended Downloads
Name: VirtualDub
Link: http://www.virtualdub.org/
Type: Open Source (GPL)
Why: This is the primary recommendation as it will take a sequence of
BMP files and convert them to any movie format you have a codec for.
Name: png2bmp
Link: http://pmt.sourceforge.net/bmp2png/
Type: Open Source
Why: Converting the output of FV png movie frames into something more
usable by programs like VirtualDub.
Name: Antechinus Animator
Link: http://www.c-point.com/animator.htm
Type: Shareware
Why: Conversion from a sequence of PNGs directly into an AVI file.
Name: bmp2avi
Link: http://www.freewareseek.com/graphics/1807/
Type: Open Source
Why: Conversion from a sequence of BMPs into an AVI file.