Mandelbulber v2 is a sophisticated application for creating and exploring three-dimensional fractals. It covers a wide range of mathematical structures including Mandelbox, hypercomplex, trigonometric and iterated function system fractals.
The program combines an interactive environment with a capable rendering engine. It is particularly well suited to complex scenes where lighting, materials, textures and camera movement are as important as the underlying fractal formula.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Renders a wide range of 3D fractals including Mandelbox, IFS, hypercomplex and trigonometric structures.
- Uses complex ray marching with hard shadows, ambient occlusion, depth of field, translucency and refraction.
- Supports OpenCL acceleration, including the use of multiple graphics accelerator cards.
- Provides mathematical models and Monte Carlo algorithms for creating more photorealistic scenes.
- Offers a rich graphical interface with an interactive 3D navigator for positioning the camera.
- Provides configurable materials with colour, luminosity, diffusion, normal mapping and displacement textures.
- Supports key-frame animation of parameters with multiple interpolation methods.
- Includes flight-style camera animation for constructing movement through a scene.
- Offers distributed network rendering so multiple computers can contribute to an image or animation.
- Exports 3D objects for further work in compatible applications.
- Includes a rendering queue for processing multiple jobs.
- Provides a command-line interface for rendering on headless systems.
- Supports very large image output on 64-bit systems.
- Includes extensive documentation covering the program’s rendering and fractal-generation workflow.
Website: github.com/buddhi1980/mandelbulber2
Support:
Developer: Krzysztof Marczak, Sebastian Jennen, Graeme McLaren, Bernando Martelli, Robert Pancoast
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Mandelbulber is written in C++ and C. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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