Fractal Snowflake Generator

Winter brings around millions of tiny uniquely shaped snowflakes. If you take the time to view them up close, at least until they melt, you are stunned by their beauty and complexity. Fractal Snowflake Generator is a lightweight utility that gives you the possibility to create countless of these little works of art, in different shape, size and color.

The first thing that strikes you when running the application is the simple user interface. Most of the workspace is taken up by a preview section, the rest being dedicated to several properties you can take advantage of.

You are given a few fields than need to be filled with numbers that represent either a rotation angle or zoom percentage. It functions on creating several base guidelines, which can be up to 30, and adding sub-rays with a complexity number you specify.

Rotation options are available which can also be automated, making the figure spin around until you find just the right angle. Background and foreground color can be changed, and even swapped for more diverse creations.

If you spend some time working with the little options provided, you notice that, depending on specified values, most creations don't resemble snowflakes at all. Given the ability to pick any color you consider fit and edit exact width and height of the resulting image file, you are able to create patterns or even abstract wallpapers.

An anti-alias and fade option give you the possibility to export the result in stunning quality. However, it is a shame that the types of files you can save to are only images. With the given auto rotate function, wonderful animations could have made a difference.

Fractal Snowflake Generator is a fun tool you can use not only to create snowflakes, but given the right values even pictures worth using as wallpaper. Discovering the “Random” button keeps your eyes glued to the screen and your mind wondering what comes up next, while the editable picture output size makes the result suitable for any season, not only winter.