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;