Fractal Explorer

While the mathematical equations behind fractals can be beyond the layman’s understanding, everyone can appreciate their visual beauty. Fractal Explorer is an advanced application that can help you generate and render various fractals and orbits.

The software can render various fractal types, such as polynomial sets (like Madelbrot, Newton and Trotsky), 3D and 4D complex items. The app has the ability to load multiple fractal file formats, such as FRS, FR3, FR4, FRI, FRO, IFS and FLP.

You can either save the entire projects or individual images. The supported output formats for the latter are JPG, BMP, GIF and PNG. Also, another supported file type is AVI, since the application allows you to generate animations.

The rendering process can take some time, but it all depends on the number of frames you want the video to have, as well as the image quality.

Animations vary for each type of fractal. While polynomial sets “explode”, 3D and 4D fractals allow you to choose a rotating direction. These can also be flipped around with the help of an arrow-based controller.

Fractal Explorer supports a wide range of window sizes. Thus, you can choose any of the preset sizes or define one of your own.

Customization options depend on the type of fractal you choose. For example, some allow you to fiddle with the color palette, alter the brightness, contrast and saturation levels, as well as modify the gradient levels.

Fractal Explorer is a nice, advanced tool that can help you create unique images. The interface is quite basic and figuring out all the features is easy thanks to the intuitive layout.