Portable Mandelbulber

Fractals are geometrical figures consisting of parts having identical or similar patterns that recur at decreasing scales, with Mandelbrot and Julia being the most popular types. While most digital fractal generators work with 2D data, Portable Mandelbulber is one of the applications you can try if you want to generate 3D Mandelbrot fractals.

Portable Mandelbulber can generate Mandelbulb sets, as well as other similar fractal models, such as Juliabulb, Bulbbox, Quaternion, Menger Sponge, Trigonometric, IFS, Hypercomplex, and Mandelbox. But with options to combine settings and models, the possibilities are endless.

Working with Portable Mandelbulber is not difficult, as all its options are intelligently located within the main window. Choosing the material type and playing with textures or colors, creating new materials or performing measurements are all settings within reach.

The material editor is the application's most valuable asset, as it includes all the material-related configuration settings, which determine how your 3D model will look like.

For instance, you can generate random color palettes or grab colors from an image on your computer, then try out different combinations of saturation, color speed, coloring algorithms, luminosity, shading, transparency, and texture until you get a model you like.

Not only that Portable Mandelbulber can create 3D fractals, but it also comes with the tools needed for you to analyze the design in detail. The camera can be moved around the shape and distances can be measured in 3D space.

With a rendering engine whose settings are customizable, ray-tracing and a plethora of effects and image adjustment options, Portable Mandelbulber is one of the worth-trying alternatives when it comes to 3D fractal generators.