Fractal flame
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Fractal flames are a member of the iterated function system class of fractals created by Scott Draves in 1992.
Fractal flames differ from ordinary iterated function systems in three ways:
- Nonlinear functions instead of affine transforms.
- Log-density display instead of linear or binary (a form of tone mapping)
- Color by structure instead of monochrome or by density.
The tone mapping and coloring expose and preserve as much of the information content of the fractal as possible. Preserving information maximizes aesthetics.
[edit] See also
- Apophysis, an open source fractal flame editor for Microsoft Windows
- Electric Sheep, a screen saver which displays fractal flames
- GIMP, a free software, multi OS bitmap image editor that can generate fractal flames.
[edit] External links
- The Fractal Flame AlgorithmPDF (1.02 MiB), a paper with a detailed explanation of how and why the fractal flames work
- Oxidizer an open source editor for Mac OS X
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