Description
Mandala is a free and easy to use fractal generation software written in the Java programming language.
When Mandala first runs, there is a pause (long on some browsers) and then the picture appears whole.
· Variation: Circular does the rotation calculations as I describe above. Minsky does the calculation Minsky describes in HAKMEM linked to above. Minsky was really intending very small angles, but I thought it would be interesting to try his method in this program. My favorite denominator with the Minsky variation is 10.
· Wobble: This varies the skew a small amount times cos( x_or_y * 2 * pi / 512 ). This disturbs, or smears, or blurs the pattern. Some fractions are more sensitive to wobble than others, and the effect is larger with larger window sizes.
· Wrap: This wraps the x and y values into a fixed range after each skew. Black velvet paintings of polygon planets being visited by crystal aliens. Fractions closer to 1/2 are more sensitive to this.
· Skew: Maybe this should be called "offset" or "epicycle." After each rotation step, the point is pushed a constant amount to the right. Since the effect of this is rotated by each subsequent rotation, the effect of all the pushes is to go around.
Mandala is part of these download collections: Fractal Explorers
User Reviews for Mandala FOR MAC 1
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for Mandala FOR MAC
Mandala FOR MAC is a user-friendly fractal generation software with unique features like Wobble and Wrap. Great for creative explorations.