🌿 Fractals Project

Introduction

Welcome to the Fractals Project! This project explores the fascinating world of fractals, mathematical sets that exhibit a repeating pattern at every scale. Fractals are not only beautiful but also have applications in various fields such as computer graphics, nature modeling, and more.

In this project, so far I've implemented only the Mandelbrot Set.

Have a Peek!

Here are some screenshots of the fractals generated by this project:

How it Works

This project takes advantage of a few nifty features. They include:

Multithreading: Fractal Rendering done using standard threads. Achieves a speedup of upto 500%.
Color Palettes: Randomized color palettes are generated each time the program is run. You can also customize this by playing with the ColorPalette class.
Controls: Allows user to interact, zoom in/out, move around, and even take a snapshot.

How to Use:

So far, we're generating a Mandelbrot Set with a variable number of Iterations and a randomized Color Palette.
The user can zoom in and out of the fractal by clicking on the desired area. Zoom In = Left Click, Zoom Out = Right Click.
You can increase/decrease the number of iterations by scrolling your mouse wheel Up or Down.
You can move around the image canvas by pressing your Up, Down, Left or Right keys.
Press Space to save the currently rendered fractal to the imgs folder as a .jpg file.
To exit, press Esc.

How to Build

To build and run the project, follow these steps:

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/AlexJMercer/Fractal-Art.git
cd Fractal-Art

Install dependencies:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
mingw32-make        # Since I'm using MinGW compiler

Run the application:
```
Fractals.exe
```

What's Next

We have exciting plans for the future of this project, including:

Adding more fractal algorithms.
Adding support for GPU rendering (using CUDA).
Simplifying the color palette generation.

Stay tuned for updates and feel free to contribute!

Thank you for checking out the Fractals Project! If you have any questions or suggestions, please open an issue or submit a pull request.