Coverity Scan | Build Status | Gitter Chat |
---|---|---|
Linux / OSX: , Windows: |
In summary, Mandelbulber generates 3-dimensional fractals.
Explore trigonometric, hyper-complex, Mandelbox, IFS, and many other 3D fractals.
Render with a great palette of customizable materials to create stunning images and videos.
The possibilities are literally infinite!
- Renders trigonometric, hyper-complex, Mandelbox, IFS, and many other 3D fractals
- Complex 3D ray-traced shading: hard shadows, ambient occlusion, depth of field, translucency & refraction, etc.
- Rich GUI in Qt 5 environment
- Unlimited image resolution on 64-bit systems
- Program compiled for x86 and x64 CPUs (Linux, Windows, OSX)
- Simple 3D navigator
- Distributed Network Rendering
- Key-frame animation of all parameters with different interpolations
- Material management
- Texture mapping (color, luminosity, diffusion, normal maps, displacement)
- Rendering queue
- Command line interface for headless systems
In render window:
- Up / Down: move camera forward / backward
- Left / Right: move camera left / right
- Ctrl+(Up / Down): move camera up / down
- Shift+(Up / Down / Left / Right): rotate camera
- Ctrl+(Left / Right): roll camera left / right
Please see information in mandelbulber2/deploy folder.
Use the following scripts to prepare your Linux environment for development. These scripts install all required packages, compile the program, and create symbolic links in /usr/share/mandelbulber to your working directory.
[Prepare Debian for Development] (https://github.com/buddhi1980/mandelbulber2/blob/master/mandelbulber2/tools/prepare_for_dev_debian_testing.sh)
[Prepare Ubuntu for Development] (https://github.com/buddhi1980/mandelbulber2/blob/master/mandelbulber2/tools/prepare_for_dev_ubuntu.sh)
[Arch Linux AUR Package (builds latest release)] (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mandelbulber2/)
[Arch Linux AUR Package (builds latest git snapshot)] (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mandelbulber2-git/)
[Image Gallery] (http://krzysztofmarczak.deviantart.com/gallery/)
[Forum] (http://www.fractalforums.com/mandelbulber/)
GNU GPL v3