Mandelbrot and Julia Set Generators

Archival Notice

Due to low activity on this project for years, I will be archiving this project to a read-only state. I don't currently write a whole lot of C++, having moved onto Rust and Zig, but by preserving it I hope there is some left to be learned from the remaining code.

mandelpp is a project aimed at creating high-quality Mandelbrot and Julia set images. It is currently written in C++.

Things mandelpp does:

Craft a fractal around a given complex number
Supports 4:3, 16:9 and other types of resolutions
Aspect ratio is completely maintained
Very high magnification/zoom levels
Outputs images in Netbpm (PPM) file format

Examples

Downloading and Building

Use Git to clone the repository, and use GNU/Make to build the project.

git clone https://github.com/sleibrock/mandelpp && cd mandelpp
make

Todo's

~~Implement a class-based approach to Complex arithmetic~~
~~Support an array of functions for the Julia program~~
Update Make process to detect gmp.h on the target system
Add macro'd code for GMP arithmetic support
Implement a new coloring system and smooth shading (norm iter count)
~~Ensure all library code is wrapped in easy-to-use namespaces~~
Add a .travis.yml file for CI builds and testing
Create documentation and set up a gh-pages branch

Requirements

Compiles, tested and runs on the following:

GCC 5.3.0
Make 3.82.90
OS: Windows (w/ Cygwin/MinGW), Linux 3.16