Orca
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Generates hi-res fractal images. Orca is an interactive program that is optimized to generate hi-res 2-D and 3-D fractal images. Orca currently supports quaternion, hypercomplex, complexified quaternion, Juliat and Mandelbulb Sine/Cosine renderings of the Mandelbrot set and Julia sets.
Orca Features:
1. Getting Started Tutorial
2. 22 generalized dual-function formulas (2500+ variations)
3. Mixed quad math option for each formula
4. 4 types of random fractals: * 2-D Julia * Stalks (Orbit Traps) * Bubbles * 3-D Julia
5. 25 Orbit-trap methods
6. 3-D Orbit-trap and bubble textures
7. User-defined bailout option
8. 3D object exports: * Wavefront object format [OBJ] * Stereolithography [STL] * Triangle mesh [POV] * Smooth Triangle mesh [POV] * Mesh simplification for smaller OBJ and POV export files * Virtual reality [WRL] * AutoCad [DXF] * Polygon Format [PLY]
9. Perlin noise generator for enhanced textures
10. Adjustable lighting model with Phong highlights
11. Batch mode for unattended image creation
12. Integrated video routines allow easy morphing and rotating between key frames
13. Frame buffer format to edit, load and save movie templates [OCV]
14. Pilot for easy panning, zooming and rotating
15. Texture file format [QTX] to build libraries of custom surface renderings
16. Separate user-defined folders for file types like palettes, textures, objects and drawings
17. Context help for menu commands and dialog windows as well as a complete list of topics in the main Windows help [hlp] file
Start by resetting all Figures, using the Image/Reset Allmenu option. The drawing window is erased
and a quaternionmap of the Mandelbrot set is drawn. The 2-DMandelbrot set is frequently
considered a map of all Julia sets.
Please note: As you explore the many options included in Orca you'll find that many of the variable
windows are non-modal, so they can stay open while the fractal is being plotted. This allows you to
change some coloring and lighting variables without redrawing the fractal, or repeatedly experiment
with other aspects of the fractal-design process.
Limitations:
* The image size is limited to 320X240 and the precision of 3D object exports is fixed at 300 steps
The license of this software is Free Trial Software, the price is $40.00, you can free download and get a free trial.