Tag Archives: Mandelbrot

Making a 4K Fractal Movie with Fractal eXtreme

Posted on January 20, 2016 by brucedawson

Four years ago I created a HD fractal movie because I wanted to see how quickly Fractal eXtreme could calculate the same movie that Orson Wang had posted to youtube. My version of his movie was antialiased and 720p and … Continue reading →

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Faster Fractals Through Algebra

Posted on August 13, 2011 by brucedawson

I’ve been working on Fractal eXtreme on-and-off for years, and an important (and fun) part of working on it is optimizing the calculation of the Mandelbrot set, especially the high-precision math routines that allow deep-zooming. After working on this over … Continue reading →

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