Ultimate Fractal 2.1

Create amazing fractal artwork and Explore the Wonderful World of Fractals

A fractal is generally "a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole," a property called self-similarity. 

The term was coined by Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975 and was derived from the Latin fractus meaning "broken" or "fractured." Because they appear similar at all levels of magnification, fractals are often considered to be infinitely complex. Natural objects that approximate fractals to a degree include clouds, mountain ranges, lightning bolts, coastlines, and snow flakes. 

Now that you know a bit more about fractals, you are probably wondering how to produce these with Utimate Fractal. By default, Utimate Fractal opens with a standard Mandelbrot fractal, so the easiest way is to take this fractal and start zooming.

Click and drag inside the fractal window to zoom in. Click the right mouse button to zoom out. Ultimate Fractal sypports many variations, but it is a smart idea to begin with simple zooming in order to get a feeling for how Utimate Fractal actually works.

When Ultimate Fractal calculates a fractal, it does not immediately calculate a color for each pixel. Instead, it calculates an intermediate index value . A gradient translates index values to colors. Since only the index values are stored, the colors and color style can be changed without having to recalculate the fractal

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