Authored by Chris Watts
Both ANT build files and shell files are provided to successfully build the project. The ANT build.xml can build a JAR as well as compile the source, but build.bat and build.sh just compile and run.
All required libraries for this project are located under lib
Upon running main found in com.cjwatts.fractalexplorer.main.FractalExplorer, you should see the main dialog with two fractal panels.
The larger one displays the fractal algorithm as specified by the fractal controls; the smaller displays the Julia set of the current algorithm.
By clicking on an area of the main fractal, you can select a point to 'explore'. The selected point is passed as the seed for the Julia algorithm, which will then update.
Original spec is (was) found here: https://secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk/notes/comp1206/assn1-2013.html
The following extensions have been made past the specification:
- Favourites are stored in favourites.xml
- Image rendering is multithreaded.
- A progress bar is shown on the main fractal for render progress.
- Images are buffered for fast response times when the fractals are not modified.
- Many fractal algorithms are provided, and writing your own is easily done through extending the FractalAlgorithm class.
- The coordinate control spinners are logarithmic for pleasant scrolling.
- Colours are smoothed.
- Colour schemes are implemented, and can be easily modified in the program, or in favourites.xml
- A full screen option is available.
- There is currently no GUI support for editing a colour scheme - you can only select pre-existing ones.
- This was going to use OpenCL/CUDA, but because of the bulk of the native libraries required to ship with the program, it's so not worth it.
- Favourites do not currently store the previous viewport as it cannot yet modify the swing components controlling it.
- A viewport swapping feature exists, but due to last minute bugs, it was omitted.
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