Title: yFract 1.1.3 released - Undo-function, Improved manual, new Fractal. The end? Post by: yv3 on April 29, 2012, 07:41:50 PM Hello fractal lovers, a new Version (1.1.3/29.04.2012) has been released. New Features: Undo for explore mode and render mode Now you can undo the last movement/modifying of fractal/palette selection by pressing backspace! Random Palette function Now you can press Space in Render Mode and Palette Room to select a random palette. This is a little but very handy feature. It enables much more artistic results (1671 palettes!). New Fractal: Other 2D Mandelbox I integrated the Mandelbox Fractal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbox) (2D-Version) into yFract. It has 4 modifiers and produces nice images: (http://yv3.bplaced.net/gallery/yFract/26909.jpg) [FULL SIZE (http://yv3.bplaced.net/gallery/yFract/26909.jpg)] (http://yv3.bplaced.net/gallery/yFract/26910.jpg) [FULL SIZE (http://yv3.bplaced.net/gallery/yFract/26910.jpg)] (http://yv3.bplaced.net/gallery/yFract/26911.jpg) [FULL SIZE (http://yv3.bplaced.net/gallery/yFract/26911.jpg)] (http://yv3.bplaced.net/gallery/yFract/26912.jpg) [FULL SIZE (http://yv3.bplaced.net/gallery/yFract/26912.jpg)] Same Fractal combined with Sierpinski Image with the "overlay image"-technique (Sierpinski 2.jpg): (http://yv3.bplaced.net/gallery/yFract/26913.jpg) [FULL SIZE (http://yv3.bplaced.net/gallery/yFract/26913.jpg)] Now yFract has 74 Fractal Types! Improved Manual I draw colored keyboard and mouse layouts for each operating mode: Explore Mode (http://yv3.bplaced.net/home/Keys_ExploreMode.gif) [FULL SIZE (http://yv3.bplaced.net/home/Keys_ExploreMode.gif)] Render Mode (http://yv3.bplaced.net/home/Keys_RenderMode.gif) [FULL SIZE (http://yv3.bplaced.net/home/Keys_RenderMode.gif)] Palette Room (http://yv3.bplaced.net/home/Keys_PaletteRoom.gif) [FULL SIZE (http://yv3.bplaced.net/home/Keys_PaletteRoom.gif)] I optimized and categorized the keyboard shortcuts: Explore Mode (http://yv3.bplaced.net/home/Keys_ExploreMode2.gif) [FULL SIZE (http://yv3.bplaced.net/home/Keys_ExploreMode2.gif)] Render Mode (http://yv3.bplaced.net/home/Keys_RenderMode2.gif) [FULL SIZE (http://yv3.bplaced.net/home/Keys_RenderMode2.gif)] Palette Room (http://yv3.bplaced.net/home/Keys_PaletteRoom2.gif) [FULL SIZE (http://yv3.bplaced.net/home/Keys_PaletteRoom2.gif)] An updated PDF-Version is also included with the installer. Online manual: http://yv3.bplaced.net/manual.html (http://yv3.bplaced.net/manual.html). Next Steps - Are there any? I decided to make a longer break from developing yFract. I think its the right moment now, yFract has grown in the past two years and i feel happy with it now. Its "complete". My dream came true. I wrote my own "perfect fractal art application" and additionally i made it available for others and shared my artwork, impressions and feelings here and there. I wrote more than 60 thousends lines of code, i can't believe it :). I made about 150, maybe 200 applications in my 10-year-life of a programmer. This is also my personal proof that "i can do it if i want". I never learned programming or math on a university but now i can finally feel that it doesn't matter anymore. I like it the hard way and i love fractals :). I feel like a workoholic now. I need a break and my wife and my son need me and i need them. Summer begins slowly. So let's take a break and enjoy the life. The End? No, of course :). There is "only one thing" that i would like to integrate into yFract (damn it always begins like this :)). Maybe i will do it until christmas. I dream of having a fourth operating mode for displaying the (2d) fractal as a 3D landscape. It should not be much complicated, yFract already uses OpenGL and what you see is already a 3D scene. I would like to add flying around that landscape, adding backgrounds and fog to it, add support for anaglyph glasses... But why not make a small r-type-like arcade game with stunning fractal backgrounds and psychedelic music....maybe some day... :) Download latest version and manual at my website: http://yv3.bplaced.net Greetings Dawid |