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Title: Mandelbrot fractal rendered with Open Office Calc (or Excel)
Post by: Buddhi on November 11, 2009, 12:34:13 PM
Yes! It is possible!
This fractal was rendered in Excel spreadsheet (exactly in Open Office Calc). There was used only cell formulas without any macros.

Rendering parameters:
resolution: 80x80
maximum number of iterations: 10
rendering time: 10s
spreadsheet size: 6870x80

(http://www.fractalforums.com/gallery/1/640_11_11_09_12_12_19.png)


Title: Re: Mandelbrot fractal rendered with Open Office Calc (or Excel)
Post by: lycium on November 11, 2009, 01:27:14 PM
hehe cool  O0

reminds me of this excel hack: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3563/microsoft_excel_revolutionary_3d_.php


Title: Re: Mandelbrot fractal rendered with Open Office Calc (or Excel)
Post by: fractalwizz on November 12, 2009, 01:45:56 AM
wow, that must have taken some time


Title: Re: Mandelbrot fractal rendered with Open Office Calc (or Excel)
Post by: Buddhi on November 12, 2009, 05:43:02 PM
It was rendered very fast. Only approximately 10 seconds (time for spreadsheet recalculation and refresh chart). But resolution and iteration count is very low.


Title: Re: Mandelbrot fractal rendered with Open Office Calc (or Excel)
Post by: Dinkydau on November 12, 2009, 10:50:32 PM
Well at least it's a mandelbrot set!


Title: Re: Mandelbrot fractal rendered with Open Office Calc (or Excel)
Post by: twinbee on November 13, 2009, 03:19:04 PM
Lol, that's the craziest thing I've seen in a while. Submit it to slashdot!