Title: Mandelbulber 1.01 Post by: Buddhi on May 14, 2011, 09:24:11 AM Mandelbulber 1.01 - for Linux x86, Linux x64 and Win32 (will be also for MacOS)
Open source program (GNU GPL) for rendering photo-realistic 3D fractals Free download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mandelbulber/ Website: http://sites.google.com/site/mandelbulber/ User manual: http://sites.google.com/site/mandelbulber/user-manual Tutorial for creating animations: http://sites.google.com/site/mandelbulber/getting-started New features in version 1.01: - added Smooth Mandelbox formula - added function which scans for optimal DE factor - possible to stop program during rendering visible lights - shadows for auxiliary lights can be disabled - rendering time is displayed as a real time instead of a cpu time - command line: possible to set image resolution ("-res WIDTHxHEIGHT") and frames per key value ("-fpk N") - many thanks to Jeff Epler - command line: possible to override value ("-o key=value") of any parameter (names from settings files) (example: mandelbulber -o glow_intensity=3.5 -o power=2.5 -res 800x600 fractal.fract) - fixed bug: there was high CPU load during moving of main render window - fixed bug: memory access violation in fractal.cpp (hybrid formula sequence) SVN repository: http://mandelbulber.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ This repository is available from Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/mandelbulber/ My gallery with images created using Mandelbulber: http://krzysztofmarczak.deviantart.com/gallery/ Before first run please use install script Title: Re: Mandelbulber 1.01 Post by: knighty on May 14, 2011, 03:56:20 PM :thumbsup1: ;D
Title: Re: Mandelbulber 1.01 Post by: junkdog on May 14, 2011, 04:23:22 PM Sweet! Playing around with the Smooth Mandelbox now; I noticed that the Smooth Mandelbox' sharpness field is disabled for hybrid fractals (callbacks.cpp:842).
The value override parameter is a welcome addition too. :beer: Title: Re: Mandelbulber 1.01 Post by: Ike1970 on May 14, 2011, 06:05:44 PM Hi,
the new feature for optimal DE factor is really great. I have re-rendered some older pics of mine which I had trouble with and they came out perfect. Thanks! :beer: :beer: :beer: Ike Title: Re: Mandelbulber 1.01 Post by: visual.bermarte on May 14, 2011, 06:11:27 PM works fine with OSX ;D
Title: Re: Mandelbulber 1.01 Post by: taurus on May 17, 2011, 11:22:47 AM thanks buddhi for annother bunch of improovements. :beer:
the smooth mandelbox looks interesting in overview, but i had some difficulties zooming in. either the render was terribly coarse or (after usung de step optimization) the de step factor was insanely low, so a sipmple preview render took 20 minutes to finish. needs some further investigation... i tried the de step factor optimization on a few of my older parameters and i can't even guess how many hours i wasted, rendering nothing... great benefit this! but after viewing buddhis recent experiments with volumetric lights, i can't wait trying this feature in the regular version. (if you need a beta tester i'll be there too) ;D mandelbulber is still the first adress for highest quality 3d fractal renders - well done buddhi! Title: Re: Mandelbulber 1.01 Post by: Buddhi on May 17, 2011, 05:38:21 PM I have just uploaded into SourceForge latest version of Mandelbulber for Mac. Thanks to Visual. |