Jux 1.0 Julia/Mandelbrot explorer with lighting

[xenodreambuie]

Jux 1.0 is now available. It is a 2D Julia and Mandelbrot fractal explorer with advanced lighting options.
It has a variety of built in formulas, initially covering polynomial and polynomial rational functions.
It has a real-time Julia thumbnail explorer.
Real-time preview for most color and lighting changes.
Fully multi-core, and anti-aliased rendering.
Presets and memory spots for formulas, coloring and lighting.
The free version is fully functional except render size is fixed at 640x480.
Registering to unlock the render size costs $US24

http://xenodream.com/jux.htm

Why did I make yet another 2D Julia/Mandelbrot program?
I wanted a Julia explorer (for Windows) that would be nice to use, have various formulas, and beautiful color/lighting options. It had to use distance estimation for the set boundary, and be able to color the boundary independently of other regions. Of course it turned out to be more complicated than I first thought, and evolved as I learnt more.

By 'nice to use', I mean designed with convenience in mind, and fun to play with using only a mouse and a few shortcut keys, without relying on randomizing or limiting the options.

Initially I was most interested in different Julia sets, then I understood the usefulness of Mandelbrots for navigating and the appeal of zooming in them.

[SCORPION]

Great program!
My question is - if I buy a program to 5 (for example) computers, can I expect that the price will be less for me?  :

[xenodreambuie]

Great program!
My question is - if I buy a program to 5 (for example) computers, can I expect that the price will be less for me?  :

Thanks!
Is that for different people to use, or just you using all the computers to render on? If it's only you, one license permits multiple computers so you wouldn't need to buy more than one. If it's for five or more people then we can do some discount - I hadn't thought about volume pricing for Jux yet.

[SCORPION]

I buy the program and install it on five different computers with different user names. At home, in the office, on a laptop in a country house in the bath - I have a guarantee that the program is not locked?

[xenodreambuie]

I buy the program and install it on five different computers with different user names. At home, in the office, on a laptop in a country house in the bath - I have a guarantee that the program is not locked?

Yes, you can do that. I'm happy for you to render on more than one computer!

[SCORPION]

I bought the program, but the program says that it is not the correct key ...
Details in a personal message.

[SCORPION]

Thanks, now everything has turned out !!!!
 

[Andrea81]

A very nice program, i like to play with it because i like sloped fractals very much The light/form effects are so great!!
I hope there will be following some more formulas in the future.

[xenodreambuie]

Thank you, Andrea! The first update will be minor improvements and fixes, while different types of formulas need more time to get right.

[Jakeukalane]

Hello! First place thank you for this awesome program, xenodreambuie.

I have a question. Maybe is a stupid question, but I don't know a lot about fractal programs.

When you run the program you can see a standard view of a normal fractal and down, at right, the "julia exploring" window. Well, when you point inside the fractal, you can see the julia window changing. Here is my question: How can you obtain the image that you see from the "julia exploring" window? In fraqtive program, for example, you just doble click. I tried a lot of things, but I don't get it. I think I am missing the correct and obvious answer.

Hope you can help me.

Greetings!

[xenodreambuie]

Thank you, Jakeukalane!

Shift-click a point to jump to the Julia fractal. It works in Julia mode too, though you might need to increase the Julia precision sometimes for that. Ctrl-drag a rectangle to zoom in. The extra hints for controls appear in the status bar at the bottom of the window, and that includes the options when the mouse is over the preview. I'm also adding a Getting Started topic to the help for the next update.

[Natan Sharp]

I have a question about xenodream....when will be released version 3.0?
I love this program but i think it's time to build a new version more powerfull, with more options and with a multi core engine.
anyway i'm going to evaluate jux and probably i'll buy it....the illumination tool for 2d fractals is a good idea!

[xenodreambuie]

I have a question about xenodream....when will be released version 3.0?
I love this program but i think it's time to build a new version more powerfull, with more options and with a multi core engine.
anyway i'm going to evaluate jux and probably i'll buy it....the illumination tool for 2d fractals is a good idea!

Thanks! First I will have a Jux update to release, then XD 2.6 soon after, then I want to work on those features for XD 3. I have no idea when 3.0 will be ready.

[Chillheimer]

I love the colourings!

Does it use pertubation? After the speed and deepzooms of Kalles Fraktaler, I don't know if I can ever step back to "normal" rendertimes..
And is it possible to make zoom videos?

[xenodreambuie]

I love the colourings!

Does it use pertubation? After the speed and deepzooms of Kalles Fraktaler, I don't know if I can ever step back to "normal" rendertimes..
And is it possible to make zoom videos?

Thank you! It doesn't use perturbation because it's meant to handle general formulas, although still built in. It uses extended precision (80 bit) so zooming is only to about 10¹⁶ anyway. I was always more interested in Julia sets of polynomial rationals, and only recently discovered the fun of zooming to interesting minibrots and how to choose sequences.

There is no animation support so it would be time consuming to make all the frames manually.