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Mandelbulber 1.04 - 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 1.04:

- Setting files consists only parameters different than default. Files are much shorter and easier to paste on internet forums.
- Settings can be pasted/copied using clipboard from/to text editor or internet browser
- Added "Benesi" formula
- Added "MandelboxVaryScale4D" formula
- Added "Aexion" formula
- Added "Bistorbrot" formula
- Added offset value for spherical folding in Mandelbox formula
- Added image proportion selection on Image tab
- Added Random() function into raymarching process. When there are some render artifacts, random noise looks better. Added the same into volumetric lighting shader.
- Corrected some typos in messages and labels
- Added disabling of raytraced reflections in AutoDEStep() function
- Improved adjustments for raytraced reflections
- Eliminated all compiler errors and warnings generated by new GCC 4.6
- Replaced "char *" by "const char *" where possible (This avoids explicit casts of string literals to "char *", which are potentially dangerous).

Thanks to Martin Reinecke for code improvement.

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

glad to see, that the project is still in progress. didn't have time to test the new formulas, but the copy/paste function is a nice start for seeding parameters.

at least in my case of use, it has one big disadvantage. it completely ignores the palette while copying. and it overwrites the loaded palette with the default one while pasting.
as i allways use my own palettes, the copied params only contain a comic of the original image.
see http://www.fractalforums.com/gallery-b177/paper-dragon/ for details

anyway, a nice new step for the project.
thanks buddhi, thanks martin!

Thanks for the update Buddhi, I enjoy it!