fract-ol

An improved version of my fractal exploration program for 42 Codam's project fract-ol which can be found here.

Includes:

• Mandelbrot set
• Julia set
• Burning Ship set

Improvement Includes:

• Linux support
• Multithreading
• Mouse tracking Julia set
• Drag & drop the mouse to move around
• .bmp file export

Installation and Usage:

Install the necessary packages for MLX

To create the executable:

make

To run the program:

./fractol mandelbrot
./fractol julia real part +/- imaginary part
./fractol vela
./fractol mouse

Features:

- Use the arrow keys to move around
- Zoom into and out of the mouse position with the scroll wheel
- Press 'B' to enter Black & White mode
- Press 'C' to change to a static color
- Press 'R' to change to rainbow mode (Multiple options)
- Press 'P' to export the current view as a .bmp file
- Press 'PAGE UP' or 'PAGE DOWN' to change the iteration count used in the calculation

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