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This category is for sites dealing with software used to generate fractals, or software used for chaotic behavior computation (dynamic systems).

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• Aros Fractals

  http://www.arosmagic.com/Fractals/
  A free, high-resolution, true-color fractal program for Windows 95/NT, and Macintosh.

• Artlandia

  http://www.artlandia.com/
  A Mathematica-based software for creating mathematical, and algorithmic art.

• ArtMatic

  http://www.artmatic.com/
  Power Macintosh shareware generator that renders still and animated images.

• ChaosPro

  http://www.chaospro.de/
  Freeware fractal generator. Can do 24 bit and 3D transforms, including Quaternions. Includes history of program, gallery and fractal theory information.

• Chaotic Dynamic Systems

  http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/chaos/index.html
  Interactive applets that show billiard dynamic system motion in various shaped tables. Addresses mathematical concept.

• Chaotic Processes Analyzer (CPA) Project

  http://mekler.narod.ru/Science/CPA/eng_descr.htm
  Downloadable software for calculating the correlation dimension of reconstructed attractor. Based on algorithms from the TISEAN project.

• Double Fractal

  http://www.schulers.com/fractal
  Freeware fractal generator that can export images as POVRay files.

• Easy Fractal for Macintosh

  http://www.berkhan.de/easy/easyfrac.htm
  Fractal Generator with real-time zoom and large variety of effects.

• Fracplanet

  http://www.bottlenose.demon.co.uk/share/fracplanet/index.htm
  GPL-ed free software for generating fractal planets and terrain. It uses Qt and OpenGL.

• Fractal eXtreme

  http://www.cygnus-software.com/
  Win32 shareware program for exploration of the Mandelbrot set and other fractals.

• Fractal Image Generator

  http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Frac/
  Practice making fractals with this online tool. Features preview of image and dwell and frequency table.

• Fractal Links - Amazing Seattle Fractals

  http://fractalarts.com/ASF/Fractal_Links.html
  Fractal art tutorials and free fractal software.

• Fractal Studio

  http://www.fraktalstudio.de/
  Complex, quaternion and phase-plane raytracer, featuring many different lightning models. Includes mathematical background and downloads. [German, English]

• FractalPoster

  http://www.fractalposter.com/
  Tool to discover fractals and add them to a personal gallery.

• Fractalyse

  http://www.fractalyse.org/
  Measures fractal dimension of image and curve with several methods. Includes documentation and related publications. [English, French]

• FractSurf

  http://www.fractsurf.de/e_index2.html
  Zoom through a library of fractals. Free download, Windows.

• Fracture: A fractal screensaver

  http://www.sticksoftware.com/software/Fracture.html
  Fracture is a screensaver for Mac OS X that can generate a wide variety of fractal images, including the Mandelbrot Set, Julia sets, Self-Squared Dragons, and Attraction Basin fractals.

• Fraqtive

  http://fraqtive.mimec.org/
  Open source program for drawing Mandelbrot and Julia fractals using optimized navigation algorithms. Includes snapshots and features overview.

• Ghost Diagrams

  http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/ghost-diagrams
  Software for assembling sets of tiles. Includes samples and downloads.

• Glito

  http://emmanuel.debanne.free.fr/glito/
  A free explorer of 2D Iterated Function System fractals for GNU/Linux and Windows. Includes gallery and formula information.

• Gnofract 4D

  http://gnofract4d.sourceforge.net/
  Four-dimensional, inter-relational Mandelbrot and Julia set generator. Includes gallery, manuals, mathematical concepts, downloads and contact information.

• HOP

  http://www.mpeters.de/mpeweb/hop/index.htm
  DOS/Windows shareware fractal generator and screensaver, based on Martin (Hopalong) and Gumowski/Mira attractors.

• Into the Mystic

  http://www.mysticfractal.com/
  Software to excite the imagination and help create intriguing two and three-dimensional images. Includes news, software, FAQs, gallery and contact.

• Java Lindenmayer Systems

  http://jlsystem.sourceforge.net/
  Java desktop program rendering two-dimensional Lindemayer sets. Includes technical background, download, installation instructions and screenshots.

• LSysEdit

  http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Multimedia_and_Graphics/Misc__Graphics_Tools/LSysEdit.html
  Creates fractal plant images from a few bytes of text. LSysEdit edits and views Lsystems, and saves the images created by them as .bmp files. Free download.

• Mandelbrot Applet

  http://www.h-schmidt.net/MandelApplet/mandelapplet.html
  Generator with color selection and auto-zoom feature. Uses java.

• Mandelbrot Explorer

  http://www.mandel.org.uk/
  Freeware package allowing simple, colourful, customisable exploration of the Mandelbrot and Julia sets.

• Montagne 3D

  http://cjain.free.fr/
  A virtual landscape generator, based on fractal technology. After creation, the landscape can be modified by a graphic editor part of the application. Windows 95/98/NT shareware.

• Quintessential Sophistry

  http://www.uvm.edu/~msargent/
  Offers several Michael Sargent's QS-series DOS and Windows fractal generators.

• Robert Inventor's Programs

  http://robertinventor.com/software/main/
  Fractal music generator; animated 3D virtual flowers in compressed VRML format.

• Softology

  http://www.softology.com.au/
  Windows application that generates fractals, cellular automata, attractors, IFS, L-systems, music, and other related simulations. Supports 2D and 3D fractal generation and movies.

• The Fractal Farm

  http://www.davidaspitzley.org/FractalFarm/
  An on-line tool for viewing and breeding IFS fractal images.

• Two-dimensional L-systems

  http://mathforum.org/advanced/robertd/lsys2d.html
  Also called Lindenmayer systems or parallel string-rewrite systems, a compact way to describe iterative graphics using a turtle analogy. Mathematica examples.

• Ultra Fractal

  http://www.ultrafractal.com/
  Shareware Windows 95/98/NT fractal plotter. A fractal consists of one or more layers, which are merged in Photoshop-like fashion. Each layer has its own fractal formula, location, and coloring algorithms.

• Video For FRACTINT

  http://chabin.laurent.free.fr/vff/vff.html
  This site describes a freeware Fractal Image Sequence Generator based on FRACTINT. It contains example videos of what can be achieved with it.

• XaoS

  http://www.ucw.cz/~hubicka/XaoS
  Fast portable realtime fractal zoomer.

• XenoDream

  http://www.xenodream.com/
  Generator that renders 3D IFS fractal images, and enables lighting post-processing.

• Zuk

  http://wizard.ae.krakow.pl/~jb/Zuk/
  Dynamic, real-time Mandelbrot fractal viewer for DOS.

• µFrac

  http://mu-j.com/mufrac/
  Distributed fractal explorer for mobile devices (phones and PDAs). Current supported platform is the J2ME, plus MIDP.

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