MandelBrowser - Fractal image generator & customization

MandelBrowser is an easy-to-use and efficient tool for generating fractal images. The application allows for effortless exploration of fractals through gestures such as pinch-to-zoom, panning, and rotating, while providing various options to personalize images—from altering color schemes to creating custom fractal formulas. This flexibility opens up nearly endless opportunities for producing stunning visuals.

FEATURE

* 82 types of fractals, including the renowned Mandelbrot Set

* 72 painting styles (patterns)

* 128 color combinations

* 29 filters for images, with a kaleidoscope effect included

* 3D lighting effects based on the Blinn-Phong reflection model

* the ability to generate fractal images from photographs

* high-resolution rendering capabilities reaching up to 8k UHD (6k on Android devices lower than version 10)

* an optional supersampling feature

* zooming capabilities with real-time video

* a video creation function (requires Android version 6 or higher)

* a randomizer for images

* user-defined elements (fractals, painting styles, and color combinations)

* options for saving and sharing images, favorite locations, and user-generated content

* an integrated gallery showcasing 900 samples.

EPILEPSY WARNING: this app may display flashing images.

The application begins in a basic mode where some features are not visible. You can switch to advanced mode via the Settings menu.

For further details, refer to the in-app tutorial.

WARNING: this application may consume a significant amount of battery.

Tips

Quick preview

Using low resolution (144p or 240p) can be a good choice for creating video preview quickly, just to make sure that the selected parameters produce a result that meets your expectations. After that you can run the video creator again with the desired resolution.

Rendering 144p video can be over 50 times faster than 1080p video, and over 1500 times faster than 1080p video with 5x5 supersampling.

Shape morphing videos

Using the Transition video option, you can create a video showing the changing shape of the fractal.

To achieve this you need to set the transition start, change the value of one ore more fractal or paint mode parameters, and then save the transition video.

Some examples are listed below:

the Power parameter of the Generalized FP Mandelbrot fractal,

any fractal parameter with "shape" in its name (e.g. the Shape parameter of the Newton 2 fractal),

Julia X/Y parameters of any fractal in the Julia mode,

the Radius parameter of any orbit trap paint mode (e.g. Round pearls),

the Phase parameter of any multiple shape orbit trap paint mode (e.g. Round pearls or Photo pearls).

Important notes:

Changing the value of a parameter which is an integer number may lead to lack of smoothness.

A small change in a parameter value may lead to a large change of he resulting image (especially at large zoom). You can use fine tuning to precisely change parameters values.

Zoom videos with image filter

You can make your zoom video more attractive by applying an image filter. The Water and the Warp filters are particularly suitable for this.

It applies also to transition videos with a change of coordinates between the start and end locations.

Image filter parameter transitions

A good way to make a nice transition video is to change only the value of an image filter parameter.

The parameters particularly suitable for this are listed below:

the Tilt parameter of the Kaleidoscope filter,

the Phase parameter of the Tunnel filter,

the Wave phase parameter of the Water, Waves and Circular waves filters,

the Curl phase parameter of the Whirl filter,

the Rotation phase parameter of the Whirl filter (note that by setting the Speed and Curl parameters to zero, you can create a simple rotation video much quicker than using the image rotation, and you will be able to aply more than one full rotation).

To make your video more attractive, you can combine changing image filter parameters with shifting, zooming or rotating the image.

NOTE: A transition video will be rendered very quickly if you change only image filter parameters between the start and the end transition points. This is because in such a case there is no need to recalculate the fractal between subsequent frames.