Chaotica is a commercial
fractal art
Fractal art is a form of algorithmic art created by calculating fractal objects and representing the calculation results as still digital images, animations, and media. Fractal art developed from the mid-1980s onwards. It is a genre of computer ...
editor and renderer extending flam3 and
Apophysis
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*A tubercle (bone)
*Apophysis (spider)
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's functionality. There is also a free version with limited render resolution and animation length.
History
Chaotica began as a personal project of Thomas E. Ludwig (lycium) in the deviantArt fractal community in 2010, but has since been handed over to Glare Technologies, the developers of Indigo Renderer.
Features
Chaotica implements a generalized
iterated function system
In mathematics, iterated function systems (IFSs) are a method of constructing fractals; the resulting fractals are often self-similar. IFS fractals are more related to set theory than fractal geometry. They were introduced in 1981.
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and features a modern rendering engine based on advanced algorithms not found in open-source IFS implementations. It has an animation editor, selective randomization of parameters, and imaging controls such as different anti-aliasing modes and
RGB-channel response curves.
Chaotica's highlighted features
are:
# GPU rendering and multi-GPU support, using OpenCL (Chaotica 2).
# Animation support.
# Modern CPU rendering engine..
# Video encoding in H.264 or HEVC (in Chaotica 2).
# Apophysis / Flam3 compatibility.
# Real-time imaging controls and HDR color curves in Chaotica help with quick rendering of animation frames.
Sample images
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File:Random 3.1.png
File:Random 4.png
See also
References
External links
Official Website
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