This project is a work in progress. The implementation is incomplete and subject to change. The documentation can be inaccurate.
Vanilj is a mandelbrot explorer written in go. It's name is a reference to "vanilla dreams" which is an awesome Swedish cookie.
go get github.com/karlek/vanilj/cmd/vanilj
$ vanilj -z 500 -cr 1.5018 -ci 1 -i 200 -t random -width 500 -height 300 -o "1.png"- cr: Real value offset from origio to zoom in on.
- ci: Imaginary value offset from origio to zoom in on.
- i: Number of iterations performed.
- t: Which color scheme to use, valid options are ["random", "pretty", "smooth", "pedagogical"].
- z: Zoom value. How many magnifications to make on the center point.
- o: Output filename.
- width: Width of created image.
- height: Height of created image.
Pedagogical uses only five colors and cycles between them to represent the rate of divergence.
Pretty uses a gradient of colors proportional to the number of iterations. This will make the image softer and more aesthetically pleasing.
Random creates a unique gradient each time, with a number of colors proportional to the number of iterations.
Smooth uses the "Normalized Iteration Count Algorithm" which removes the bands of colors with a smooth gradient. The bands can be observed in the Pedagogical representation.
All images were created with:
$ vanilj -cr -1.5018 -z 1000 -i 800I hereby release this code into the public domain.