Vorino Software Inc. - Fractal Explorer

Fractal Explorer / Wallpaper Maker for the RIM BlackBerry® (non-touchscreen)

A mesmerizing psychedelic experience! Draw an almost infinite variety of beautiful Mandelbrot and Julia Set fractal patterns, and save them to your SD card for use as wallpapers.

To download a free trial, or to purchase a copy, please visit the MobiHand website.

Features:

Easy to use!
Toggle between Mandelbrot and Julia Set fractals
Adjust color settings including
* Color curve
* Start color
* Hue direction
* Formula iterations
Save images to your SD Card, and use them as wallpapers
Progressive image generation and display, for relatively quick previewing (see performance notes below)
Zoom and pan
Zoom in up to 100 times for a huge magnification factor of 3E+15
Crosshair to pinpoint zoom location
Show/hide crosshair
Translucent lower panel to display the current position of the fractal
Show/hide position panel
Progress bar (with three settings)
Email coordinates
Keyboard shortcuts for faster navigation (these are listed in the help screen)
Double precision calculations for fine detail at high magnifications
Save/load favorites
English and French language support
Release log
Demo release log

Sample screenshots showing the coarser
first pass and final passes.

Performance Notes

The image is drawn in three passes, a coarse preview pass, a finer pass, and then the final individual pixel pass. At any time you can continue zooming or panning.

Drawing times for the passes will vary based on your device, zoom level (scale), the current location within the fractal and the Max Iterations value in Preferences. The black areas are actually the slowest to draw, since that is where maximum iteration of the fractal formula is reached.

Samples Gallery

240x260 (71xx and 8100 Pearl series)
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320x240 (87xx series, 8800 series)
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240x160 (72xx series)
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Links (external):

The Wikepedia links below explain the formulas behind the Mandelbrot and Julia Set fractals, and are a good place to start.

Wikipedia Fractal
Wikepedia Mandelbrot Set
Wikipedia Julia Set
Wikimedia Mandelbrot Set
Wikimedia Julia Set
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