The essentials, in six steps.
The settings panels live in the vertical tabs to the right of the drawing area.
Start from an example
The Examples tab offers 180 ready-made fractals: ferns, trees, snowflakes, dragons, spirals…
Select one in the list and click Open example. It is the fastest way to understand how a shape is built.
Build on the map
An IFS fractal is a set of transformations. Each one appears as a scaled and moved copy of the map; the selected transformation is drawn in red.
- Fractal › New fractal starts from scratch.
- New adds a transformation.
- Drag it with the mouse, or adjust Shearing, Rotation, Scaling and Translation with the sliders.
The attractor is redrawn in real time after every change.
Enter the coefficients
Prefer the precision of numbers? The Enter a,b,c,d,e,f button opens the affine matrix of the selected transformation.
To import a whole fractal described as text, use Fractal › Import a fractal from matrix text…
Choose the map geometry
In the Options tab, Map geometry changes the base shape: square, triangle, hexagons, circle, pentagon, octagon, diamond.
Map drawing shows or hides the attractor behind the transformations while you build.
Add some style
The Drawing tab gathers the drawing methods: random, density, palette density, colorful transformations, zebra, radial, concentric.
Pick a color palette and the number of points, then click Draw. Save the result with File › Save image…
Animate with morphing
The Morphing tab interpolates between two fractals. Load the Source and the Destination, set the Number of steps and browse the intermediate steps.
Export the animation with Morphing › Generate a video…
