FAQ

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FRACTAL GENERATOR

Q: What do the diffrent settings in the online fractal generator do?
A:
Zoom Depending on this setting you either zoom out or in when you click with the mouse in the fractal, Positive values means zoom in and negative zoom out. Higher value means more zoom.

Colormap A number of different colormaps can be chosen to change the appearance of the fractal.

Truecolor If truecolor is checked the fractal is rendered with a maximum of 16,7M colours if unchecked the maximum number of colours is 256.

Maxitt The maximum number of times a pixel is iterated before it's considered to belong to the Mandelbrot set.

Autoitt With this checked Maxitt is set automatically.

Aa Anti aliasing. With this box checked a four times larger picture then visible is calculated. Every pixel in the resulting image is then calculated as an average of 2x2 pixels in the larger one. This gives a smother picture with less jagged edges.

Recalculate Redraw the fractal with the new settings.

Fractal name Give the fractal a name if you want's to save it.

Save fractal Saves the present fractal, several fractals can be saved and loaded back to the fractal generator later for further zooming or change of colormap. Saved fractal art can also be rendered in a large version. Registered users can add saved fractals to the users fractal gallery.

FRACTAL POSTERS

Q: Why are not all fractals available as posters?
A: The fractals has to be rendered at a high resolution before they are sent to Zazzle.com, the rendering process takes a lot of time and the publication at Zazzle.com is not automated and has to be done manually.

Q: The fractal from the fractal gallery/users gallery I want as a poster is not available at Zazzle.com. Can you make it available?
A: Yes probably. Depending on the amount of requests I get. Use our contact form to send a request.

Q: Can you render and upload a fractal I have made in the online fractal generator to Zazzle.com?
A: Yes if you have added it to the users fractal gallery and depending on the amount of requests I get. Use our contact form to send a request.

Q: In what size are the fractal images rendered that are available trough Zazzle.com?
A: They are first rendered at 21000x14000 pixels (294M pixels). The images is then anti aliased to avoid jagged edges. The resulting fractal image sent to Zazzle.com is 10500x7000 pixels (73.5M pixels).

Q: I have a question regarding "anything related to purchase/ordering/shipping at Zazzle.com"?
A: Contact Zazzle.com.

FRACTALS

Q: What is fractals and fractal art?
A: Wikipedia has a lot of information about fractals.

Q: What is the Mandelbrot set?
A: A explanation of the Mandelbrot set is available here.

Q: Where can I talk to other people interested in fractals?
A: Try the fractalforums.com.

SITE

Q: Who is doing this site?
A: I am! I am from Sweden and I am doing this site on my spare time.

Q: Why are there so many misspellings?
A: I am from Sweden so English is not my native language and grammar is not my strong side. Feel free to correct me trough the contact form

Q: How do i add fractal art to the users fractal gallery?
A: You have to register and save a fractal from the fractal generator. Registered users can add saved fractals to the users fractal gallery.

Q: Why are you using a java applets and not flash or shockwave or ...?
A: I am doing this site on my spare time and the applet was developed several years ago and at that time it seamed right.