All of these are using transforms with at least 2 variation groups.
Deep Variation Chains Examples
Galleries
Compositing Examples
There are 4 Render Modes:
- Standard
- Transparent
- Composite over Color
- Composite over Background Image
These render modes are available all throughout the app.
These are all composited inside the Fractal Architect app. The radial gradient background images were created with the Acorn app.
You can use the Transparent render mode to create images suitable for compositing in another app like Photoshop.
First fractal is a standard render. Next one is composited over white color.
Gallery 3
Gallery 2
Fractal Architect 3D Gallery
Version 2.0 Renderer Performance Comparisons
Macbook Pro 2011 with ATI 6750M
OpenCL GPU is 2.7X faster than Flam3.
OpenCL GPU is 3.6x faster than OpenCL CPU.
Macbook Pro 2009 with Nvidia 9600M
OpenCL GPU is 3.1X faster than Flam3.
OpenCL GPU is 4.4x faster than OpenCL CPU.
Macbook Air 2011 with no OpenCL usable GPU
Flam3 is 1.4x faster than OpenCL CPU.
Conclusions
Note that the Macbook Pro 2011 OpenCL GPU is 7.3X faster than Flam3 on a Macbook Air 2011. So, a better Mac makes a big difference in performance.
Flam3 is consistently faster than the OpenCL CPU renderer. The OpenCL density estimation algorithm is culprit here. But Flam3 is consistently slower than OpenCL GPU.
