I have this from the author Duncan Champney:
> Greetings to this forum. I've been following along for some time now
> by a daily
> email, and
> decided it was time to join in.
>
> I've developed a high-performance fractal renderer for Macintosh
computers
> called
> FractalWorks. (You can download it and try it yourself here:
> http://web.mac.com/dchampney/Site/FractalWorks.html
>
> Right now I'm working on extending it to create true 3D images which
> are height
> maps
> using
> the Distance Estimate Method (DEM) to create a height value. I then
> create a 3D
> "polygon
> mesh" (which is like a sheet of tiny triangles stretched into a shape)
> of my
> plot. Finally, I
> create a 2D perspective view of the 3D shape, including directional
> lighting.
>
> I'm quite happy with the results I'm getting so far.
>
> Here are a couple of examples:
>
> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77221448@[EMAIL
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> title="Purple
> Elephant Julia 3D by Duncan _C, on Flickr"><img
> src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/2306079561_7ec05e0563_b.jpg"
> width="1024"
> height="622" alt="Purple Elephant Julia 3D" /></a>
>
> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77221448@[EMAIL
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> title="B of F
> Map
> 50 3D by Duncan _C, on Flickr"><img
> src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/2320207256_45227a166b_o.jpg"
> width="998"
> height="690" alt="B of F Map 50 3D" /></a>
I got it to work last night on a G4 Mac under 10.4.11 os X.
It is very fast and the zoom is by clicking on the output.
Roger Bagula
