Smnd

Smnd is a program which allows "interactive" exploration of the Mandelbrot and Julia sets, in addition to any of the generalized 2-d "Escape Time Fractals." The calculation algorithm is written in highly optimized PPC assembly and should result in realtime display updates on any 100mhz+ PPC. This allows for realtime animations of Julia sets as one traces out points in the Mandelbrot set! Here is a brief list of Smnd's features. Smnd provides facilities for continuous variation of parameters, realtime panning, realtime zooming in/out, magnification of regions, displaying a point's orbit, display scaling, 256 levels of undo, palette controls, palette load/save, set load/save, export of QuickTime movies(beta), and extensive control over the program's configuration and display. System Requirements: PPC Macintosh(100mhz+ recommended). System 7.0 or better. 512k of free memory. 256 color display or better. Ben Shanfelder