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Chaotica (software)

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Chaotica
Developer(s)Glare Technologies
Stable release
1.5.8 / August 2015; 9 years ago (2015-08)
Operating systemLinux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows
TypeFractal / Graphics
LicenseProprietary commercial software
Websitewww.chaoticafractals.com

Chaotica is a commercial fractal art editor and renderer extending flam3 and Apophysis's functionality. There is also a free version with limited render resolution and animation length.[citation needed]

History

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Chaotica began as a personal project of Thomas E. Ludwig (lycium) in the deviantArt fractal community in 2010,[1] but has since been handed over to Glare Technologies, the developers of Indigo Renderer.

Features

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Chaotica implements a generalized iterated function system and features a modern[as of?] rendering engine based on advanced algorithms not found in open-source IFS implementations.[citation needed] It has an animation editor, selective randomization of parameters, and imaging controls such as different anti-aliasing modes and RGB-channel response curves.

Chaotica's highlighted features [2] are:

  1. GPU rendering and multi-GPU support, using OpenCL (Chaotica 2).
  2. Animation support.
  3. Modern CPU rendering engine.[further explanation needed].
  4. Video encoding in H.264 or HEVC (in Chaotica 2).
  5. Apophysis (software) / Flam3 compatibility[clarification needed].
  6. Real-time imaging controls and HDR color curves in Chaotica help with quick rendering of animation frames.[quantify]

Sample images

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Chaotica by lyc on deviantArt". 12 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Features". Retrieved 2023-11-03.
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