mandelbrot-set

This project generates a Mandelbrot fractal and saves it as a .bmp file.

Commands

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/sirbuig/mandelbrot-set.git

Make sure that cmake is installed and that you have a C compiler, such as gcc.

Create the build directory

mkdir cmake-build
cd cmake-build

Run CMake to generate the build files

cmake ..

Compile the project

cmake --build .

Run the compiled program

./mandelbrot_set

After running, a file called mandelbrot_24bit.bmp should appear in the current folder. This file contains the image of the Mandelbrot fractal in BMP format.

Why BMP?

I found it interesting to use especially because the image is pixel-generated. It's simple to grasp and I had fun understanding how some image formats store the bytes under the hood.

This is the resource I used: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ece264/16au/hw/HW13.

Results

I still want to continue the project, but I'm taking a break from it. These are some of the results so far:

1. Original

int width = 2000, height = 2000;
double centerX = -0.75, centerY = 0.0, scale = 1.0;

2. Smaller scale

double centerX = -0.75, centerY = 0.0, scale = 0.5;