=Description= A Qt-based fractal flame editor which uses a C++ re-write of the flam3 algorithm named Ember and a GPU capable version named EmberCL which implements a portion of the cuburn algorithm in OpenCL.
==Installer (0.3.7.2 Beta)== Windows 7 64-bit Installer
==Documentation== Get started here.
==Requirements and Prerequisites== Windows 7, 64-bit Install the latest drivers for your video card An nVidia or AMD video card to take advantage of OpenCL If you have an Intel processor, but do not have a device capable of running OpenCL, and still want to run Fractorium with only CPU support, you must install Intel's CPU-only OpenCL libraries here.
==Running== Fractorium and its associated command line tools can render fractal flames using the CPU, or OpenCL. In order to use OpenCL, you must have an nVidia card that has the Fermi architecture or later, or a recent AMD card. If you attempt to use an unsupported card, you will receive an error message and the CPU renderer will be used instead.
==Current Status== Initial beta releases supporting the following: ===Hardware:=== -CPU: x64 Intel and AMD CPUs. -GPU: Recent AMD and nVidia (Fermi and later) cards. ===Variations:=== -The 98 standard variations included with flam3. ===Palettes:=== -The 700 palettes included in the standard flam3-palettes.xml file. ===Data Types:=== -Single and double precision floating point numbers on both the CPU and the GPU. ===Compilers:=== -Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SP1 (project files upgrade-able to 2012). ===Operating Systems:=== -Windows 7 x64. ==Future Direction== Help is needed and welcome for implementing the following features: -Support for Intel and AMD APU chips. -More variations from Apophysis. -Support for other compilers, such as gcc and MingW. -Support for other operating systems, Mac and Linux. -Conversion of OpenGL calls to shader programs. -Implementation of more alternative rendering methods. -Standalone animator/music visualizer. -Benchmarking suite.
==Gratitude== A sincere thanks to the following people. Code and theory questions: Scott Draves Erik Reckase Steve Robertson Mike Thiesen Testing: Richard Vollebregt Tai