Fractal Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot FAQ (Frequent Answered Questions)

sci.fractals FAQ

See Also

How can I do graphics? []

Free Software for Scalable Vector Graphics? [ 2000/09/06]

Books on High-end Graphics Programming? [ 1999/11/22]

tput(1) - terminal capability interface {oss}

scon(1) - controls screen modes for pcvt video driver {oss}

cursor(1) - set cursor shape for the pcvt VT220 video driver {oss}

Fractal Forge - Fractal Forge is an application written in Delphi that lets you easily explore the branches of the Mandelbrot set. It's at version 2.4 and have yet received several very good reviews. {(L)GPL}

Gnofract 4D - A program to draw weird-looking fractals. {(L)GPL}

XaoS - is a real-time fractal zoomer. {GPL,GNU}

p5-GD-TextUtil-0.80 - Text utilities for use with GD drawing package

g-gcl-1.10 - Sample counter scripts for Graphic Counter Language

p5-GD-Barcode-1.13 - GD::Barcode - Create barcode image with GD

gozer-0.5 - A commandline text rendering utility that creates images from arbitrary text

gracula-3.0 - A Graphic Counter Language compiler/interpreter

ivtools-1.0.3 - Drawing editors derived from idraw

p5-SVG-1.13 - Perl extension for generating Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) documents

pngquant-0.95 - convert 32-bit RGBA PNGs into 8-bit RGBA-palette PNGs

sdl_gfx-2.0.3 - SDL graphics drawing primitives and other support functions

graphviz-1.8.5 - Graph Visualization Software from AT&T and Bell Labs

pdore-6.0 - The Dynamic Object Rendering Environment.

gfont-1.0.2 - Graphics Font - Create GIF image rendered with TeX-available Font

vcg-1.30 - A Visualization Tool for compiler graphs

fly-1.6.5 - Simple drawing language to generate GIFs on the fly

plotmtv-1.4.1 - A multipurpose X11 plotting program

povray-3.0.1 - Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer

pstoedit-3.31 - Convert PostScript to other vector graphic formats

rayshade-4.0 - An extensible system for creating ray-traced images.

xfpovray-1.3.1 - Graphical interface to POV-Ray

xfractint-3.10 - The Unix port of fractint

xmandel-1.0 - Window based interface to Mandelbrot sets and Julia sets

xmfract-1.4 - the dos based 'fractint' with an X/Motif front end [X]

xmountains-2.5 - X11 based fractal landscape generator

ln03-plot - New version of LN03 plot(3) package {oss}

psgraph - generate graph in Postscript {oss}

lplot - Lplot and quickplot {oss}

graph+ - A Graph Plotting Program {oss}

crc.pch - CRC Graphics Package Patch#1 {oss}

mtvraytrace - A ray-tracing package {oss}

ipl - 2D graphic system with table beautifier {oss}

A ray-tracing package - A ray-tracing package {oss}

quickplot and lplot {oss}

line3d - 3D Bresenham's (a 3D line drawing algorithm) {oss}

treepar - Tree-structured data placer/router/plotter {oss}

postscript - A PostScript(tm) interpreter {oss}

GTKFIG - Figure drawing tool for GTK, similar to xfig, TeXCAD and SmartDraw {x,GPL}

Sced - modelling program that makes use of geometric constraints {x,GPL}

SART - programmable raytracer {GPL}

Panorama - Framework for creating, rendering, and processingthree-dimensional images {GPL}

ksciplot {x,GPL}

Superficie - A program for basic 3D surfaces viewing and manipulation. {x,GPL}

xfig - Drawing Program {x,freely distributable}

duhdraw {unknown}

geomview-1.6.1 - an interactive viewer for 3- and 4-D geometric objects

Applications and Utilities

Gdtclft-2.2.5_3 - A TCL interface to the Thomas Boutell's Gd library

py-imaging-handbook-1.1 - The Python Imaging Library Handbook

uk-gd-2.0.1_2 - A graphics library for fast creation of images

gd-1.8.4_6 - A graphics library for fast image creation

gd-2.0.1_2 - A graphics library for fast creation of images

py22-gd-0.26 - Python interface to the GD library

pgplot-5.2.2_1 - A C/FORTRAN library for drawing graphs on a variety of display devices

g2-0.40_1 - An easy to use, portable and powerful 2D graphics library

uk-gd-1.8.4_2 - A graphics library for fast PNG creation

Cgraph-2.04 - A PostScript plotting library in C

EZWGL-1.50 - The EZ Widget and Graphics Library

pgperl-2.17_1 - A perl5 extension which makes available the pgplot library

plotutils-2.4.1 - A plotting library and toolkit

p5-GD-1.33 - A perl5 interface to Gd Graphics Library

p5-Image-Size-2.96 - Perl5 module to determine the size of images in several common formats

Bresnham.H,Bresnham.C,Bhamdemo.C - Draw lines and circles {oss}

line3d - 3D Bresenham's (a 3D line drawing algorithm) {oss}

libxmi - is a C/C++ function library for rasterizing 2-D vector graphics. It can draw 2-D vector graphics primitives onto a user-supplied matrix of pixels. {GPL,GNU}

Mesa - 3-D graphics library which uses the OpenGL API {GPL}

MAM/VRS - MAM/VRS is an extensible graphics and visualization library {LGPL}

g2 - Easy to use, portable and powerful 2D graphics library {GPL}

Gtk--Draw - Gtk-- add-on library for drawing and plotting {LGPL}

gd - A library used to create GIF images {OpenSource}

OpenGL - If you have the OpenGL graphics library, you can use this module as an interface to it. OpenGL was developed primarily for SGI workstations, but the OpenGL library will also work with MesaGL, a similar library developed for SunOS. [Perl] {oss}

PGPLOT - The PGPLOT C library helps you create graphical plots; this module provides a Perl interface to it. [Perl] {oss}

Qt - A cross-platform C++ graphical development toolkit. [Perl] {oss}

Term::Gnuplot - Low-level drawing routines for the Gnuplot plotting system. [Perl] {oss}

Font::AFM - Lets your Perl program extract information about AFM (Adobe Font Metric) fonts. Part of the libwww bundle. [Perl] {oss}

Font::TFM - Gets character dimensions, information about ligatures, etc. [Perl] {oss}

TeX::DVI - Writes out DVI (Device Independent, not Digital Video Interactive) files. [Perl] {oss}

TeX::Hyphen - uses TeX's hyphenation table to hyphenate words. You don't need TeX to use the module. [Perl] {oss}

Text::BibTex - Reads, parses, and writes BibTeX ".bib" files. [Perl] {oss}

Text::TeX - Enables parsing of TeX documents. [Perl] {oss}

HTML::FormatPS - Convert HTML to PostScript. Part of the libwww bundle. [Perl] {oss}

HTML::FormatText - Convert HTML to plain text. Part of the libwww bundle. [Perl] {oss}

HTML::Formatter - Base class for HTML formatters. Used by HTML::FormatPS and HTML::FormatText. Part of the libwww bundle. [Perl] {oss}

SGI::FM - Now your programs can access the SGI Iris Font Manager. Not very helpful unless you have the SGI Iris Font Manager. [Perl] {oss}

SGI::GL - Now your programs can access the SGI Iris Graphics Library. Not very helpful unless you have the SGI Iris Graphics Library. [Perl] {oss}

FxEngine - Fxengine is a 3d graphics library that uses the Glide API. {free to use but restricted}

Libraries and Functions

(The following links to subjects at this site retain your personalized selections.)

See also Images and Graphics - Images and Graphics. Interactive edit, transform, et al.

See also Graphical User Interfaces - including window managers, screen savers, et al.

See also: Video and Multimedia - (including animations, movies, animated GIFs)

Font Rendering and Utilities - Displaying text using fonts. Font editors and utilities.

3D graphics - Graphic output of 3D data, modelling, ray tracing, scene rendering, et al

Up to User Interface - Gateway topic to presentation (like printing and graphics) and user interface routines. Textual User Interfaces Curses et al.

Computers : Graphics : 3D :

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/apps/graphics/rays/ - ray-tracing programs

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/apps/graphics/rays/pov/ - point of view raytracer and utilities

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/apps/graphics/suites/giflib/ - command-line toolkit and linkable C library for manipulating GIFs

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/libs/giflib/ - command-line toolkit and linkable C library for manipulating GIFs