usage:

compile:

gcc hello.c -o outputfilename -lm -O3

#...the "-lm" must be after most other settings, or else sometimes it won't compile.

run:

./outputfilename | ./photo.py outputimagebasename -

notes:

quirks:

-the top of the image is y=0, and corresponds to the lowest of all imaginary values in the image.

-the seed value c itself is sometimes not included (brightened) in buddhabrots generated by this project.

bugs:

-Sometimes, generated images have slightly brighter pixels along two edges, maybe indicating a rounding error somewhere. This would affect whether generated images can ever be 100% perfectly superimposed on other images generated by other programs with the same camera position and zoom settings.

-(tested on ubuntu): Generating images much larger than 16384x16384 pixels, such as 18000x18000, reliably causes crashes.

future plans:

-improve photo.py.

  -dissolved axis support. (row.get(x, c)=row.items[x*maxC + c] if c is a dissolved axis).
  
  -filtering and resizing kernels. intermediate channels.

-add intersection testing, just like in RelentlessFractals.

-float panel simulation - coloring journey points based on what shapes they form with their neighbors at the same iteration index.

-output directly to .pam from c.

-c++?