Burning ship fractal with generativepy
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The burning ship fractal is another famous fractal that can be implemented easily with generativepy.
Like the Mandelbrot set, the burning ship is an escape-time fractal.
Burning ship formula
The burning ship equations are similar to the Mandelbrot equations:
xnext = x*x - y*y + c1
ynext = 2*abs(x*y) + c2
Where c1 and c2 are two constant values.
The difference compared to the Mandelbrot equations in that the ynext equation uses abs(x*y) rather than just x*y. The absolute value is the positive size of the number, ignoring it's sign. So abs(3) is 3, abs(-3) is also 3.
Here is the image created:
The full code
Here is the full code for the burning ship fractal:
from generativepy.bitmap import Scaler
from generativepy.nparray import (make_nparray_data, make_npcolormap, save_nparray,
load_nparray, save_nparray_image, apply_npcolormap)
from generativepy.color import Color
import numpy as np
MAX_COUNT = 256
def calc(c1, c2):
x = y = 0
for i in range(MAX_COUNT):
x, y = x*x - y*y + c1, abs(2*x*y) + c2
if x*x + y*y > 4:
return i + 1
return 0
def paint(image, pixel_width, pixel_height, frame_no, frame_count):
scaler = Scaler(pixel_width, pixel_height, width=3.2, startx=-2, starty=-1.8)
for px in range(pixel_width):
for py in range(pixel_height):
x, y = scaler.device_to_user(px, py)
count = calc(x, y)
image[py, px] = count
def colorise(counts):
counts = np.reshape(counts, (counts.shape[0], counts.shape[1]))
colormap = make_npcolormap(MAX_COUNT+1,
[Color('black'), Color('red'), Color('orange'), Color('yellow'), Color('white')],
[16, 8, 32, 128])
outarray = np.zeros((counts.shape[0], counts.shape[1], 3), dtype=np.uint8)
apply_npcolormap(outarray, counts, colormap)
return outarray
data = make_nparray_data(paint, 800, 600, channels=1)
save_nparray("/tmp/temp.dat", data)
data = load_nparray("/tmp/temp.dat")
frame = colorise(data)
save_nparray_image('burning-ship.png', frame)
As well as changing the formula we have also slighlty adjusted the area of the user space (in the call to Scaler), to better fit the image. In adition we have used a red, orange, and yellow colour scheme.
Zooming in
Just like the Mandebrot set, the burning ship fractal contains miniature "copies" of itself at various places. They aren't actual copies, they have different but similar shapes.
In fact, the small black blob to the left of the main feature is actually more impressive, and is the real reason for the name. Here is what it looks like zoomed in:
Toobtain this image, we can use the code above by simple altering the scaler parameters in the paint function:
scaler = Scaler(pixel_width, pixel_height, width=0.1, startx=-1.8, starty=-0.09)
These parameters zoom in on the new area.
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