MATH AS ART
The renderer is a camera
Fractal artists choose a coordinate, zoom, formula, iteration budget, coloring algorithm, palette, aspect ratio and sample count. Those parameters are the equivalent of lens, exposure, film stock and location.
GO DEEPER
Professional workflow
- Scout quickly at low resolution.
- Save exact coordinates.
- Raise iterations only until detail stabilizes.
- Choose coloring before palette.
- Render oversized / supersampled.
- Downsample cleanly.
- Save metadata with the master image.
- Export WebP/AVIF for web and lossless masters for archive.

