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diff --git a/include/benoit.php b/include/benoit.php index 9334ae8..1e4d434 100644 --- a/include/benoit.php +++ b/include/benoit.php @@ -3,17 +3,27 @@ <section> <p><em>Benoit</em> is a Rust-written programme for visualising complex functions, e.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set/"><em>the Mandelbrot Set</em></a> and similar fractals.</p> <br> - <?php addImage("benoit_screenshot0", "A render of a single Minibrot on a green background. The render is coloures so that it resembles lightning coming from the Minibrot.") ?> + <?php addImage("benoit_2024-04-06_11-35-23", "A render of a single Minibrot on a green background. The render is coloures so that it resembles lightning coming from the Minibrot.") ?> <br> <p>The project consists of the core <a href="https://crates.io/crates/benoit/"><code>benoit</code></a> crate, from which the front-ends <code>benoit-cli</code> and (in the future) <code>benoit-gui</code> derive.</p> </section> +<?php addHeading("Features", "features"); ?> + +<section> + <p>The core library used multi-threading for rendering the provided scenes. Internally, the <a href="https://crates.io/crates/rayon/">Rayon</a> crate is used for threadpooling and such, where each pixel on the canvas is a job in and of itself.</p> + <br> + <?php addImage("inverseJulia20231009200744", "An inverse Julia Set outside the Burning Ship fractal, resembling circles intertwined in a diamond shape with a dark red colour scheme.") ?> + <br> + <p>The <code><a href="#anchor.benoitCli">benoit-cli</a></code> front-end supports exporting to PNG. These images are saved with transparency and with sixteen bits per channel.</p> +</section> + <?php addHeading("benoit-cli", "benoitCli"); ?> <section> <p>The <code>benoit-cli</code> executable can render and animate using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOML/">TOML</a> files right from the commandline.</p> <br> - <?php addImage("benoit_screenshot1", "A Julia Set centred on a point inside the Mandelbrot Set. The resulting image resembles creeping, black vines with rainbows around.") ?> + <?php addImage("benoit_2024-04-05_20-55-13", "A Julia Set centred on a point inside the Mandelbrot Set. The resulting image resembles creeping, black vines with rainbows around.") ?> <br> <p>The main use of <code>benoit-cli</code> is to render still images or animations of fractals, e.g. zoom-ins. An example configuration could look like the following:</p> <br> @@ -29,7 +39,7 @@ <section> <p>The <code>benoit-gui</code> executable, on the other hand, allows viewing fractals in realtime. Do note, however, that this front-end is currently unimplemented.</p> <br> - <?php addImage("benoit_screenshot2", "An render of an inverse Julia Set of the Mandelbrot. It appears on a grey gradiant background with a warm-coloured pattern resembling smaller minibrots.") ?> + <?php addImage("inverseJulia", "An inverse Julia Set just outside the Mandelbrot Set, with a surface resembling the bulb figures on the main cardioid's exterior.") ?> <br> <p>Until this front-end is implemented, please use version <a href="https://mandelbrot.dk/benoit/tag/?h=2.7.1"><code>2.7.1</code></a> of Benoit instead.</p> </section> |