MANDELBULBER 2.08-3

project leader: Krzysztof Marczak
project members: Sebastian Jennen, Graeme McLaren, Bernardo Martelli
                 knighty, makemeunsee, Marius Schilder, Ryan Hitchman, Jeff Epler, Martin Reinecke, Quazgaa
                 
contact: buddhi1980@gmail.com
www: http://www.mandelbulber.com
download site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mandelbulber/
GIT: https://github.com/buddhi1980/mandelbulber2

LICENCE: GNU GPL v3.0

1. REQUIREMENTS

- Windows XP or newer
- very fast CPU (recommended 2GHz, 4 cores)
- 2GB RAM

2. INSTALLATION

Copy this folder somewhere and run Mandelbulber2.exe or run Mandelbulber v2-2.xx-Setup.exe if it is provided.

3. Mandelbulber v2 is also available for Linux

4. TESTED ON:

- Windows XP 32-bit
- Windows Vista 64-bit
- Windows 7 32-bit
- Windows 8 64-bit
- Windows 10 64-bit

- gcc 5.4.0
- clang 3.7.0
- msvc14
- Qt 5.6.1

5. USAGE

Please visit: http://wiki.mandelbulber.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Actually there is only available documentation for old Mandelbulber (v1)

A lot of useful information you can find in tooltips.

6. COMMAND LINE INTERFACE
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Usage: ./mandelbulber2 [options] settings_file  

Options:
	-h, --help             Displays this help.
	-v, --version          Displays version information.
	-n, --nogui            Starts the program without a GUI.
	-o, --output <N>       Saves rendered image(s) to this file / folder.
	-K, --keyframe         Renders keyframe animation.
	-F, --flight           Renders flight animation.
	-s, --start <N>        Starts rendering from frame number <N>.
	-e, --end <N>          Stops rendering on frame number <N>.
	-L, --list             Lists all possible parameters '<KEY>' with
												 corresponding default value '<VALUE>'.
	-f, --format <FORMAT>  Image output format:
													jpg - JPEG format (default)
													png - PNG format
													png16 - 16-bit PNG format
													png16alpha - 16-bit PNG with alpha channel format
													exr - EXR format
													tiff - TIFF format
	-r, --res <WxH>        Overrides image resolution. Specify as width and
												 height separated by 'x'
	--fpk <N>              Overrides frames per key parameter.
	-S, --server           Sets application as a server listening for clients.
	-H, --host <N.N.N.N>   Sets application as a client connected to server of
												 given host address (Host can be of type IPv4, IPv6 and
												 Domain name address).
	-p, --port <N>         Sets network port number for netrender (default 5555).
	-C, --no-cli-color     Starts program without ANSI colors, when execution on
												 CLI.
	-q, --queue            Renders all images from common queue.
	-t, --test             This will run testcases on the mandelbulber instance
	-V, --voxel            Renders the voxel volume in a stack of images.
	-O, --override <...>   <KEY=VALUE> overrides item '<KEY>' from settings file
												 with new value '<VALUE>'.
												 Specify multiple KEY=VALUE pairs by separating with a
												 '#': <KEY1=VALUE1#KEY2=VALUE2>. Quote whole expression
												 to avoid whitespace parsing issues
												 Override fractal parameter in the form
												 'fractal<N>_KEY=VALUE' with <N> being index of fractal
	--stats                Shows statistics while rendering in CLI mode.
	--help-input           Shows help about input.

Arguments:
	settings_file          file with fractal settings (program also tries
												 to find file in ./mandelbulber/settings directory)
												 When settings_file is put as a command line argument
												 then program will start in noGUI mode<settings_file>
												 can also be specified as a list, see all options with
												 --help-input
