The art produced by the looking-glass to infinity image to fractal algorithm is not only beautiful, it has many useful applications. When the fractal algorithm produces fractal information, each part represents a fractal that holds a very complex structure. A few fractals can result in a huge massive image. The difference is a traditional image must store a color value for each and every pixel. Image compression algorithms can not even come close to this level of reduction while still preserving critical image information. There are other more interesting applications, but this is one of the most obvious.
Original Input Image:
- Size 2.2M
- Resolution 3136x4605
Fractal representation Image file:
- Size 35.9kB
- Resolution 3136x4605
The final fractal representation uses less than 2% of the size of the original! What the fractal lacks in size, it makes up for in computation time needed. This obviously holds great value in areas where bandwidth and/or storage space is limited.
