Which is better.. Mandelbulb3D or Mandelbulber

mackenzieh · **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:48 pm **(#1)**

I'm just curious as to which program is better... MandelBulb3D or Mandelbulber? I ask because one program gets updated quiet frequently while the other one doesn't.

Erisian · **Posted:** Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:33 am **(#2)**

I'm not sure if any are "better" but I think your platform matters. Mandelbulber, I believe, will work as is on Linux whereas Linux users would need wine to run mandelbulb3d. (my memory isn't great so please don't kick me if I'm wrong there) I can vouch for Mandelbulb 3d as a great tool and Jesse who creates it and Darkbeam who creates many of the formulas are both on FractalForums if you need them. I don't know anything about the creator of Mandelbulber but I've seen some awesome work created with it. Both programs are worth trying.

mackenzieh · **Posted:** Mon Sep 21, 2015 6:14 pm **(#3)**

Erisian wrote:

I'm not sure if any are "better" but I think your platform matters. Mandelbulber, I believe, will work as is on Linux whereas Linux users would need wine to run mandelbulb3d. (my memory isn't great so please don't kick me if I'm wrong there) I can vouch for Mandelbulb 3d as a great tool and Jesse who creates it and Darkbeam who creates many of the formulas are both on FractalForums if you need them. I don't know anything about the creator of Mandelbulber but I've seen some awesome work created with it. Both programs are worth trying.

I use Mandlebulb 3D on Windows 7. I haven't tried Mandlebulber. I might try it out.

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2604

Thanks to you both for reminding me about Mandelbulber. In recent times I play around with jwildfire so Mandelbulber sits unused.

Looking at updates, from almost a year ago there is a Mandelbulber2, last update only a few days ago.

Compiled it last night (LM 17.2), with all the qt5 stuff, a much bigger application than previous, and a much changed interface. This is one of their example files.

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Do not let the complexity put you off, dive in and experiment.

Erisian · **Posted:** Tue Sep 22, 2015 3:31 am **(#5)**

Looks great. I'm off to download!!!

sallyanne · **Posted:** Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:50 am **(#6)**

What's the difference?

Erisian · **Posted:** Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:04 am **(#7)**

sallyanne wrote:

What's the difference?

The basic principle is the same - the differences will be mainly the user interface and the way it is structured and there may be some different functions. I've never used Mandelbulber so I can't be more specific.

sallyanne · **Posted:** Tue Sep 22, 2015 8:34 am **(#8)**

Thanks, I had a look at the web page for manblebulber and it looks similar