Just downloaded the program...cool redy to start.....what the f... I can't get it to do much then a stupid boring black-inside-with-color-around-it-fractal, nothing like the things you see in here. ok then there must be some guidelines or a help menu...noooo there is nothing...ok then I just try my way out...and...damn this shit can't do anything like these cool things they have on renderosity.... so here I am....help.... man how on earth do you do it! and if this program is not right then what program should I use and where can I get it, for free!

I put "fractal explorer,tutorial" into Google and came up with tons of entries. Here are a few: http://www.harleyangel.com/feusers/FEUserstutorial.html http://www.fractalfairy.com/~feusers/fe_tutorial/index.html http://www.fractalfairy.com/~feusers/links.html I looked at them and they seem good, and the links are live. Good luck, many people like FE

I love FE :) Mind you, it did take a lot of "exploring" before I found my own little corners of happiness. And, it took a bit of getting used to as well. Prior to it I had used inkblot which I think was the perfect starter!

Thanks it has been a great help!