Well I agree with you about the flap being snobbery...I think that's one reason I don't it done here. LOL But I do consider postwork to be anything done to the fractal after it is rendered. Ultrafractal, Gimp and Xenodream all allow you to render on a layer and you don't have to switch to a separate graphics program to manipulate the layers and mask and what not. But even though you haven't done the final render yet you're still working on an already rendered fractal to create a composition. I would correlate Rembrandt spitting on his canvas with my trying different variations or gradients and adding or tweaking triangles within the program as I'm creating the fractal. ;o) The link took me to the xenodream site but I didn't see anything pointing to a discussion or article on post work. :o(

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