I mostly work with UF because of its capabilities for layering and because the compiler allows really decent formula and coloring coding and I've written a bunch of stuff to run on it.

I still have a soft spot in my heart for FE, and like others here I like to "sketch" on it sometimes, although I find that I haven't the patience anymore to explore it like I once did (pre-UF).

I used to have a lot of fun with MBF, but I find it quite limited these days, especially with most of the Carlson stuff transcribed to UF with far more capability by Ken Childress.

Apophysis is my nemesis. I like some fo the flames I see in the galleries, but I find using it mostly numbing button-pushing. I don't have the knack of it at all and have never come up with anything approaching what others seem to be able to do with it.

I have never found Xeno Dream images particularly attractive, so even though I have the program I have never used it. Maybe someday I will try my hand at it again, as some of the work lately that has been posted has been quite impressive.

Toby