I have noticed that fractals do have larger files than other types of 2D and 3D softwares generate.  I can very frequently have a 200 x 150 thumbnail that is 93 k or more and have to bring it down to about 45% compression to make it 15 or less.  That results in the type of horrible thumbnail that I had to post yesterday.    I'm not sure why fractals do that unless it is simply that there is so much more information in the image with all the edges and color changes that come from the recursive formulas.  Has anyone found a way to cure this problem?

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!