Thanks Kozaburo - What would we all do without you! You are wonderful.

So is April 1st the day the contest opens or the day the contest closes? i.e. When do entries have to be in by? Did I miss that part?

Wow I can see I am going to be busy exploring for a while. Thanks everyone for your help.

I would be happy to do that but you need to give me some idea of where to go please. Cyber world is a very big place and i am unfortunately on a dial up. Do you have a url? I would appreciate your help here this stuff is intriguing as long as I don't have to work out the math myself lol.

Aha. Thanks - well explained. I bid you goodbye my math is terrible and I still don't know how to make a fractal. Thanks anyway. I will stick with making patterns with what I know.

Heh heh I haven't a clue what you are talking about. Maybe some examples of a Fractal programme? I have Fractal expressions but it actually uses vector. So I am getting more confused by the minute lol.

Very nice pattern. Love the colours too.

Where are the moderators here? This thread is disgusting!

Ooh gee I just wish they would hurry up and release it... whatever it is. The suspense is killing me.

Thanks for the push to Irfan view. This is one great little programme. So easy to use and some pretty good effects too. Thanks a lot.

That's what I was trying to enter. I can't work out what the other contest is. It just takes me back to the calendar contest when I click on it. duh....

Hoo boy... I can hardly stop laughing ... you guys ..... heh heh... My server was sick but they fixed it now so hopefully i can come up with an entry for the photo comp. Fingers crossed now.

I am having a bit of trouble with other links too. It might be that the net in Australia is a bit busy right now. I will try again later. Thanks for you help. I have been to Genuine fractals and the link to the download page.... guess what .... is not working. I think I will get up in the middle of the night and try again. It looks like exactly what I need. Thanks.

PS None of the links are working to the Learning Centre, Main Forum and News and Views.

Ok thanks. The stars look good in photoshop but as soon as they go into poser they pixelate. Thought there might be an easier way. I guess you can imagine putting stars in a poster sized pic? lol. If you hear that I have gone mad you will know why. Thanks again.