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"ChaosPro" is fairly nice for creating animations and has additional features for various effects, such as morphing or using layers where one fractal zooms out, the other one zooms in. Several of the animation PAR files may be downloaded from the the following location: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chaospro/files Some other ones I use are written by Terry Gintz, such as the programs "QuaSZ" and "Fractal Zplot".

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Under the menu of OPTIONS, you should be able to change the SIZE of each image's resolution to whatever you choose. And under the same menu, the PREFERENCES has a popup window to allow many specific settings to be made. Under the tab for 'Spots and Images', if the Antialiasing is checked to be ON as the default, then the saved image size will be half of whatever you set when rendering at a particular resolution. I use the default setting for an anitaliasing option. :-) Good luck on learning the use of Fractal Explorer.

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Here are just a few that were valid at one time, you might try them out: Animations (URL alphabetical order): ------------------------------------------------------------ http://buh.sj.ca.us/fractals/ http://members.aol.com/lukeplant/fractals/anim.html http://members.aol.com/RBarn0001/ http://runetek.hypermart.net/ (Win95/98 startup screens) http://soma.tvk.rwth-aachen.de/PhatFractal/ http://web.cnam.fr/fractals.html http://www.crosswinds.net/athens/~jgal/Fractals.html http://www.cygnus-software.com/fxmplugin/ http://www.fractalmovies.com/ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/2621/ http://www.iglobal.net/lystad/fractal-top.html http://www.metaverse-portal.com/ http://www.netmonkey.com/shlep/hop/ http://www.organised-chaos.com/ http://www.oz.net/~alden/animfrac/animfrac.html http://www.phatfractal.com/ http://www.runetek.com/ http://zadig.cnam.fr/fractals.html If you wish links for fractal movies, let me know.

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Formulae are very easy to come by. I have gathered thousands that work well with hundreds of fractal generators: FractInt -- http://66.39.71.195/Software/ORGFORM.ZIP UltraFractal -- http://formulas.ultrafractal.com/ Mind-Boggling -- http://66.39.71.195/Software/UserEqns.zip etc...

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Not knowing which programs you have tried, it will be difficult to give you instructions. So here is some general information to get you started. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tutorials on Software use (URL alphabetical order): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://lonestar.texas.net/~dragon13/free_tutorial.html http://perso.club-internet.fr/dreamp/tutorialeng2.htm http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/preslar.html http://www.digitalproducer.com/aHTM/Tutorials/ http://www.digitalproducer.com/pages/fractal_terrains_in_bryce_2.htm http://www.fractalarts.com/ASF/Tutor1.html http://www.geocities.com/soler97/tz-instr.html http://www.lindabucklin.com/flame_tutorial/ http://www.parkenet.org/jp/ufhome.html http://www.thinkpiece.com/resources/tutorial_4.asp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tutorials on Fractal Creation (URL alphabetical order): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://fractalarts.com/ASF/Tutor1.html http://gallery.uunet.be/LenaertsW/fractals.htm http://home.san.rr.com/jayrhill/iFAQ/Resource.htm (several) http://home4.swipnet.se/~w-42040/mandel.html http://math.bu.edu/DYSYS/FRACGEOM/FRACGEOM.html http://math.bu.edu/DYSYS//FRACGEOM2/FRACGEOM2.html http://members.xoom.com/edpizzi/docs/docs.html http://skal.planet-d.net/quat/How.ang.html http://user.tninet.se/~cim027f/CubTut/cubictut.html http://www.eclectasy.com/Iterations-et-Flarium24/stephenf/Tutorials/Coloring/Coloring.html http://www.eclectasy.com/Iterations-et-Flarium24/stephenf/Tutorials/FDimension/dimension.html http://www.olympus.net/personal/dewey/mandelbrot.html http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11109996/CubTut/cubictut.html

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Per my references above, here is a quicky experiment using XenoDream with your image as input.

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Those photographs of smoke rising are very similar to Flame, Dust, IFS fractal types. Quite interesting to view. Thanks for the link notice.

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If your mentioing of the KPT and Bryce use refers to the statistical webpage at: http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/Most_Used_Counts.html then this is not the number of people that ONLY use those products. The 'Fractal Census' has two categories for each individual listed: one for all the programs they have tried and use, and another for the one that they use the most (another words what they prefer and think is best). The stats listed at the above link show that second category, and not the only users as you seem to think. That is why it has the title of "Most Used Counts". ;-} And KPT2, KPT3, KPT5 are all capable of generating fractal images, and are collectively referred to as "KPT" (when I do not know the particular version that someone uses. And just because a few images have comments (or ratings) from the same group of a dozen or so individuals praising each other all the time, does not mean that those same images have been viewed by more people who are interested in seeing something 'more popular'. ;-} There are several fractal related forums that have a predominate clique which tend to extol and exalt each other with admiration, rarely expressing the same approval and commendation to those outside of their exclusive group. The fractal forum here at Renderosity is no different. Perhaps you should not believe that the ostracizing of specific people does not ake place within mankind. ;-}

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Oh, I well understood your answer... That is why I mentioned "this one single forum". See I know that the various forums are mostly groups of individuals that use a specific program. And only if an individual goes to all of the various forums and asks the same question will it even begin to get close to a truthful answer as to what fractal generator is more popular. For example, on Yahoo's Fractal-World group the most seen type of images are from XenoDream. And at one time, the most seen type of images on the alt.binaries.fractal-art Usenet Newsgroup were from the Fractal Explorer program. So what is popular on "one single forum" does not tell someone what is the best. And by directing them in such a manner is basically misleading them intentionally. :-) Besides, so far as I have seen, this is what over 2,150 people say they use the most: http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/Most_Used_Counts.html

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Hello, Andreas K. Lober. You must have misunderstood the original question. They were not interested in what this one single forum has in the various ways of viewing posted images. They wanted to know about fractal programs. And there really is no one program that is the best over all others, because so many have something special to offer that another does not. That is why it depends on what an individual is wishing to do in the way of fractal generation.

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Open it within XenoDream and use the Depth form and Lighting Presets to make various adustments. :-)

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Hello, Alberto Negri !! What is best depends on what you want to do and what types of fractals you are wishing to create. If you want to know what over 2,150 people prefer using, then some statistics may be found at this URL: http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/Most_Used_Counts.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SHORT AND SIMPLE: The fractal related newsgroups get a lot of requests regarding fractal information. The following is by no means an exhaustive listing. (For the exhaustive list see the next section of this document.) Just below is a listing of a few of the programs (some freeware; some shareware) frequently used by persons posting to the binary newsgroups. Flarium/Iterations/Tiera-Zon/SterlingWare/ and others.... http://www.eclectasy.com/Iterations-et-Flarium24/ (mirror) http://www-hs.iuta.u-bordeaux.fr/ferguson/ Fractal-ViZion/Fractal-ZPlot/Crocus/ and others.... http://www.eclectasy.com/twg/ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/5601/ Fractint http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/ Fractal eXtreme http://www.cygnus-software.com/ Quaternion Package (QuaSZ, Cubics, QuatPOV, DynaMaSZ, etc.) http://www.hypercomplex.org/ UltraFractal http://www.ultrafractal.com/ XenoDream http://www.xenodream.com/ For the MAC: ------------ FracPPC & Fractal Domains http://www.fractaldomains.com/ other MAC programs: http://66.39.71.195/Software/MAC/ http://www.arosmagic.com/Fractals/ http://www.lor-thil.dircon.co.uk/ http://hypertextbook.com/chaos/92.shtml http://spanky.triumf.ca/pub/fractals/programs/MAC/ http://archives.math.utk.edu/software/mac/fractals/ http://radagast.org/~dplatt/mac/ http://www.swin.edu.au/astronomy/pbourke/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For an exhaustive list of fractal generators, galleries featuring fractals, and other fractal related information, go to the following: http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/Fractal_Software.html and http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/Fractal_Census.html and http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/Fractal_Links.txt +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For fractal related postings, be sure to view these Usenet Newsgroups: news:alt.binaries.pictures.fractals news:alt.fractals.pictures news:alt.fractals news:sci.fractals news:alt.binaries.fractal-art And this forum at Renderosity: http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?Sectionid=30&MostWanted=Yes Or these online website eGroup Lists: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fractal-world http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xenodreampix http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QuaSZ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chaospro http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fractalvision (and over sixty more) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tutorials on Software use (URL alphabetical order): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://lonestar.texas.net/~dragon13/free_tutorial.html http://perso.club-internet.fr/dreamp/tutorialeng2.htm http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/preslar.html http://www.digitalproducer.com/aHTM/Tutorials/ http://www.digitalproducer.com/pages/fractal_terrains_in_bryce_2.htm http://www.fractalarts.com/ASF/Tutor1.html http://www.geocities.com/soler97/tz-instr.html http://www.lindabucklin.com/flame_tutorial/ http://www.parkenet.org/jp/ufhome.html http://www.thinkpiece.com/resources/tutorial_4.asp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tutorials on Fractal Creation (URL alphabetical order): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://fractalarts.com/ASF/Tutor1.html http://gallery.uunet.be/LenaertsW/fractals.htm http://home.san.rr.com/jayrhill/iFAQ/Resource.htm (several) http://home4.swipnet.se/~w-42040/mandel.html http://math.bu.edu/DYSYS/FRACGEOM/FRACGEOM.html http://math.bu.edu/DYSYS//FRACGEOM2/FRACGEOM2.html http://members.xoom.com/edpizzi/docs/docs.html http://skal.planet-d.net/quat/How.ang.html http://user.tninet.se/~cim027f/CubTut/cubictut.html http://www.eclectasy.com/Iterations-et-Flarium24/stephenf/Tutorials/Coloring/Coloring.html http://www.eclectasy.com/Iterations-et-Flarium24/stephenf/Tutorials/FDimension/dimension.html http://www.olympus.net/personal/dewey/mandelbrot.html http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11109996/CubTut/cubictut.html Sincerely, P.N.L.

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Here are just a few that you may wish to try out: FracPPC & Fractal Domains http://www.fractaldomains.com/ SpangFract http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Spangfract other MAC programs: http://66.39.71.195/Software/MAC/ http://www.arosmagic.com/Fractals/ http://www.lor-thil.dircon.co.uk/ http://hypertextbook.com/chaos/92.shtml http://spanky.triumf.ca/pub/fractals/programs/MAC/ http://archives.math.utk.edu/software/mac/fractals/ http://radagast.org/~dplatt/mac/ http://www.swin.edu.au/astronomy/pbourke/

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And that is the short version of the List. ;-} And you are more than welcome, Catherine!! Have fun!! :-)

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Your "Conversations from a Fractal Wall" is a nice composition using the artwork created by Aeneus and MightyPete. Do you create fractal graphics yourself??