I am new to fractal art,and have become a spiral junkie! Not that I've successfully created anything I'd be willing to post, but I find myself zooming and zooming, in on images to find the ultimate spiral....then blowing the whole thing with the click of the mouse. What fun! So far I think I have downloaded and tried most of the freeware programs, and I'm still plating with them all. I found a tutorial on spirals for Ultra Fractal, but haven't make the jump to purchasing the software. Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and say that I think this forum is the most helpful and friendly one I've found.