There is this free user-friendly fractal program,
called Fractint for Windows,
has lots of nice options, and an extended gallery of images somewhere.
Fractint for Windows
http://virtlands.hasfiles.com/web/fract ... 20Windows/
You can also get the DOS & Linux versions of this too:
http://virtlands.hasfiles.com/web/fractals/
More website links for all of the above:
http://www.nahee.com/spanky/www/fractint/
http://twegner.dyndns.org/fractint/ftp/current/
A few quick tips when running it:
Click "t" for fractal type:
Click "x" for some important options:
{ For most cases, you should choose "Floating Point Algorithm = YES",
and set the maximum iterations to 2000 or more, the higher the iterations
means the higher quality resolution of the fractal. }
The images can be saved as bitmaps, (GIF,JPG,BMP),
or they can also be saved as parameter files.
FRACTINT is an old program, and as such,
it is apparently limited to 256 colors, and when you save parameter files,
they must be in the old style 8.3 short filename format
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3_filename
The parameter files are really small, such as this sample I created,
and it's only 273 bytes.
People can share parameter files much more easily
than sharing image files, since image files can balloon in size quickly.
sample4 { ; Created by VirtLands
; {Aug 06,2012}
; {no comment}
reset=2004 type=magnet1m passes=t
center-mag=-0.0614207/-1.13076/5.269201 params=2/0.5 float=y
maxiter=2000 inside=0 colors=@default.map
}
Here's one that's easy on the eyes, and it uses the NEON.MAP
sample5 { ; Created by VirtLands
; {Aug 06,2012}
; {no comment}
reset=2004 type=magnet1m passes=t
center-mag=-0.14842679245236650/-1.16317450770783100/617.3746
params=2/0.5 float=y maxiter=4000 inside=bof60 colors=@neon.map
}
A map file is probably a coloring-method, and there are several MAP files
to choose from.
Click on "L" to choose your map file.]
