Hi,

Last week I decided to try my hand at making a fractal program, to test 
some ideas. I may have come up with a new variation of the Mandelbrot.

Here are some snapshots from a few areas:
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq199/stbenge/complex1o.jpg
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq199/stbenge/complex1p.jpg
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq199/stbenge/complex1q.jpg

The program itself is fairly simple. It can only zoom in and reset the 
view. To get different resolutions I have to recompile the code. I need 
to implement antialiasing. Also the logarithmic smoothing isn't perfect 
yet, but looks better than it would if I just returned the iteration steps.

I would rather just use a program already geared towards 
user-friendliness, since I'm lazy when it comes to the boring aspects of 
programming (Windows API stuff). Does anyone know of a good fractal 
generator that lets you alter the parameters at a low, less-abstract 
level? I don't mean z=z+c, but rather something like xx=x*x-y*y, 
yy=x*y*2. It would have to allow me to use mathematical expressions 
since I make use of min(n,n) for the more interesting fractals I've come 
up with. I wonder if Fractint would allow me to do that...

Sam

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