Fractal Imaginator

Fractal Imaginator is an innovative new program for generating fractal images. Based on Fractal Zplot, parts of this program have been in continuous development since 1989. New additions to Imaginator are drawn from Jules Ruis' BBM8 program and "Fractal Awareness" algorithms. Fractal Imaginator currently supports Julius Ruis sets of Julia basins, orbit-traps, level sets, Newton's method, and Phoenix curves, as well as the standard Mandelbrot and "warped" Mandelbrot sets, and many 3D fractal types including quaternions and lsystems.

Features of Fractal Imaginator:

Getting Started Tutorial
Julius Ruis maps for easy navigating of Julia basins
Choice of 441, 25 or one image to a draw window
22 examples of Fractal Growth, including beautiful 8-fold symmetry
3D Lsystems -- including 100+ sample ls files (royalty free)
190 Built in Formulas + FraSZle Formula set
Detailed Parser information for creating your own custom formulas
Import option for loading FraSZle parameter files [FSZ]
3D quaternion exports:

Wavefront object format [OBJ]
Stereolithography [STL]
Triangle mesh [POV]
Smooth Triangle mesh [POV]
Mesh simplification for smaller OBJ and POV export files
Virtual reality [WRL]
AutoCad [DXF]

3D object exports:

Lsystems [OBJ, STL, POV, DXF]

Palette-based coloring methods (60000+ colors out of 16 million)
Adjustable lighting model with Phong highlights
Random image generators and random genetic formula generator
Batch mode for unattended image creation
Integrated video routines allow easy morphing and rotating between key frames
AVI object options for exporting single frames as 3D object files
Pilot for easy panning, zooming and rotating 3D fractals
Separate user-defined folders for file types like palettes, videos, objects and drawings
Context help for menu commands and dialog windows
PDF (printable) Manual