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Hey all,

Question here.  I've been having a wonderful time seeing what everyone is posting up in the image sharing section, but one thing I've noticed is that they mostly seem to be very focused on generating the image COMPLETELY with fractals.  I've recently started experimenting with taking some fractals flames and using them as an element of a piece, rather than the whole piece itself (no results yet, but I'll post things up when I get something!). 

The question is this: In the eyes of this community, does manipulating the image after it's generated using fractals harm its content as a fractal image?  Does it become something other?  And why do I not see it much here?

I've been trying to incorporate the use of fractals into my own artistic narrative, so any and all input would be very helpful!

In fact this year's winners in the film section as well as the still frame section mixed their fractals with various 3d content. I guess the community is quite open for such approaches.
and last years still frame winner didn't use a fractal software at all. But he kicked off some sort of controverse with that image - especially as he won the contest.

Ha ha ha!  Well, I guess that answers that!  Thanks guys!  I feel sort of silly for asking now

You can call it "art" after it has been manipulated, you can even call it "art using fractals", but I would not go so far as to say it was "fractal art".  It becomes something akin to "mixed media" once you start modifying the original rendered image, even when the software application has tools and abilities to do this as part of the process.