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I love chaos pro also. check out these hight field 3d fractal zoom videos I made with chaos pro. I just love the open gl 3d engine it uses.....

<a href="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/940532/metacafe.swf" target="_blank">http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/940532/metacafe.swf</a>

<a href="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/964746/metacafe.swf" target="_blank">http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/964746/metacafe.swf</a>

thanks! yes these were done using the open gl 3d engine within chaos pro.
heres a few more chaos pro 3d fractals to watch - if you have time to kill. I made these some year ago nearly forgot about them - I feel all nostalgic after watching these....
(had to put the URL's in code boxes as that is the only way i could get them to appear in the post!)

bowls

squares

neon

spine

3d fractal play

candy

Watching all these back reminds me of how much i used to love making 3d fractals in chaos pro. I may have to make another one at the weekend - for old times sake 

If you want to continue playing with Chaoscope while it's rendering an image, just open a second instance of the program.  One can render while the other plays   

And as for render times, it's mostly the Julia's which take that long, either that or high resolution renders.  As with Quaternions in ChaosPro - explore with low resolution images - then make larger renders of the ones you like best 

Thanks!

My problem is, I need about five more computers, and about eight more arms to play with all the generators I have now at once...lol.

The only "Must Have" programs are the ones you find easy to use and produce results which you like!

Many people insist UltraFractal is a "must have" - but I find it a drudge to work with and find the results indistinguishable from many other programs.  But I get along great with the ...  "Unique" interface of Mutatorkammer and find that it produces a distinctive style of image I like a lot!  Chaoscope is also one I get along with quite well.

Of the new Mandelbulb programs, I just LOVE what I see coming out of Mandelbulber, but just can't wrap my tiny little brain around the interface!!  Mandelbulb 3D suits my way of thinking much better, and I am quite fond of the pictures I get from it  

I use Xenodream a lot for exporting obj files to use in 3D Work, but have difficulties with QuasZ, and others by the same programmer, getting results I like.


ChaosPro is similar enough to Ultra Fractal that I should be fine with both  (but CP can't do deep zooms   )  Many others share similar properties as well...

Fractal Forge.. anyone use  it?  Don't think I've heard of it hear.

If I was limited to only having maybe 10 fractal generators, then in my personal opinion the following would be my choice:

• FractInt
• XenoDream
• Kai's Power Tools (KPT)
• QuaSZ
• ChaosPro
• Tiera-Zon
• Mandelbulb3D
• Mind-Boggling Fractals
• Fractal Explorer
• Apophysis

Out of the 600 or so programs that I am aware of, most of them fall into about five basic categories, with the Mandelbrot/Julia generators being by far the largest grouping.  Out side of that, they are all similar in that they are computer programs that render fractals.   


I have played with it enough to discover its abilities, and areas that could be enhanced.  I have about eight different versions that I have tried out over the years.
 

When I started this thread I had only really worked with ChaosPro.  Almost afraid to try anything else.  Since then I have added Chaoscope, Fractal Explorer, Fractal Forge & Apophysis.  Each seems to have it's positves & negatives.  As in each serves a differing purpose for me.