Fractal Basics, Thoery and Animation Software

[Stakker1]

Hi All,

I am relatively new when it comes to using fractal software and would like to learn more behind the thoery and software used as I really want to learn how to do fractal animations for projection at a club night that I promote with some friends, so can anyone point me in the direction of any good books and/or websites/online articles that would provide good in depth reading material for study?  I have always enjoyed viewing other peoples Fractal designs and thought I would finally give it a go myself but need to learn more about the whole Fractal thoery and formula so as to (hopefully) improve my own designs.

Thanks

Alan aka Stakker1