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Hi, I am new to this forum, my name is Jurgen Schmidt, from San Antonio, Texas.

I (re)discovered fractals recently, as well as the amazing capabilities of various software packages such as UltraFractal and Apophysis. I've been using these to do some random exploring but I do not understand how to find interesting regions. As I read posts on this and other forums there seem to be assumptions that I would recognize certain basic patterns and would know how or where to find them. I don't. Where can I get this basic knowledge?

I've also worked with the animation features of UltraFractal to make zoom animations. These are pretty lifeless to me. Some animations I've seen animate the actual image, some of which look like swirling octopus arms or rotating gears and clockworks. Once I do find an interesting region, what kind of changes do I make to the parameters to get those kinds of results?

Thanks for your help,

Jurgen

Thanks, I'll give that a try.