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#Fractal painter?

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#155842From: Jim SakladJul 9, 1994 10:07 PM
daniel – Can FractalPro be used to PAINT like the fractal paint program for the PeeCee? If not, do you know of any that can? . . . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
#156104From: daniel wolfJul 12, 1994 2:13 AM
FractalPro PAINTS by itself! The most gorgeous FRACTAL images you've ever seen. It is not a 'paint' program, it is a fractal art and animation program. There are already LOTS of paint programs for the Amiga, not to mention MegageM's own ARExxable RPaint program which is WAY cool. I've always been a bit surprised at the name of that MSDoze program, FractalPaint – what do fractals have to do with it? Sounds like just a clever way to attract attention to the name of a paintprogram, but maybe fractals do enter into the concept somewhere I haven't noticed. FractalPro is true to its name. I've just added an outrageously gorgeous new coloring method to FractalPro and will upload a couple of GIF images showing the results in the next couple of days to the AmigaArts Forum, Graphics Library. FractalPro will blow you away. AGA support, super-FAST rendering, VistaPro DEM generation from the fractal images as it renders on the fly, 12 kinds of animation sequencing, 24-bit support (real time for Firecracker and Retina), and LOTS more. No it doesn't paint, but it doesn't need to – it generates Fractal images! I don't know what 'fractal' painting even means. I may be wrong, but I've got a feeling it is marketing gibberish.
#156316From: Roy S. LauferJul 14, 1994 9:03 AM
Jim, Are you referring to Fractal Design's Painter? If so, I'm afraid that the Amiga has no direct equivalent. DPaint was great in it's day, but that was a while ago. The closest Amiga program would be TVPaint, but I wouldn't consider them equivalent. What features are you most interested? -RSL-
#157014From: Jim SakladJul 20, 1994 9:33 PM
RSL – > Are you referring to Fractal Design's Painter? > What features are you most interested? I was asking for my wife, the graphics artist. I thought it was called Fractal Paint, but perhaps this one you mention is correct. I know next to nothing about the program, however…. . . . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot