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WELCOME Welcome to the FractalPro Image Library (FPIL), Volume 1. You've got a collection of hundreds of the most beautiful fractal images ever created, and they're easy to access with almost any personal computer! ***** COPYRIGHT AND LEGAL NOTICES - HUNDREDS OF ROYALTY-FREE GIF IMAGES The images of the FractalPro Image Library were all created by Daniel Wolf using FractalPro (written by Daniel Wolf, published by MegageM) and some other Amiga software packages (see below). All images of the FractalPro Image Library (FPIL) are all Copyright 1994 by Daniel Wolf. The following terms and conditions apply to the use and distribution of the images in the FractalPro Image Library (FPIL): 1. No distribution or commercial use of any kind may be made of the ANY images in the GIRLS set (including GIFs and 'thumbnails') without express written permission of Daniel Wolf. No part of 2., 3., 4., and 5. (below) provide any exception to this paragraph. 2. No distribution, printing, broadcast, or any commercal use of any kind may be made of the FPIL 24-bit IFF, BMP, and HAM images without express written permission of Daniel Wolf, except as specified in 4. (below). 3. All other GIF images (except those from the GIRLS set) may be freely distributed, reprinted, and used for any and all commercial applications without any royalty or written notification to, or written permission from, Daniel Wolf so long as: Any secondary, distribution, printing, broadcast, or commercial use of the FPIL GIF images must be prominently accompanied by the following copyright notice: Copyright 1994 by Daniel Wolf Source - FractalPro Image Library By Permission 4. The 'thumbnail' images in IFF, BMP, HAM, and GIF formats (except the GIRLS set) may be freely distributed and utilized for any NON-commercial purpose without any royalty or written notification to, or written permission from, Daniel Wolf so long as: Any distribution of the permitted 'thumbnail' images must be prominently accompanied by the following copyright notice: Copyright 1994 by Daniel Wolf Source - FractalPro Image Library By Permission 5. Any other distribution, printing, broadcast, or commercial use of FPIL images not explicity authorized in 1-4. above must be by express written authorization of Daniel Wolf. 6. To appy for permission to make use of FPIL images which require written permission as stated above, contact: Daniel Wolf MegageM 1903 Adria Avenue Santa Maria, CA 93454-1011 Phone/FAX 805-349-1104 7. MegageM and Daniel Wolf also have available complete high quality animation sequences related to many of these images. If you need high-quality fractal animations for video or film, contact MegageM (see 6., above). 8. FractalPro Amiga software also available from MegageM at the above address. BRIEF NOTE TO MAC AND PC OWNERS You'll find there are some files with a .info extension name which ONLY apply to Amiga users. They will cause no difficulty to PC and MAC users. What are they? Files on the Amiga with .info extension are icon files. PC and MAC users can ignore them. They are only here for Amiga convenience. WHAT'S HERE? FPIL #1 contains 352 images of spectacular beauty. They are grouped in sets of 16 images, in 22 different directories. Many of these sets will let you get a view deep within the nature of 10 different types of fractals which FractalPro 6.0 can create. And you don't need to spend the time rendering and exploring it would otherwise take to create these images yourself. In some sets you'll get to instantly explore the depth of the Mandelbrot Set (for example) up to a magnification of 100 trillion - in no time at all! You also get direct FractalPro support (for Amiga owners) and a series of 3D fractal objects you can render with VistaPro (from Virtual Reality Laboratories, Inc). So FPIL lets you explore deep into fractals without spending the thousands of hours required to create the images yourself. Most of the original images were created with a depth (dwell, count, etc.) of 16384 for outstanding image quality even on the deepest zooms. Many of these beautiful images show hundreds or thousands of colors which were obtained by painstakingly exploring and rendering at high 'depth' values in 24-bit 'true color' at high resolution. Now you get to enjoy spectacular fractals that took many days, weeks, and months of computer rendering time - instantly! DIRECTORIES OF 16-IMAGE SETS AND MORE FOR AMIGA USERS: Here's a list of the Amiga-related directory names and their contents: MANDEL1 - Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series MANDEL2 - Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series MANDEL3 - Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series MANDEL4 - Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series MANDEL5 - Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series MANDEL6 - Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series JULIA1 - Julia Set zoom-in series JULIA2 - Julia Set zoom-in series JULIA3 - Julia Set zoom-in series CUBEM1 - Cube Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series CUBEM2 - Cube Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series CUBEM3 - Cube Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series CUBEJ1 - Cube Julia Set zoom-in series CUBEJ2 - Cube Julia Set zoom-in series QUADM - Quad Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series QUADJ - Quad Julia Set zoom-in series WOLF - Wolf 'Mandelbrot' and 'Julia' Set zoom-in series SINE - Sine Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series MIXED - A group of Mandelbrot, Julia, Cube Julia, and Quad Julia images VISTA - A sequence of VistaPro 3D renderings of a FractalPro-generated 'island' object, with purple palm trees! ORBIT - A sequence of LightWave 3D renderings of FractalPro-image-wrapped spheres, one orbiting the other (like a planet with a moon). GIRLS - A series of interestingly composited images of attractive female models and FractalPro images created with NewTek Video Toasters. We've also provided the best Amiga viewing program available: VIEWTEK - A terrific Amiga viewing program with variants for use with Amiga- specific use, as well as support for viewing the 24-bit IFFs on different Amiga 24-bit graphics cards. AND automatic slideshows of all the Amiga images: HAMSHOW - An automatic slideshow of all the HAM images, with 5 seconds each of display time! Just double click on the HAMSHOW icon and away you'll go! The whole show takes about 34 minutes. This works via Viewtek. If you wish to quit ANY slideshow before it finishes itself, simply press the ESCAPE key on your keyboard. IFFSHOW - An automatic slideshow of all the IFF 24-bit images, with about 5 seconds display time. Just double click on the IFFSHOW icon and away you'll go. Viewtek does the slideshow and will automatically convert the IFF 24-bit pics to displayable form on your Amiga. If you have an AGA Amiga you'll get HAM8 images, otherwise you'll get HAM6. If you don't have an AGA Amiga, the HAMSHOW will be adequate. Tested. RETSHOW - Like IFFSHOW, but puts the 24-bit pics directly onto a Retina 24-bit display. Tested. FC24SHOW- Like IFFSHOW, but puts the 24-bit pics directly onto a Firecracker 24-bit display. Not tested. OPALSHOW- Like IFFSHOW, but puts the 24-bit pics directly onto an OpalVision 24-bit display. Not tested. IV24SHOW- Like IFFSHOW, but puts the 24-bit pics directly onto an ImpactVision 24-bit display. Not tested. FOR WINDOWS, MSDOS, AND MAC USERS: Here's a list of the BMP and GIF directory names (which correspond to the Amiga directory names and have the same pictures as the Amiga directories listed avove) and their contents: MAND1BMP and MAND1GIF - Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series - same pics as MANDEL1 MAND2BMP and MAND2GIF - Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series - same pics as MANDEL2 MAND3BMP and MAND3GIF - Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series - etc. MAND4BMP and MAND4GIF - Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series MAND5BMP and MAND5GIF - Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series MAND6BMP and MAND6GIF - Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series JUL1BMP and JUL1GIF - Julia Set zoom-in series JUL2BMP and JUL2GIF - Julia Set zoom-in series JUL3BMP and JUL3GIF - Julia Set zoom-in series CUBM1BMP and CUBM1GIF - Cube Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series CUBM2BMP and CUBM2GIF - Cube Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series CUBM3BMP and CUBM3GIF - Cube Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series CUBJ1BMP and CUBJ1GIF - Cube Julia Set zoom-in series CUBJ2BMP and CUBJ2GIF - Cube Julia Set zoom-in series QUADMBMP and QUADMGIF - Quad Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series QUADJBMP and QUADJGIF - Quad Julia Set zoom-in series WOLFBMP and WOLFGIF - Wolf 'Mandelbrot' and 'Julia' Set zoom-in series SINEBMP and SINEGIF - Sine Mandelbrot Set zoom-in series MIXEDBMP and MIXEDGIF - A group of Mandelbrot, Julia, Cube Julia, and Quad Julia images VISTABMP and VISTAGIF - A sequence of VistaPro 3D renderings of a FractalPro- generated 'island' object, with purple palm trees! ORBITBMP and ORBITGIF - A sequence of LightWave 3D renderings of FractalPro- image-wrapped spheres, one orbiting the other (like a planet with a moon). GIRLSBMP and GIRLSGIF - A series of interestingly composited images of attractive female models and FractalPro images created with NewTek Video Toasters. FOR AMIGA, WINDOWS, AND MSDOS USERS: DEM1 - A set of 6 groups of FractalPro-generated 3D DEM (Digital Elevation thru Map) objects for rendering with Vista/VistaPro or Scenery Animator. DEM6 IMAGE FORMATS MegageM decided it was important to offer a great variety of terrific images but also to make them available in a wide variety of image formats suitable for use with most personal computers. Most of the image sets in FPIL V1 are in four different formats: Amiga 768x480 IFF 24-bit (up to 16384 colors) Windows PC 640x480 BMP 24-bit (up to 16384 colors) PC & Mac 640x480 GIF 8-bit (256-colors) Amiga 384x480 IFF 6-bit HAM (up to 4096 colors) A few of the images are presented in 768x480 Amiga AGA 256-color IFF form instead of the 768x480 24-bit IFF. Because we've provided such a wide range of formats, these images should be easy to view with any of the following personal computers (some of the names of personal computers are trademarks of their manufacturers): Amiga - 384x480 HAM images viewable directly on ALL Amigas Amiga - AGA 256-color images require AGA graphics (Amiga 1200, 4000) Amiga - 24-bit images require 24-bit graphics cards NOTE: Viewtek will do its best to show ANY Amiga image on ANY Amiga - so you can also get a look at the IFF 24-bit images even if your Amiga doesn't have a 24-bit graphics card, but it will be modified to 'fit' the best available graphics on your system; on early and ECS Amigas it will be HAM6, and on AGA Amigas it will be HAM8. If you have an AGA Amiga with appropriate entries in your DataTypes directory (within your DEVS drawer), then Viewtek can be used to view the GIF and BMP images as well. Macintosh - GIF images are viewable on systems with 256-color graphics. PC & Clone - GIF images viewable on systems with most VGA graphics cards PC & Clone - BMP images viewable via Microsoft Windows on systems with graphics cards supporting 640x480 24-bit displays (that covers most newer 386, 486, and Pentium systems). NOTE - There are image conversion software packages available for most personal computers which will let you convert from the types of images in this collection to other formats, if you need to. Amiga's, for example, can use Art Department Professional (from ASDG) or ImageMaster/ImageMasterRT (from Black Belt). As you can see, we tried to cover as many bases as possible and make these images viewable by nearly all personal computer owners. The original images were almost all in 768x480 24-bit IFF format, so for easy viewing on other systems, the 640x480 versions are 'cropped' - a bit of the right and left part has been removed. That made the images the right size for VGA screens without any distortion that simply 'squeezing' would have introduced. We also kept the viewing and access to the images as simple as possible - we could have fit more images with compression schemes, but that would make access more difficult for novice computer owners. No images are in compressed format whatsoever. ORGANIZATION To help you get the most from FPIL V1, MegageM organized the images in sets of 16, as mentioned earlier. Each set of 16 images is in its own directory, and each Amiga directory has 2 sub-directories with the same images in the HAM and IFF24 described above. For example, you'll find that the Amiga MANDEL1 directory looks like: MANDEL1 (the main directory for MANDEL1 set of 16 pics) SETIFF (subdirectory of 16 768x480 IFF 24-bit or AGA 8-bit pics) SETHAM (subdirectory of 16 384x480 HAM 6-bit pics for Amiga) README a text file describing the contents of the MANDEL1 collection of 16 pictures in general The corresponding directories with GIF and BMP images are: MAND1GIF (directory of 16 640x480 GIF 8-bit 256-color pics) MAND1BMP (directory of 16 640x480 BMP 24-bit pics) Likewise, there is an Amiga MANDEL2 directory, and a corresponding pair of MAND2BMP and MAND2GIF directories for other systems. This pattern is repeated for all the image sets. If you're using a PC/Clone type computer with Microsoft Windows and a newer graphics card (with 24-bit 640x480 capability), you'll want to go directly into the ...BMP directories to look at the pictures. Windows users may find that the BMP images (a native Windows image format) make terrific screen backdrops! If you're using an older Amiga or one without 24-bit graphics, try the SETHAM subdirectory (there are icons there for direct viewing of ANY of the HAM pics with Viewtek by simply double-clicking). If you're using a basic PC/Clone with ordinary VGA graphics, you'll be able to call up images using popular GIF viewing software on your 640x480 256-color VGA display. Just go to the directory which is most appropriate for your computer. Within each directory, everything looks pretty much the same - there are 16 pictures, named P00, P01, P02, up to P15. In the ...BMP and ...GIF directories, the image files have appropriate 3-letter extensions. For example, in the ...BMP directory of any set, you'll find: P00.BMP P01.BMP P02.BMP etc. In the ...GIF directory, you'll find: P00.GIF P01.GIF P02.GIF etc. In the Amiga-related subdirectories (SETIFF and SETHAM) the images have no extensions (except the thumbnail images - see below), for example, in SETIFF and SETHAM subdirectories you'll find: P00 P01 P02 etc. and TN.IFF or TN.HAM VIEWING THE IMAGES Amiga folks can load the images from any SETHAM or SETIFF group into appropriate image handling programs like ADPro (from ASDG) or ImageMaster (from Black Belt). I've also provided Amiga icons in the SETHAM groups for direct display on most Amigas by double-clicking on the icon. PC folks can use the GIF viewer to look at 256-color images in the ...GIF groups. MAC folks can also use the GIF viewer to look at 256-color images in the ...GIF groups. PC folks with Microsoft Windows can also view the BMP files. The BMP files in the ...BMP groups are in full 24-bit, so the best results will be seen by Windows users with 24-bit capable VGA cards. Other Windows users will see the ...BMP files automatically adjusted by Windows itself to the best coloring which their graphics cards will permit. You'll find that the FPIL BMP images make great backgrounds for Windows desktop screens! FRACTALPRO DIRECT SUPPORT IN AMIGA-RELATED DIRECTORIES The Amiga-related subdirectories ALSO contain the appropriate files (with .XYW extensions) which let FractalPro users load the images DIRECTLY into FractalPro. The .XYW files may also interest others. FractalPro creates the .XYW files and saves one each time it saves a picture to a disk file. The FractalPro .XYW files contain all the coordinate information and other specifications of the image which FractalPro needs to know when it loads it back in. In the SETHAM and SETIFF subdirectories, for example, you get not only the P00, P01, etc. images, but also their .XYW files (P00.XYW, etc.). You'll find that you can load the HAM images directly into FractalPro 6.0 (set to 384x480, HAM6 mode) but they will look strange. I actually did the HAM image creation for this CDROM using ADPro on the original 24-bit and AGA pictures, not with FractalPro's own HAM rendering. I did that to preserve as well as possible the actual colors seen in the SETIFF groups of original images. FractalPro itself renders its HAM6 images looking somewhat different than its 24-bit and AGA 256-color images. If you want you can just load the .XYW files from SETHAM or SETIFF images into FractalPro and just render them as you wish. To load the .XYW files you need not have set FractalPro to any particular resolution or coloring mode. If you load the 24-bit or AGA images from the SETIFF groups (which is possible since the .XYW files are in the SETIFFs also) into FractalPro 6.0, you'll need to pre-set FractalPro to 768x480, 256C, and (for the 24-bit images only) also press the 24-bit button. Then you can see and manipulate the SETIFF original images to your heart's content within FractalPro. FractalPro 6.0 now supports Firecracker and Retina 24-bit display cards. THUMBNAIL IMAGES - ALL 16 PICS IN A SET AT ONCE! Since there are hundreds of images here, we provided a 'thumbnail' single image which shows all 16 pictures in each set. If you want to see the any whole set of 16 pics all at once (to get your bearings and find what looks most interesting to you), you can call up the TN.BMP image from any ...BMP directory of any set. Likewise, Amiga owners can immediately see all 16 HAM images in the SETHAM subdirectory by viewing the TN.HAM picture. Each SETHAM group also includes Amiga icons which permit you to view the HAM images on most Amigas by simply double-clicking your mouse on the icon of your choice. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We got great help along the way, and I'd like to say thanks to a few folks who helped make the FPIL a reality: All the FractalPro users around the world and - Benoit Mandelbrot, Clifford Pickover, Clint Woeltjen, Dave Johnson, Lou Markoya, Arnie Cachelin, Bob Caron, Chris Ludwig, Lauren Keffer, Jim Smolin, Rick Cunningham, and - All the folks at Commodore, .INFO, Amiga World, Amazing Computing, VRLI, ASDG, MacroSystemUS, Impulse, and NewTek. And bless Amiga, ARexx, Macro68, Motorola, and AmigaDos. GET GOING! Now that you've got the basic idea of what's here and how you can find the images you can view on your computer, have a wonderful time exploring the spectacular world of FractalPro's results! Daniel Wolf 6/6/94 Related Amiga Hardware and Software FractalPro 6.0 and ScapeMaker 3.0 - published by MegageM 1903 Adria Avenue Santa Maria, CA 93454 phone/fax 805-349-1104 VistaPro 3.0 - published by Virtual Reality Laboratories, Inc. 2341 Ganador Ct. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 phone 805-545-8515 fax 805-781-2259 Art Department Professional - published by ASDG, Inc. 925 Stewart St. Madison, WI 53713 phone 608-273-6585 fax 608-271-1988 Distribution Notice: 9 August 1986 XICON -- Execute Command File from an Icon %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Copyright (c) 1986 by Pete Goodeve -- All Rights Reserved Permission is granted to distribute or modify these programs freely, provided that no charge is made for their use, and that this notice accompanies them. For any commercial purposes, please contact the author: Pete Goodeve 3012 Deakin Street #D Berkeley, Calif. 94705 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%