The Fractal Effect is a powerful 32-bit fractal generator to insert Mandelbrot fractal patterns into your images. The Mandelbrot set is the most complex shape in mathematics, and by exploring the set you can find an infinte variety of images.
Normal fractal generators apply colour mapping with a palette. The Photogenics Fractal effect produces a 24-bit colour range by using smootly adjusting cyclic ranges in the red, green, blue colour channels, which can be further adjusted with the hue, saturation and value sliders. Do not worry if you don't understand what these terms mean, just play with the sliders until you get a pleasing colour range.The transparency option allows you to make portions of the fractal transparent. The offset allows you to shift the transparency position through the fractal.
Options provide control for red, green, blue, hue, saturation, value, transparency and transparent offset. You can load and save preset files. These files are standard ASCII files, and can be edited by hand (to input precise coordinates, for example)
The preferences option in Fractal allows you to change the number of iterations used in the calculation. The more iterations the more accurate and complex the image is, but the longer it takes to calculate.