New Features

Current version 2.7.2, April 2002

Improvements over FractalForge 2.7.1:

• New help file.
• Fixed a nasty bug in Equalize Colors.
• Fixed a bug opening the help file.
• Improved Edge and Bumper filters.
• Additional minor bug fixes.

Improvements over FractalForge 2.7.0:

• Fixed a bug in import MAP filter.
• Add two Paste Params buttons in animator dialog.

Improvements since Fractal Forge 2.6:

• Removed the to do list, it's obsolete
• More responsiveness during long fractals (iter > 1M).

Improvements since Fractal Forge 2.6 prerelease:

• Lots of bugfixes.
• More responsiveness during long fractals (iter > 1M).
• Pressing Enter in Comments field doesn't start another fractal.
• Shows percent in application caption.
• Orbits in shades (black to white) with mandel in background.
• Orbits window shows up to 10000 values.
• Press Esc to stop drawing the current fractals.
• Finished translating source.
• Fixed some flickering around.
• Added two new filters.
• Filters are applied after calculations.
• Opening of old files.
• Recompiled under Delphi 6.
• Removed forge background for flickering.
• Removed htmlhelp.ocx references for some incompatibility.
• Added File|New choice, same as Fractal|Start

Improvements since Fractal Forge 2.4 beta4:

• Added a feature to transform a sequence of BMP files into a single AVI file.
• Added Tools menu.
• Moved Poster composition to Tools menu.
• Added Animator tool for making animations from BMP files.
• Added a feature to copy coordinates to the clipboard.
• Fixed a bug that prevented saving the *.ini file.
• Fixed a bug with elapsed time.

Improvements since Fractal Forge 2.3:

• Added JPG saving capability.
• Changed "iteractions" with "iterations".
• Changed "Iter" with "Value" on bottom right corner. It shows current value (e.g. potential, if you choose it) of image point, not always Iteration.
• Upgraded to Delphi 5.
• Added Julia Floating window.
• Fixed a bug in Poster Options (when the images are not square).
• Fixed a bug in Orbits Algo.

Improvements since Fractal Forge 2.2:

• Added new Full Screen mode (Option menu).
• Added a new color (Nature).
• Added a new image (Elephant).
• Fixed a bug in replacing a file color.
• Caption bar displays current fractal name.
• Added Author and Image informations in PNGs.
• It's now possible to drag a file onto Fractal Forge to render it immediately.
• Added another image dimension (500 x 500).
• Fixed some bugs in History List.
• Added State and Version in History List. Crono and Time are now separated.
• Fixed a major bug in Load/Save Lists.
• Allow quitting when drawing a fractal.
• Correct progress bar position during Bounds drawing.
• It's possible to reset Starting Values (by pressing cancel button).
• A few a minor bugs fixed.

Improvements since True Mandel 1.6:

• Color Editing.
• Improved and faster algorithms.
• Better user interface.
• Simpler and more powerful zooms.
• Improved printing.
• Poster images.
• Filters.
• Png Support.
• Exe packed.
• A lot of minor bugs fixed.

Improvements since True Mandel 1.5

• 32 bit optimized code.
• 80 bit precision (21 digits).
• Max iterations over 2*10^9.
• Win95 components support.
• Win95 long file name support.
• Percent of drawing showed on title (also when minimized).
• Info on toolbox about the point you are on.
• Preview color spectrum and current image.
• New faster image display.
• New draft mode (no second pass).
• Faster 'None' optimization (but still exact).
• New moveable rectangular zoom.
• More bugs fixes.